Fact check: Popeye the Sailor was a PotHead !!
If you're like me, your firmest memory of Popeye was when he gulped down his spinach and gained super human strength, and righteous invincibility; that is exactly when he would turn the tide, and resolve the dangerous situation, which usually involved kicking the shit out of physically imposing, barrel chested Bluto, the Sexist Bully..
So where is the tie in with Weed? It's in the Spinach.
Sure they wanted kids to eat their vegetables;
vegetables make you strong right!
but...
Notice the subtlety in the below captured image from an actual Popeye cartoon..
loco-weed was also a slang for cannabis #marijuanadoesnotexist
(some of the time it went down through his pipe)..
Spinach was sailor slang for weed in Popeye's era
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However, the History of Sailors and Cannabis goes back much, much farther.
Since Ancient times Sailors have Loved Cannabis; it's great for nausea and lack of appetite, two common symptoms of motion / sea sickness..
You see Cannabis historically comes from Africa (sativa), and India (indica), where sailors routinely traveled during the colonial days, and all the way as far back as prehistory..
Most of the slaves coming from those places did not go to America,
as is the common misconception..
They went to the Caribbean.
A place, that to this day is synonymous with cannabis use.
and besides that...
every graphic artist i ever met, smoked herb.. LoL
Do you think there's a chance, that somewhere along the line, the artists who drew the early Popeye / spinach cartoons smoked weed?
i do. The Power of the Herb is the Strength of the righteous..
"I am what i am"... Popeye
"i am that i am, mighty and unconquerable"... Song of Solomon, Ancient Biblical text
So where is the tie in with Weed? It's in the Spinach.
Sure they wanted kids to eat their vegetables;
vegetables make you strong right!
but...
Notice the subtlety in the below captured image from an actual Popeye cartoon..
loco-weed was also a slang for cannabis #marijuanadoesnotexist
(some of the time it went down through his pipe)..
Spinach was sailor slang for weed in Popeye's era
.
However, the History of Sailors and Cannabis goes back much, much farther.
Since Ancient times Sailors have Loved Cannabis; it's great for nausea and lack of appetite, two common symptoms of motion / sea sickness..
You see Cannabis historically comes from Africa (sativa), and India (indica), where sailors routinely traveled during the colonial days, and all the way as far back as prehistory..
Most of the slaves coming from those places did not go to America,
as is the common misconception..
They went to the Caribbean.
A place, that to this day is synonymous with cannabis use.
and besides that...
every graphic artist i ever met, smoked herb.. LoL
Do you think there's a chance, that somewhere along the line, the artists who drew the early Popeye / spinach cartoons smoked weed?
i do. The Power of the Herb is the Strength of the righteous..
"I am what i am"... Popeye
"i am that i am, mighty and unconquerable"... Song of Solomon, Ancient Biblical text
photos wiki common
Lmao.. thanks for sharing.. I'm gonna have to get a Popeye decal now for the bus..
Wow this makes so much sense! Great info
History can not recall the Love affair between Cannabis and the Men of Ancient times.. but We stoners are of one ilk.. we have ALL Loved the same woman; been soothed by her soft caresses, and her uplifting, most gracious smile.. If i'm starting to make sense. i must be doing something right!! LoL
Haha very true
yaas! This made my week. Thank you!
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YARRRrrr!!
Seriously, glad you liked it enough to comment, Thank you !!
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