# "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:** 4
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/61 "2008-10-06T12:57:45Z")
Along the same vein as the “spelling Yale with a 6” line: Patty (or Selma?): “He (Otto) got all the questions wrong, and misspelled ‘bus’ on the application.” Homer the Vigilante: “Oh, you can use statistics to prove anything! 41% of all people know that.” ---
**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, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/62 "2008-10-06T14:51:06Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Homer the Vigilante: “Oh, you can use statistics to prove anything! 41% of all people know that.” Kent Brockman: What do you say about the accusations that your group causes more crimes than it prevents? Homer: Oh Kent, I’d be lying if I said my group didn’t commit crimes. Kent:…touche. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/63 "2008-10-06T14:57:59Z")
Marge: Come on, Homer. Japan will be fun. You liked _Rashomon_. Homer: That’s not how I remember it. Homer: In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics! (The 2nd one is quite handy.) ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/64 "2008-10-06T15:01:20Z")
Abe: The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it. Homer: But…the ball! His groin! Ah ha! It works on so many levels! Hans: I was saying “Boo-urns” (Yeah, my favorite ep is “A Star is Burns”. What of it? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/65 "2008-10-06T15:06:41Z")
BURNS: Smithers, I’m starving! SMITHERS: I could send out for some Chinese… BURNS: BAH! Those people are all gristle! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/66 "2008-10-06T15:25:19Z")
Astronaut: There’s no air in space,. Homer: There’s an air and space museum Jasper: Who shot who in the what now? ---
**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, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/67 "2008-10-06T15:33:12Z")
Smithers: “Smithers : I’m afraid we have a bad image, sir. Market research shows people see you as something of an ogre.” Burns: “I ought to club them and eat their bones!” Burns: “I’ll be brief. Family, religion, friends. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.” ---
**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:** [October 6, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/68 "2008-10-06T15:49:15Z")
Lisa: “You don’t understand!” Homer: “Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” ---
**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:** [October 6, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/69 "2008-10-06T15:56:41Z")
Homer: “I used to Rock and Roll al night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I’m luck if I can a half an hour a week in which to get funky” Otto: "Why do they call them ‘fingers’, I’ve never seen 'em fing. oh, there they go." ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/70 "2008-10-06T16:03:42Z")
“I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me Superman!” “Call me back, Ishmael.” ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/71 "2008-10-06T16:11:12Z")
Homer: “Oooh, I’m making people happy! I’m the magical man, from Happyland! I live in a gumdrop house on lollipop lane!” (shuts door closed) (reopens door) “By the way, I was being sarcastic!” (closes door again) Marge: “Well duh!” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/72 "2008-10-06T16:11:51Z")
Let the fools have their tartar sauce. YOU! Conceal it. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/73 "2008-10-06T16:18:08Z")
Homer driving car hits a deer… Homer: D’oh Lisa: A deer Marge: A female deer ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/74 "2008-10-06T16:18:39Z")
“Is there no place in this world for a man with a hundred and five IQ?” Reading Digest Essay Contest: Brevity is…wit. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/75 "2008-10-06T16:21:57Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > HA-ha. Homer hallucinating after eathing all those hot peppers: “Ha-HA! Ha-HA!” ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/76 "2008-10-06T16:27:11Z")
“I can’t tell where Lenny ends and Carl begins.” “Statements like that are why people think we’re gay.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/77 "2008-10-06T16:55:48Z")
“I’ll have some taquitos.” ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/78 "2008-10-06T17:15:18Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > You’ve conflated two separate (but very funny) situations. > > Bart is trying desperately to get through the 911 jail-mail system so types in a crime code at random and gets the regicide message. > > Homer, who has reached 300lb so he can be classed as obese and work from home, realises the plant is going to melt down and tries to use the phone to warn them of the danger they’re all in. However the phone isn’t equipped to deal with his chubby fingers so he gets this message: > > “The fingers you have used to dial are to big. To order a dialing wand please mash the keypad with your fist now.” Ah, that’s true. It’s been a while. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/79 "2008-10-06T17:16:29Z")
Lurleen Lumpkin: Oh, Homer, you’re as smart as you are handsome! Homer: Hey! Oh, you meant that as a compliment… ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561/80 "2008-10-06T17:22:03Z")
Homer: That’s it! You people have held me back long enough! I’m going to clown college! Bart: I don’t think any of us expected him to say _that_. Ohhhh…why won’t those stupid idiots let me into their crappy club for jerks? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-spelled-yale-with-a-6-im-not-made-of-airports/466561.md?page=5)