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Jeffro | 22:43 Fri 28th Apr 2006 | Film, Media & TV
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Was the character Wimpey in the Popeye series named after the food chain or was the food chain named after the character


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I don't know for definate but I'd have said that the two wasn't connected.




Course i could be wrong!

the food chain was named after the character, who ate burgers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimpy_Bar
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Thank you jno
well i never............ you live and learn, dont ya!!
As an aside, his full name was J Wellington Wimpey, so during WW2 the crews of the Vickers Wellington bomber used to call their aircraft 'Wimpeys' or 'Wimps'.

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