# I, For One, Welcome Our New Cliché-Laden Overlords **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200 "2004-12-30T03:26:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/21 "2004-12-30T22:51:23Z")
I, for one. welcome our new Simpson quote hating overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/22 "2004-12-30T23:30:56Z")
When did it reappear on the SDMB? I’ve noticed it a lot lately, and wonder when it repopularized. That episode is from the early 90s. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/23 "2004-12-30T23:35:14Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Agreed. Hail Ants was a funny screen name when he registered but I’d be pissed if I were him due to the overuse of that quote here. It’s at the top of my cringeworthy phrases list right now and I’ve been on the verge of pitting it for the last two weeks or so. So you are saying that it is a name that sounds funny the first time, but it gradually became less funny each time you heard it… kind of like, say, The Be Sharps? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/24 "2004-12-31T00:23:43Z")
_Sweet dreams and flying machines, in pieces on the ground… Sweet dreams and flying machines, flying safely through the air_ I heard _Fire and Rain_ today in a pizza parlor and that was the first thing I thought of. Great episode. “Second comes right after first!” Oh, right. I have nothing to add. Sorry. Oh, yeah, but then again, I think about _The Simpsons_ all the time. (I can’t believe it took me three days to figure out that that tidal wave in the news might _really_, sadly, killed some people in Kualalala…Kuala Lu…France.) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/25 "2004-12-31T00:49:48Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#): > > Best. Episode. Ever. Wrong. The “X-Files” episode beats it… but just barely. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/26 "2004-12-31T04:48:01Z")
Aw, they were just going to show pictures of the rod… > [@bughunter](#): > > Aw, stupid rod! I like to imagine what people ca. 1973 would have said if you’d proposed a cartoon feature that pitted ‘unkempt youngster’ James Taylor against Buzz ‘2nd’ Aldrin, in which Taylor bullies Aldrin, and wins (at least until his idea proves a disaster and he announces, “Got to go”…) Probably a request to smoke some of what you were on. > [@mobo85](#): > > _Sweet dreams and flying machines, in pieces on the ground… > Sweet dreams and flying machines, flying safely through the air_ > > I heard _Fire and Rain_ today in a pizza parlor and that was the first thing I thought of. Great episode. > > “Second comes right after first!” ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/27 "2004-12-31T20:31:06Z")
> [@F. U. Shakespeare](#): > > Amen. > > Possibly my favorite _Simpsons_ line ever: > > The spacecraft is attempting a risky re-entry procedure. The two experienced astronauts are quiet, and as we read their thoughts, are soberly humming “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”. > > Homer is also humming a song to himself: > > _Oh, those Golden Grahams, > Oh those Golden Grahams, > Crispy, crunchy, graham cereal, > Brand new breakfast treat_ > > I can’t think of a more pointed, eloquent way of expressing the concern that one has filled one’s head with a lifetime of garbage. (A concern shared by many _Simpsons_ fans). Its also a riff on John Glenn’s re-entry scene from _The Right Stuff_. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/28 "2004-12-31T20:39:09Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > I, for one. welcome our new Simpson quote hating overlords. :D. Nothing to add, just … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/29 "2004-12-31T21:34:55Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > So, you’re suggesting that we threaten anyone who uses it with a 1920’s style death ray, perhaps? > 😃 Only if when they come back, they fail to bring… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/30 "2005-01-01T02:52:58Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Now that we know the origin, can we please stop using the phrase? It’s got to be one of the most irritating and overused cliches on the internet (not just on the Dope). Don’t look to me for support. I’m still fighting to keep “Hi, Opal” a catchphrase. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/31 "2005-01-02T02:26:40Z")
I’ve noticed an interesting phenomena. Anytime someone asks about or comments on something related to The Simpsons I will have either seen the episode in question a day or two before or will see it within a day or two. Granted the local station does show reruns at least twice a day but there are an awful lot of episodes available. The day before I saw this post, I saw the episode in question. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/32 "2005-01-02T05:04:54Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > Naw, it’s still got some life left in it. It’ll take at least another decade before it becomes as irritating and overused as any given Monty Python quote. Hey, bite your tongue. Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200/33 "2005-01-02T12:29:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Naw, it’s still got some life left in it. It’ll take at least another decade before it becomes as irritating and overused as any given Monty Python quote. But even then it would take an additional decade for it to become as irritating and overused as “42” (in the “meaning of life” sense.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-cliche-laden-overlords/282200.md?page=1)