“What’s the opposite of that shameful joy thing of yours?” – Homer Simpson “Sour grapes.” – Lisa Simpson “Boy, those Germans have a word for everything.” – Homer Simpson For whatever combination of reasons about half the posts on Twitter with the #simpsons tag are in German. It peaks early in the afternoon here in the States, which must be when the reruns are on in Germany because right about then, every day, there’s an explosion of German language tweets with the #simpsons tag. Since I don’t know German I usually just gloss over these, but today one caught my…
Day: November 13, 2009
Reading Digest: Movie Leftovers Edition
“It’s just not the same.” – Bart Simpson To go along with the fact that the Simpsonize Me website is still down we’ve got two other links to leftover stuff from the Simpsons movie this week. Also there’s a little bit of video, some pointless internet lists, one piece of excellent usage, and a blogger who agrees with us. Enjoy. Limited "unlimited" claims should be banned – This is a discussion about how services are pretty much always lying to you when they promise unlimited anything. It starts by quoting Lionel Hutz questioning Marge about what happened at the all…
Quote of the Day
“Me and the boys wish to thank you for hanging on to this stuff for us.” – Fat Tony “Thanks. Uh, say, are you guys crooks?” – Bart Simpson “Bart, um, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family?” – Fat Tony “No.” – Bart Simpson “Well suppose you got a large starving family. Is it wrong to steal a truckload of bread to feed them?” – Fat Tony “Unh-uh.” – Bart Simpson “And, what if your family don’t like bread, they like cigarettes?” – Fat Tony “I guess that’s okay.” – Bart Simpson…