WHY POPEYE IS COOL

Probably the reason that Popeye is cool is that he's so politically incorrect. First of all his name. Somehow Popeye has been deprived of his right eye.

We're never told how he lost it, but sure enough: never had it/never will. And his moniker Popeye is a reflection on having no eye. After all, it's not Popeyes.

Next is his language. Who else pronounces the "c" is muscles? And what's up with the way he always talks to himself? He loses it on every show.

Of course he smokes. It may be a corncob that doubles for a spinach bowl among other things, but it's still a pipe and it/he stinks from usage.

Next is his choice of the anorexic Olive Oyl. A play on an obvious reference to a Mediterrean hot blooded woman. He, and his arch rival, Bluto fight over Olive like she's a babe or something.

And of course, his spinach is not natural. He pumps up like sosa or mcgwire simply by ingesting a substance that he claims is spinach. Remember when sosa left some Flintstone vitamins in full view of his locker? That was a cheap shot that he played for humor, kinda like when he suddenly couldn't speak English at the congressional meetings on steroids. It was pure Ricky Ricardo without the humor. Popeye may have gotten a generation or two of children to at least try their spinach, but the power they brought Popeye was not veggie-induced.

Finally, his theme song, "I'm Popeye, the Sailorman," is a slam at the navies of all countries. Sailors, yes, sailorman, no. It's degrading.

But then again, that's maybe why we love him. He's so self-deprecating and politically incorrect. But hey, he did introduce us to a real American--Wimpy who'll "gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."