# "Simpsons"-isms in everyday life **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470 "2003-01-09T07:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/81 "2003-01-11T22:27:03Z")
_YOINK!_ ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/82 "2003-01-11T22:31:31Z")
I used to use Flanderisms all the time (“Okie-dokie-doo-diddly,” sometimes with a “neighbor” thrown in at the end for posterity), but a friend of mine got so annoyed with the habit that he took it upon himself to exert some discipline and make me kick it. He took the lock-ya-in-a-room-and-make-ya-smoke-a-whole-carton approach: over a period of a few weeks easily more than half of everything he said was appended with a surrealistic amount of “diddly-dum-skiddly-skee-dad-padoink-blurble-skerbalawala-hum-piddly-doo” ejaculations, all done in damnably pitch-perfect Flanderese. No matter what we did to try to get him to stop, he kept at it until nobody could even conceive of ever watching another Simpsons episode, let alone quote one. I now live as a hermit in the Colorado mountains. I’ll leave you to fill in the blanks. ---
**Author:** ![Stentor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Stentor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/83 "2003-01-12T17:06:29Z")
this is paraphrased, so feel free to correct me. “Ahhh, nothing like a monkey knife fight” My workcenter runs the ship’s entertainment system, so sometimes in the shop we say “That ship is rebroadcasting ESPN with implied verbal permission instead of express written permission, or so the legend goes.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/84 "2003-01-12T17:18:43Z")
When I make soup and it’s ready, I say “Good news, There’s enough gazpacho for everybody!”. They just roll their eyes. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/85 "2003-01-12T17:20:53Z")
Although I usually find myself quoting that show 50 times a day, the one line that I am just so impartial to, it’s become a habit…everytime I am in a parking lot and I am walking away from the car, I automatically say “remember, we’re in the **Itchy** lot” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/86 "2003-01-12T21:53:37Z")
Whenever anyone’s making a shopping list: “Steak?” “We can’t afford steak.” “Steak?” “All right, steak.” ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/87 "2003-01-12T23:49:22Z")
“Shavin’ my sho-o-o-o-oulders… shavin’ my sho-o-o-o-oulders…” “Cleaning my gun with the safety off, the safety off, the safety off… cleaning my gun with the ::BLAM::!!” “Stealing, stealing, stealing a car for Moe… dum de dum de dum de dum, insurance fraud today…” “Simpson… Homer Simpson… he’s the greatest guy in hi-stor-y! From the town of Springfield… he’s about to hit a chestnut tree… AAAAH!!! ::crash::” And any of the other songs that Homer sings from time to time, such as the little ditty that goes on in his head just as Troy and Selma were about to get married. ---
**Author:** ![Scorpio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Scorpio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scorpio)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/88 "2003-01-13T01:04:03Z")
Whenever I post off a competition entry, I say “Godspeed little doodle” as my good luck charm. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/89 "2003-01-13T01:17:51Z")
Get bent ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/90 "2003-01-13T01:35:01Z")
So many glorious quotes - if only I could recite them all. Methinks “d’oh” and _excellent_ have become firmly ensconced in pop culture. A few others I’ve used… Person X: “In theory blah blah blah” Me: “In theory, Communism works. _In theory._” I overused that one so much I stopped. Homer, trapped in mountain cabin with Burns and hallucinating: “Stay back! I have powers… political powers!” Sea Captain [paraphrase] “Yarrrr… 'tis no man. Tis a remorseless eating machine.” Homer: “Lord, I know I shouldn’t eat thee… Mmm, sacrilicious.” Diamond Joe Quimby: “You can’t seriously want to ban alcohol! It tastes great! Makes women appear more attractive! And renders one virtually invulnerable to criticism.” (never used in context 😉 ) PS [http://www.snpp.com](http://www.snpp.com) may be a site of some interest to fellow Simpsons buffs. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/91 "2003-01-13T01:54:25Z")
“I’m just going out to commit certain deeds.” “Your ideas are intriguing, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.” I’m also fond of “Choke on your lies!” even though I can’t remember if was definitely Homer who said it, or what episode it’s from. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/92 "2003-01-13T22:16:45Z")
When throwing something away, I sometimes use “Arrividerci, Vito!” Which is usually, and inexplicably, followed by the line after it, “Boy, I was a fool to think anyone would want naked photos of Whoopi Goldberg.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaxagoras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anaxagoras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaxagoras)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/93 "2003-01-13T22:48:29Z")
I like the drinks at the movie theater that are made of crushed ice and syrup. I think they are called Icees? Anyway, I always order “cherry squishies”. I’ve never had a counterperson misunderstand me, either. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470/94 "2003-01-14T05:29:29Z")
Almost forgot this one: I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fuh-LAMING! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-isms-in-everyday-life/147470.md?page=4)