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Interesting article in a current medical journal... Apparently, it seems all of Popeye the Sailors unusually shaped features are now being attributed to various dilemmas and mishaps he's suffered throughout life. For instance, his stunted growth was caused by only eating a spinach diet since birth. The gravelly voice is from smoking spinach in his pipe since the age of six. The misshapened jaw, chin, and mouth are from years of neglected oral hygiene and trench mouth. The grossly bulging forearms are from infected anchor tattoos. The squinty eyes are a sign of retinal detachment caused by having an anvil dropped on his head too many times. The odd curvature of his spine and legs is from hundreds of compound fractures healing improperly. He has said on numerous occasions that he's had "every bones in me body busted up severals times." (This unusual speech pattern, by the way, is simply from a lack of any formal education whatsoever.) The fact that he only has four fingers on each hand is the result of a bet he lost while in the navy. A chemical imbalance most likely causes the sudden anger and wild mood swings....and we haven't even touched on his lifelong bout with scurvy!
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