# Speak to me only in Simpsons Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 17, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819 "2012-08-17T21:16:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/642 "2014-08-07T15:40:54Z")

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When I took your father’s name, I took everything that came with it, including DNA.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/643 "2014-08-07T17:28:52Z")

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Your Honor, we find that Homer Simpson’s soul is legally the property of Marge Simpson and not of The Devil.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/644 "2014-08-07T22:32:43Z")

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There is no such thing as a soul. It’s just something they make up to scare kids, like the Boogeyman or Michael Jackson.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/645 "2014-08-08T00:52:21Z")

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Well, back in 1979, I got real depressed when my _Off the Wall_ album got just one lousy Grammy nomination.

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**Author:** ![SBGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@SBGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SBGeek)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/646 "2014-08-08T01:02:59Z")

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Eat my shorts.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/647 "2014-08-08T01:05:37Z")

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So I said to him, “Look buddy, your car was upside-down when we got here. And as for your grandma, she shouldn’t have mouthed off like that.”

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/648 "2014-08-08T04:06:11Z")

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Dear Advertisers: I am disgusted with the way old people are depicted on television. We are not all vibrant, fun-loving sex maniacs. Many of us are bitter, resentful individuals who remember the good old days when entertainment was bland and inoffensive. The following is a list of words I never want to hear on television again. #1: Bra. #2: Horny. #3: Family Jewels.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/649 "2014-08-09T00:01:51Z")

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Three wars back we called Sauerkraut “liberty cabbage” and we called liberty cabbage “super slaw” and back then a suitcase was known as a “Swedish lunchbox.” Of course, nobody knew that but me. Anyway, long story short… is a phrase whose origins are complicated and rambling.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/650 "2014-08-09T01:46:03Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Three wars back we called Sauerkraut “liberty cabbage” and we called liberty cabbage “super slaw” and back then a suitcase was known as a “Swedish lunchbox.” Of course, nobody knew that but me. Anyway, long story short… is a phrase whose origins are complicated and rambling.

I’m learneding!

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/651 "2014-08-09T03:16:29Z")

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Me fail English? That’s unpossible.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/652 "2014-08-09T04:15:01Z")

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Bart! I am _not_ going to learn ancient Hebrew!

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/653 "2014-08-09T17:52:16Z")

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Oh, Noah, Noah! Save us! Save us! No!

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/654 "2014-08-09T17:55:45Z")

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Uh, Dad? That’s his crotch.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/655 "2014-08-09T17:59:07Z")

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I’m crazy as a crap-house rat for philanthropy. Hee-haw!

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/656 "2014-08-09T19:13:22Z")

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Hold on to your pitchforks everybody! It’s time again for **“YA-HOO!”** Starring, in alphabetical order: Yodelin’ Zeke! Butterball Jackson! Freddie Boy and Yuma! Cloris Moselle! Big Shirtless Ron! Orville and Hurley! Gappy Mae! Hip Diddler! Rudy! The Ya-Hoo Recovering Alcoholic Jug Band! And tonight, in her syndicated TV debut: Lurleen!

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/657 "2014-08-09T20:29:02Z")

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I spent last night in a ditch.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/658 "2014-08-10T04:44:04Z")

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I’m a small man in some ways, Bart. A small, petty man. Three months’ detention. Make that… _four_ months’ detention.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/659 "2014-08-10T16:45:09Z")

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When I grow up, I wanna be a principal or a caterpillar.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/660 "2014-08-10T17:49:55Z")

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Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom!

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819/661 "2014-08-10T23:24:41Z")

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I’ll be back. You can’t keep the Democrats out of the White House forever. And when they get in, I’m back on the streets, with all my criminal buddies!

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