# "He spelled 'Yale' with a 6." "I'm not made of Airports" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561 "2008-10-05T15:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/1 "2008-10-05T15:46:56Z")
Simpsons lines. Go. ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/2 "2008-10-05T17:17:13Z")
“Tastes like burning.” “I’m not _not_ licking toads.” ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/3 "2008-10-05T17:52:11Z")
“I am so smart! I am so smart S-M-R-T!” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/4 "2008-10-05T17:54:26Z")
“Marge, may I play devil’s advocate?” “Of course.” Homer plays a pinball machine called _Devil’s Advocate_. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/5 "2008-10-05T18:02:41Z")
“My cat’s breath smells like cat food.” ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/6 "2008-10-05T18:02:43Z")
Detective Don Brodka: “If I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I’d be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose.” I use that one at least weekly. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/7 "2008-10-05T18:51:38Z")
“No, you want the Mr. Plow who plows driveways. This is Tony Plow…y’know, from Leave it to Beaver? [pause] Yeah, they were gay.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/8 "2008-10-05T19:01:35Z")
“You can use facts to prove anything that’s even _remotely_ true.” ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/9 "2008-10-05T19:09:25Z")
Bill Clinton: “No, thank _you_, Lisa, for teaching us a valuable lesson: If things don’t go your way, just keep complaining until your dreams come true!” Marge: “That’s a pretty lousy lesson.” Bill Clinton: “Hey, I’m a pretty lousy President!” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/10 "2008-10-05T20:01:29Z")
“Me fail English? That’s unpossible.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/11 "2008-10-05T20:07:15Z")
“Marge, it’s statements like that that make people think women are stupid.” “Well, it’s statements like that that… **are mean!** ” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/12 "2008-10-05T23:47:41Z")
≥: “Do it Lisa! You’ll be greater than or equal to boys.” 8: “Even though you’re only eight [flips over to side to become infinity sign], your possibilities are infinite.” 27: “Twenty-seven!!!” Flanders: “Homer! I think we ran over something!” Homer: " I hope it was stupid Flanders!" Ze goggles! ZE DO NOTHING!!! ---
**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/13 "2008-10-06T00:06:54Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Simpsons lines. > > Go. Excuse me for being thick, but I can’t get the joke on that one. I have tried and tried. He spelled Yale with a 6??? Help out a poor challenged guy, will ya?:(. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/14 "2008-10-06T00:11:26Z")
Yale. Y-a-l-e. Yale. There’s no “6” in it. ---
**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/15 "2008-10-06T00:30:17Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Yale. Y-a-l-e. Yale. > > There’s no “6” in it. Maybe I am missing part of the context. I know there is no 6 in Yale. But how is that a joke? Who spelled Yale with a 6??? I know I must be overlooking something. ---
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/16 "2008-10-06T00:34:16Z")
Must… crush… capitalism! When I grow up, I’m going to Bovine University! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/17 "2008-10-06T00:37:37Z")
You don’t make friends with salad. Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/18 "2008-10-06T00:40:44Z")
“Make way for Willy!” WHUMP! “I said make way for Willy, ya bolded gosberg!” ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/19 "2008-10-06T00:44:01Z")
> [@Valteron](#): > > Maybe I am missing part of the context. I know there is no 6 in Yale. But how is that a joke? Who spelled Yale with a 6??? I know I must be overlooking something. The joke is that he is so stupid he spelled it YAL6. Or Y6LE. - Shelli6ean ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/20 "2008-10-06T00:53:29Z")
But Smithers isn’t stupid. Why would he spell ‘Yale’ with a 6? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561.md?page=2)