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Popeye Mellows

by Terry Barlow
06/19/13
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It was with chagrin that I realized that our hero Popeye the Sailorman no longer even eats cans of spinach! Since his retirement and in his continuing refinement he has switched over to bags of kale, which happens also to go well with Olive Oil. His favorite Bible verse has changed to “It’s not by might, it’s not by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord.” The fellow has become a lot more subtle than in his early days when he littered the countryside environment with empty spinach cans. As a matter of fact, he rarely eats from cans anymore at all, and claims that their contents just don’t measure up nutritionally to BAGS of kale and fresh veggies though they cost more. He admits he probably wouldn’t know this stuff but Olive Oil is educating him in what is turning out to be a pretty expensive education! He still likes the verse: “I can do all things in Christ” but interprets it differently.