Spam At Heart Of South Pacific Obesity Crisis

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-11-2008 | Nick Squires

[coconutt2000]

Perhaps I should donate my Y2K supply.

You might want to check the expiration date on those cans. :-)

[coconutt2000]

In case the last picture wasn't enough... Yeah, I know the rules. :-)

[robomatik]

if that is not the scariest site since mulletsgalore.com i don’t know what is. just horrible.

[sheik yerbouty]

They excel in Sumo!

[billorites]

Canadians have a lot of explaining to do.

[ARE SOLE]

In Hawaii some of the locals don’t eat until they are full, they eat until their arms get tired.

[rdl6989]

Wikipedia, for what that’s worth, says there’s even a halal version of spam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(food)

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They better not mess with our cases of spam or they’ll have a fight on their hands. And that goes for our cases of tuna as well. lolol

[Sun]

“I always thought spam and treet were about the same thing.”

Treet tastes better.

[vetvetdoug]

I remembered that back in the early 1960's we had three meats...Spam...canned horsemeat....bologna....
All three were good fried on a bun with mayonnaise, mustard, and lettuce. I learned to eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Every once in awhile we had a real dinner with Vienna sausages and french fries...

No wonder I have a cholesterol problem.

[Global2010]

KV started a wierd/gross food collection many years ago.

Yep spam is in it and friend brought him Middle Eastern version of Spam back from their trip.

I need to get him a bottle of fish heads for his collection and a few other oddities from the Asian food store.

[tbw2]

She won because she’s the only thin one.

[eXe]

Spam has been around for HOW long, and now all of the sudden out of the blue its “causing obesity”?

Sounds crazy to me.. lol

[coconutt2000]

Ha! Very funny... (not)

You should’ve seen how pretty the others were.

[Red_Devil 232]

Looka like obesity had been around for a long time before Spam!

[Snapping Turtle]

Reminds me of the line Billy Bob Thornton said, “That potted meat is nothin’ but lips and pe**ers.” When I go to the islands I won’t have to worry about flab hangin’ over my swimtrunks — I’ll be one of the locals!

[expatpat]

How do you know it tastes like human flesh?

[STONEWALLS]

“I remember Nikita Krhuschev (I have no idea how to spell that name) said he would have starved to death during WWII if it had not been for Spam.”

...that’s how Spam got started in our family...she and I ate it while my Dad was overseas in the Pacific....I’ve got a couple of fresh cans tucked away in the pantry right now along with a sack of silver dollars and an AK-47....you never know.

[what's up]

The most bizarre item on that site:

"Enjoy a relaxing Micro-SPAM-Abrasion Facial in our brand new SPAM Spa!"

I kid you not...it's there.

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Love it. You forgot the mayonnaise though.