On: Spices Have Made, and Unmade, Empires

[zaphod420]

"The Spice Melange" is a reference to the last episode of south park. Season 23, Episode 8 - "Turd Burglars"

[echelon → zaphod420]

It's a reference to Frank Herbert's Dune. Fantastic read, and you should get to it when you have time.

[n0rbwah → echelon]

It's of course a reference to Dune but given the fact that the episode with this joke aired just days ago, there's quite a chance that OP was making a reference to South Park's "spice melange" (shit)

[brailsafe → echelon]

Could be either.