I went on a student exchange to England in '88 and fondly remember going to
Wimpy's and for years considered it the finest fast food burger joint in the
world.
Wikipedia tells me that Wimpy's actually started in the US but was basically
dead by the time I was born.
-Curt
On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 10:40:13 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Wimpy (J. Wellington Wimpy) was a character in the Popeye the Sailor cartoon
strip and later in the animated cartoon.
"Wimpy's favorite dish is the hamburger, and he is usually seen contentedly
munching on one, but is seldom willing to pay for them. A recurring gag are
Wimpy's attempts to con other patrons of the diner into buying him his lunch.
Wimpy often tries to outwit fellow restaurant-goers with his convoluted logic
and various tactics. His famous line, which was first carried over into the
cartoons in 1934's We Aim to Please, is "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a
hamburger today" (which carried over as lyrics to a song in the 1980 movie
Popeye, "Everything Is Food"). According to Rough House in one strip, he never
comes around on Tuesday, and thus cannot pay his debt.”
-D
> On Mar 29, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> WHat's special about Tuesday?
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 8:44 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> Wimpy!
>>
>> There was something about Wimpy that I was always kinda creeped out about
>>
>> --FT
>> Sent from iPhone
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>>> On Mar 28, 2020, at 7:42 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Try this:
>>>
>>> http://penoff.com/Photo_Dump.html#1 <http://penoff.com/Photo_Dump.html#1
>>>
>>>
>>> -D
>>>
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