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Wednesday, August
21, 2003
FTC
Chair: Do-Not-Spam list won't help
ASPEN, Colo. - Federal Trade Commission
Chairman Timothy Muris said Tuesday that efforts in Congress to
establish a Do-Not-Spam List won't help prevent the popular processed
meat product from being served in diners across the world. Spam
first captured the imagination of the public when it was used
by missionaries as a healthy alternative when weaning cannibals
off of human flesh. The texture and taste of Spam was the closest
thing to human flesh that could be found and seemed to satisfy
the indigenous peoples that had traditionally preferred to have
their friend over for dinner.
When it was pointed out to an embarrassed Timothy Muris that Spam
referred to the practice of sending mass emails to the public and
not the yummy meat of Monty Python fame, he confidentially commented,
"I knew that."
-Clark Brandon
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