When I sell a gin and tonic while bartending i say this to the guest and every time they look at me like I’m an idiot so I concede and say it’s a joke from the simpsons but last night someone caught the reference and it was so epic. We talked about our favorite the simpsons’s.

Sep 26, 2026 · 7:38 PM UTC

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There's a blizzard episode in the 90s where Marge asks "How will the kids get home from school" and Homer answers "The Internet?" and ever since that's been my go-to answer for questions about how someone's getting somewhere.
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I think we all have a bit of Simpsons in our lexicons. Even someone who never really watched the Simpsons probably picked something up from the Simpsons without realizing it.
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It was the greatest cartoon ever made for a time. Love old school Simpsons
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Its legacy is best felt in the TBS seasons of American dad.
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Someone else tagged a barstool guy in this. What’s the significance?
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Michael Hartl
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I recently walked into a bar just as someone got a drink with a lit sparkler attached. I heard the cry, “The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!” I waited a beat and said, “And Rohan will answer!” Turns out it was the bartender, who’d been waiting years for the proper reply.

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The reason why my husband &I are together is bc of a Simpsons quote. We were at a Thai restaurant w/a big group (had mutual friends but had never met before) &someone else asked how his food was. I was the only one who caught the reference &here we are 25 yrs later w/two kids.
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Yes! Keep doing you. I met my wife in college years ago because she's probably one of the only girls who could respond to a random Space Ghost Coast to Coast comment I made. We were at this party and some kid was from Kentucky, so naturally I said "Ahh, Old Kentucky Shark" to which my future wife responded "Ah yes, my documentary. They told me it was stupid and grossly inaccurate"
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but that's such a great stand alone joke even if it wasn't a Simpsons reference! one of my favorite inside jokes i play on people is saying something really dumb to see if they'll believe im that stupid and how they would handle a dumbass friend.
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Man, my conversation is littered with things I saw on tv thirty years ago and thought were funny. Have managed to get my twenty-something kid in on half of them.
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Yeah it’s even harder to find a customer who’s a Shaun of the Dead fan but I keep trying at every place I work
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Honestly of the thousands of simpsons quotes I recognize, this one may have slipped past me before now. But probably would have recognized that it was a joke. Now I can counter with asking if you have a bowling ball of Bathtub Mint Julip instead
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DUDE I’ve been doing it for 20 years at parties and people look at me like I’m a fucking dumbass but don’t care one day I’ll too live the moment you had :))
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When I get on an elevator I always acted surprised and comment “this one goes to 11” just to see if anyone gets it. I occasionally get a smile.
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People talk about how much they love Homer's reading glasses, but his green jacket is underrated
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I like gin & tonic and yes, if you’d said that to me I would’ve thought you were nuts, but I appreciate it!
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I'd like a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat
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Well , he could have asked for a flaming moe
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Someone at work used the phrase dog dangling afternoon a little while ago and I'm like damn I respect that guy
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