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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 I yam what I yam!--Popeye's 75th! #120114 01/16/04 12:59 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill OP Carpal Tunnel OP WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... "I yam what I yam, and dat's all what I yam, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man, toot, toot!" Happy 75th to that spinach guzzlin', Bluto battlin', Olive Oyl chasin', phrase coining sailor... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/15/entertainment/main593542.shtml Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I yam what I yam!--Popeye's 75th! #120115 01/16/04 01:12 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 M maahey addict maahey addict M Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 Thanks, W'ON! No thanks, for the earworm that the simple mention of Popeye caused.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I yam what I yam!--Popeye's 75th! #120116 01/16/04 12:47 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Yeah. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I yam what I yam!--Popeye's 75th! #120117 01/16/04 01:27 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill OP Carpal Tunnel OP WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... "...I'm strong to the scrinach, 'cause I eats me spinach..." worm on... or was that, "I eat my spinach"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I yam what I yam!--Popeye's 75th! #120118 01/16/04 01:35 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California What's an earworm in this instance? And do glabrous earworms wear earwigs? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I yam what I yam!--Popeye's 75th! #120119 01/16/04 01:35 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Scrinach? I thunk it were 'finach.' Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ohrwurm #120120 01/16/04 01:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York jheem, it comes from one of those felicitous German words, like treppenwitz. ~A melody that won't go out of your head. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I yam what I yam!--Popeye's 75th! #120121 01/16/04 02:52 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill OP Carpal Tunnel OP WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... >finach< You could be right! And let's not forget ol' hamburger-lovin' Wimpy. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I yam what I yam!--Popeye's 75th! #120122 01/16/04 02:55 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA "...I'm strong to the finish, 'cause I eats me spinach..." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Wimpy #120123 01/16/04 03:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York There is/was a hamburger chain in the old country called Wimpy's. Cross-ponders, does it still exist? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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