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Stephanos
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0 posted 2001-02-09 11:14 PM


To me a little more light hearted than suicide (though not so light on the stomach), this question may baffle bards, poets, philosophers,  chemists, biologists, physicians, and morticians for ages to come.


My idea...Check out this website:

http://pemtropics.mit.edu/~jcho/spam/archive.html

SPAM-ku archives.

Then, after you've got the overall "flavor" (bad analogy!) Maybe we could write some SPAM-ku here to express our philosophical ponderings about this putrid pink conglomeration that is ever swathed with the ectoplasmic jelley of our curiosities... that we have called  SPAM ....AM ...AM ...AM...     (formidable echo)


Using the 5 - 7 - 5 syllable format, here is an example or two to inspire you potential masters of Spam-ku.


She shook the cold tin,
a morbid thud, and Spam WAS.
Porcine NIRVANA!

or

A trail of  vomit,
speckled with shards of pink meat,
Sam ate Spam again!

or

Sue's windshield was struck
by the slick pink projectile.
SPAM road rage is real!


Have fun!
  



[This message has been edited by Stephanos (edited 02-09-2001).]

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1 posted 2001-02-09 11:58 PM


uoohh boy



Do i contradict myself?Very well i contradict myself.I contain multitudes.~walt whitman

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2 posted 2001-02-10 12:41 PM


Yes Swamp Faeryie,

that is a VERY good description of Spam, but I think you could improve a bit on the 5-7-5 syllable concept!      (LOL!)

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3 posted 2001-02-10 11:57 AM


It's cheap meat

a much sought after commodity ... LOL

hehe... just a joke

sorry to interrupt what appears to be a serious thread ... *grin

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4 posted 2001-02-10 05:17 PM


Perhaps spam is an archetype used to portray the cheap and petty use of money to solve all of life's difficulties.

But all phlosophical conjecture aside for a moment, I especially liked this one!




16124.

SPAM: slurp it on up!
It tickles on the way down
and on the way up.


--Craig Thomsen



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5 posted 2001-02-12 01:58 AM


Her Gut sprayed his tux
with frothy pink residue.
Pre-prom Spam milkshake.


(I know, I know it's disgusting!  But creative no?)    

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6 posted 2001-02-12 05:32 AM


Stephanos? YE GADS MAN! I THOUGHT I HAD BAD HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES...and doreen? You DO crack me up...NOW, my humble offering:

The "SPAM" Diet

Just a bit of spice
and ham in dwell within gel
lose weight just thinking

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7 posted 2001-02-12 09:36 PM


BRAVO Serenity!

here's another bite...


Swine and road-kill mixed
in a mucous bath betwixt
"loser" friendly tins

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8 posted 2001-02-12 09:54 PM


Awesome for spackling
or patching a road-side hole,
half pig and half troll.

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9 posted 2001-02-14 08:36 AM


A slice of dice
a cracker killed...
simple spamicide...
mustard please,
I'll beg 'pon knees
just make that spammed taste die!


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10 posted 2001-02-16 01:15 PM


A philosophical Spam-ku...


Is the whole of Spam
really greater than the scum
of it's countless parts?

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11 posted 2001-02-16 01:22 PM


The question of origin, Spam-ku style...


Was Spam created?
Or has it always been so
repulsively gross?

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12 posted 2001-02-16 01:28 PM


SPAMagnosticism...


Some claim "There is Spam".
Others say "It isn't real".
Those who don't know, wretch.

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13 posted 2001-02-16 01:39 PM


Nihilist Spam-ku.


There are no laws which
govern the production of
this purposeless mass.

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