Thu 30 Dec 2004
“I can’t understand what is funny about Spam”
Posted by Marlow Harris under Food, Popular Culture
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It was reported by Hormel Foods Corp.’s Spam in 2002 that McDonald’s was test-marketing a breakfast containing the luncheon meat in Hawaii, where Spam is a delicacy. It is perhaps even more highly revered in South Korea, where (according to an October Los Angeles Times dispatch) an estimated 8 million cans are sold each holiday season, and a gift set of 12 in upscale department stores goes for about $44. Jeon Pyoung Soo, the South Korean Spam brand manager, continues to be puzzled at the product’s U.S. reputation: “I can’t understand what is funny about Spam.â€
I can’t understand what is funny about the Supreme Court.
