| May 6, 2003 - Lookee what I found! |
| Dear Friends, you're never going to believe what JOHNNYLEEN found! I was just surfing the Net trying to see what word combinations would pull up any of my fantabulous pages, when I entered the search phrase "spam mobile". You'll recall there was a van made to look like a giant Spam can at the street festival I went to this weekend. Well, Dear Friends, the Spam Mobile actually has its own homepage! If you want to see the Spam Mobile in all its glory, click here. The homepage gives a history of the Spam Mobile (there are actually three of them) and the dates and areas where they will be making their next appearances. If you're lucky, maybe you can catch a glimpse of one of them at a major event! Now, according to the page, the people who drive around in these things are called Spambassadors. The vans themselves are mobile kitchens where Spambassadors cook up hamburgers made out of delicious Spam and serve them to the crowd. The vans have a big smile and huge eyes painted on the front to give them a "friendly", yet somehow cheerfully surprised, appearance. Boy howdy! If I ever get the urge to quit my job and tour out-of-the-way places in the U.S., then I'll just have to become a Spambassador. Can you see the Fantabulous JOHNNYLEEN driving a Spam Mobile? Well, neither can I. Really, I have to admit that I wonder what the job would entail and what the benefits are. Do you have to sleep in the Spam Mobile or does the company put you up in a hotel? Can you imagine having to sleep in it as well as work in it? Your clothing and skin would smell permanently of Spam! Does it have its own bathroom and shower facilities? Also, does the company provide you with a per diem to eat out or are you forced to eat nothing but Spam products while you're on the road? I'm sure that that can't be too good for your health! By the time you made it back from your road trip, you'd be a heart attack about to happen, yet smelling deliciously porky. However, I guess if you drove a Spam Mobile, there'd be no chance of forgetting where you parked it at the mall. But I wouldn't recommend using it as a getaway car if you decide to commit a bank robbery. I was amazed, too, to read the History of Spam on the page. Did you know it was invented in 1937? It's a mixture of ham and pork shoulder. I guess in 1937 people in the Depression couldn't afford knives to actually cut up a solid ham, so Hormel came up with the blended meat product to help them out. On top of that they have a low sodium Spam for people who have to be on a salt-free diet. And they also have one that has a smoked turkey flavor, although I was unable to determine if it actually has any real turkey in it. The things one learns when surfing the Net! Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |