To the editor: Regarding the etymology of "spam": Anyone who has been in the business for a long time knows that "spam" as applied to unwanted bulk e-mail comes from the Monty Python "Spam" sketch, ...

You know, rarely has there been a closer relationship between a comedy troupe and a chopped and formed meat product than Monty Python and Spam. Their fortunes became inextricably linked after a ...

FARGO - There are Trekkies, Star Wars nerds, Juggalos (if you don't know, don't ask) and Parrot Heads. And then there's the Cult of the Dead Parrot. Perhaps the biggest cult-like cultural impact of ...

Both in the sense of CanOCheapMeat, and in unwanted E-mail. IMHO it probably arose from the Monty Python "Spam" sketch. As for the product name, who knows? Sounds ...