"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:3F8BDAF2.DC00A5AE@yahoo.co.jp...
> As long as it's true, that is, the goods are actually available at that
price
> as claimed, who cares? In Hawaii, the loss leader stores use to attract
> customers to otherwise lackluster prices, is Spam (TM).

Must be an island thing -- SPAM is very popular down here as well. All the
convenience stores sell Spam (called "pooku" here) onigiri, usually with a
fried egg sandwiched in between. Plus spam is used in a lot of Okinawan
dishes, like gooya chanpuruu and pooku tamago.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom