Spam, Egg, Spam, Spam, Bacon and Spam
Challenges for the UK: King Charlie, Spam Relaunched
LONDON, England -- Spam, one of the few available lunch meats during Britain's war effort, is being relaunched in the UK. A 2 million pound campaign has TV ads which claim Spam is quite British despite its roots in America and its being manufactured now in Denmark. This on the heals of Prince Charlie's disparaging memo about one of the women who work on his staff.
"It celebrates all things British from camping to the great British institution of the pantomime," Spam said.
"With the new ad we will remind lapsed users about the delicious taste of Spam whilst raising awareness amongst new users," said senior brand manager, Marianne Pollock.
Monty Python's Flying Circus featured a skit with singing Vikings and a waitress offering dishes such as spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam.
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Now that I know what those people have been feeding themselves, I won't be so critical about Gnarly Charlie and his "girlfriend". Or people who add "st" to normal words like "while" and "among". But really, do you think that ANY of the actors in the Harry Potter movies look healthy? They are all British, at the insistence of the author JK Rowling, who could use some Vitamin C herself. (And that's pronounced so the "vi" rhymes with "fly", not so the "vit" rhymes with "bit".) Honestly, why do they call this language "English"?
LONDON, England -- Spam, one of the few available lunch meats during Britain's war effort, is being relaunched in the UK. A 2 million pound campaign has TV ads which claim Spam is quite British despite its roots in America and its being manufactured now in Denmark. This on the heals of Prince Charlie's disparaging memo about one of the women who work on his staff.
"It celebrates all things British from camping to the great British institution of the pantomime," Spam said.
"With the new ad we will remind lapsed users about the delicious taste of Spam whilst raising awareness amongst new users," said senior brand manager, Marianne Pollock.
Monty Python's Flying Circus featured a skit with singing Vikings and a waitress offering dishes such as spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam.
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Now that I know what those people have been feeding themselves, I won't be so critical about Gnarly Charlie and his "girlfriend". Or people who add "st" to normal words like "while" and "among". But really, do you think that ANY of the actors in the Harry Potter movies look healthy? They are all British, at the insistence of the author JK Rowling, who could use some Vitamin C herself. (And that's pronounced so the "vi" rhymes with "fly", not so the "vit" rhymes with "bit".) Honestly, why do they call this language "English"?
posted by Greg Finnegan @ 7:02 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:56 PM,
brendalove@gmail.com said…
Has it yet been determined exactly which animal Spam is made from? LOL
At 4:42 AM,
Greg Finnegan said…
Good question! Here are the facts:
Spam was introduced by Hormel in 1937 as Spiced Ham. In a can.
What's in it? One person said, "They use everything but the squeal."
The name "Spam" came from a marketing promotion by Hormel, as a contraction for SPiced hAM. Other sources list these meanings for "Spam":
Some Parts Are Meat
Specially Processed Armadillo Meat
Super Pink Artificial Meat
Squirrel, Possum, And Mouse
Salted Pork And More
Hormel stands by its ingredients list: pork with ham, salt, water, sugar and sodium nitrate.
Don't forget Monty Python's ultimate entree: "Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and Spam."
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