( Publicado originalmente no e-zine CTRL-C nº 03, de julho/01 )
Abaixo está transcrito o quadro de Monthy Phyton ao qual me referi. Para aqueles que já conhecem o grupo, sabem que seu humor ácido é impagável. Para aqueles que não conhecem (e eu acho que aí deve estar a grande maioria), se algum dia acharem alguma coisa em alguma locadora – e se apreciar esse tipo de humor – não tenham dúvidas em alugar. Saber que o nome “spam” que conhecemos foi inspirado nesse quadro faz bastante sentido, pois a situção retratada, além do mais puro non-sense, é um PORRE !
Mr. Bun: Morning.
Waitress: Morning.
Mr. Bun: Well, what you got?
Waitress: Well, there’s egg and bacon; egg, sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg, bacon and spam; egg, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, bacon, sausage and spam; spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam; spam, sausage, spam, spam, spam, bacon, spam, tomato and spam; spam, spam, spam, egg and spam; (Vikings start singing in background) spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam.
Vikings: Spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam, lovely spam.
Waitress: (cont) or lobster thermador ecrovets with a bournaise sause, served in the purple salm Mr. Bunor with chalots and overshies, garnished with truffle pate, brandy, a fried egg on top and spam.
Mrs. Bun: Have you got anything without spam?
Waitress: Well, there’s spam, egg, sausage and spam. That’s not got much spam in it.
Mrs. Bun: I don’t want any spam!
Mr. Bun: Why can’t she have egg, bacon, spam and sausage?
Mrs. Bun: That’s got spam in it.
Mr. Bun: It hasn’t got as much spam in it as spam, egg, sausage and spam has it?
Mrs. Bun: (over Vikings starting again) Could you do me egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam then?
Waitress: Ech!
Mrs. Bun: What do you mean ech! I don’t like spam!
Vikings: Lovely spam, wonderful spam… etc
Waitress: Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Bloody vikings. You can’t have egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam.
Mrs. Bun: I don’t like spam!
Mr. Bun: Shh dear, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your spam. I love it. I’m having spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam. (starts Vikings off again)
Vikings: Lovely spam, wonderful spam… etc
Waitress: Shut up! Baked beans are off.
Mr. Bun: Well, can I have her spam instead of the baked beans?
Waitress: You mean spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, and spam?
Vikings: Lovely spam, wonderful spam… etc… spam, spam, spam, spam! (in harmony).