5 responses to “Quote of the Day”

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   Babel DeCarta

   11 August 2014

   This and the scene of Principal Skinner sharpening pencils at 10 o’clock at night really encapsulates how hilariously boring his character is, though I do like the earlier jokes about Skinner trying to be a good principal while dealing with his elderly mother, his Vietnam flashbacks (who could forget him screaming “JOHNNY!” over the PA on Valentine’s Day and Bart thinking he broke his brain), and students like Bart.

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      Stan

      11 August 2014

      Punctual, science-driven and ordinate Skinner fits perfectly well with a former army guy coming back home and eventually teaching the children at school.
      Stupid Skinner who lets kids push him around in a potato bag, or too self-contemptuous Skinner who is so afraid of losing his job or reputation that he goes and does illegal stuff, on the other hand, isn’t Skinner anymore. It’s Zombie Skinner. Fuck him.

2. 

   Anonymous

   11 August 2014

   you misspelled “sitting”

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      Charlie Sweatpants

      11 August 2014

      Fixed, thanks.

3. 

   D.N.

   11 August 2014

   I love the contrast between Skinner’s enthusiasm for mundane shit, and Bart’s withering disdain. I’m especially fond of this moment, from “Bart the Murderer”: