# Simpsons 1/16/05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119 "2005-01-17T01:20:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119/41 "2005-01-19T23:42:35Z")
“Janitor In A Drum” is a heavy duty astringent floor cleaner. The idea is that the floor was so pukey and poopy from all the sick that that the imaginary “janitor” timidly hid in the drum. Of course, “Janitor in a Drum” isn’t sold in drums anymore – it comes it regular plastic bottles like bleach and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119/42 "2005-01-19T23:53:56Z")
I kept thinking throughout the whole episode: Lenny: Dental plan?! Marge: Lisa needs braces! Lenny: Dental plan?! Marge: Lisa needs braces! Lenny: Dental plan?! Marge: Lisa needs braces! Lenny: Dental plan?! Marge: Lisa needs braces! Lenny: Dental plan?! Marge: Lisa needs braces! Lenny: Dental plan?! Marge: Lisa needs braces! ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119/43 "2005-01-20T00:17:13Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > “Janitor In A Drum” is a heavy duty astringent floor cleaner. > > The idea is that the floor was so pukey and poopy from all the sick that that the imaginary “janitor” timidly hid in the drum. Of course, “Janitor in a Drum” isn’t sold in drums anymore – it comes it regular plastic bottles like bleach and whatnot. See, I took it as a vague euphimism for Apu not being able to have any adult fun, the kind that can be cured with a little blue pill. Or I could have been reading too much into it. The “I don’t even know what that means” bit could make it anything though. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119/44 "2005-01-26T09:13:26Z")
Well, like most Simpsons fans, I love to make lists! Bart: Burns is the sweetest, nicest man I know. Lisa: How many men do you know? Bart: Basically him and Dad. Not counting one-shot guest stars, and allowing for a broad definition of “knowing”, Bart knows: Grampa Flanders Apu Skinner Comic Book Guy Barney Moe (if prank calls count) Lionel Hutz Krusty Sideshow Bob Dr. Hibbert Otto Groundskeeper Willie Rev. Lovejoy Kearney (who’s been shown to be of age) Chief Wiggum Any others? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119/45 "2005-01-26T12:42:20Z")
Mrs Kerbopple (sp?) Principle Skinner Brian ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119/46 "2005-01-26T16:16:48Z")
Edna Krabappel is a man? I never knew… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119/47 "2005-01-26T22:32:03Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Well, like most Simpsons fans, I love to make lists! > > […] > > Any others? The Sea Captain, Troy McClure… interestingly, I can’t think of anybody who disproves Bart’s point. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-1-16-05/285119.md?page=2)