# "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:** 2
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/21 "2008-10-06T01:01:18Z")
Mr Burns is trying to get his illegitimate son into Yale. The following conversation ensues: Burns: Well, did you meet Larry? Yale Official 1: Oh, yes. He made light of my weight problem, then suggested my motto be “semper fudge.” At that point, he told me to “relax”. Burns: How were his test scores? Yale Official 2: Let’s just say this – he spelled “Yale” with a “6.” from: [http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/burns-baby-burns/episode/1442/trivia.html](http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/burns-baby-burns/episode/1442/trivia.html) ---
**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, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/22 "2008-10-06T01:02:19Z")
ETA: answered before I could come back with my witty, yet incorrect, reply! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/23 "2008-10-06T01:02:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > But Smithers isn’t stupid. Why would he spell ‘Yale’ with a 6? Not Smithers. Larry Burns. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/24 "2008-10-06T01:02:50Z")
“Is it about my cube?” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/25 "2008-10-06T01:04:16Z")
Lisa: “Dad! Don’t eat that, it’s poisoned!” Homer: “Eh, I’ve had a good run.” (prepares to eat poisoned eclair) Lisa: “Uhm, uh… It’s _lowfat_!” Homer: “Nooooooooooo!” (throws eclair far, far away. It explodes on impact) My kids and I use this one almost every week: “It’s lowfat! Noooooooo!” ---
**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, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/26 "2008-10-06T01:04:17Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Not Smithers. Larry Burns. I know. Everyone was explaining the obvious joke instead of providing the context \*\* Valteron\*\* asked for. So I was making a point. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/27 "2008-10-06T01:26:42Z")
“Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me.” “Good luck, Ralphy. If your nose starts bleeding, it means you’re picking it too much. Or not enough.” ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/28 "2008-10-06T01:30:05Z")
From “Bart Star”: Homer: Now its time for the easiest part of any coach’s job. The cuts. Later in the same episode: Homer: Ah. You know, tomorrows the championship game and we could sure use some good defensive tackle. Bart: Well, I thought Uter took my place! Homer: Consider him cut. ---
**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, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/29 "2008-10-06T01:32:56Z")
> [@Gregor\_Samsa](#): > > Mr Burns is trying to get his illegitimate son into Yale. The following conversation ensues: > > Burns: Well, did you meet Larry? > Yale Official 1: Oh, yes. He made light of my weight problem, then suggested my motto be “semper fudge.” At that point, he told me to “relax”. > Burns: How were his test scores? > Yale Official 2: Let’s just say this – he spelled “Yale” with a “6.” > > from: [http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/burns-baby-burns/episode/1442/trivia.html](http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/burns-baby-burns/episode/1442/trivia.html) Thank you:D ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/30 "2008-10-06T02:01:23Z")
“Marge, I’m not going to lie to you. So long!” _runs away_ “To alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/31 "2008-10-06T02:25:29Z")
“Stupid sexy Flanders!” You can replace Flanders with about any noun and it works… ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/32 "2008-10-06T02:50:45Z")
Ralph: “Um, Miss Hoover? There’s a dog in the vent.” Miss Hoover: “Ralph, remember the time you said Snagglepuss was outside?” Ralph: “He was going to the bathroom.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/33 "2008-10-06T02:52:52Z")
“I sleep in a drawer!” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/34 "2008-10-06T02:52:54Z")
HA-ha. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/35 "2008-10-06T02:54:56Z")
Marge: Homer, when are you going to give up this crazy sugar scheme? Homer: Never, Marge! Never. I can’t live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles. Sure, I might offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky stride and musky odors – oh, I’ll never be the darling of the so-called “City Fathers” who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about “What’s to be done with this Homer Simpson?” ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/36 "2008-10-06T03:01:27Z")
One of my favorites that I actuall use fairly often. ‘Whoa whoa whoa. I’m Just tryin To Get Into Heaven, I’m Not Running For _Jesus_.’ ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/37 "2008-10-06T03:02:39Z")
“Oh, Lisa, you and your crazy ideas. Mr. Burns is a vampire. Beer kills brain cells. Now let’s go back to that place where our beds…and TV…is.” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/38 "2008-10-06T03:13:30Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Marge: Homer, when are you going to give up this crazy sugar scheme? > Homer: Never, Marge! Never. I can’t live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles. Sure, I might offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky stride and musky odors – oh, I’ll never be the darling of the so-called “City Fathers” who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about “What’s to be done with this Homer Simpson?” Ooh, this one just has to be repeated. I love it! “Every time I learn something new, something different gets pushed out of my brain. Remember when I took that wine making course, and I forgot how to drive?” ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/39 "2008-10-06T04:38:47Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > “Every time I learn something new, something different gets pushed out of my brain. Remember when I took that wine making course, and I forgot how to drive?” “You were drunk!” “And how.” “You gave both dogs away?! You know how I feel about giving.” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/40 "2008-10-06T05:21:05Z")
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