# Salmonella and The Ride Of The Valkyries

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmonella-and-the-ride-of-the-valkyries/591738>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 6, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmonella-and-the-ride-of-the-valkyries/591738 "2011-08-06T15:42:17Z")\
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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:** [August 6, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmonella-and-the-ride-of-the-valkyries/591738/1 "2011-08-06T15:42:17Z")

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Was there a PSA spot in the 1970s that warned of salmonella, to the tune of _The Ride Of The Valkyries_? This would have been on TV in San Diego, or possibly Los Angeles.

_Salmonella!  
Salmonella!  
Salmonella!  
Salmonella!_

Or is it a false memory or something I made up?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmonella-and-the-ride-of-the-valkyries/591738/2 "2011-08-06T15:45:12Z")

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Band name _and_ Thread Title of the Year nominee.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmonella-and-the-ride-of-the-valkyries/591738/3 "2011-08-06T15:50:24Z")

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I remember that ad!

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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:** [August 6, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmonella-and-the-ride-of-the-valkyries/591738/4 "2011-08-06T15:52:15Z")

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So I’m _not_ insane!

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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salmonella-and-the-ride-of-the-valkyries/591738/6 "2012-02-22T09:40:12Z")

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> [@casybing](#):
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> Salmonella is a major cause of illness in package holiday hotels abroad. Holidaymakers can claim compensation when they return to the UK if they have contracted salmonella whilst staying in a hotel which was part of a package holiday, provided poor standards of food and hygiene were to blame for their illness.

Almost but not quite mr roboto.