Spam!

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Thu May 09, 2002 8:49 am

What is that weird stuff you British folks always eat--Marmite or something like that?

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Thu May 09, 2002 9:00 am

Yeah - yeast extract that is. Yeeeeuch!

Australian's eat vegemite - a poor cousin of marmite.

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Thu May 09, 2002 9:10 am

I just don't see why people don't like My mate, Marmite...

It's so GOOD!

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Thu May 09, 2002 9:20 am

You either love it or hate it.

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Thu May 09, 2002 9:21 am

Indeed.

All those haters really got summat wrong upstairs, though

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Thu May 09, 2002 10:27 am

Originally posted by fable
http://www.spam.com/

Damn you fable, I used that link already! ah well, I guss I'll just remind everyone to go to the gift catalogue section and buy some SPAMtm wraparound sunglasses NOW!!

Jace · Post by **Jace** » Thu May 09, 2002 10:33 am

@Grunty,
Don't you dis Vegemite. It is far and away superior to that 2nd rate Brit rubish.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Thu May 09, 2002 5:42 pm

Originally posted by fable

Really, it says it all. Or nearly. I'm surprised they haven't got a statue made out of spam erected to Weasel.

I wouldn't sell them the copyright to my likeness. Big Company thinks they can give me a years supply of spam and a wooden nickel, who do they think they are...the owners of SPAM!!

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Thu May 09, 2002 5:51 pm

Originally posted by VoodooDali
Right next to SPAM on the shelves in the supermarket is another product that really frightens me. Have any of you ever tried "Potted Meat Food Product"???

Potted Meat, the survive food of bad camping trips. Throw it in water, run over it with a car, hit a bear with it, the stuff is bullet proof.

Taste wise........well if you are hungry and your camping partner is still breathing, it is food. (If your partner happens to die on the camping trip, I will leave it up to you to decide which way to go).

Eating instructions.......have bread are suffer from something worst than peanutbutter on the top of your mouth.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Thu May 09, 2002 11:22 pm

Originally posted by Jace
@Grunty,
Don't you dis Vegemite. It is far and away superior to that 2nd rate Brit rubish.

Vegemite, or rather it's absence, is just one of the many reasons why I find going on holiday to other countries so intensely satisfying.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 09, 2002 11:57 pm

Taste wise........well if you are hungry and your camping partner is still breathing, it is food. (If your partner happens to die on the camping trip, I will leave it up to you to decide which way to go).

Gravemarker. It'll last for centuries.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Fri May 10, 2002 12:33 am

Originally posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
Vegemite, or rather it's absence, is just one of the many reasons why I find going on holiday to other countries so intensely satisfying.

I was never prone to the taste of Vegemite, but a lot of Australians buy it. And I find that to be quite sickening, it tastes like its smells.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Fri May 10, 2002 12:54 am

Originally posted by Tamerlane

I was never prone to the taste of Vegemite, but a lot of Australians buy it. And I find that to be quite sickening, it tastes like its smells.

My dad eats it with cheese. *Shudder* Do you remember that awful song they used to play in the adverts for the stuff?

Jace · Post by **Jace** » Fri May 10, 2002 5:53 am

Do you remember that awful song they used to play in the adverts for the stuff?

We're happy little vegemites,
As bright as bright can be.
We all enjoy our vegemite
For Breakfast, Lunch and Tea.

Because we love our vegemite,
We all adore our vegemite,
It puts a rose on every cheek

Yea vegemite!

josh · Post by **josh** » Fri May 10, 2002 5:58 am

Originally posted by Jace

We're happy little vegemites,
As bright as bright can be.
We all enjoy our vegemite
For Breakfast, Lunch and Tea.

Because we love our vegemite,
We all adore our vegemite,
It puts a rose on every cheek

Yea vegemite!

Nooooo! But you forgot a bit between the first and second parts:

Our mummy thinks we're growing stronger every single day,

I'm with Tamerlane. I can't stand the stuff. *Yuk*

Ode to a Grasshopper · Fri May 10, 2002 6:36 am

In a highly ironic twist of life, it now appears as though three out of four Australians actually dislike vegemite, and the only one who doesn't has been living overseas for the past few years.

The nays have it!

Jace · Post by **Jace** » Fri May 10, 2002 6:58 am

@Josh,
Sorry, it has been a long time since I saw or heard it.

I like aeroplane jelly
aeroplane jelly for me

josh · Post by **josh** » Fri May 10, 2002 7:07 am

Originally posted by Jace
@Josh,
Sorry, it has been a long time since I saw or heard it.

I like aeroplane jelly
aeroplane jelly for me

Argh! No more!
I was actually thinking of the Aeroplane Jelly song while reading your last post. Scary

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri May 10, 2002 7:58 am

So why does anybody eat Vegemite? Is it supposed to be incredibly healthy for you? Surely not the taste?

Ode to a Grasshopper · Fri May 10, 2002 8:01 am

Originally posted by fable
So why does anybody eat Vegemite? Is it supposed to be incredibly healthy for you? Surely not the taste?

I think it's got something to do with patriotism...