Talk about needing a wax!
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Yeah. May as well kiss those hoverboards goodbye.
Yeah, this is like the 4th time in the past two yearsthe internet has been covered in " TODAY'S THE DAY MARTY MCFLY TRAVELLED INTO THE FUTURE TO! ZOMG!". It seems to gain a little less traction each time though, so I guess that's good.
THERE'S STILL HOPE FOR HOVERBOARDS
As you bloody well should. Know your place!
I just watched it like two months ago, and I forgot too.My sincerest apologies internet for forgetting an obscure detail in a movie I saw 30 years ago and for assuming the screenshot my wife texted me with no context was accurate. I will now go self-flagellate with a USB cord.
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not 30 years until 2015.
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makare
you son of a bitch!
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makare
No I was a little kid in the 80s so no shoulder pads.... a lot of neon though.
Fuckers.
Fuckers.
Don't dis neon. Don't you dare.
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makare
oh I dis it. I dis it to hell!
I am on the brink of a personal vendetta against Nicki Minaj
I am on the brink of a personal vendetta against Nicki Minaj
I ate Spam for the first time in my life today. I had two slices of it. I ate the first one and while relatively revolting, I decided to try to choke down the second slice. I couldn't. The smell, the texture, the layer of shiny congealed fat on the outside, I gagged on it. It's the worst shit on Earth.
So, here's my realization: What the fucking fuck Hawaii? What the fucking fuck?
So, here's my realization: What the fucking fuck Hawaii? What the fucking fuck?
Wait. You just ate it out of the can? Dude, you fry that shit, you don't eat it straight out of the can.
Like Great Britain, SPAM was about the only protein that Hawaii could get their hands on during WWII. Still it is one of the best ways for them to get meat from the mainland. There are a lot of cattle on the islands, but their meat is super expensive.
And yes, that crap is expensive. You can buy steak for that price. They ask a lot of money for snouts and anuses.
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And then there's scrapple.
And after that? Head cheese!
And after that? Head cheese!
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Yes.
and a good time was had by all.
That layer of shiny stuff is what I have referred to as "Spam Jelly" for about 30 years. It is hideous and the #1 reason why I will never touch the stuff. Living in Hawaii - there is Spam everywhere. I mean like you go into Target and there is an entire endcap filled with cans of it in several flavors! You can get Spam (and rice) with your breakfast at McDonalds. I'd rather starve than get forced into eating that crap ever again.
Scrapple though...I would love to have some of that, with two eggs over easy and buttered rye toast, even though it is probably 100 times more disgusting than Spam. My mom used to say it was made from "assholes and lips". lol
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Believe it or not, Spam is actually made from good cuts of meat. In fact, that was the original selling point of the product. It is mostly pork shoulder, with a small amount of ham added in primarily as a marketing gimmick due to the fact that everyone already thought it had ham in it from the name. At the time Spam was introduced, other companies were packaging low quality pork as canned ham, and Hormel created Spam as a higher quality alternative. The clear goo in the package is gelatin, which is produced when the raw product is cooked in the can. In fact, Hormel spent a good deal of research time attempting to minimize the amount of gelatin in the can, settling on a mixing the meat in a low temperature vacuum.
Mmm.... Spam. I can only really eat it once every two or three years, mainly because of how salty it is, but I do occasionally love me some thinly sliced fried spam. Not sure where you're buying Spam that you can get steak or even ham for the same price though. Around here even a halfway decent steak will run you two or three times as much as a can of Spam and ham will run you double the cost easily.