# Makers of Spam (the "food" item) getting cranky. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848 "2003-07-02T19:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/1 "2003-07-02T19:37:24Z")
[Hormel has filed complaints against Spam Arrest citing trademark issues]( has filed complaints against Spam Arrest, a Seattle technology company that provides spam-blocking software for e-mail users. ). Just an interesting story that I thought that I would pass along. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/2 "2003-07-02T19:44:23Z")
Your link does not work for me. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/3 "2003-07-02T19:49:17Z")
Link’s address is: http://%20has%20filed%20complaints%20against%20spam%20arrest,%20a%20seattle%20technology%20company%20that%20provides%20spam-blocking%20software%20for%20e-mail%20users./ Might want to try that again. I’m not surprised they’re mad. I’ve wondered before how they were taking all this. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/4 "2003-07-02T20:01:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*Your link does not work for me. \*\* Try [this one](http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=spamhormel02&date=20030702). Not sure why, but the Seattle times seems to be a pain in the ass for me to link to. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/5 "2003-07-02T20:01:30Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve wondered before how they were taking all this. Via the rectum apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Dawne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Dawne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dawne)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/6 "2003-07-02T20:06:36Z")
I found spam in my fridge the other day, i wasn’t impressed. I started to get paranoid and everything i took out of the fridge afterwards seemed tainted. ---
**Author:** ![Mukluk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@Mukluk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mukluk)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/7 "2003-07-02T20:58:23Z")
Can you imagine the sentencing? All the directors, managers, and employees of the tech company must take a SPAM sensitivity course that includes old Monty Python skits (lunch provided): Waitress: …or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and lubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam. Wife: Have you got anything without spam? Waitress: Well, there’s spam egg sausage and spam, that’s not got much spam in it. Checkout this excellent SPAM site: [http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~ddgarcia/spam.html](http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~ddgarcia/spam.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/8 "2003-07-02T20:59:08Z")
Hormel is going after **Cranky**? Someone had better warn her. ---
**Author:** ![Mukluk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@Mukluk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mukluk)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/9 "2003-07-02T21:02:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mukluk \* > \*\* > Checkout this excellent SPAM site: > [http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~ddgarcia/spam.html](http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~ddgarcia/spam.html) \*\* Note the recipe for SPAM fried won ton :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/10 "2003-07-02T21:03:46Z")
This is awfully funny … what are they going to do, go after all internet users that have ever publicly used “Spam” in a derogatory (i.e., referring to unwanted bulk email) fashion? Even if they limit their “sweep” to web sites, there are many, many more than just these guys. Anyone ever hear of “SpamCop”? Or what if you just have some sort of anti-spam message on your site? Uh, oh, I may be in trouble … ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/11 "2003-07-02T21:07:59Z")
> [@](#): > > _from the article in Binarydrone’s link_ > For years, Hormel Foods has watched as the name of its famous and popular product also has come to mean junk e-mail, **a source of heartburn and anger** for computer users everywhere. And this is different from Hormel’s product how, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/12 "2003-07-02T22:36:08Z")
I learned a lot from the last paragraph of the article (origin of the term Spam)! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/13 "2003-07-02T23:01:28Z")
Heh-- ‘Let’s wait until _twelve years_ after our trademark acquires another meaning in the popular lexicon to say anything.’ Good luck to them. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/14 "2003-07-02T23:25:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*And this is different from Hormel’s product how, exactly? \*\* e-spam can be deleted immediately. Spam (the meat) camps out in your colon for a while. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makers-of-spam-the-food-item-getting-cranky/185848/15 "2003-07-03T02:08:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Spam Arrest officials scoffed at Hormel’s challenge. “Hormel is acting like a corporate crybaby and ought to can it,” Brian Cartmell, Spam Arrest chief executive, said in a statement. 😃