# Cussing Aliens on The Simpsons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542 "2000-08-24T02:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/1 "2000-08-24T02:32:34Z")
A guy at work told me that the alien gibberish from the Simpsons were distorted cuss words or clever anagrams of cuss words. Any comfirmations? ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/2 "2000-08-24T02:34:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cooldude \* > \*\*A guy at work told me that the alien gibberish from the Simpsons were distorted cuss words or clever anagrams of cuss words. Any comfirmations? \*\* More specifically, the episodes where those green slimy aliens were on. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/3 "2000-08-24T02:38:04Z")
As near as I can tell, they are speaking nothing but english. Of course I am also fluent in Rigellian. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/4 "2000-08-24T02:45:45Z")
It all came straight from the text _Cooking for forty humans_, which is in English. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/5 "2000-08-24T05:24:07Z")
The only gibberish that I’ve heard from them is “shazbot”, which is actually from _Mork and Mindy_. Other than that they speak plain English. There are their names, I guess, which are Kang, Kodos, and (if memory serves) Serak the Preparer. Good luck finding any cuss words in there. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/6 "2000-08-24T05:35:49Z")
Yes, it is Kang, and his sister Kodos, who sounds exactly the same; like a deep-voiced man. 😉 And they speak all in English. Maybe you were confusing it with a reference to the Matt Groening show Futurama, which does have many aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/7 "2000-08-24T07:01:33Z")
No, they DON’T speak English. They speak Rigellian, which evolved completely seperate of English, but by a humongous twist of fate and enormous coincidence, is identical in every way to English. And yes, they’ve said “Holy Florking Schnit” before. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/8 "2000-08-24T07:08:11Z")
Don’t blame me. I voted for Kodos. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/9 "2000-08-24T12:51:52Z")
Homer, I remember that episode. I laughed my flerking ass off! More so than usual. ---
**Author:** ![esswedl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@esswedl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/esswedl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/10 "2000-08-24T16:28:10Z")
“I believe I’ll vote for a third-party candidate.” “Go ahead, throw your vote away!” ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/11 "2000-08-24T17:48:58Z")
mwahhhhhh Haahhhhh Hahhhhh Haaahhhh- (splopt!) Kang: What happened, Kodos? Kodos: Quiet, you! ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/12 "2000-08-24T20:37:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*Of course I am also fluent in Rigellian. \*\* MMM peaches in regellia ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/13 "2000-08-24T23:34:48Z")
Let’s not forget the time they did start swearing on the Jerry Springer show, but it was bleeped out. Whew - that was lucky 😃 HenrySpencer ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/14 "2000-08-24T23:41:52Z")
Oooh! More quotes from the “Citizen Kang” episode: > [@](#): > > **Press guy:** Mr. Clinton. A lot of us are wondering about the way you are your opponent Bob Dole are…constantly holding hands… > > **Kang (disguised as Clinton):** We are merely exchanging long protien strings. If you can think of a better way to do it, I’d like to hear it. > > **Press guy:** … I used to have that one on tape, but I think I lost the video. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cussing-aliens-on-the-simpsons/30542/15 "2000-08-25T00:43:11Z")
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