I notice that most of the threads seem to center on "favorite" or "funniest" quotes. My question is different: what Simpsonism do people find most useful in everyday life? IMHO, while such old time favorites as "Don't have a cow," "Eat my shorts," or the ever-popular "D'Oh!" have their place, the most useful Simpsonism I have found is
"Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter."
What do other people think (or use in everyday life)?
I'm sure this phrase didn't ORIGINATE with the Simpsons, but I say "knock yourself out" on a fairly regular basis.
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newsletter."
[email] wrote:
-"meh." when I don't have an oppinion on something. -"heh, heh mule." when I don't get a joke. -"there's your answer, fishbulb." when I answer someone's question. Sincerely, Little Girl
"meh" is a big one for me too. "d'oh" as well. Those are easy.
Most of the time, I pull out quotes in real-life situations that remind me of the context of the show that quote was from.
Usually people have no clue that the material is "borrowed" either.
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i use "thank you ____" (in a todd flanders voice (or was it rod?)) all the time. like "thank you door" whenever walking through automatic doors, but also a lot when i'm driving, and i'll get out of the car, lock the doors and say in a high-pitched voice "thank you car." i've gotten a lot of strange looks for that one, not seeing people who are near and hear me.
i use "I am holding still, i am squirming" a lot for some reason too. "Yeah, syrup is better than jelly" is my stock reply to stupid boring conversation-starting crap. "so, let's have a conversation" when i'm talking to someone and don't know what to say. "sounds interesting. sounds interesting." self-explanatory.
my brother uses "you're ... sellling what now?" all the time, esp when people are trying to tell him something important, like our folks. i think that's funny.
I'm personally a fan of "Wait, wait wait...back up a bit now. When are the pancakes coming in the mail?" when someone's trying to urgently tell me something in an urgent manner. "Where are your sticky buns" works well when you appear to have something urgent to tell someone else, although if they haven't seen that episode, it's guaranteed not to be funny.
ws
I end up using "anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes" pretty frequently. At least when I'm talking to the IT department.
Brett
here, "D'oh!" gets used at least once a day. "Sweet merciful crap!" gets trotted out occasionally. "Well, duh!" often escapes from my lips whenever I hear something stupid. I do parapharase Ralph sometimes when I meet someone with a real stupid attitude (particularly trolls) by saying "I bet you also believe your cat's breath smells like cat food"
Oh, and the use of "lousy". For example, once I heard that a notorious serial killer was trying for a retrial, I responded with "yes, I guess he's within his rights to do that. Lousy due process!"
sort of related i use "lousy traumatic childhood" a lot as i had a lousy, traumatic childhood.
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When I am having sex with my various beautiful long necked supermodel girlfriends, they always say what Lenny said when the quarter was stuck in his forehead:
"Take it out! Take it out! Put it in! Put it in!"
Space Museum
I also use the 'fishbulb' quote from time to time, as well as 'meh' (what Simpsons fan *doesn't* use that one?) The followup "I said, meh." is also useful.
The ones my brother and I use the most: "Out of my way, jerkass!" (great for many situations) "Oh dear God no ... this ... this can't be happening!" "Can I have xxx? <No> Can ... Lenny have it?" "Oh ... GOD!!" (when Homer hits Grimes' car - the correct emphasis is important in using this one) "<person's name>, I'm not going to lie to you." "Smashy, smashy!" (used *a lot* by me) "I don't approve of *that*." (followup line to the previous one in the episode, but very useful by itself) "You're a stupidhead." (not used frequently, but with the Homeric delivery it's usually quite funny) "Sweet merciful crap!"
I could write these all day, but I guess the gist of it is - Simpsons quotes are quite memorable and pervasive among the shows fans. (And in cases like "D'oh!" even among non-fans.)
I use that one occasionally, but lately I've been getting more mileage out of "Crap on a crust!!!"
Yours truly, Some bozo
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I've transmuted this one into "Stalky stalky," most often used when I am trying to track down people at work by stalking their calendars.
Other faves, of which several have already been mentioned, but I still get a lot of mileage out of 'em:
"You shot who in the what now?" "Meh." "Awwwwww, crap!" (definitely requires Homer inflection) "In theory, communism works." "You should have taken an existing product and put a clock in it or something." (sometimes said to designers at work) "Stupid poetic justice!" "It's a pornography store. I was buying pornography." "Come along, Bort!" (I say this one incessantly to the boyfriend when we are out shopping or some such.) "So, you admit you grabbed her can."
Rapture! Joy beyond measure!
I use con sarnit a great deal. It's my standard harmless swear phrase. I also use "Lousy ___" a lot.
"Lousy .. inability to think up more Simpsonisms I use."
[email] wrote:
How about, "Extended warranty! How could I lose?!"
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place,
newsletter."
thought of another great one i use sometimes in the right context: "You know what i blame this on the breakdown of? society."
=v= Roughly in order of usage:
o "D'oh!"
o "Woo hoo!"
o "Da-a-agnabbit!"
o "Exx-cellent."
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when discussing some unfortunate event that's happened to someone else: (you need to laugh hard so that someone admonishes you) "it's funny because it's true"
=v= You know, I almost put that as #5 on the list, but I don't use it nearly as frequently as the above. Also, "D'oh!" is #1 with a bullet, I use it like a million times a day.
=v= I guess I make lots of miztakez. .-. .-.
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I like "Facts? They can be used to prove anything that's even remotley true!" I've had more air-time off that then I really have any right to.
"Sounds like someone's living in the past. Contemporize, maaaan!"
When someone mentiontions something weird or slightly odd...like axolotls or Mac OSX, I can't help myself going
mmmmm.....axolotls.... :)
/ras --What gave me away? Was it the hoyven or the mayven?
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"I agree with you in theory. In theory, communism works. In theory".
Cheers,
I gotta admit it, the most useful Simpsonism in MY life comes from Homer at the end of the St. Patrick's Day episode, when he declares:
'To alcohol! The cause of, AND solution to, all of life's problems!'
all my alcholic freinds love that one too!!!
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at the
Oboy oboy, "jim" sez:
Oh yeah?
-Sir Lee Surly's Human Admirers Desiring Additional Productions! club Pres.
fourfourfour wrote:
C'mere a minute.
Also, when someone says something I didn't quite catch, I've said: "there's who in the what now?"
Tim
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Homer at the end of the St. Patrick's Day episode, when he declares:
'To alcohol! The cause of, AND solution to, all of life's problems!'<<
Along similar lines, when I'm with a group of friends and one of them says something stupid one of us will invariably say "I heard it too, here's some music"
Kevin
This just reminded me of something re: "Let's roll" (which I say all the time):
A couple months ago, the 9/11 widow whose husband tried to storm the cockpit of one of the planes after it was hijacked (declaring, "OK, let's roll,") was going to trademark the phrase to put on T-shirts, etc.
When I tried to tell people they said this on the Simpsons all the time, they argued that the guy was a Christian and wouldn't have got the phrase from the Simpsons.
Comments?
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damn christians.
LOL
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=v= I support this if she goes on to sue General Motors for "Keep America Rolling." (Bizarre bit o' reality: in the time between September 11th and the second wave of "Keep America Rolling" advertising in which GM took credit for supposedly saving the economy with 0.0% financing, more people were killed in SUV rollovers than on September 11th. "Keep America Rolling" indeed ...)
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Well, the phrase wasn't coined by the simpsons either. But someone saying that just shows that they've either never watched an episode of the show or completely misunderstand what they have seen. As I don't have to tell everyone here, the simpsons is one of the few families on TV they actually show going to church.
Kevin
Oh and so I guess good christians don't watch the simpsons but they do try to profit from their husband's death?
Kevin
"Dawn C." wrote in message news:F_zx8.176076$%[email]...
cockpit
Well I'm not sure how old the phrase is, I am sure that its been used in several movies, and my Dad used it long before the Simpson's came out.
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When anyone talks politics I like to throw in a sly "...lousy democrats."
"Oh, come on."..."Oh, come oooon!"..."Ohhhhh, come oooonnn!!!!"
-dave
you should add Eric Cartman's " democrats piss me off"
"ericp" wrote in message news:[email]...
"funniest"
place,
newsletter."
Except that Eric Cartman isn't a character in the Simpsons...
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Jason Saslow wrote:
That's it! Go to your room!
/ Kristian +-------------------------------------------------------+ |Kristian Ronge |[email]|[email]| |d99, datateknik, KTH (Kungliga Tekniska H�gskolan) | |d99, Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology | +-------------------------------------------------------+ -"Just eat the damn orange!"
"Kristian Ronge" wrote in message news:[email]...
why don't you just Eat him, Kristian?!
Oh, and musn't forget Okelie-Dokelie, Neighborino, Diddly, Exxcellent!, and when the situation applies, Neglatarinos. So many to choose from!
Oh, one last one...can't believe I didn't think of this one sooner...it's one of my favorites. "So...do you..like...stuff?"
I don't need any serving suggestions from you, you barbeque wrecking, no-nothing know-it-all!
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i swear the exchange leading up to this in Lisa the Vegetarian is one of my favorite simpsons moments. i'm on the floor every time i hear or think of it. "marge, tell bart ..." etc. i don't have the whole thing memorized, and i could find it on snpp and post it but i don't feel like it for some reason. hilarious!
"P. Piggly Hogswine" wrote in message news:q12w8.8610$[email]...
my
You gonna be dunking your sausages in that syrup, Home-boy?
Yours truly, Some bozo
Dr Music wrote:
Marge, tell Bart I just want to drink a nice glass of syrup like I do every morning.
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:38:52 -0500, Jason Saslow wrote:
When you drop some food on the floor:
"It's still good, it's still good . . ."
Oooo...... floor pie!
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, P. Piggly Hogswine wrote:
That's it! Go to YOUR room!
/ Kristian +-------------------------------------------------------+ |Kristian Ronge |[email]|[email]| |d99, datateknik, KTH (Kungliga Tekniska H�gskolan) | |d99, Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology | +-------------------------------------------------------+ -"Just eat the damn orange!"
"P. Piggly Hogswine" wrote in message news:ulWv8.8290$[email]...
He doesn't need any serving suggestions from YOU!
Yours truly, Some bozo
your a perceptive fellow you are
"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...
I know those words, but that sentence doesn't make any sence.
ladies and gentleman - I give you your moron
"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...
I use Lisa's "This is the last you will hear from me on the matter" a lot. This is the last you will hear from me on the matter.
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:36:43 -0400 (EDT), [email] (mike) wrote:
What about "Yaarg!"
I just said that after reading the recipe for egg nog. I knew is was gross, but now I know why I can only handle half a dixie cup of tho stuff. Whooorrrrrrf!!!
the who with the what now?
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"funniest"
place,
newsletter."
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place,
newsletter."
I use: -"Meh." -"Go nuts." -"I get jokes." -and of course the newsletter quote.
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"D'oh!" is definitely in first place, followed probably by "Meh."
When someone speaks to me and I don't quite catch what's being said, I can usually be counted on to reply with either "You shot who in the what, now?" or "Yeah, you can use it!" It's a bad habit.
If my wife accuses me of not listening, I'll often come back with "Sure, they will."
In both February and March, I have been known to complain of the "lousy Smarch weather."
"Done, and done."
And, of course, "Mmmmm . . . [object of desire]."
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:25:06 -0500, Jon Hall wrote:
Ah, yes, the "not listening". When my wife starts going on about some scientific stuff that I will never understand, I make a sound like a flute, increasing pitch from low to high, and I move my hand away from my head, and sometime I even say "you can stay, but _I'm_ leaving".
In on Thursday 18 April 2002 01:47, [email] ([email]) pulled this out of its ever growing ass:
just because i don't care doesn't mean i don't understand
Honest Abe wrote:
Lots of great ones, but without doubt the most useful is:
"How convenient"
Cheers, Jocko Trying is the first step towards failure
In article , Jeremy B wrote:
I don't use "yoink," but on second thought, it occurs to me that I probably use "okely-dokely" at least as often as I use "Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter," if not more so.
----- Richard Schultz [email] Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University ----- "A condemned man does not request egg salad for his last meal. He also doesn't order Alka-Seltzer." Kehlog Ahlbran, _The Profit_
I LIKE MY BEER COLD, MY T.V. LOUD, AND MY HOMOSEXUALS FLAAAAMING!!!
I can NOT believe that you posted this before you read the rest of the thread.
Amen to that! It has so many uses...
How about Embiggens? Its a very cromulent word you know.
Here is a fave since Im stationed in Utah. Halloween episode, Kang and Kotos are at the door and Homer opens the door and slams it and says "Mormons"...
Al F 729th ACS HAFB, Utah I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me.-Abe
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 [email] wrote:
Homer and Bart's distictive "Yeah, but what are you gonna do?".
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Kristian Ronge wrote in message news:...
How could I have forgotten that one! I use it at least once a day! :)
For crying out glayvin....
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The other day my dad and I were discussing politics. I said to him: "Are you still thinking about the Earth?"
Space Museum
I use "Yoink!" a lot, or Homer's angry "Cause if it did!". Then of course there is always D'Oh, Woo-Hoo, Meh, YARRRR!!!, and it's not exactly a quote but I'll do a Grandpa yell...the way he used to extend his words; like him yelling "Maaaaaattttlooooooccckkkk!!!!". I also tend to find random quotes that work into daily situations.
How could I have forgotten "yoink"? I use that at least twice a day. I've actually turned it into it's own verb...
"I just yoinked a bunch of sugar packets from the cafeteria"
yoink- works
"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...
newsletter."
Definitely "yoink!" "done-and-done," and "you're selling what now?"
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:55:25 -0400, "Family Guy" wrote:
These are definitely three of my favorites. Especially done and done (doorstop for danish).
I also use (inserting new words where appropriate)...
-the internet...is that thing still around? (homer) -two words... i'm gay (homer) -thank you...steal again (apu) -week-end? (manjula in slow voice similar to couch, tv in missionary homer episode) -to think i've been breathing on my own for all these years...like a sucker (homer) -marge, you're livin in a world of MAKE believe, with flowers and bells and leprechauns and magic frogs with funny little hats (homer) -i think he's talking to you (fbi cape fear...come to think about it, anything said by homer using that voice is useful) -if this is anyone but steve allen, your stealing my bit! (moe) -who do you take me for, lorenzo de medici? (new one added to the arsenal from the weekend at burnsies episode) -i just tripled my productivity (homer when he found out he could just hit y) -everything's coming up milhouse (highwater pants...flooding of springfield) (milhouse van houten) -oh look it's the family with only one child...tell me however do you manage? (apu)
General Sherman Episode (my favorite episode) -aw homer...you're the king (barney) -why...what did you do? (homer to marge) -so i decided to slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini (homer's recollection of the party) -not those peanuts....the ones at the bottom! (homer) -what are our friends names? (homer) -well i do have a warm feeling...and I seem to be slurring my speech....pour me another (homer) -here's your crown your majesty (queen of the harpies) -uh-oh, better get some gas (homer) -if you ask me...and most folks do (bait store guy) -yes 10 please (lisa to grandpa asking her if she wants sugar) -for the last time yes!! (bart freaking out on coffee) -thanks its your dads (nelson) -ha-ha (nelson) -alright, I get out at noon and i'm already invited to a party (snake) -i gave up fame and breakfast for our marriage (homer)
mattdog wrote:
Well... it's really "three words: I am gay" but we know what you meant :o)
"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...
or the beloved variant: 6 simple words - i'm not gay, but i'll learn.
Jason Saslow wrote in message news:...
You... do?
Former Executive Producer Mike Scully wrote:
Hey, look everyone! It's someone who wants us to think they're actually Mike Scully, Former Executive Producer of the Simpsons (and ruiner of a good thing)!
You must lead a very boring life...
You mean it's not really him??!!
Brett
Why do I always shout first? Just gives them a chance to run away. Well, I'm an idiot.
in article [email], Alan Hamilton at [email] wrote on 4/22/02 5:38 PM:
I use the Well, I'm an idiot line any time I do something stupid. Oh, and HA-HA! of course. Every day.
"Nate" wrote in message news:B8EC314A.289BB%[email]...
[slapping self on forehead]
duh, i use Ha-Ha all the time too. at least 2 or 3 times a day. sometimes it's really, really funny and fits, other times i do it to amuse myself. like when i'm driving and i see someone got pulled over, i do a quiet "ha-ha" to myself in the car. i know it's not nice, cause being pulled over sucks, but i do it just to hear myself say "ha-ha," instead of meaning anything malicious to the person who got pulled over.
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 04:41:37 -0400, Jason Saslow wrote:
Oh yeah, sorry about that. Well, the six simple words uses I'm as a contraction, so it is easy to confuse.
yes classics
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don't know what I was thinking when I typed this, but it was obviously krusty who said that
I find myself using the following quite often.
D'OH! Woohoo! Ha ha! Stupid <insert subject>, you go squish now! If you're going to get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things! Mmmm... <insert noun>... Cat in the furnace. When are the pancakes coming in the mail? Excellent.
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"funniest"
place,
newsletter."
"I...thought...the...police...officer...was...a...prostitute!"
"Yoink!"
Also, I've started saying "no problemo" like the bald-clerk-with-the-mustache-who- sounds-like-Charles-Bronson.
Elston
"Oh I wish I wish I hadn't squished that fish..."
Or something like that- paraphrased, of course.
I say that whenever my friends and I reach a dead end in our conversations.
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Often said in my head. "You can stay but I'm out of here"
"Warren Pease" wrote in message news:[email]...
whenever i start enjoying something, like the first bite of something, or the first sip of a drink (or first drag when i used to be a smoker), i use patty & selma's "oohhhh Yeeaaaahhhh" like when they start smoking.
When my cat walks away from where I am sitting, I've been known to say, "so long, lamp".
Tim -just visiting
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"funniest" quotes. My question is different: what Simpsonism do people find most useful in everyday life? IMHO, while such old time favorites as "Don't have a cow," "Eat my shorts," or the ever-popular "D'Oh!" have their place, the most useful Simpsonism I have found is
"Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter."
What do other people think (or use in everyday life)?<<
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"funniest"
place,
newsletter."
Just realized another one today when we found out we could pay our bills. Everything's coming up Millhouse.
I often say "The wheel has turned and Dame Fortune once again hugs me to her sweet perfumed bosom"?
Here is one that I haven't read, and its used by several of my co-workers and myself
"Whaaaaa?"
Its the most annoying quote from the show in my opinion, but I use it all the time.... Al F 729th ACS HAFB, Utah I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me.-Abe
'meh' in answer to a question u dont want to answer or when u cant decide what to answer pete "Al Foley" wrote in message news:[email]...
and
the
with
Usuary. As in Monty Burns' "Usuary Laws".
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co-workers
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