This thread is terrible and should have never been made because it is dumb

Premmy · 06-23-2010, 03:57 AM

This Man's gonna kick your ass, no matter who you are.

Any doubters?

Meister · 06-23-2010, 04:05 AM

A picture of Popeye is not a good discussion basis for an entire thread.

But I do like to be surprised, so everyone, you have five posts to turn this into an interesting thread that's still related to this picture of Popeye before it just gets closed.

Premmy · 06-23-2010, 04:07 AM

Popeye Eats some spinach, punches Meister, and turns him into Fenris.

Rejected Again · 06-23-2010, 04:10 AM

Popeye the destroyer has come! He will burn our field, kill our women and rape our cattle! We must defend our way of life with honor. Quickly We need a task force to circle around back and cut off his spinach supply lines. Then if we can hold out long enough he shall become frail, this is when we begin our counter attack! Quickly now, to the mechs! Speed is our only hope for victory!

(3 posts left, good luck y'all)

EDIT: Fuck you Prem.

Amake · 06-23-2010, 04:14 AM

Challenge accepted!

So is it just me who never, ever liked Popeye? My first memory of Popeye is watching a monochrome cartoon on a TV with bad reception when I was five or six and thinking it was repetitive, predictable and choked with clich�s. I guess it was all the rage in 1930 or whenever it was new.

Also grown-ups assumed that after watching it I would enjoy a hearty meal of spinach which I didn't like any better than most kids. Now I like spinach, but I associate the taste with Popeye and that makes it worse.

Also his name in Sweden is Karl-Alfred which has nothing to do with any wordplay whatsoever. It's just random. Olive Oyl is Olivia. Total lack of imagination there.

Cloud Strife · 06-23-2010, 05:19 AM

Personally I was a fan of the Popeye movie, but really I'm pretty sure that's only 'cause Robin Williams was in it.

Professor Smarmiarty · 06-23-2010, 05:27 AM

The common myth about Popeye gets his strength from spinach because of a typo in an article about spinach iron content is a complete lie. Not only do we not have any evidence of the paper that this supposedly occured in, spinach was chosen for its high vitamen A content not its high iron content.

Meister · 06-23-2010, 06:08 AM

Plus the spinach thing, if I remember correctly, was an invention of the cartoons and didn't originally appear in the newspaper strip; in fact, Popeye wasn't even the main character in that strip and only appeared a few years, I think it was, into its runtime.

And I've completely forgotten what the name of that strip was, too.

Professor Smarmiarty · 06-23-2010, 06:13 AM

Thimble Theatre. As far as I remember he was originally just super strong and then he went through various methods of gaining extra strength before finally settling on spinach.

Premmy · 06-23-2010, 06:26 AM

Sorta Like Kryptonite only coming from the Radio Show, BUT!
Superman get's weaknesses in other media, Popeye get's strengths. What does that say?

06-23-2010, 03:57 AM	#1
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	This thread is terrible and should have never been made because it is dumb This Man's gonna kick your ass, no matter who you are. Any doubters? __________________ Drank

06-23-2010, 04:07 AM	#3
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	First Challenger! Popeye Eats some spinach, punches Meister, and turns him into Fenris. __________________ Drank

06-23-2010, 04:14 AM	#5
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Challenge accepted! So is it just me who never, ever liked Popeye? My first memory of Popeye is watching a monochrome cartoon on a TV with bad reception when I was five or six and thinking it was repetitive, predictable and choked with clich�s. I guess it was all the rage in 1930 or whenever it was new. Also grown-ups assumed that after watching it I would enjoy a hearty meal of spinach which I didn't like any better than most kids. Now I like spinach, but I associate the taste with Popeye and that makes it worse. Also his name in Sweden is Karl-Alfred which has nothing to do with any wordplay whatsoever. It's just random. Olive Oyl is Olivia. Total lack of imagination there. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 06-23-2010 at 04:15 AM. Reason: Hot damn you're a bunch of fast-posting dudes.

06-23-2010, 05:19 AM	#6
Cloud Strife Stranger in a strange land. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Walla Walla, WA. Posts: 2,846	Personally I was a fan of the Popeye movie, but really I'm pretty sure that's only 'cause Robin Williams was in it. __________________ You know, I'd put up something witty and clever right now, but eh. I'm lazy.

06-23-2010, 06:26 AM	#10
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	Sorta Like Kryptonite only coming from the Radio Show, BUT! Superman get's weaknesses in other media, Popeye get's strengths. What does that say? __________________ Drank

06-23-2010, 04:05 AM	#2
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	A picture of Popeye is not a good discussion basis for an entire thread. But I do like to be surprised, so everyone, you have five posts to turn this into an interesting thread that's still related to this picture of Popeye before it just gets closed.

06-23-2010, 05:27 AM	#7
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	The common myth about Popeye gets his strength from spinach because of a typo in an article about spinach iron content is a complete lie. Not only do we not have any evidence of the paper that this supposedly occured in, spinach was chosen for its high vitamen A content not its high iron content.

06-23-2010, 06:08 AM	#8
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Plus the spinach thing, if I remember correctly, was an invention of the cartoons and didn't originally appear in the newspaper strip; in fact, Popeye wasn't even the main character in that strip and only appeared a few years, I think it was, into its runtime. And I've completely forgotten what the name of that strip was, too.

06-23-2010, 06:13 AM	#9
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Thimble Theatre. As far as I remember he was originally just super strong and then he went through various methods of gaining extra strength before finally settling on spinach.

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