So… one of the things you may not know about the blog is that we’re always writing things for those times we feel like we need “filler”. Some get posted quick… others sit until it’s their turn to be birthed into the blog world. Alissa works her tail off on this site so it’s nice when she can just grab a post. While down-time in TSTO can be great for redesigns, catching up on older content, etc., it can be a challenge to keep posts coming for the readers who enjoy the site.
This post is an example of one of those filler posts. I found myself wondering what could be interesting that could sit in drafts to be posted whenever yet still be enjoyable for YOU and I think I figured it out.
That’s right! Homer. One of our original banners on the site was none other than him streaking across the screen. While it’s hard to just narrow down one description or write a post about him (I know, I tried way back in 2013), I thought it could just be fun to share some of my favorite Homer Jay Simpson quotes with you. This list is certainly not all-inclusive list but I thought it was a good one. Enjoy!
• Operator! Give me the number for 911!
• You’re my last, last chance: bottom-of-the-barrel, hail-mary, long-shot, wish-you-would-do-it-but-probably-won’t final resort to lend me money.
• Oh, so they have internet on computers now!
• Bart, with $10,000, we’d be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like…love!
• Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.
• I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me Superman.
• Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.
• Well, it’s 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
• Maybe, just once, someone will call me ‘Sir’ without adding, ‘You’re making a scene.’
• Marge, don’t discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
• Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?
• You know, boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like a woman. You just have to read the manual and press the right buttons.
• Lisa, if you don’t like your job you don’t strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That’s the American way.
• When will I learn? The answer to life’s problems aren’t at the bottom of a bottle, they’re on TV!
• Son, when you participate in sporting events, it’s not whether you win or lose: it’s how drunk you get.
• I’m going to the back seat of my car, with the woman I love, and I won’t be back for ten minutes!
• [Meeting Aliens] Please don’t eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!
• What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
• Marriage is like a coffin and each kid is another nail.
• Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
• The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother! I call him Gamblor, and it’s time to snatch your mother from his neon claws!
• When I look at the smiles on all the children’s faces, I just know they’re about to jab me with something.
• I’m having the best day of my life, and I owe it all to not going to Church!
• Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn’t, it’s that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such.
• I’m not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I’m going to Hell?
• Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you’re prejudiced against all races.
• It’s not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.
• Lisa, Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos.
• I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
• Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
• Remember that postcard Grandpa sent us from Florida of that Alligator biting that woman’s bottom? That’s right, we all thought it was hilarious. But, it turns out we were wrong. That alligator was sexually harrassing that woman.
• Old people don’t need companionship. They need to be isolated and studied so it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use.
• How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?
• Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.
• Homer no function beer well without.
• I’ve always wondered if there was a god. And now I know there is — and it’s me.
• Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?
• If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can’t speak English.
• I’m never going to be disabled. I’m sick of being so healthy.
• I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
• Alcohol is a way of life, alcohol is my way of life, and I aim to keep it.
• All my life I’ve had one dream, to achieve my many goals.
• Dad, you’ve done a lot of great things, but you’re a very old man, and old people are useless.
• But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
• I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I’m around.
• Dear Lord.. The gods have been good to me. For the first time in my life, everything is absolutely perfect just the way it is. So here’s the deal: You freeze everything the way it is, and I won’t ask for anything more. If that is OK, please give me absolutely no sign. OK, deal.
• Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.
• If something’s hard to do, then it’s not worth doing.
• I’m in no condition to drive…wait! I shouldn’t listen to myself, I’m drunk!
• ‘To Start Press Any Key’. Where’s the ANY key?
What do you think of the list? Have a favorite Homer quote I didn’t include? Already I’m dying to add to the list but 52 is more than enough. I’ll just keep reminding my Lady that she has “real purty hair.” Add your thoughts/favorites/ other quotes below and keep on keeping on like the classy folks I know you to be.
TTFN… Wookiee out!