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Something Rhymes with Purple

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The Original Davy Jones and His Locker

Davy jones was nautical slang in the eighteenth century, and it essentially always meant the evil spirit of the sea. Some people think that he was a british tavern owner who tricked drunk soldiers on to ships. Others believe it's simply another word for the devil, davy devil. But i'm so sorry, tim, to let you down. The answer is, we just don't know. Whoever he was, if indeed he ever existed in physical form, has been mythologized to the enth degree. And so it's a really, really hazy path to follow back. But the work will go on, as i always say.

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