# Real-life uses for Simpsons quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656 "2004-10-05T15:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/1 "2004-10-05T15:55:15Z")
Somehow a couple of religious types made it past my security door the other day. They knocked, I answered, and they wanted to start talking to me about “the violence in our society.” I asked, “Is this a religious thing?” “Yes it is,” they replied. “Sorry,” I said, “but I was born a snake handler and I’ll die a snake handler.” And I closed the door in their stunned, silenced faces. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@Guy\_Incognito\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito_1)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/2 "2004-10-05T15:59:29Z")
The other night I was at a local Mexican restaurant with a few friends. After having had a few margaritas, I tired of waiting for my food. I started lightly pounding on the table and reciting… “Where’s my burrito?! Where’s my burrito?!..” ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/3 "2004-10-05T16:05:35Z")
Sometimes when my wife asks me to do something, I go “I’m on my way” in Homer-inflection. This should indicate to her that I’m not really on my way but I don’t think she’s seen the episode. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/4 "2004-10-05T16:24:46Z")
“Hi, everybody!” gets used around our house a lot, as does “…which was the fashion at the time.” We also make reference to “your window to weight gain.” ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/5 "2004-10-05T16:25:55Z")
“I am evil Ho-MER!” has great utility in my ethics classes. ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/6 "2004-10-05T16:31:09Z")
Whenever me or my brother ‘guarantee’ something to each other _“I can guarantee that you’re wrong…”_, we always sneak in a Simpsons-style “notaguarantee” Can’t remember which episode that’s from though, I think it’s from a Krusty advert, not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/7 "2004-10-05T16:47:35Z")
I have worked Snake’s “Yoink” into my every day life. Reaching for a beer in a cooler? “Yoink!” Also, whever my girlfriend tells me to take out $20 from the ATM I reply “$20? But I wanted a peanut…” She has yet to get this joke. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/8 "2004-10-05T17:10:49Z")
“Yoink!” is a Simpson-ism. Go figure. My contribution: “Mmmmm…[insert delicious foodstuff here]” And my friend’s personal favorite, which is creeping into my own vocabulary: “Everything’s coming up Milhouse!” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/9 "2004-10-05T17:15:40Z")
Just last night I used the Homer quote, “…and I’m not easily impressed. Look! A blue car!” 🙂 I also use “Mmmmm…” a lot. And “Doh!” Mmmmm, Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/10 "2004-10-05T17:19:02Z")
> [@Pretend My Name Is Witty](#): > > Whenever me or my brother ‘guarantee’ something to each other _“I can guarantee that you’re wrong…”_, we always sneak in a Simpsons-style “notaguarantee” > > Can’t remember which episode that’s from though, I think it’s from a Krusty advert, not sure. It’s from the Movementarians episode, from their recruitment video. ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/11 "2004-10-05T17:26:29Z")
Thanks **LeeshaJoy**! Just finished watching ‘Bart gets famous’, and remebered that I use “I didn’t do it…” all the time. Was that a particularly popular catchphrase before that episode? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/12 "2004-10-05T17:28:19Z")
I’ve used “Your ideas intrigue me, and I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter” a few times. Plus, one from Milhouse: “My mom thinks I’m cool.” ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/13 "2004-10-05T17:32:50Z")
My first week at my new job - my new boss had me putting together some of our products. I was completely unfamiliar with tradeshow products and was making some stupid mistakes. He was being patient and letting me make the mistakes so I could learn how to set up the displays. When I made the 45367th dumb mistake in a row, and he had gotten to giggling at my frustration, I looked him square in the eye and said “My cat’s breath smells like cat food.” I now occasionally use it as a tension breaker/silly non sequitor. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/14 "2004-10-05T17:32:58Z")
> [@Pretend My Name Is Witty](#): > > Thanks **LeeshaJoy**! > > Just finished watching ‘Bart gets famous’, and remebered that I use “I didn’t do it…” all the time. > > Was that a particularly popular catchphrase before that episode? Nope, it was just made up for that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/15 "2004-10-05T17:40:12Z")
I was put on the spot at work not too long ago to come up with a Bible quote. The only thing I could think of was, “Uh…‘Thou shalt not…’ uh… die,spider!” So, what verse did I actually come up with? Thou shalt not bear false witness. I’m not very strong on the Bible, but I am stronger than Homer, apparently. ---
**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 5, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/16 "2004-10-05T17:41:25Z")
Whenever anyone states the obvious, I paraphase Cecil Terwilliger: Why I had no idea. You see, I’ve been living the past ten years with my eyes closed and my fingers in my ears…in a cave…on Mars. He said them in the reverse order, but my way is funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Nahuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@Nahuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nahuman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/17 "2004-10-05T17:44:38Z")
Interestingly, “D’oh!” is in the Oxford English Dictionary… > **[thefab.net](http://www.thefab.net/topics/art_stuff/as09_homer-simpson.htm)** > > Eva Also, I seem to use it quite often… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/18 "2004-10-05T17:47:35Z")
I was recently at Sea World and I saw a blow fish in the aquarium. My wife looked at me funny when I said in a too loud voice, “Fugu me!” Come to think of it a few others looked at me funny. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/19 "2004-10-05T17:54:59Z")
Ahh … so many. Two in particular spring to mind: The response to ‘You were drunk!’ is always ‘And how!’ And once I was at a party only because my friend promised there would be food, but the food was not forthcoming for a verrrry long time, so finally I scrounged up some chips and as I was digging in I was approached by a young man in an amorous mood. My response to his opening gambit: “Can’t talk … eating …” As a matter of fact, it only served to inflame his affections … he was after me all night. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656/20 "2004-10-05T17:56:48Z")
The other day my friend and I were figuring out where to go for lunch. After much consternation she suddenly asked, “You like Thai?” I happened to be wearing a shirt and tie that day and looked down and said, “Tie good, you like shirt?” We both laughed for over 10 minutes over that one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-uses-for-simpsons-quotes/267656.md?page=2)