# What is Homer Simpson good at? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534 "2006-05-20T15:26:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/21 "2006-05-20T21:10:39Z")
(Not exact quotes) Homer: I smell a cake! (smells) It say… “Goodbye [something I can’t remember]” Nelson (to Bart): Your old man has a heck of a nose. Bart: That’s nothing. He can _hear_ cheese. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/22 "2006-05-20T21:52:01Z")
[QUOTE=Strinka] (Not exact quotes) Homer: I smell a cake! (smells) It say… “Goodbye [something I can’t remember]” Nelson (to Bart): Your old man has a heck of a nose. Bart: That’s nothing. He can _hear_ cheese. [/QUOTE] Actually, it’s pudding that he can hear. ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/23 "2006-05-20T22:03:18Z")
If there was a prize for most active non-sexual fantasy life, he’d win it. He barbeques up a great pig-with-apple-in-mouth and throws a mean BBBQ. (The extra B is for BYOBB.) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/24 "2006-05-20T22:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] He’s a good singer and won a Grammy Award. [/QUOTE] He’s also a talented songwriter: “Baby on board…something something…Burt Ward. This thing writes itself!” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/25 "2006-05-20T22:40:05Z")
[QUOTE=Case Sensitive] He’s also a talented songwriter: “Baby on board…something something…Burt Ward. This thing writes itself!” [/QUOTE] I prefer his unfinished song… There was nothing in Al Capone’s vault But it wasn’t Geraldo’s fault…d’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/26 "2006-05-21T00:59:19Z")
Don’t forget Homer’s “Christmas Carol”: Everybody in the U.S.A. Hates their stupid neighbor. He’s Flanders and he’s really, really lame ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/27 "2006-05-21T01:35:50Z")
He’s also a powerful demagogue, having rallied the citizens of Springfield to action on several occasions, for better or for worse, just by his rants and speeches and appeals to the common man. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/28 "2006-05-21T01:44:07Z")
What’s he good at ? To quote something he said to Marge : “I can offer you what no one else can ! Complete and utter _dependency_ !” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/29 "2006-05-21T01:52:00Z")
[QUOTE=Amaranta] He barbeques up a great pig-with-apple-in-mouth and throws a mean BBBQ. (The extra B is for BYOBB.) [/QUOTE] What’s _that_ extra B for? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/30 "2006-05-21T01:55:14Z")
That was a misprint. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/31 "2006-05-21T02:23:32Z")
He’s capable of eating 64 slices of American cheese in a single sitting. Who else here can claim that? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/32 "2006-05-21T02:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=Stentor 2.5] He has a certain perverse resourcefulness, even though it’s usually not tempered by wisdom. Also, he’s a man who isn’t afraid to follow his dreams, no matter what they may be that particular week. [/QUOTE] Right- he’s been moderately successful at a lot of different things. _The Simpsons Forever_ described him as “stupid but wily,” and I thought that nailed it. In some episodes, he can really hold his liquor. In others, not so much. But either way, he’s nigh unto unkillable. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/33 "2006-05-21T03:27:13Z")
He is the undisputed champion of hot chile eating, including being the only human known who was able to eat the the merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenango. ---
**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 21, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/34 "2006-05-21T03:33:52Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] He’s capable of eating 64 slices of American cheese in a single sitting. [/QUOTE] Well, at the cost of temporary blindness, mind you. But for the crayon up his nose, he’s an expert Rubik’s Cube solver. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/35 "2006-05-21T04:05:11Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] He’s capable of eating 64 slices of American cheese in a single sitting. Who else here can claim that? [/QUOTE] Of course, it did take him all night. And there was the blindness issue. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/36 "2006-05-21T05:10:19Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] Of course, it did take him all night. And there was the blindness issue. [/QUOTE] He’s got a pretty good record predicting disasters. He predicted when a comet was headed to Springfield it would break into pieces no bigger than a small dog’s head, which is exactly what happened. And he predicted the Rapture … OK, his timing was a little off, and he persuaded God to unmake the Rapture, but still, that’s pretty durned good. Also, he’s the only person to have climbed Mount Springfield. And at one time, he was a champion arm wrestler. ---
**Author:** ![Fat\_and\_Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Fat\_and\_Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_and_Sassy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/37 "2006-05-21T06:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] Also, he’s the only person to have climbed Mount Springfield. [/QUOTE] I believe it was the Murderhorn ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/38 "2006-05-21T10:38:56Z")
He’s good at averting nuclear meltdowns without really knowing what he’s doing, as demonstrated on at least two occasions. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/39 "2006-05-21T12:53:08Z")
Snow plow driving. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534/40 "2006-05-21T16:02:20Z")
[QUOTE=Amaranta] If there was a prize for most active non-sexual fantasy life, he’d win it. [/QUOTE] JD from _Scrubs_ might give him a run for his money. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-homer-simpson-good-at/357534.md?page=3)