June is referencing a book entitled “Popeye The First Fifty Years” written by Bud Sagendorf (the longest running artist of the Popeye comic strip) in which there are two pages setup as if it was written by Popeye, thus it’s written exactly as Popeye speaks. This makes those two pages by far the best part of the book, because it’s absolutely hilarious to read. The exact phrasing of the part June refers to is written as such, “One night I killed twen’t-one pirits… I ain’t got no sympthity fer pirits.” This section also has him telling you stuff like “I drunk carbolical acid oncet an’ it didn’t hurt me on account of I got a stumick like nobody’s business” and “I been shot a hun’erd an’ twenty times… an’ I ain’t dead yet… when a bullit does go through me tough hide it don’t bother me none… ceptin’ I has to cork up the hole on account of I don’t like drafts blowin’ through me”.
Shelly on the other hand references a Popeye cartoon entitled “Popeye and the Pirates” where not only does Popeye seemly forget that he has had a million run ins with pirates by telling Olive that Pirates don’t exist, they are a fragiment of her imaginaskin’, it also has the unforgivable site of seeing Popeye dress in drag. Obviously the writers thought they were doing a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Popeye just knocked out a old lady. Nice way to treat woman, Popeye.