Dragon Laffs

Good Morning Campers,

Yup, I liked that header enough that I’m going to reuse it.  I don’t often reuse them right away, but that one speaks to me, so … there it is.

So, today is Saturday and it’s springtime, so you guys know what that means, right?  Yup, you got it.  I’ll be out in just a little while with the Izzy dragon doing the lawn mowing stuff.  Yeah, I can hardly wait.

But, it’s still early enough that I don’t want to bother the neighbors.  I have a strict no growling policy before 10 a.m. on the weekends.  Besides, I haven’t finished my first cup of coffee yet.  That sweet, delectable elixir that gets me motivated and keeps me out of jail every day.  It also has the side benefit of keeping other people breathing.  It’s a multipurpose potion.

We have some pretty cool stuff for you today.  So, I highly suggest you sit back, grab your own potion of choice, depending on when you are reading this and your own needs and let’s get this train moving down the tracks, shall we?

Okay, maybe not quite like that, but …

Well … maybe … I guess we’ll see.

 

 

 

Someone has a great sense of humor.

I Speak Four Languages

English

Sarcasm

Sexual Innuendo

Drunken Sailor

So, I speak Five…Dragon…which is a combination of all of the above.

Another one after my own heart!

This next one is AWESOME and sent in by brother Sasquatch.  This seems to be an honest to goodness news story…and I love it!

And here’s the news story that goes along with the sign … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-q_J5IyoKE

I really think this is a great idea for some like minded people to put up around the country…

Remember the mattress cover comment on Amazon that ran last issue … here’s a comment from Leah about that …

Leah D

I looked up about the mattress covers, it is the truth!
If they don’t care enough to actually tell the buyers, what are they telling the mattress workers?
I would stand up to a gun any day before I would stand up to fiberglass!

I agree!  Fiberglass is nothing to mess around with!

And it’s pretty strong coffee, too!

There’s an Oreo cookie?

Sometimes you get caught up in one of those pictures where you’re chasing your own tail …

Embarrassing …

Great job!

And here’s a comment from Stephanie that I totally agree with …

Stephanie

We need prayer desperately for this country.

I couldn’t agree more, my darling.  We need a lot more than that, but I think that prayer would be a wonderful thing, too.

I don’t know how true that is … but hell, let’s give it a try!

Arizona and Hawaii are now the only states that don’t observe daylight savings time.

Treasure Island was never like this!

I’ve had that same problem with certain villages and some virgins who weren’t …

Another comment from Leah about the whole UFO thing…

Leah D

I have KNOWN for years, UFO’s exist. I didn’t trust our government because they denied them. Now, when we have a man totally removed from reality as president, they admit them.
What’s wrong with this picture?

Well, there’s a LOT wrong with this picture … but that’s totally beside the point.  My question is how have you KNOWN for years that UFOs exist?  Do tell, girl friend.  Spill some tea!  (I know I’m not using that right and I sound like an idiot, but still …) Okay, let’s put it this way people, you are reading and following an ezine written by an admitted dragon and a late and dearly departed leprechaun, with contributors that include the fabled Sasquatch, Santa Claus, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and numerous other fabled and mythological creatures and many of you have trouble wrapping your little heads around creatures from other planets.   My distant cousin Marvin has even put in an appearance a time or two … what’s not to believe?

Now the Navy is getting in on the act. 

Erich von Daniken in his book Chariots of the Gods postulates pessimistically that in our Milky Way Galaxy alone there could be 180 million planets capable of supporting life.  And if only one percent of them DID support life, that would still leave 1,800,000.  And if only one percent of them had life as advanced as ours that would leave 18,000.  And if only one percent of THOSE had life MORE advanced than ours, that’s still 180 planets out there that could be visiting us!  And that’s just in our own galaxy! And yes, that was me, paraphrasing A LOT from his book.  You want more, read it yourself, I did, many, many years ago.

So, what are the odds of us being visited by UFOs?  I’d say, pretty good.

 

And we can thank Vincent for this new feature …

This is called cross sea. A cross sea is a sea state with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles.

And to give you a taste of what’s to come in the upcoming weeks, here’s another:

This is what an eight-ton Orca jumping 20 feet out of the water looks like

Now THAT’S a flying fish!

If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.

Well damn!  It looks like me and someone else have the same job …

I also try to get you to think a little bit sometimes … I know for some people that hurts their heads, but you guys can handle it.  YOU campers are special people.

Somehow I think it’s gonna hurt!

The Onion Relish is innocent, I tell ya!  Innocent! 

Just a couple of these for today …

It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at that line for the rest of your life.

Flirt:  When you fall for someone’s words.

Lust:  When you fall for someone’s beauty.

Love:  When you fall for someone’s soul.

Wow!  That’s powerful!  So … I guess I’ll just keep flirting with you guys!

But your biggest mistake, my son … IS WE DO EXIST.

And it sure isn’t a religion of God.  Or at least not any god that lives in Heaven.

There is no such thing as a Grouchy Old Person.

The truth is, once you get old, you stop being polite and start being honest.

Nearly everything has the potential to be funny.  The smartasses seize th opportunity to poke fun at something just to get a laugh.  Please thank a smartass today for making your life more cheerful.

You’re welcome.

This quote almost made me cry.  If you don’t know her story, you should look it up.  She was a regular on Saturday Night Live when SNL really was something.

“I wanted a perfect ending.  Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end.”  ~ Gilda Radner

Gone too soon.

Anyone can make you smile, many people can make you cry, but it takes someone really special to make you smile with tears in your eyes.

Half of me is a hopeless romantic and the other half … well, the other half is an asshole.

And that’s it for today my fellow travelers through the campgrounds of life.  Okay, that sounded as lame as it looked.  Anyway, that’s it; it’s over; finish your coffee and go back to work.  Have a great rest of your day.

Good Morning Campers,

Well, it’s been a week.  That is for sure.  Since I worked last weekend, I’ve taken today, Friday, off.  Which, I guess is a good thing since I’ve gotten none of Saturday’s issue started yet.  LOL.  But, this is not unusual lately, right?  So, I haven’t gotten anything to be fired up over today … well, that’s not true.  I’ve got a ton of shit to be fired up over today.  What I should have said is that I haven’t got anything NEW to be fired up over today. 

We are back to talking about where the COVID virus came from.  Come on.  We all KNOW where it came from, the White House is obfuscating. 

There is more and more and more evidence of UFOs really existing.  Except they aren’t called UFOs, they are now called UAP.  Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon.  If these things are really caught on video, which it seems that they are.  And they don’t obey the laws of physics as we currently understand them.  And they can travel through multiple mediums (air, vacuum, and water).  And no one is claiming them as their own … well, extraterrestrial seems to be the only logical explanation.  “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as stated by Sherlock Holmes.  Which can also be expressed as Occam’s Razor which states basically that the simplest answer is probably the correct one.   If you hear hoof beats think horses, not zebras. 

Anyway, I’m blathering.  When what you guys want is laughter.  It’s the weekend, we should all be relaxing, drinking beer, eating pizza and stuff … or in my case, Jameson and cigars.  Same thing, different vice.  So, let’s do this.

The Bozo criminal for today comes from Las Vegas, Nevada where Bozo Edward Baker was arrested for shoplifting. He apparently found a shirt he liked at a local department store, took it into the dressing room, put it on and walked out of the store. So, how was he caught? The bozo left behind his old shirt–and in the front pocket of that shirt was his paycheck stub, complete with his name and address.

You … are an idiot.

If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then let’s all get wasted together and have the time of our lives. ~ Armand’s Pizza, Washington DC

Some days the supply of curse words is insufficient to meet my demands.

Patience is a virtue.

It’s just not one of MY virtues.

Teamwork!

Twinkle, Twinkle little star,
Point me to the nearest bar.

Mrs. Dragon has been doing my family tree and it turns out, this is my third cousin … he’s a leaf dragon.

Take being called crazy as a compliment.  It means you’ve found the courage to be yourself when so many others have not.

Another member of Team Dragon Laffs.  This is Linda, she’s part of our perimeter security team.

You will never understand the damage you did to someone until the same this is done to you.  That’s why I’m here. ~ Karma

They say you’re only as old as you feel.

Well, I feel like I’ve been exhumed from the tombs of Egypt, given a cup of coffee and been sent to work.

I went to visit a Psychic.  I knocked on her front door and she yelled … “who is it?”  So I left.

Wow! 

And here is a great homemade solution to real problem for a lot of us from Pete …

HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:

Items needed:

1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle

HOW:

1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.

2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.

3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.

4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.

5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)

Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.

    Have Fun,
    Pete

The Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Miller Duncan for passing along this Bozo Report. From the International File in Brasilia, Brazil comes the story of Bozo Eduardo Sanchez who tried to break into a house by crawling through the iron grillwork covering the windows. The bozo got partially through when his pants got caught in the grillwork. Not wanting to give up, the bozo removed his pants and kept trying to squeeze through. This time he made it about halfway in when he got stuck. The homeowner returned home to find our bozo, wearing only a pair of white underpants, stuck tight between the burglar bars. Police had to call the fire department rescue team to come and cut down our very embarrassed bozo.  We keep saying how moronic these people are and they keep taking it as a challenge.

If you die and get cremated, you can be put into an hourglass and still be included in family game night.

Perfect.  We need an ID to ride a shuttle, but not to vote.  Thanks Democrats.

As the Kardashians celebrate their 20th season I would like to congratulate myself for never watching a single episode.

 

I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but Wal-Mart has Father’s Day cards in packs of five …

I’m not happy because I have to work at the museum tonight moving suits of armor.

I hate knight shifts.

Something seems really wrong…

And with that image left in your brain, I’ll end this issue here.  May you have a wonderful weekend.

Cheers!

Impish Dragon

Good Morning Campers,

I     HAVE     HEARD     IT     ALL!!!!!

I cannot believe that this stupid fucking administration is planning on giving away even MORE of our money!  $500 a month for every child under 6 and $350 for every child over 6.  There is already no incentive for people to go back to work and some of the states are starting to realize this by cutting off the unemployment benefits (since it’s the states that have to pay it) now the federal government is going to make it even worse.  Some of the fast food restaurants around here are actually offering a $100 sign on bonus.  A sign on bonus for a fast food restaurant!  Can you imagine!!!

And it’s because it pays more to stay home and sit on your ass than it does to work for a living.  And what our government is doing is forming a society that is completely reliant on the government and not on themselves.  They are destroying our work ethic.  They are proving that popping out babies is the way to make money.

I AM DISGUSTED!  They need to go!  Stupid, dumbass, useless … I can’t think of any more descriptive ….AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!  I’m so fucking mad!

IT’S OUR DAMN MONEY!  I had to raise and support my kids.  Just like I couldn’t pay for my college, now you want me to pay for your kids and pay off your useless college loans.

NO!  Fuck you!  Get a damn job and do it yourself!

And I suppose it’s racist, or some sort of white privilege for me to tell you to work your ass off like I have to, right?  For me to want you to worry about where the money for your medical bills is going to come from like I have to.  For you to have to decide if you are going to pay for medicine, food, or utilities this month.  Yeah, that’s called White fucking Privilege.  Ass wipe.

No, it’s not THAT bad anymore…but it’s not that far off, either.  I should be looking forward to retirement and instead, I’ve got at least 5 or 6 more years of work … if I live that long.  I joke and say that I’ll work till noon on the day of my funeral, but that may not be too far from the truth, because, that’s what White, working class Privilege is all about.

And yes … I’m ranting, I’m pissed and we’ve got to move on to other things.  I suppose I should have saved this for a Last Word or somewhere in the middle of the issue, but it just hit me and I’m pissed and … well … let’s just move on.

Yeah .. it’s down here … keep going …

Because that makes too much fucking sense!!!!

Things That Aren’t Cancelled:

1.  Me being an asshole

That doesn’t surprise anyone of you, does it?

Sex is kinda like cooking …

Everyone can do it, but only some make it delicious.

Hey!  Dragon!  What do you, friggin’ think?!

The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are, but how happy others can be because of you.

You don’t always need a logical reason for doing everything in your life.  Do it because you want to; because it’s fun; because it makes you happy.

Laugh because it annoys the bastards!

If I was to pick one word to describe myself, I’d go with “doesn’t follow instructions”

“So I sez to da guy, I sez, ‘you will have eternal enlightenment’ and he really seemed to enjoy dat.”

I have seen similar signs to this in many different establishments.  Some ask you to order a special drink if you’re worried.  I think it’s a great idea.

Here’s a comment from Leah …

Leah D

I hope I’m on a roll . . .
On Saturday, I got my hair cut . . . 7 months worth!
On Sunday we found cottonwood tree fluff had strangled our AC, and once cleaned, worked right again.
They say things come in threes, so I am expecting today to be another great day. It has started out that way, with a GREAT issue of Dragon Laffs!
Then I’ll pass the dice to you, and hope you get a great roll.

Well, Leah, I’m not sure I’ve gotten any kind of a great roll.  Mrs. Dragon is still doing very poorly.  We get to see a specialist next week and that’s the good news.  Anyway, thanks for the good thoughts dear friend.

“Dammit I saw the sword first!”  Black Friday is tough everywhere.

And now one from Stephanie:

Stephanie

Had a post on FB come up with a blurred image because it could be considered offensive to some.
The story was a white cop helped black man story. The picture was them both smiling and shaking hands. It’s a shame that they considered this offensive.

That is terrible.  What a warped and weird world we are currently living in.

Hired a handyman and gave him a list.  When I got home, only #1, 3, and 5 were done.  Turns out, he only does odd jobs!

The employee shortage is so bad that long haired freaky people can now apply.

I hate those people who knock on your door and tell you how you need to be “saved” or you’ll “burn”.

Stupid Firemen.

Parents don’t really go on vacation.

They just take care of their kids in a different city.

Attention!

I AM OUT OF ORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  MY “STUPID PEOPLE” FILTER NEEDS CLEANING AND MY “GIVE A DAMN” BATTERIES HAVE RUN OUT.

And that is it for today.

Love and happiness to you all.

Cheers!

Impish Dragon

Good Morning Campers,

I friggin’ BLEW IT!  I thought Sunday was Armed Forces Day, so therefore, Monday would be the best day to celebrate it here, but NO!  It was Saturday!  And I screwed it all up!  Oh well, it’s not like I don’t have just a couple of things on my mind right now, so here, a couple of days late, is Armed Forces Day!

May 15 this year 2021, commemorates the very special Armed Forces Day. Celebrated on the third Saturday of May every year, this is a very crucial day dedicated to honor the US military forces for relentlessly providing security and protection to the nation. The US military constitutes of the following 6 branches -Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, and the Space Force. In addition to the above branches, the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard are reserve components of their services and function, partially, under state authority.

It is to acknowledge the effort of all the people working in these branches that the Armed Forces Day is celebrated unanimously among the US military. The inception of this day goes back to several years. The Defense Secretary Louis Johnson in 1949 on August 31, stated the concept of single-day observation as the Armed Forces Day in order to substitute separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. As a result, all the armed forces were put together under one unified agency name — the Department of Defense.

Following which, President Truman announced the birth of this momentous Armed Forces Day through his speech praising ‘the military services at home and across the sea’. Therefore, it was Saturday, May 20, 1950 that marked the maiden Armed Forces Day which witnessed a ‘combined demonstration by America’s defense team of its progress under the National Security Act’ directed ‘toward the goal of readiness for any eventuality’.

The role of the commander-in-chief is assumed by the President of the United States. It was President John F. Kennedy who had declared Armed Forces Day as an official holiday, in the year 1962.

Do you know that less than 1% of the population serves in the Armed Forces of the United States?  Not even 1%.  And did you also know that we don’t swear allegiance to any person or political party.  We don’t swear allegiance to the president, an officer or any other person.  Nope.  What we swear to do is to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.  That’s the oath that we swear … and it NEVER expires.

So, it might be a little late, but grab a military member or a veteran and give them a hug, kiss, or a manly handshake and thank them for their service.  For those of you who don’t know any, I’ll be accepting hugs and kisses and handshakes all this week at my cavern. 

Now on to the rest of the issue!

I know I disappear a lot – I don’t text back consistently – and I’m distant.  The truth is … I’m a superhero.

Them:  How many pushups can you do?

Me:  If they’re the orange flavor, I know for a fact I do do 7 of them in one sitting.

Ain’t     No     Fucking     Way!!!!!

Okay, I am NOT responsible for this.  I was not there.  That is not my dart.

Even though there are days I wish I could change some things that happened in the past, there’s a reason the rear view mirror is so small and the windshield is so big, where you’re headed is much more important than what you’ve left behind.

Some people wait all day for 5 pm, all week for Friday, all year for the holidays, all their lives for happiness.  Don’t be one of them.  Don’t wait until your life is almost over to realize how good it has been.  The good life begins right now, when you stop waiting for a better one.  One day you’ll wake up and there won’t be any time to do the things you’ve always wanted.  Do it now.  ~ Kelly’s Treehouse

Everybody celebrates dragons!

Ever notice how many towns are named after their water tower?

If you find yourself bored on a Saturday …

Just go to an unknown wedding and shout, “I still love you!!” and wait for the drama to unfold.

“Can I borrow a cup of pollen?”

I think that’s a perfect idea!

Congress?  Are you listening?

Have you ever really thought about how, when you look at the moon,  it’s the same moon that Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and Van Gogh and Cleopatra looked at?

They all looked at that same moon.

They’re all dead.

The moon is killing people.

Wake Up America!

The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Kennesaw, Georgia where Bozo Robert Carter stole the cellular phone out of Jennifer Brown’s car.When Jennifer went to a pay phone to call her husband Bob to tell him of the theft, her husband told her that he was talking to the Bozo phone thief at that very moment on the other line. It seems the Bozo had just started hitting buttons on the phone and hit one of the speed dial buttons for Jennifer’s home. The Bozo told Bob he was holding the phone hostage and if he ever wanted to see his phone again, he should bring $80 dollars to a nearby park. Bob went to the park with the money and with the police. They found the Bozo right where he said he would be, sitting on a park bench and playing with the phone.  Yeah … I don’t think you’re doing that right.

The Bozo Criminal for today comes from Cheyenne, Wyoming where Bozo Walter Swain planned his bank robbery down to every last detail, or so he thought. He knew exactly where to hide the getaway car so no one would see it. He knew when the security guard took his break. He even knew which day the bank tellers had the most cash on hand for cashing checks. He had every detail covered–so why is he a Bozo? Because he forgot one small detail–he forgot to bring a slip of paper to write the hold up note on. So, he grabbed the first scrap of paper he found in his car, wrote the note on it, walked in and handed the note to the teller. She gave him the money, he walked out the door and drove away. He probably would have gotten away with it except for that small detail about the paper. You see, he wrote his hold up note on the back of one of his own checking account deposit slips!

That must have been one hell of a right hand turn!

If you’re confused … don’t know what this one means … I’m so very, very sorry.  But guess what?  You can go right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s and find out.

Someone should start a rumor of a shortage of jobs so everyone will panic and get one.

Watching the price of lumber and wondering if I should sell my house for parts.

Being happy doesn’t mean everything is going good.  It just means the drugs are working.

The problem with most close-minded people is that their mouths are always open.

I need that kind of coffee that’s so strong – when I take a sip, my ancestors wake up.

Restaurant toilets are so dangerous!

So many of my dates have gone to use them and vanished!

There’s enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to build a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York City.

Me:  How much for the angry lawn gnome?

Yard Sale Lady:  That’s my toddler.

Okay, an awful lot of you have a lot to say out there.  I think I have more political and politically leaning memes collected right now than I have ever before in the past.  Not sure if I’ll get to all of them or not, but we’ll see.

Biden’s press conference was like watching a caveman attempt brain surgery.

Are we banning rap music yet?  It’s a lot more racist than Pancake syrup or rice.

Ignoring evidence of election fraud because the election is already over is like ignoring a murder because the victim is already dead.

A Good First Step To Fixing America

Would be to prosecute politicians who violate their Oath of Office to Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution of the United States of America

And yet the 1% of the population who promised to put their lives between the evil in the world and the rest tend to get treated the worst

I just found a Document that says ALL of our

restrictions have been lifted, and we are all

FREE …

It’s pretty old though …

Dated 1776 …

The current cry is “Hold Police Accountable.”  I truly believe police would do a better job if COURTS actually held CRIMINALS accountable.

The pipeline shutdown was an all-hands-on-deck situation for a young presidency that has also had to deal with a pandemic, a recession, an influx of unaccompanied children at the southern border, a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and high-stakes showdowns globally that carry the specter of war.

 All of Fucking which they created …….

What scares me most is not the fact that our media is lying to us.  It’s the fact that most of you believe them.

It that thought doesn’t scare the shit out of each and every one of you … then you haven’t thought it all the way through yet.  Go ahead, I’ll wait.  But, not too long.

The Swamp did not get drained, but the water got low enough for us to see all the hideous creatures residing therein.

And that my friends, is going to have to be it for today.  I hope you had as much fun as I did.  Love and happiness to you all.

Cheers

Impish Dragon

Good Morning Campers,

Welcome to the weekend!  It’s Saturday — and I’m working again!  You know, it’s a damn good thing that I love my job.  But, I’ve mentioned that before.  I’m actually trying to get a little ahead.  Don’t tell anyone but today is actually Thursday and I’m trying to get a head start. 

I had my official extremism training today at work.  If you haven’t heard about that … I can’t really talk about it because sure as shit there will be some alphabet agent somewhere who is monitoring this website and will turn me in.  Who the hell am I kidding, they’re probably going to turn me in for my opinions anyway, but hey!  They are my opinions…and it’s a humor website, so if you can’t laugh about it, then GET OVER YOURSELF!

Geez, I’m in a bad mood.

They’ve really gotten under my skin today, so let’s get to laughing.

OMG, Mrs. Dragon just told me she wants to change her last name to Boop.  That would make Izzy Dragon into Izzy Boop.  That’s actually pretty cute.  I’m going to start calling Mrs. Dragon, Boopy Dragon.  Now she’s laughing.

So, that’s a plus.

Now, on to the rest of you guys.

I really, really, really want some sort of an explanation for this …

So, a pipeline was hackable, but a voting machine wasn’t????

Yesterday, I met a girl who runs a battery kiosk at our local park.  Yes, that’s right …

She sells C cells down by the seesaw!

Something THIS dragon learned at a very young age.

I’ve been diagnosed with a chronic fear of giants…

…Feefiphobia…

“If a drummer comes out of retirement, will there be repercussions?”

Because it’s just so damn entertaining …

Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

I got thrown out of my local park today after arranging the squirrels by height.

They didn’t like me critter sizing.

And here’s another great story from our own dear, sweet Lynn …

Popeye The Sailor Man – Who Knew?

POPEYE the Sailor Man really existed…

His real name was Frank “Rocky” Fiegel.  He was born in 1868 in Poland and, as a child, immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled down in a small town in Illinois. As a young man, Rocky went to sea.  After a 20 year career as a sailor in the Merchant Marines, Fiegel retired.  He was later hired by Wiebusch’s Tavern in the city of Chester, Illinois as a ‘Bouncer’ to maintain order in the rowdy bar.

Rocky quickly developed a reputation for always being involved in fighting ( and usually winning).  As a result, he had a deformed eye (“Pop-eye”).  He also ‘always’ smoked his pipe, so he always spoke out of one side of his mouth.  In his spare time as a Bouncer, Rocky would entertain the customers by regaling them with exciting stories of adventures he claimed to have had over his career as a sailor crossing the ‘Seven Seas.’

The creator of Popeye, Elzie Crisler Segar, grew up in Chester and, as a young man, met Rocky at the tavern and would sit for hours listening to the old sailor’s amazing ‘sea’ stories.’  Years later, Segar became a cartoonist and developed a comic strip called ‘Thimble Theater.’ He honored Fiegel by asking if he could model his new comic strip character, ‘Popeye the Sailor Man,’ after him.  Naturally Fiegel was flattered and agreed.

Segar claimed that ‘Olive Oyl,’ along with other characters, was also loosely based on an actual person.  She was Dora Paskel, owner of a small grocery store in Chester.  She apparently actually looked much like the Olive Oyl character in his comics.  He claimed she even dressed much the same way..
Through the years, Segar kept in touch with Rocky and always helped him with money; giving him a small percentage of what he earned from his ‘Popeye’ illustrations.

WHO didn’t love the cartoons???  We watched them religiously… so funny, so moral… each story had a good ending… wonder if kids these days even KNOW who Popeye is???  Who knew he was a real man??!!!

Wow, lived to be 79 years-old.  Thanks for sharing that Lynn.

Doesn’t every family have one?

“By the power of Grey Skull”

Not the same thing at all …

That’s a case of your own arrogance landing you right in jail.

I just found the place where we’re going on vacation!!!!

And the place I’m going to haunt if I ever die.

Before I became a parent, I swore my kids would never have a tantrum in public.

Let’s all take a minute to laugh about this together.

Everyone needs a friend they probably shouldn’t be allowed to sit next to at a serious function.

I can’t do anymore.  It’s late and I’m sorry, my friends.

Cheers

Impish Dragon