How many of you popeye fans know that there is a city with a statue of him?  |
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 My husband and I like to go to Chester, Illinois because they have a really good smogarsboard. But there is also another reason. There is the neatest statue of Popeye there. Also throughout the town you will find a statue of Olive Oil and her baby. On the buildings there are painted different scenes with Popeye, Olive Oil, her baby and Brutus. Also the man who loves hamburgers who I can't remember his name. It is a pretty cool city to visit.
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 sparkofinsanity (3446) | 1 year ago |  LOL - Looks just like him doesn't it?
I left a comment on the pic too.
Off to bed now. Goodnight sunshine.
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 sunshinelady (6123) | 1 year ago | Hi Dear Friend, wordmax,
Popeye is a cartoon character that was very popular when I was growing up. The statue is dedicated to the creater of Popeye and it is a really nifty little city. | |
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| 3. ElicBxn (14986) | 1 year ago |  Wimpy, Wimpy, Wimpy - they named a hamburger chain after him - or him after the hamburger chain in England - they were NASTY!
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| sunshinelady (6123) | 1 year ago | One of the other responses told me the name. But I didn't know that they had come up with a actual hamburger chain named for him. That is interesting. | |
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4.  eeyore39 (3181) | 1 year ago |  I love Popeye and spnach too. I will never forget my little Popeye lyric.
Went like this. "I'm Popeye the sailor man. I live in a garbage can. I love to go swimming with bow legged women. I'm Popeye the sailor man."I will have to remember ths city and visit when I am up that way next time. I think that would be a joy.
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| sunshinelady (6123) | 1 year ago | I remember that song. My brothers used to go around and sing that. I think you will like it. They also have Olive Oil and her baby and Brutus and wimpy. It is really cool to see. | |
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| sunshinelady (6123) | 1 year ago | We don't travel now. But we do like to go for a ride. And Chester is not to far from where we live. We do have a good life together. Over the years the places we have been I like to put here. I think it is interesting and figure the members would like to hear about some of the places we have been to. | |
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| sunshinelady (6123) | 1 year ago | They still have the warnings there. I live about six miles away from Scott AFB, and my husband and I like to take rides on Sundays. | |
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| 7. Transdisc (18489) | 1 year ago |  Hello sunshinelady:)
I had no idea that there was a statue of Popeye anywhere in the world. I guess I just never considered it. Thanks for letting us know.
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| sunshinelady (6123) | 1 year ago | Your welcome. It fascinated me when we came on it. It is the neatest statue. I have been there more than just that one time when we found it. It is a neat city to visit and has all the Popeye characters throughout the city. | |
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| 8. OURDEW (2391) | 1 year ago |  When my son was small, he loved popeye. He would watch the cartoons over and over. I didn't know there was a statues of the popeye gang. I'm from Illinois but I'm not sure where Chester is.
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| sunshinelady (6123) | 1 year ago | I just found out something else about Chester, Illinois. They are going to also do a Bluto statue in Sept. 6, 2008.
Click on this link it is about Chester, Illinois and the Popeye statue and they are going to be unveiling Bluto Statue on Sept. 6, 2008.
http://www.chesterill.com/index.php?id=74
This is just too cool. | |
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| 9. wolfie34 (13855) | 1 year ago |  Blimey Popeye brings back fond memories, I used to sit down as a child and watch that, but I hate the taste of spinach! Horrible stuff, even as an adult I can't eat spinach, probably one of the only vegetables that I refuse to eat! Wimpy is the name of the character who loves hamburgers, although I am sure someone has already pointed that out, I am still catching up on notifications after being away. That was a great cartoon and it's fascinating to hear that they have put up statues to honour such a great cartoon character.
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