Klarinet Archive - Posting 000458.txt from 1998/01

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Spam has a bad rap was Re: GT etc.
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 14:27:51 -0500

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998 WISNIEWSKI@-----.gov wrote:

> Why don't you all treat GT and other insulting people
> like spam? Don't respond to them; it only encourages
> them!
>
> Jo Wisniewski
> wisniewski@-----.gov
>
I always wondered where the computer term "spam" came from. When I was
a kid, my mother used to serve fried Spam as part of a "fry-up". The
English folks know what I'm talking about; the rest of you have to recall
a Monty Python skit where they were talking about "eggs, chips, beans and
Spam".

Perhaps early childhood consumption of Spam explains a lot of my strange
problems now................I ignored it and my brain cells went away!

Happy Friday, everyone! ;+)

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu