# Simpsons 12/18 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-12-18/336232 "2005-12-19T01:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-12-18/336232/41 "2005-12-20T15:44:23Z")
Don’t forget that Grover Cleveland once spanked him on two non-consecutive occasions. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-12-18/336232/42 "2005-12-21T14:21:49Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Don’t forget that Grover Cleveland once spanked him on two non-consecutive occasions. One of the funniest, and obscure, jokes ever. Also, wasn’t Burns a Pvt. and Abe a Sgt. in the Hellfish episode? Here, Burns is a Lt. and Abe is obviously at least a Capt. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-12-18/336232/43 "2005-12-21T14:47:45Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > I never for a moment thought of it as anything but the wild, unreliable ravings of a befoozled old man; the only question is whether Abe himself believed any of it as he was telling it. I, on the other hand, think it all of grandpa’s stories are true. In cartoon land, the timespan doesn’t matter; after all, characters age only when necessary to the plot of a particular episode. Also, if Homer can have had all the various jobs we’ve seen him do, there is no reason why grandpa cannot have had a similarly diverse career. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-12-18/336232.md?page=2)