# Simpsons Jokes You Didn't Get The First TIme **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079 "2005-05-02T17:12:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/61 "2005-05-04T21:10:37Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > At first, I thought it was just another “Krusty shoddy product” joke, with “Krusty can’t spell” thrown in for good measure. But of course, I later noticed that Krusty had spelled out “shit.” As does the university where Apu earned his Ph.D. in computer science: the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/62 "2005-05-06T22:28:23Z")
> [@](#): > > “You know, I’ve attempted to enjoy your family on a personal level, on an ironic level, as a novelty, as camp, as kitsch, as a cautionary example… Nothing works!” > [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > I’ll be the first to admit: I’m not sre if I’m getting this one. Hugh (Lisa’s future husband) is having an incredibly difficult time trying to deal with Lisa’s family, and so he resorts to gimmicky ways to perceiving them to favorably compensate for the fact that he just doesn’t like them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079.md?page=3)