The blonde forum and Spamming.

[Robert HM]

I, for one, am grateful for your thickening skin. Being a sensitve sort I couldn't take the ribbing myself and think you're a good sport. In an effort not to take the heat off you I will not post a pic yet or I'll be in for some sledging.

[RED-DOG]

Thank you Mr avocat...I think, but postponing it will only make it worse.

[ifm]

tee hee *rubs hands in gleeful anticipation*

[GURNFISH]

Yes, it was my first post.

I reside in Blackpool but I only play online and for small stakes.

One thing I will say Tikay is that you are the only person that I have never met that I consider a friend.

I think your great on that 425, keep up the good work.

[ariston]

No more spamming from me Tikay, I spotted it was hetting a little silly the other day.

[tikay]

Treat it like your sexual adventures ariston. Moderation in all thngs........

[tikay]

Gurnfish, what a lovely thing to say, thank you. We try to make blonde different, fun, and a force for good in poker. Sounds a bit grand, but with you guys helping, we are going the right way.

I hope when we are next up in Blackpool we can hook up, & I'll introduce you to a few of the faces from blonde.

I know El Blondie wll give it the yukky wukky bit, but I really appeciate your comments, I am touched.

[RED-DOG]

The truth about SPAM

Some of us, myself included have been slicing the spam a bit too thick of late

We need to remember what spam is, a poor substitute for the real thing

Over doing it is like taking your brief case to the pub and trying to sell your mates insurance. Im not pointing the finger at anyone, Its just that tikays post made me realise that its easy to jump on to this particular band waggon, but its hard to jump off as it gathers momentum

We all have to earn a crust, but by the same token, we all need somewhere to come and relax

For those of you who are partial to the odd bit of spam, I hope you find the following interesting

By World War II, Hormel had sold twenty thousand tons of Spam. Then, during the wartime meat rationing, Spam got popular...
If all the cans of Spam ever eaten were put end-to-end, they would circle the globe at least ten times.
In the U.S. alone, 3.8 cans of Spam "are consumed every second"(assuming SPAM is eaten 24 hours a day, 365.25 days a year).
Senator Robert Byrd of West Viginia eats a sandwich of SPAM and mayonnaise on white bread three times a week.
Residents of Hawai'i eat an average of four cans of SPAM per person per year, more than in any other place on Earth (Elsewhere in the Universe, who knows?).
By 1959, a billion cans of SPAM had been sold. The two billion mark was hit in 1970, followed by three billion in 1980, four billion in 1986, and five billion in 1993. That's a lot of SPAM!
In Korea, SPAM is sold in stylish presentation gift boxes of nine cans each. SPAM stolen from army PXs can be found on the Korean black market. And there are Korean imitations called Lo-Spam, Dak, Plumrose, and Tulip, to ensure that no one need go without.
Nikita Krushchev once credited SPAM with the survival of the WWII Russian army. ''Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army,'' he said.
SPAM is sold in over 99% of U.S. grocery stores.
The SPAM luncheon meat trademark is registered in 93 countries.
Over 60 million people in the U.S. eat SPAM.
SPAM is made in two U.S. locations - Austin, Minnesota, and Fremont, Nebraska - and seven other countries: England, Australia, Denmark, Phillipines, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.
In 1989, the U.S. armed forces bought 3.3 million pounds of SPAM.
Over 141 million cans of SPAM are sold worldwide each year.


 

[ifm]

The thing i find interesting is how much it is!
It's actually on a par now with prime ham (the tinned stuff).

[tikay]

"like taking your briefcase to the pub and selling insurance to your mates". Good analogy Rd-Dog.

But the file is closed now, spam in moderation will continue I hope, especially from our friends, ideally in Red-Dog style blather speak rather than corporate speak.

Lets not discuss it any more.