# Invasion of the SpamFerries! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717 "2003-11-12T00:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/21 "2003-11-12T15:39:47Z")
I was thinking of ordering a Spam-related postcard from this site, but wondered if any of you other pranksters had already done this. I haven’t had the opportunity to shop around for a funny/cool card. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/22 "2003-11-12T15:54:38Z")
She is getting the Bigfoot postcard - just to let you know… in fact, she’s getting several items from that site. I got to see them all last night. Cracked me up!! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/23 "2003-11-13T00:17:40Z")
Today’s haul: Two cards from Seattle and one from Chicago. That’s all I know - she sent an IM to my daughter earlier today. Several more have joined our ranks - we’re up to 94! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/24 "2003-11-13T00:47:45Z")
If the Chicago one was fish-shaped, it’s mine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/25 "2003-11-13T01:48:44Z")
I sent a post card I picked up at Mt. Rainier a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/26 "2003-11-13T04:04:25Z")
Mine was the one from SE PA. It was from Valley Forge National Park and said: > [@](#): > > Did you know Washington’s men ate Spam during the revolutionary war? They also used it to insulate their cabins from the harsh winter weather. > > Mmm, Spam! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/27 "2003-11-13T11:29:57Z")
**Ferret Herder** - yep, it was the fish card! **SLH** - That cracked me up! You captured the spirit of the prank perfectly!! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/28 "2003-11-13T16:38:57Z")
Wahoo, I think she got mine! (the Seattle skyline - from Auntie K). I didn’t know you wanted more than one and dutifully deleted the address and jpeg, **FCM**. If you send it along again I’ll shoot her off another one. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/29 "2003-11-13T19:30:26Z")
**Auntie K** - there was no requirement for more than one - some people just got carried away. Some people _should_ get carried away… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/30 "2003-11-13T20:08:10Z")
I sent her SIX from NYC today. I wish I’d get carried away! (by the female cast of One Day at a Time) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/31 "2003-11-13T20:18:21Z")
I promise I’ll get one out from Wisconsin this weekend. I also have a cow-orker going on vacation next week and he’s agreed to send one from the Grand Caymen Islands. (I’m also having him send one to my parents from “Don and Char” which should wig them right out) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/32 "2003-11-13T20:23:52Z")
**Otto** - there’s no deadline for this - really! Whenever she gets them, she gets them. I think it’d be a hoot if she got one six months from now! So if you don’t get around to it, don’t sweat it! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/33 "2003-11-13T20:49:48Z")
I sent her the French ingredient list of a spam-like product. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/34 "2003-11-14T02:10:51Z")
I’m picking some up tomorrow. I thought of something along these lines that might be fun to add to it: pictures! We take a can of Spam to a local landmark, snap a picture of it in front of it/on it/whatever, and then send just the picture to the poor victim. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/35 "2003-11-14T02:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*I sent her the French ingredient list of a spam-like product. \*\* Since you actually signed your name rather than just signing from the SpamFerries, the “victim” has decided that you must be a newly-hired secretary of the SpamFerries who doesn’t know the procedures! 😃 Yeah, she’s got a very active imagination. And, alas, she studied Spanish instead of French, so your words were lost on her. No mail news today - my daughter started a new job today and hasn’t had a chance to get the latest count. Maybe I’ll have something to report tomorrow. Oh yeah - and we’re up to 97 Doper SpamFerries! ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/36 "2003-11-14T03:55:10Z")
The “Topeka” one may very well have been mine… it went out earlier this week. As I come across other exciting post cards, there’ll be more… ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/37 "2003-11-14T09:27:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bumbazine \* > \*\*[aside]Where is Ferrous anyway?[/aside] \*\* Howdy! I’m still around, off and on, though not as much lately as in the past. Quite a bit in the past few weeks, actually, although I mostly hang out in the Cafe and the Pit. How’s tricks? … Incidentally, this exchange just shows to go ya, kids, the value of the occasional vanity search. If not for that, I’d never have known **Bumbazine** was wondering about me. (Although my personal vanity searches usually turn up GQ threads about nutrition or chemistry that have nothing to do with me.) ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/38 "2003-11-14T12:29:53Z")
Sent you an email **FCM**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/39 "2003-11-14T18:23:46Z")
Hmmm…I’m beginning to think I should have done something more outrageous on my postcard. Continuing my itty-bitty hijack: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \* > \*\*Howdy! > > I’m still around, off and on, though not as much lately as in the past. Quite a bit in the past few weeks, actually, although I mostly hang out in the Cafe and the Pit. > > How’s tricks? > \*\* I occasionally wander through the Cafe, when I have time, but I avoid the pit. Too many vipers in there. We’re doing good. We’d be doing real good if we didn’t have the gummit’s hand in one pocket and the insurance company’s hand in the other. This not having a regular job isn’t as much fun as one might think. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717/40 "2003-11-14T19:43:50Z")
I sent the e-mail yesterday, got the reply today, immediately started working on this grandiose project, and just got back from mailing it. I hope she appreciates the effort; can you believe how hard it was to secure a copy of Finland–land of sauna, sisu and Spam (Jones & Möttönen, 2001) at the local library? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasion-of-the-spamferries/212717.md?page=3)