Saturday, April 16, 2011

Boris Yeltsin given Spam


...during a visit to the United States.  Gorbachev supposedly received a can as well.

4 comments:

  1. Just looking at Yeltsin's expression, I think I can empathize... What were they thinking?

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  2. @Gavin: Yeah, he did not look excited.

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  3. so awesome- this can't possibly be real?

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  4. @MTC: Oh, it's legit. I read about it in my SPAM book. (Yeah, I know.) When Yeltsin visited the Midwest, he was given a can. Apparently, in an earlier visit to the Midwest by Gorby, he was given a can too. I can't find a picture of Gorby with SPAM, unfortunately.

    The book also features a Korean SPAM gift set/box. It even comes with a little container of oil to fry said SPAM.

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