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Re:Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells 23,000% More ... by unalone on Saturday January 24, 2009 @09:40AM (#448124)
Spam was a physical food product originating in 1937, before the Pythons existed. Stood for "Shoulder of Pork and Ham". It was a popular product before Monty Python made their joke about it.
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Re:Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells 23,000% More ... by zandorg on Saturday January 24, 2009 @09:00PM (#448620)
My point was that the Python sketch based on the tinned food turned into the e-mail SPAM meme. The sketch was the basis of the e-mail term, in other words, in computing folklore, by saying that e-mail SPAM comes with everything. I'm not sure if Wikipedia lists it, but you can find this meme explained.
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