“That midget taught me a lot about his native Estonia.” – Lisa Simpson What is it with the former Soviet republics this week? Hot on the heels of the “Samsonadzes” comes this kickass live action Simpsons opening from Estonian TV3 (via Coilhouse): I am speechless at the power of its awesomeness and I don’t even get most of the jokes. The general tenor of vague medievalism really makes it work. I’m not even sure what my favorite part is, the candles in band practice? The way Estonian Homer is working with an actual glowing rod? That he almost gets hit…
Day: December 11, 2009
Reading Digest: Lots of Excellent Usage Edition
“I’m sorry Mrs. Simpson but you can’t copyright a drink.” – Lionel Hutz “Ohhh.” – Homer Simpson “This all goes back to the Frank Wallbanger case of ‘78. How bout that? I looked something up! These books behind me don’t just make the office look good, they’re filled with useful legal tidbits just like that!” – Lionel Hutz Wallbanger image via Wikipedia. What can I say? There’s no bigger chunk of this week’s edition than repeated excellent usage (with dead on citation). There’s also a couple of crappy lists, a lamp that will never be, some printable Simpsons coloring…
Quote of the Day
“What’s the matter Homer? The depressing effects of alcohol usually don’t kick in ’til closing time.” – Moe Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user quinn.anya.