On a happier note, my town has an annual (30 years +) Spamarama festival in April to benefit a local non profit. There is a SPAM cookoff and SPAMalympics.
The word Spam for unwanted email is related to a totally insane 1970s Monty Python skit, which is worth a view... if you like Monty Python, that is.
The residents of the state of Hawaii and the territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) consume the most Spam per capita in the United States. On average, each person on Guam consumes 16 tins of Spam each year and the numbers at least equal this in the CNMI. Guam, Hawaii, and Saipan, the CNMI's principal island, have the only McDonald's restaurants that feature Spam on the menu. In Hawaii, Burger King began serving Spam in 2007 on its menu to compete with the local McDonald's chains.In Hawaii, Spam is so popular it is sometimes dubbed "The Hawaiian Steak". One popular Spam dish in Hawaii is Spam musubi, where cooked Spam is combined with rice and nori seaweed and classified as onigiri.
Lots more interesting information about all things SPAMhere.