[Mimedefang] OT: Kosher email vs SPAM

[Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com]

> From: David F. Skoll [mailto:dfs at roaringpenguin.com]
> 
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
> 
> > Yam?  Should keep even the hardest core vegans happy and like ham, it
> > rhymes with spam.
> 
> :-) I love it.  "Spam" is offensive to many groups (Jews, Muslims,
> vegetarians, people with taste buds) while "Yam" is sweet and
> inoffensive.
> 

My problem with the term "Ham" - as the opposite of "Spam" - is that, in a
literal sense, SPAM *is* ham.  (Not all ham is SPAM, though.)  SPAM is an
abbreviation of the phrase SPiced hAM.

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