- small package
- 06-20-2012, 10:10 AM
No way to Spam...give me a vennie weenie for my guilty bad for you pleasure
- joe bloe
- 06-20-2012, 10:12 AM
"Yes, we have no bananas"; ergo, Spam -- and the germination of a great Monty Python skit.Merv Griffin had a big hit song with his version of "Yes We Have No Bananas". He also had a big hit with "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". Later it was discovered that Merv Griffin was a fruitcake.
The expression dates from the 1920s Chicago/New York(?) when there was a shortage of bananas because of a blight in Brazil. Patrons would enter the store and ask, "Still no bananas?" The grocer routinely answered, "Yes! We have no bananas."
The term has been resurrected on many occasions, including in Britain during WWII, when the British Government banned the importing of bananas for an entire five years.
During WWII, British shop owners put signs stating "Yes, we have no bananas" in their shop windows in keeping with the war spirit. Originally Posted by I B Hankering
- CuteOldGuy
- 06-20-2012, 10:16 AM
- Fancyinheels
- 06-20-2012, 10:19 AM
My chihuahuas absolutely LOVE Spam. They also love to roll in rotted stinky things they find in the yard, and play with dead lizards. Any correlation?
Actually, I remember eating a lot of Spam while growing up, Spam and eggs for breakfast, Spam sandwiches in my lunchbox, Spam hash with potatoes and onions for dinner. It was cheap for a poor Irish household, readily available, and kept well. Dang, that stuff's probably so full of salt and preservatives that archaeologists will be unearthing it in the ruins of ancient grocery stores centuries from now, still edible like honey out of the Egyptian tombs.
Did you know that Spam is insanely popular in Hawaii? Spam Quarter Pounders with cheese and Spam McMuffins available at McDonald's.
Actually, I remember eating a lot of Spam while growing up, Spam and eggs for breakfast, Spam sandwiches in my lunchbox, Spam hash with potatoes and onions for dinner. It was cheap for a poor Irish household, readily available, and kept well. Dang, that stuff's probably so full of salt and preservatives that archaeologists will be unearthing it in the ruins of ancient grocery stores centuries from now, still edible like honey out of the Egyptian tombs.
Did you know that Spam is insanely popular in Hawaii? Spam Quarter Pounders with cheese and Spam McMuffins available at McDonald's.