tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428581963732814050.post5021229419873917220..comments2023-08-27T01:28:18.292-07:00Comments on Sine O' Sanity: Random Thought of the Day: Long John SilversL. James Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482116703238695930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428581963732814050.post-55195424063657690142010-11-09T00:56:49.294-08:002010-11-09T00:56:49.294-08:00Sorry, I had to post these. Too good to be left to...Sorry, I had to post these. Too good to be left to the void of Google Buzz!<br /><br />Adam Crockett - It's clearly a permutation of one of the original riding lawn mowers. The Lawn John (Silver). This chrome, top-of-the-line mower was so popular that a small fried fish establishment tried a new piggyback marketing technique. It was here that the first Lawn John (Silver) was included with the 2800 piece plantation family meal. The two became synonymous. "Jeb, where can I get one'a dem Lawn John (Silver)s?"<br /><br />Lance Wright - Didn't John Deer almost sue over that fiasco? I seem to recall some early American settlers complaining about "long john slivers," so the name may be a bastardization of this phrase. These slivers were a common side-effect when one forgetful underwear-washing frontiersman would set his long underwear out to dry on a stump or roughshod wooden pole/hitching post, then come morning he'd slip the garment on and be heard to cry out, "OH, LONG JOHN SLIVERS!"<br /><br />Jeremy Hatzell - John Silver was a 19th century englishman who became a bit of a folk hero. Despite racking up huge debts, he always was able to avoid debtor's prison. Some said he bribed the judges (although it was never explained how he got enough money to bribe a judge). Others said that he used black magic. Finally, his creditors brought him before Judge Clarence Grayson. Lord Grayson was known to show no mercy to debtors. The night before the trial, John Silver stole aboard a ship and sailed to America with Grayson's daughter. It was a famous scandal that made all the papers. "So long, John Silver!" became a popular saying of that day. John Silver died of consumption shortly after coming to America. His son, John Silver II, opened a small fish and chips stand in Hartford Connecticut in 1902 using his mother's recipe. He named it Long John Silvers in honor of his father.L. James Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482116703238695930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428581963732814050.post-60712188552300070242010-09-28T04:12:06.413-07:002010-09-28T04:12:06.413-07:00Is that because it takes you 5 months 29 days 23 h...Is that because it takes you 5 months 29 days 23 hours and 59 minutes to make it through the line? You know, there are other bathrooms....L. James Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482116703238695930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428581963732814050.post-27943658401266006382010-09-27T10:55:16.595-07:002010-09-27T10:55:16.595-07:00Long John Silvers - referes to the long lines to t...Long John Silvers - referes to the long lines to the bathroom after eating at LJS. Trust me I know. I have to have my LJS fix every six months or so....DtoaiMnoreply@blogger.com