Spamalot

Okay so today I'm off to go and see Spamalot, the Monty Python Musical in London. As most people will be able to tell you, I'm a huge Monty Python fan and I can't wait to go and see it. I just hope it does the movie justice.

But then I got a-thinking, what the hell IS spam. I mean, we all know its that hideous meat they used to eat in the war and some crazy people still eat it now. Quick message to those people: we WON the war and we have REAL FOOD now.

To quote Wikipedia:

Spam is a canned meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. It has gained a peculiar infamy, along with something of a place in pop culture, and has even entered into folklore and urban legend. Spam is seen in movies as Smeat.

Spam is produced in (among other places) Austin, Minnesota, USA (aka Spam Town USA). The labeled ingredients in the variety of Spam are chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite.

Other varieties of Spam differ; Spam Lite contains pork and chicken, and Spam Oven Roasted Turkey is a halaal food, meaning that it is allowed under Islamic law, and is especially popular in Muslim markets. It also comes in a low-salt variety.

Like most other luncheon meats, Spam is precooked. However, Spam is often pan-fried or otherwise reheated to impart a pleasing texture and flavor.

As of 1997, over 5 billion tins had been sold worldwide.

Gross. But FIVE BILLION TINS?!?!?! There's only SIX BILLION people on Earth. That means like, 5 out of 6 people on Earth have effectively bought a tin of spam. of course this is not the case since a lot of people would have bought a large amount of tins and it's not everyone in the world buying this shite. But STILL. I'd rather die than touch that stuff.

East vs West

Ok, here's a thought.

Take a second and think about the UK, USA, Russia, Germany, France, Australia, ANYWHERE in the 'Western World'. Think about the buildings, pretty aren't they? Right.

Now take another second to think about buildings in China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong etc. A little different aren't they?

Right, here's the thing. Why is it that the culture of Asia is SO different to ours? It's just odd how all the rest of the world advanced one way while Asia branched off in a different direction.

In all honesty, I think their buildings are much better looking, not that we don't have some good looking buildings ourselves.

But it isn't just buildings. Take food for instance. Their food is very different. That's a little easier to explain, different plants grow in different parts of the world and thus their diet is largely based on rice, which is easily found there.

Just popped into my head that's all.

Hairface.

So. I just got my hair cut. It got me thinking.

Ever noticed how our hair only grows out of the TOP of our heads? Where as if you look at other animals, they have hair growing out of their face as well. So why don't we?

Weird. But then, that got me thinking, the regions where hair grows on the human body aren't actually that extensive when you compare us to practically other animal who all have fur-covered bodies. What's going on there eh?

So in conclusion, we are quite possibly, the most naked beings on this planet. Fun stuff eh? No. Okay.

Oooh fresh blog.

Hey guys,

Just finished setting up new account, ready & raring to go. With any luck (and sticking-power) I will try to post my day to day thoughts here on anything and everything.