# Flanderisms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 14, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446 "2003-10-14T20:36:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/41 "2003-10-16T00:19:56Z")

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“Godspeed, little doodle.”

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**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/42 "2003-10-16T00:26:33Z")

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Ned: No footlongs please.  
Maude: I know how they make you feel.

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/43 "2003-10-16T02:28:14Z")

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“I’ll take white bread, thank you very much, with a glass of water on the side for dippin’!”

To be fair, everything past “…a glass of water” was said in unison by the entire Flanders clan.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/44 "2003-10-16T02:47:53Z")

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_screams like a woman_ Purple drapes! I’ve always wanted purple drapes! _screams like a woman_

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**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/45 "2003-10-16T02:52:58Z")

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And Harry Potter and all his friends burned in Hell for practicing witch craft!

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**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/46 "2003-10-16T04:01:29Z")

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Hey, kids! Nachos, Flanders style – that’s cucumbers with cottage cheese.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/47 "2003-10-16T15:53:47Z")

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…and God bless the middle man for jacking up the price…

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**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/48 "2003-10-16T16:19:03Z")

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Fine and dandy like sour candy!

and \<nitpick #2\> “If it’s **tangy** and brown, you’re in cider town.”\</nitpick #2\>

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/49 "2003-10-16T17:35:12Z")

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“And, of course, in Canada, the whole thing’s flip-flopped.”  
-This may be the reason for all the confusion

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/50 "2003-10-17T21:34:53Z")

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**Homer** : Boring! Let’s watch something else.

**Rod&Todd** : Aw…

**Ned** : Now, boys, Mr. Simpson is the guest. He gets to decide what to watch.

**Homer** : Yeah…

[Homer flips through channels which all seem to be blank]

**Homer** : Hey, what gives? I thought you had a satellite dish.

**Ned** : Sure doodily-do. Over 230 channels locked out!

_[sup]WITH A NOD TO B. ROBINSON[/SUP]_

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/51 "2003-10-17T22:55:56Z")

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Get him, Tod! Mercy is for the weak!

–from the crazy golf episode, really early.

It’s not one of the great lines, but it’s just so before Ned became Ned I thought I’d mention it.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanderisms/207446/52 "2003-10-18T03:32:23Z")

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“Now kids, aren’t you glad we don’t believe in vaccinations?”

“Yes!” (Rod and Tod, as they lie shivering and pale on the sofa, struck down with the measles or something)

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