Saxamophone posted:

Saxamaphone posted:
This is an incredibly trivial question that is more useful as an indication of goons' incapability of letting little things go than it is for Simpsons knowledge, but I must be validated:

Okay, so Brandon and I were talking about the Simpsons today, as is our wont. (Who Brandon is is not important, just know that he is a man who is bad at interpreting things.) We were specifically discussing the episode "A Milhouse Divided" in Season 8--the one where Milhouse's parents get divorced.

At Marge's dinner party, there's a scene where everyone is playing Pictionary. Ned Flanders is the one who has to draw, and the following conversation ensues:

Ned: Oh, that's a noodle-scratcher! [starts drawing a few random dots]
Maude: [gasps] Cornstarch!
Ned: Oh, righty-o! [both laugh] It's good for keepin' down the urges!

Brandon's interpretation of the scene:
Brandon says that the "it" in "It's good for keepin' down the urges!" refers to Pictionary, and that the joke is that Ned and Maude are so good at Pictionary because they play it instead of having sex. There is no way that the "it" refers to cornstarch, because why the hell would you use cornstarch for repressing sex?

My interpretation of the scene
The "it" in "It's good for keepin' down the urges!" refers to cornstarch, and it doesn't have to make sense because the joke is that Ned and Maude are weird and religious and don't like sex. The Flanderseses' Pictionary prowess is just meant to contrast with Kirk and Luanne's inability to play nicely together in the following scene.

Which do you think makes more sense? I realize that this is ridiculous, but humor me here

The SituAsian posted:

Konec Hry posted:

I would like to take this opportunity to express my fondness for this Simpsons Quote thread.

BloodDesk UnderHell posted:

Oh, look at that OP up there, plotting our doom. It could force us to do wanton acts of carnality!

Zero Star posted:

Rakes, my arch-enemy.

ElwoodCuse posted:

I, too, would like to... express my fondness for, uh, that... particular thread.

Cael posted:

I thought the story of this thread began in nineteen-dickety-two. We had to say 'dickety' cause the Kaiser had stolen our word 'twenty'.

Konec Hry posted:

Dickety? Higly dubious

NoMoneyDown posted:

But I thought I was your arch-enemy.

Konec Hry posted:

I would like to take this opportunity to express my fondness for this Simpsons Quote thread.

Women's Rights? posted:

You know, a forum with a new quote thread is a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it and danged if he knows how to use it.

Capn Beeb posted:

TOO MANY PIES, THAT'S YER PROBLEM

Crackerman posted:

Heh heh...mule.

robot roll call posted:

I'm somewhere where I don't know where I am!

Jackie D posted:

...Has anyone seen the movie Tron?

Zero Star posted:

I do have a life outside of this thread, NoMoneyDown.

Jorghnassen posted:

When I was a boy, I really wanted a catcher's mitt, but my dad wouldn't get it for me. So I held my breath until I passed out and banged my head on the coffee table. The doctor thought I might have brain damage.

CatchrNdRy posted:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/mi...hreadid=3416678

CatchrNdRy posted:

These boys sound very nice but they're clearly nerds.

Atarian posted:

No.

Zero Star posted:

CatchrNdRy, start digging some nerd-holes.

The Dark One posted:

Jethro! Bring our friend a hard-boiled egg and some prune juice.

JethroMcB posted:

I know how you feel, boy. When I was your age, I wanted an electric football game more than anything in the world. The day my parents bought it for me was the happiest of my life.

Well, goodnight.

mono posted:

Excelsior!

Never Odd or Even posted:

from now on I'm going to be kinder to my son and meaner to my dad!

Deviant posted:

Lousy Smarch thread.

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

It seems like every week something odd happens to the Simpsons Quote Thread. My advice is to ride it out, make the occasional smart-alec quip, and by next week we'll be back to where we started from, ready for another wacky adventure.