# Funniest Monty Burns quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 1, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196 "2005-08-01T20:55:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/1 "2005-08-01T20:55:15Z")

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“So, the caterpiller has emerged from the cocoon. As a shark. With a gun for a mouth.”

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/2 "2005-08-01T20:58:21Z")

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::singing::

“Like my loafers? Former gophers!”

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/3 "2005-08-01T20:58:51Z")

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Smither: People see you as somewhat of an ogre.

Burns: Why I ought to club them and eat their bones!

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/4 "2005-08-01T20:59:42Z")

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“Ooh, the Germans are mad at me. I’m so scared! Oooh, the Germans!”

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**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/5 "2005-08-01T21:00:06Z")

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When Smithers was helping him get something to eat out of a can that wouldn’t open:  
Smithers “Would you like me to order some Chinese, sir?”  
Burns “No, those people are all Gristle.”  
Hah!

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**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/6 "2005-08-01T21:03:10Z")

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“Ketchup. Catsup. Ketchup. Catsup…”

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**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/7 "2005-08-01T21:04:00Z")

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Mr. Burns:  
Smithers, do you think maybe my power plant killed those ducks?

Smithers:  
There’s no ‘maybe’ about it, sir.

Mr. Burns  
(wiping a tear from his eye)  
Excellent…

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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/8 "2005-08-01T21:19:24Z")

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“Have the Rolling Stones killed.”

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/9 "2005-08-01T21:22:20Z")

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[Click] "I said, _get in_.

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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/10 "2005-08-01T21:22:29Z")

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This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That’s democracy for you.

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/11 "2005-08-01T21:25:07Z")

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If it’s a crime to love one’s country, then I’m guilty! And if it’s a crime to steal a trillion dollars, then I’m guilty of that too! And if it’s a crime to bribe a jury, then I’ll soon be guilty of that too!

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/12 "2005-08-01T21:31:41Z")

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“Begin the thawing of Jim Nabors”\*

“I like to put my feet up”\*

“I once watched Gentleman Jim Corbett fight an Eskimo bare-knuckled for a hundred and thirteen rounds! Back then, of course, if the fight lasted less than fifty rounds, we demanded our nickel back!”

\*In case you haven’t heard these, context is important.

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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:** [August 1, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/13 "2005-08-01T21:33:39Z")

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Homer’s impression: Exactly… heh heh heh heh… D’oh!

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**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/14 "2005-08-01T21:34:35Z")

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After someone comments the greatness of the just concluded boxing match:  
"Oh, hogwash! Why, I once watched Gentleman Jim Corbett fight some Eskimo fellow bare-knuckled for a hundred and fifteen rounds! Of course, back then if a fight lasted less than fifty rounds, we demanded our _nickel_ back.\*

Pash

\*may or not be exact quote

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**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/15 "2005-08-01T21:37:52Z")

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D’oh!

Allright, how about:

“Oh, hey there, uh . . . Mr. Brown-Shoes! How about that . . . local sports team!”

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**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/16 "2005-08-01T21:42:13Z")

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> [@Max Carnage](#):
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> “Have the Rolling Stones killed.”

“But sir, those aren’t the…”

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**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/17 "2005-08-01T21:49:34Z")

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“We expressd our love physically, which was the fashion of the day.”

“Smithers, I’m enjoying this, so-called, ‘iced cream’”.

After King Homer (Kong) starts smashing the city; “I’m dreading the reviews, I’ll say that much.”

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/18 "2005-08-01T22:01:16Z")

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“Hold on there, maestro. There’s a _New_ Mexico?”

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/19 "2005-08-01T22:15:38Z")

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"Simpson, put my hand on her knee.

“I said ‘her.’ And I said ‘knee.’”

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**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-monty-burns-quotes/315196/20 "2005-08-01T22:18:02Z")

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> [@randwill](#):
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> “Smithers, I’m enjoying this, so-called, ‘iced cream’”.

That’s sort of becoming a running joke. In a recent episode he says, “We might get stung by a bumbled bee.”

And I don’t know if it’s an exact quote but it sounds like something he’d say and I like to use around the office: “I’m tired of your nincompoopery!”

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