it's sad that the only thing i want to talk about right now is spam. and i'm not talking about junk email. i'm talking about spam.
last weekend i was clipping coupons before going to the grocery store (don't laugh! it helps!) and i came across one of the most bizarre products i've ever seen in my life: spam bacon. there was a full-page spread in the coupon flier for this revolutionary canned meat, and perhaps a 35-cent coupon (though i was actually too horrified to remember the exact denomination). spam bacon! try it! here's 35 cents off! yum!
i tore out the page and set it aside for ray to laugh at, too. which he did. we both got a good chuckle from it. spam bacon. how ridiculous!
i figured at that point that spam bacon would be great blog fodder, so i set about finding a web page about it so as to provide some blog links. unbelievably, not only does the official spam website (which SUX, btw) not make a single mention of spam bacon, but neither does the hormel website. a google search of "spam bacon" only brings up monty python lyrics.
at this point i started to wonder whether i dreamed up the whole thing. but what kind of sick mind would dream up spam bacon?!? as the mystery grew, i knew i was going to HAVE to blog about spam bacon... i figured at the very least i could take a picture of the coupon and blog around that, but ray threw it away!! i was crestfallen when he told me it was in the garbage. (believe me, i thought about digging through the outdoor trash bin, but figured i'd be sinking to spam bacon levels in doing so.)
so sadly, i have no proof that spam bacon exists. if you see it in the store, please take a photo and email it to me. i need to know that i'm not spam bacon crazy.
Posted by xta at April 19, 2006 4:04 PM | TrackBackDon't you have curbside mixed paper recycling in Durham? That wouldn't have been so hard (or messy) to look through. And then we would have the joy of laughing about spam bacon. Instead of thinking that you're crazy and made it all up. How can there have been a piece of paper that said spam bacon but it does not exist on the INTERNET? Really, how is that possible? My mind is utterly boggled.
Oh wait! Look! I googled "spam bacon" coupon and found this ebay page. Scroll down and embiggen it!
Posted by: minty at April 19, 2006 7:19 PMOnce I get to googling, there's no stopping me. This is pretty weird. But I kind of want it.
Posted by: minty at April 19, 2006 7:25 PMSpam haiku. (One of MANY sites.)
I need to walk away from the internet, RIGHT NOW, before I sink deeper into spam hell.
Posted by: minty at April 19, 2006 7:38 PMCoupons are pretty rockin' -- especially if they're the kind that get doubled or tripled.
It's been ages since I used a coupon -- roughly the same amount of time it's been since I owned a home and a kitchen. But I remember them fondly.
Another thing good about coupons -- they get you to go to the *store* which is *always* (well, almost) cheaper than a restaurant.
Posted by: Phil at April 20, 2006 12:29 AMGirl's SPAM obsession
Amuses and delights friends
Please never stop
I use coupons, so I won't mock. I can save a good $20-60 between HT bogo sales and coupons.
Spam bacon. It's like it's own nation. Now I will look for it.
Posted by: Becky at April 20, 2006 10:27 AMI use coupons too, but I don't get the Sunday paper anymore so I don't get very many of them. I also scour the ads of and shop at up to three separate grocery chains per week and try to buy as little as possible that is not on sale. BOGO is my personal lord and savior.
Posted by: minty at April 20, 2006 11:46 AMgeorg found it!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88698078@N00/137748004/
I really need a coupon for spam bacon. Can anyone help. Thanks Barbara
Posted by: Barbara at June 23, 2006 11:15 PM