How come when a sailor drowns from a shipwreck, they say he went to Davy Jones Hamper?

Question

How come when a sailor drowns from a shipwreck, they say he went to Davy Jones Hamper?

Answer 1

I thought it was Davey jones locker, probably because that is where their soul is resting forever.

Answer 2

It's Davy Jones' locker.  Davy Jones is sort of a legend, like the demon of the sea.  Davy Jones' locker is the bottom of the sea.

Answer 3

lol Davy Jones' Locker, hon ....but I like your version a lot better.....

interesting...I'll hafta look up the origin of that expression...

Answer 4

I think I like hamper better.

Like Denny Crane's "Hope springs a kernel."

Answer 5

It's because they are American, everyone else says "Davy Joneses Locker".

Answer 6

It's Davy Jones' Locker.

Answer 7

Not hamper, but locker.

Answer 8

Its the Locker, not hampter

And i have no idea about ur question

Answer 9

Wiki intro:

Davy Jones’s Locker is an idiom for the bottom of the sea — the resting place of drowned sailors. It is used as a euphemism for death at sea (to be sent to Davy Jones' Locker). Davy Jones is a nickname for what would be the devil 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

Answer 10

Okay, Watch Pirates of the Caribbean 1,2, and 3. That will clear everything up!! It did for me!!!