Post #367113 by christiki295 on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 1:07 PM

On 2008-03-10 22:35, Koolau wrote:
How did this become a pirate bar thread?.

One of Davy Jones' primary characteristics is as a pirate:

Davy Jones’ Locker
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For the villain in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, see Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean). For the fictional place in the third film, see Geography of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Davy Jones’s Locker is an idiom for the bottom of the sea — the resting place of drowned sailors. It is used as an euphemism for death at sea (to be sent to Davy Jones' Locker).[1] Where as the name Davy Jones is a nickname for what would be the devil/saint/god of the seas. The origins of the name are unclear, and many theories have been put forth, including incompetent sailors, a pub owner who kidnapped sailors, or that Davy Jones is another name for the devil – as in, “Devil Jonah”. This nautical superstition was popularized in the 1800s.