When I was taking that quiz Dave put up yesterday I noticed that there were links to quizzes for Family Guy, South Park and Futurama as well. Rather than add to internet’s already vast archive of arguments over the relative merits of these shows, I’m simply going to point out a telling numerical discrepancy. In raw numbers The Simpsons quiz had 63 characters, the South Park and Family Guy quizzes had 42 each and the Futurama quiz had 30. But the Simpsons quiz doesn’t have more characters because it’s been on longer. In fact, all of the 63 characters were on…
Day: June 30, 2009
Quote of the Day
“Why isn’t Dad ever interested in anything I do?” – Lisa Simpson “Well, uh, do you ever take an interest in anything he does?” – Marge Simpson “No. Well, we used to have burping contests, but I outgrew it.” – Lisa Simpson “Hmmm. Well, if you want to get closer to him then maybe you should bridge the gap. I do it all the time. I pretend I’m interested in looking at power tools, going to those silly car chase movies, and . . . some things I’ll tell you about when you’re older.” – Marge Simpson