Interesting bit of info re: Popeye

[theknight571]

I ran across this tidbit yesterday, and NuclearNed's Dr. Ruth thread inspired me to share it.

Was Popeye a stoner?

From the Of Interest section of the Wiki article:

...The last part of the adult humor, is the word Spinach, a euphamism for marijuana back in the thirties, and was made illegal back in 1937. It was believed that Marijuana gave you strength back then and it may have been Popeye's drug of choice.

Interesting, since the cartoon originated around then (the 30's).

 

[clamum]

My friends and I used to joke about that ("I needs me spinach!").

 

[Mo0o]

i think barry bonds watched too much popeye as a child

 

[Wapp]

THanks for the article, OP. I thought the info on the nephews was more interesting than the spinach info.

 

[Amused]

Um, no. I don't know who added that, but higher up is the correct explanation:

The reference to spinach comes from the publication of a study which, because of a misprint, attributed to spinach ten times its actual iron content. The error was discovered in the 1930s but not widely publicized until T.J. Hamblin wrote about it in the British Medical Journal in 1981.

 

[theknight571]

Originally posted by: Amused
Um, no. I don't know who added that, but higher up is the correct explanation:

The reference to spinach comes from the publication of a study which, because of a misprint, attributed to spinach ten times its actual iron content. The error was discovered in the 1930s but not widely publicized until T.J. Hamblin wrote about it in the British Medical Journal in 1981.

Yeah....but that's no fun... lol

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: theknight571

Originally posted by: Amused
Um, no. I don't know who added that, but higher up is the correct explanation:

The reference to spinach comes from the publication of a study which, because of a misprint, attributed to spinach ten times its actual iron content. The error was discovered in the 1930s but not widely publicized until T.J. Hamblin wrote about it in the British Medical Journal in 1981.

Yeah....but that's no fun... lol

The truth is always better.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

and what about those scooby snacks?