By: Blanche Nonken
To: All Spamites
Re: Somethings Are Forever

Howdy All,

Some things really last forever. When I tell you this story, you are
going to say I am crazy, but we already know that. Last Saturday I
went to the used bread store. The manager of the place was having a
garage sale. Seems his parents are both gone and he was getting rid of
their household furnishings. Things were dirt cheap, but I only bought
one item. That item was a can of Spam. Big deal you say. Well, it was
because I only paid a dime for it. This is old Spam, it is the type
you need a key to open the can with. I called Hormel on Monday and
read the stuff on the can to them. This can was packed in 1951! The
can was not bloated or rusty and apparently still vacuum sealed.
Opening the can, I found the Spam still had color, smelled ok and
looked ok. Not being a dummy, I realize that there could still be
something that would make me sick. So I took a slab into the lab and
we tested it. All tests were negative and we ran them 3 times. So I
ate the rest of it. Only regret I have, is that when I came home I had
a message on the machine from Hormel. I called them back and they
wanted to buy my can of Spam. They offered me $10.00 for it. They were
sorry to hear I ate it. They wouldn't give me anything for the can.

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