# Mug, SPAM, 1 ea.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-spam-1-ea/628272>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 15, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-spam-1-ea/628272 "2012-07-15T02:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-spam-1-ea/628272/1 "2012-07-15T02:28:21Z")

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The SO and I drove down to Whidbey Island today. We stopped in Oak Harbor for a barbecued pork sandwich at a place seemingly frequented by people from the nearby NAS. I went to the counter to pay, and they had a [SPAM mug](http://store.spam.com/Shop/ProductDetail.aspx?Category=%7B0268F6D9-1268-408E-9D85-DEF79F127488%7D&Product=%7B0A0A4962-CB10-4311-B8BF-54E73D688D45%7D&Search=) sitting there. I told the waitress I liked it. She said, ‘Well you can take it, then!’ I gave her an extra fin above the tip I’d already left, for a $6 mug. It was worth it for the niceness.

She likes SPAM (SO doesn’t), and the owner of the joint is from Samoa and he eats lots of SPAM. No musubi on the menu, though. (It used to be, and the waitress said you can order it off-menu.)

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-spam-1-ea/628272/2 "2012-07-15T03:40:15Z")

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One of the things that was a big surprise to me when I moved to Hawai’i in 1989 was actually seeing SPAM on a menu. I happen to like it, myself… and I’d love a SPAM coffee mug!

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-spam-1-ea/628272/3 "2012-07-15T03:46:54Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> … and they had a [SPAM mug](http://store.spam.com/Shop/ProductDetail.aspx?Category=%7B0268F6D9-1268-408E-9D85-DEF79F127488%7D&Product=%7B0A0A4962-CB10-4311-B8BF-54E73D688D45%7D&Search=) sitting there.

I note that your link says …

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> WE ARE UNABLE TO SHIP THIS ITEM TO CALIFORNIA.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-spam-1-ea/628272/4 "2012-07-15T03:49:10Z")

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I’m no longer living in my native state. 😉

Still, that’s weird, innit?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-spam-1-ea/628272/5 "2012-07-15T04:29:01Z")

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Probably because there’s something in the enamel that the Great State of California is afraid will scare puppies.