# My Cat's Breath... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath/146223 "2003-01-02T17:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath/146223/1 "2003-01-02T17:16:57Z")
Smells like cat food. I am told this is a Simpsons quote. I have only encountered it as a meaningless catch phrase used to derail a meaningless thread. Is it a Simpsons quote, and in what context was it presented? Am I misunderstanding the use on the SDMB? Yearning to be part of the In Crowd, but not as long as I have to watch the Simpsons, a show whose charm escapes me… Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath/146223/2 "2003-01-02T17:21:11Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s a Wiggimism, one of Ralph Wiggum’s many zany sayings… ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath/146223/3 "2003-01-02T17:22:19Z")
It is, in fact a quote from The Simpsons, said by Ralph Wiggum. You can find a transcript of the episode here: [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F17.html](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F17.html). It is said as a total non-sequitor, yes, so I would argue we’re using it correctly. Here are the relevant lines: **Ralph** : [skipping with his diorama] I beat the smart kids! I beat the smart kids! I – [trips] [unhappy] I bent my Wookie. **Lisa** : Hey Ralph, want to come with me and Alison to play “Anagrams”? **Alison** : We take proper names and rearrange the letters to form a description of that person. **Ralph** : My cat’s breath smells like cat food. ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath/146223/4 "2003-01-02T17:24:14Z")
It is from episode 1F17, Lisa’s Rival. A transcript can be found here [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F17.html](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F17.html) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath/146223/5 "2003-01-02T17:34:49Z")
Seven minutes, three replies, with cites. God bless the SDMB, and those who make it what it is. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath/146223/6 "2003-01-02T18:06:42Z")
There is more to Ralph Wiggam then “cat food”. There is also: “It tastes like— burning” “It smells like hot dogs!” “You choo-choo-Chose me?” “That’s where I saw the leprican, he tells me to burn things” All are perfect for mocking the dimwitted. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-breath/146223/7 "2003-01-02T18:33:35Z")
More Ralph: [Ralph is lying in bed] Ralph Wiggum: Daddy, these rubber pants are hot. Chief Wiggum: You’ll wear 'em till you learn, son. Ralph Wiggum: Me fail English? That’s unpossible! Ralph Wiggum: Your toys are fun to touch. Mine are all sticky. Ralph Wiggum: I found a moonrock in my nose! Homer: There’s your giraffe, little girl! Ralph Wiggum: I’m a boy. Homer: That’s the spirit! Never give up. Not Ralph, but very appilcable to some of the nut hatches getting Pitted. Grampa Simpson: [typing letter] ‘Dear Mr. President. There are too many states. Please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot.’ Back to our hero: Ralph Wiggum: [giving report] …and when the Doctor didn’t have worms anymore that was the happiest day of my life. Miss Hover: Thank you, Ralph, very graphic. Ralph Wiggum: Hi Principal Skinner! Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers! Ralph Wiggum: The doctor said I wouldn’t get so many nosebleeds if I kept my finger outta there. Here is the full quote from above: Lisa: All we found were these oozing berries, and they look pretty poisonous. Ralph Wiggum: I ated the purple berries… oooh, oohh [falls to ground] Ralph Wiggum: ooohhh! Lisa: How are they Ralph? Good? Ralph Wiggum: They taste like…burning! [A rat steals the key] Ralph: The pointy kitty took it. See to definitive source: [http://www.snpp.com/guides/ralph.file.html](http://www.snpp.com/guides/ralph.file.html) “Then, the doctor told me that BOTH my eyes were lazy! And that’s why it was the best summer ever.” 😃