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No, but you might see the cone of ignorance...

(for the ignorant, this should explain it)

For good reason.

Hutz: Mr. Simpson, I was just going through your garbage, and I couldn't help overhearing that you need a babysitter. Of course, being a highly-skilled attorney, my fee is $175 an hour.
Homer: We pay eight dollars for the night, and you can take two popsicles out of the freezer.
Hutz: Three.
Homer: Two.
Hutz: OK, two. And I get to keep this old bird cage.
Homer: Done!
Hutz: [proudly] Still got it.

He has two examples of jokes posted around the place about the boss's game playing by employees in fact.

Maybe I'm just a raving tinfoil hat, but perhaps you might want to consider the possibility that Vernon, our hapless crusader, manufactured the "jokes" to support his position. The rest of the division likely was doing their jobs and minding their business, and poor old Vernon just couldn't take it anymore. See Frank Grimes as a good example.

The sheer quantity of the screenshots showing him playing games pretty much tosses out the "Maybe he had solitaire open because he was on the phone a lot, and wanted something to keep his hands active?" idea that you presented. He was simply being paid to, well, not work.

There was ~300 screenshots over 7 months. We're to trust this moral crusader that these were truly random, but even then it could have been a fluke and really the guy was busy pumping out code 7 hours and 58 minutes a day.

Microsoft is no stranger to astroturfing. I wonder how much the intern was paid for that post.

Gates: Those slashdotters...are they booing me?
Intern: Uh, no, they're saying "Boo-ill Gates! Boo-ill Gates!"
Gates: Are you saying "boo" or "Boo-ill Gates"?
Slashdot: Boo! Boo!
Hans: I was saying "Boo-ill Gates"...

http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F31

No, the evil, or sinister one, is always the twin on the left. At least according to The Simpsons.

And it's a summary from TVTome, instead of the vastly-superior snpp.com.

For those of us who learned everything we know about the Twilight Zone from the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror he's refering to the short "Hungry Are the Damned" from this epsiode.

-l

Billy Graham's Bible Blaster?

What about Bombardment of Bible Questions? :o)

just look at [the United States'] disrespect for the UN

Mr. Bush: I'm disrespectful to the UN. Can you see that I am serious? Out of my way, all of you. This is no place for loafers! Join me or die! Can you do any less?

For lucky best wash, use Mr. Sparkle.

In Spanish, doy already means "I give". Adding yo places additional emphasis on the subject, roughly in the same manner as the "I for one" of the original Simpsons quote from 1F13. The phrase dar la bienvenida a means to welcome a guest physically; the more metaphoric term connoting approval would be recibir bien. It would also seem that superseñores translates "overlords", and Google backs this up as well as cibernéticos for "cybernetic". Thus I suggest: "Yo recibo bien a los superseñores cibernéticos."

But I may be wrong as well. Has the episode been dubbed or subbed into Spanish?

"Buy 'em out", boys!.

You can visit a screen door factory.

His most recent is a 1980 Volkswagen rigged to run on solar power.

Wouldn't this make him Afghanistan's Ed Begley, Jr.?

~Philly

Jeez... now the plant world is trying to rip off the Simpsons. They really have done *everything*.

A few scripts to get you started.

Handguns have a functional purpose other than to kill human beings?

How else do you open your beer or turn on the television?

More and more states are making these available, some on a shall issue basis, as they see the benifits of lower crime in other states that have done so.

Ahh, well...I live in a commonwealth founded by Quakers. In 2002 we ranked 44th in the country for violent and property-related crimes per 100,000. We do allow CCW, as well as abortions for some and miniature flags for others.

No throwing your vote away is voting for someone just because you don't think anyone else can win. It's a self fullfing prophecy.

You read Slashdot and didn't get the Simpson's reference? What kind of nerd are you, anyway? ;>)

From the SNPP:

Obligatory source for obligatory Simpsons quote

My guess would be incorrect use of a static/global variable.

Bill will be dropping by soon to buy you out

Hint: when there's a knock at the door and you ask, "Who is it?", if the reply is, "Hired Goons", don't open the door.

My guess would be incorrect use of a static/global variable.

Bill will be dropping by soon to buy you out

Hint: when there's a knock at the door and you ask, "Who is it?", if the reply is, "Hired Goons", don't open the door.

Interestingly, Marge vs. the Monorail has the distinction of being one of the few epsiodes written by Conan O'Brien (yes, that Conan O'Brien). He also wrote the brilliant (IMHO) Homer Goes to College.

And not to be OT: I think the Vegas monorail (at its magnitidue) is an excellent proof-of-concept for solving metropolitan congestion where a subway is either prohibitively expensive or infeasible. If it's a success, maybe we'll see more cities following suit?

Interestingly, Marge vs. the Monorail has the distinction of being one of the few epsiodes written by Conan O'Brien (yes, that Conan O'Brien). He also wrote the brilliant (IMHO) Homer Goes to College.

And not to be OT: I think the Vegas monorail (at its magnitidue) is an excellent proof-of-concept for solving metropolitan congestion where a subway is either prohibitively expensive or infeasible. If it's a success, maybe we'll see more cities following suit?

I followed one of the links, clicked around a bit and ended up bearing witness to this travesty .

It reminded me of a game that never quite made it to market. You can read about it at this highly educational site . [NOTE: Once you get to the page, please do a text search of the page for the words "cheers me up." Sorry for the inconvenience, but it's a long page and I can't figure out a way to link directly to the material.]

Clay

I'm sorry, I'm just not clever enough to come up with a signature line.

Oh, congratulations, you can copy and paste from the last link in tfa!

AND get modded UNDERRATED? I would think REDUNDANT?

MONO = ONE
RAIL = RAIL

~jeff

MONO = ONE
RAIL = RAIL

~jeff

[opens the door; behind it, three mail carriers sit at a table, searching letters for cash]

Mail Carrier #1: Bingo! Birthday card!
Mail Carrier #2: Graduation!
Mail Carrier #3: Ding-ding-ding! Wedding!

From Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

You've been watching the sydicated episodes. They cut a few parts from each episode to make time for extra commercials. A full list of cuts is available here

So, instead of getting $1.05 Million, or even $175,000 in bonus and severance, you're stuck with the $50,000 in severance. I think I would be pissed in this situation. Now for this guy, it's the same situation, just that there is a lot more money involved. Instead of getting $25 Million bonus, or getting the $125 million in options, he gets $10 Million in severance.

Obligatory Simpsons quote:

Bart: Uh, say, are you guys crooks?
Tony: Bart, um, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family?
Bart: No.
Tony: Well, suppose you got a large starving family. Is it wrong to steal a truckload of bread to feed them?
Bart: Uh uh.
Tony: And, what if your family don't like bread? They like... cigarettes?
Bart: I guess that's okay.
Tony: Now, what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price that was practically giving them away. Would that be a crime, Bart?
Bart: Hell, no!
Tony: Enjoy your gift.

Hey, I wonder where this Escalator to Nowhere goes to, hmmm whoooaoaaaaaaaaaaa SPLAT!

I could google more up, but I found these:
http://www.snpp.com/other/articles/flash.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/78/story_7843_1.htm l
http://www.lorenjavier.com/toychest/asian/simpsons .html
http://members.aol.com/Jovifan2/Apu.html

yeah, it does... Something inherently good going inherently wrong: Burns Recycling.

The usual size of a peice of butter is commonly referred to as "half a pound"

Good god, and I thought the American diet was unhealthy. Please tell me you don't eat Homer's Space Age(out of this world) Moon Waffles.

2) A reality TV show about astronaut candidates. This long-running series, run by one of the major networks, would give a human face and personality to space flight. I'm not talking about people being voted off or anything stupid like that, but an unvarnished look at how astronauts are trained and selected.

Remember, the "Overlords" quote is about spineless sucking up to whoever happens to be in power no matter how loathsome they may be. (See Deep Space Homer)

While I can't say I know the author's intent, my first thought upon reading this was that it's a Simpsons quote (or actually, a mis-quote). From the episode "Burns' Heir":

Marge: I think Bart and Lisa are feeling a little upset right now. Isn't there something you'd like to say?

Homer: There sure is. Kids, you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

What about "Max Power"? That's a good, dynamic name!

Um . . . I'm sorry, I'm coming up short here.

Can't think of a Simpsons license plate reference? Come on... there are dozens:

Just a few:
[8F14] Krusty's pink convertible: KRUSTY
[8F15] Quimby's vehicle: I RULE U
[8F15] Snake's car: EX CON
[8F20] Sideshow Bob & Selma's honeymoon car: IH8 BART
[1F14] Ned's car: JHN 143 (John 14:3)
[2F09] car in lot of nuclear plant: 3MI ISL (3 Mile Island)
[2F13] Hitler's Mercedes Benz: ADOLF1
[2F32] Lionel Hutz's white Bronco: NOT OJ
[3F09] President Ford's limo: MR DUH
[AABF06] Comic Book Guy's car: NCC 1701 (Star Trek)
[8F20] Sideshow Bob's creations: RIP BART, DIE BART, BART DOA, IH8 BART

DIE BART - "Nobody who speaks German could be evil..."

Stacy: Let's buy makeup so the boys will like us.
Lisa: [sighs] Don't you people see anything wrong what Malibu Stacy says?
Celeste: There's something wrong with what _my_ Stacy says.
Stacy: [in a low voice] My spidey sense is tingling -- anybody call for a web-slinger?
Lisa: No, Celeste. I mean, the things she says are sexist.
Girls: [giggle] Lisa said a dirty word!
-- Ah, to be eight again, "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"

(from that Simpson's episode where Bart gets Stampy the Elephant)

DJ3000: Those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.
Bill: How does it keep up with the news like that?

It's true! Homer tried to make money this way in an episode of The Simpsons. OK, that was grease, not oil. But still!

From (where else?) here:

[sign lights up, " Relax. Everything is fine."]

Crowd: Aah. [applause]

[sign lights up, "Minor leak. Roll up window."]

Crowd: Ooh. [mild applause]

[sign lights up, "Meltdown. Flee city."]

Crowd: [scattered applause]

[sign lights up, "Core explosion. Repent sins."]

All hail the Cube.

from "Deep Space Homer"
Buzz: Homer Simpson was the real hero here. He jury-rigged the door closed using this.
Man 1: Hey, what is that?
Man 2: It's an inanimate carbon rod!
Everyone: Yay!

Time magazine cover: "In Rod We Trust"

That's WILLY'S grease!!

Willie: Ach, don't be daft. I was born and rai ... [notices the hose] Hey, what the? [gasps] My retirement grease! No! You thievin' grease bandits! I'll kill ya! [Homer and Bart make their escape through the ventilation ducts] Wait up!

They are (supposedly) elected representatives of the people, its in your power to sack them if you are unhappy with what they are doing. Start explaining vociferously to you CongressPerson/Senator what the issue is and act with your ballot.

I believe the problem with this approach is summed up succinctly in the Simpsons episode referred to by my sig. That's 4F02 "Treehouse of Horror VII"