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What have *you* learned from the Wisdom of Homer?
Posted by David Hepworth on 11 January 2010 - 9:16pm.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the first series of The Simpsons, let's pay tribute to the great thinker who is Homer Simpson, the man that we all wish to be and sometimes suspect that we already are, by nominating our favourite examples of The Wisdom of Homer. I shall begin:
"Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try."
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A Spider Pig
Does whatever a Spider Pig can.
"mmmmm beer the cause and
solution to all life's problems"
I've learned
that the number for 911 is 911
Words to live your life by ...
1. Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
2. IF the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such.
No matter how hard you work at something
there will always be about a million people who are better at it than you.
I wish to be left alone...
...with my thought.
Donuts.
Is there anything they can't do?
Homer on tv
"Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover"
Trying
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
I've learned that...
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!"
D'oh
!
Sick on a Saturday!
What are the odds? They must be a thousand to one!
Poor Quality Clip....
....but still brilliant
Poor old Moe
doesn't fare much better
Books are useless:
I only ever read one book, "To Kill A Mockingbird" - and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! Sure it taught me not to judge a man by the color of his skin, but what good does THAT do me?
Everything looks bad
if you remember it.
I want to share something with you..
the 3 little sentences that will get you through life: 1 - Cover for me, 2- Oh, good idea boss!, 3 - It was like that when I got here.
and,
"If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak english."
Television.
Teacher, mother, secret lover.
Books
"What are you reading those books for when there's a perfectly good telly in the house?"
To Start Press Any Key
Where's the ANY key?
Where's my Tab?
Arf!
knowledgeable...
Kid: Oh Homey, you are So learn-ed.
Homer: It's learned, son, learned.
Greatest Line Ever
Marge - It's true what they say Homey, men are from mars and women are from Venus
Homer - Great, give me the planet with all the monsters on it.
If something is hard to do,
then it is not worth doing.
Lisa, if you don't like your job, you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.
And lord, we are especially thankful for nuclear power, the cleanest, safest energy source there is. Except for solar which is just a pipe dream.
“They have the Internet on computers, now?”
“I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman!”
"Alright Brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But lets just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer.”
“Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.”
“I’m a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.”
"But I'm not a missionary!
I don't even believe in Jebus... save me Jebus!"
Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.
Homer Simpson, smiling politely.
Upon the formation of his new future multinational...
...CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet:
'I'm going to make myself president! No, wait - VICE president! No, hang on - JUNIOR vice president!'
Homer, eh.
He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.
Well I laughed.
Alright, have this then, 'That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college! '
"Clown College? You can't eat that."
Best. Episode. Ever.
*sings*
"You don't win friends with salad! You don't win friends with salad!"
Homer's wise words on the subject of vegetarianism.
Wait a minute
wait a minute wait a minute.
Lisa, honey, are you saying you're *never* going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal
Homer: [Chuckles] Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
Lamb
That's lamb, not a lamb...
But Marge...
...I don't even think they SELL beer at this 'Oktoberfest.' (sees Lederhosen-clad bunch exclaim 'Eins, zwei, drei...BEER!')
'Ah, the Germans... You just cant stay mad at them.'
Homer's father Abe was quite the philosopher too
"I used to be with it. Then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what it is, is weird and scary."
Canada
"It's easy to forget about Canada, tucked away down there."
There's a new Mexico?
Rock stars ...
is there anything they don't know?
Beer
The cause of and sollution to all life's problems
Marge: You know Homer, its easy to criticse
Homer: Fun, too.
I can't live the button down life like you!
I want it all! The terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles! Sure, I may offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky stride and musky odors. Sure, I may not be the darling of the so-called City Fathers who stroke their beards, cluck their tongues, and speak of 'what is to be done with this Homer Simpson'
Mmmmmm...
free goo!
In times of extreme peril what else would you say except...
"Jesus, Allah, Buddha, I love you all!"
Just because
I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
Curing problems
Lisa : The first step to a cure is admitting that that you have a problem.
Homer : Is it also the last step?
Oh, Papa Homer; you are so learned
Heh heh heh. 'Learnd', son. It's pronounced 'learnd'.
For the first time in my life
people weren't laughing at me, they were laughing toward me.
Homer quickly flicking through the Bible,
throws it to one side, "No there's no answers in there!".
Or...
'Visit a museum?! Fun things don't end in -eum! Fun things end in -mania! Or -teria...'
How about...
"Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson airplane, which cleared the way for Jefferson starship. The stage was now set for the Alan Parsons project, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft. "
Doo!
Nuts!!
Mmmmm Doughnuts.
Step aside everyone!
Sensitive love letters are my specialty. 'Dear Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population : you.
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
Heh Heh Heh! Lisa! Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and eskimos!
I like my beer cold ... my TV loud ... and my homosexuals flaming.
In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women!
Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?
Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.
sums me up....
I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
[Looking at a globe map...country being Uruguay]
Hee hee! Look at this country! 'You-are-gay.'
sums me up....
I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
[Looking at a globe map...country being Uruguay]
Hee hee! Look at this country! 'You-are-gay.'
There can be only one...
"When will I learn? The answer to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle, they're on TV!"
I learned how to perfect the "Dirty Frenchman" look.
Torn shirt
Cut off trousers held up by string/cord
No shoes
Unshaven
BRILLIANT
(singing) Let us leave this heartwarming scene
[Bart] Can I be a booze-hound?
[Homer] Not till you're fifteen
Education
"How is "education" supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and I forgot how to drive?"
English?
Who needs that? I'm never going to England!
If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now, quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers!
You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine.
Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.
Just for once...
...I'd liked to be called sir without someone adding "you're making a scene"
I thinks it´s the global way
"If you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way."
"Mmmm...
...organised crime"
Homer on married life...
Marge: Homer, is this how you pictured married life?
Homer: Yeah, pretty much, except we drove around in a van solving mysteries.
"Everyone knows rock music..
..attained perfection in 1973"
"I'm a rageaholic..I'm addicted to rageahol!"
"Strada-whovious?"
..and my own personal favourite.."Oh..I've got 3 kids and no money, why can't I have no kids and 3 money?"
As Marge is taken away to jail
"Marge, I'm gonna miss you so much. And it's not just the sex - it's also the food preparation, your skill with stains of all kinds..."
And from memory (as the full quote doesn't seem to appear on the web), he continues: "but mostly I'll miss how lucky you make me feel, each and every day".
I found that bit so sweet I ended up quoting it on my wedding day (sans the rest, obviously).
Otherwise, every time I hear the name "Sir Isaac Newton" a voice in my head always says: "Sir Is-a-who-who?"
Damn you, Walt Whitman!
I-hate-you-Walt-freaking-Whitman! "Leaves of Grass", my ass!