HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: yantosca@buast7.bu.edu (Robert Yantosca)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: NEW EPISODE: August 27 (US and the title is...)...
Date: 26 Aug 92 02:18:15 GMT
Organization: Astronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <gDX1PB1w164w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca> dave@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Dave hall) writes:
>rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter) writes:
>
>> In article <1992Aug20.065400.17785@leland.Stanford.EDU>
>> dhyatt@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Hyatt) writes:
>> 
>> >> And the title of this episode will be:
>> 
>> `Brother Can You Spare 2 Dines'  (That is -not- a typo...)...
>
>For those who don't know, I just looked in TV Guide (local issue), it 
>states that Homer got that cash award from being exposed to radiation.  
>Undoubtedly, more likey hush-up money from Mr. Burns?
> 

Perhaps 'Dines' is a misspelling of 'Dynes', the unit of force which is 
the analog of the Newton in the centimeter-gram-second system of units 
(i.e. 1 dyne = 1 gram * cm / sec / sec).  

Although it makes a pun (especially with the monetary aspect of the episode),
you'd want to use a unit of energy such as the erg (1 erg = 1 dyne * cm), 
or even better, the radiation absorbed dose, or RAD (1 RAD = 100 ergs / gram 
of tissue) to measure how much radiation has flowed through Homer's manly
physique (NOT!).

Just some rantings from your friendly neighborhood astronomer,

Bob Y.
-- 
"The Doctor" Bob Yantosca        |  "The Future Begins Tomorrow!"
 Graduate Student and Time Lord  |     -- corporate slogan of
 Boston Univ. Astronomy Dept.    |        Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems 
 yantosca@buast7.bu.edu          |      	
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From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: Re: 1985
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:19:23 GMT

mcbride@cs.arizona.edu (Chris M. McBride) writes:

>My impression was that Not only did Homer put lights up in 1985, He
>has been living in his house for 7 years, and he STILL doesn't know
>what the switch does!

Right, that's what I thought, too.  There was a similar gag in "National
Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," where Chevy Chase has just finished
festooning his house with Xmas lights, then wonders why they don't turn
on when he plugs them in.  (SPOILER: It's because they're hooked up to
a light switch in the basement that isn't on.)


                                      --Steve "Of course, it's funnier
                                        when Chevy does it" Stelter
                                        sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

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From: dube@carson.u.washington.edu (Ric Dube)
Subject: Re: brother can you etc. dyn
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:20:58 GMT


>   I only thought of this as a miscue after a couple rewatches with friends.
>   I took it as Homer groping for support from his co-employees, like
>   "I guess it can't get any worse" .. "You're right, Homer, don't worry
>    about it." .. "Yeah, it can only get better".

> Timothy M. Schreyer                         schrey@prc.unisys.com


Now, this is exactly what I thought, but not too many people seem to
agree.
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From: amos@prl.dec.com (Homer)
Subject: boaf
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 12:24:26 GMT

Well, have you noticed in the episode where Homer is with Michael
Jackson in an asile, the indian who doesn't talk ?
He looks like the one that played in the movie 'Vol au dessus d'un
nid de coucous' (in french, I've forgotten its english name..). 


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From: rsteele@adam.ll.mit.edu (Rob Steele)
Subject: Re: 8f23 Brother, can you spare two di?es?
Reply-To: rob@ll.mit.edu
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 15:30:24 GMT

I liked the bit about The Great Books of Western Civilization.  There  
really is a canon of literature and at least one publisher will sell  
you a subscription to the "top 100".  The joke is that none of the  
books in the show's great books series is actually in the canon.

I'm not literate enough to know what the common theme is in the books  
Lisa mentions but I would guess they're politically correct.  As far as  
I know, there is no shared theme in the official great books apart from  
their having been written by the dreaded Dead White Males.

Does anyone want to compile the list of Lisa's great books?  Anyone  
want to synopsize them?

The NRA?  Wow!
-------------------------------------------------------
Rob Steele                            rob@ll.mit.edu
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood St.                   Your basic human being
Lexington, MA  02173            is not such a hot item.
617/981-2575                      --Ben Stein's sister
From: baldwin@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil (J.D. Baldwin)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The Price is Right?
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:12:40 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dep't., U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
In-reply-to: craig@cognet.ucla.edu's message of 28 Aug 92 17:41:27 GMT

craig@cognet.ucla.edu (Craig Morioka) writes:
>Did anyone catch the price of Maggie going through the 
>checkout counter last night (Aug 27)?

Before anyone rushes to his VCR to check, let me assure you that the
price was the same as it's always been: $847.63.  I am sure of this
because I freeze-framed (froze-frame?) it to show to my wife, who was
understandably appalled that I answered this question (written in to "TV
Guide") correctly.
--
 From the catapult of:              |+| "If anyone disagrees with anything I
   _,_  J. D. Baldwin, Comp Sci Dept|+| say, I am quite prepared not only to
 _|70|___:::)=}-  U.S. Naval Academy|+| retract it, but also to deny under
 \      /   baldwin@usna.navy.mil   |+| oath that I ever said it." --T. Lehrer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: erik@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu (Erik Vallow)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: I said, "things couldn't get any worse."
Date: 2 Sep 92 00:03:30 GMT
Organization: Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Sep1.214756.775@xn.ll.mit.edu> rob@ll.mit.edu writes:
>Homer looks right at the "camera" when he says it!  I think it's a  
>self-referential joke.

I agree, I took it as a self-ref. as well, the sort of thing that
was common (to the point of stupidity, I thought) in Moonlighting,
but, a refreshing twist here. 

Can anyone else think of self-ref stuff? There seem to be many indirect ones:
	
I don't know the episode name or number, but its the one
when Lisa's in the essay contest in Wash DC:

	Marge comments on the sexist comic which depicts women
as bad drives....Homer replies:

	"oh Marge, comics aren't serious, they are just written
for a cheap laugh...." then procedes to get up exposing part of
his 'rear' to the 'camera'.
	Are there any more direct?


ps Recall as well Bart balloon in parade... still not as
out-of-character.....


erik@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu
From: baldwin@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil (J.D. Baldwin)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" -- my favorite gag
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:30:54 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dep't., U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

As a battle-scarred veteran of the Lutheran Church (in my adolescence, anyway),
I found the funniest joke of this entire episode to be the Flanders' doorbell,
which played "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."  Those of you who have *serious*
Simpsons-cultural-reference-fixation may be interested to note that this was
used as the theme to "Davey and Goliath" which has reared its ugly head in this
newsgroup a time or two.

Also loved Lisa's you-landed-on-Ventnor-Avenue speech.  "Of course, there
is the unpleasant matter of the bill."

No, it wasn't Brainstorm or Star Bleccch or Battlestar Ponderosa:  the chair
scene was a clear 2001 reference.  The big, blinking, circular Homer-eye 
that changed colors every blink ought to have put aside any questions about
this one right away.

Generally, I agree with the guy who said this was overall a weak episode--a
bit flat.  There were some nice moments, though.
--
 From the catapult of:              |+| "If anyone disagrees with anything I
   _,_  J. D. Baldwin, Comp Sci Dept|+| say, I am quite prepared not only to
 _|70|___:::)=}-  U.S. Naval Academy|+| retract it, but also to deny under
 \      /   baldwin@usna.navy.mil   |+| oath that I ever said it." --T. Lehrer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: max@tantalus.uchicago.edu (Max Ziff)
Subject: Re: `Brother Can You Spare 2 Dimes' - 8F23 - Mo' SloMo Mania
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
	<1992Aug31.074417.16290@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>
	<1992Sep1.015730.23278@adobe.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:10:50 GMT

|>    That one author's name you couldn't get was Herman Melville.  The
|>title I didn't get  --  but I think the joke was that all the books named
|>are pretty esoteric to most people, even English majors (I was an English
|>major, briefly, and Ive never read any of those books, and haven't heard
|>of half of them.)

|Omoo and Typee...perhaps esoteric to English majors, but well known to
|crossword puzzle afficianados!

I'm not an English major (nor do I play one on tv), but I am a
Melville fan.  Typee is quite a fine book, a first person narrative
about experiences with polynesian natives after jumping ship in the
South Seas.  There's a fascinating description of various ways of
preparing breadfruit.  Typee also has the advantage of being only
about 100 pages long.  It was Melville's first book, and a popular
success, and though it's based on his own experience, it's not clear
just how much is fact and how much invented.  Sort of an early
docu-drama.

Omoo is the sequel to Typee, and it's not quite as good.  I kind of
wondered why Lisa referred to "Melville's twin classics Omoo and
Typee" since the natural order is the other way...  They certainly do
show up quite a but in crossword puzzles!

I'd also like to put in a word for Paradise Regained.  It's quite
wonderful.  Probably my favorite poem about the life of Christ :-).
It centers on the temptations in the desert.  Pleasant to see our old
friend, the Devil, again.

--
Donald Ziff (Max)                                    ziff@cs.uchicago.edu

"Dad, do you know what _schadenfreude_ means?" -- Lisa
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From: noel@umbc1.umbc.edu
Subject: Patent Number theory
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 02:28:06 GMT

	Somone mentioned that the patent number was 214661717 and pondered it 
being somone's social security number (214-66-1717).
	I read somewhere that the first 3 numbers of an SSN are for the 
Geographical area the person was born in.  As I wqas born in southern Maryland 
mine and all my siblings begin with 217.
	The only think I can think of is that somone who works on "The 
Simpsons" (Sam Simon I beleive) came from a Maryland suburb of Washington DC.  
Can anyone born in the DC/metro area confirm that people born in Silver Spring 
or thereabouts have SSN's that begin with 214?
From: jwlr@okeeffe.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: article in the local tv guide
Date: 27 Aug 92 20:57:48 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1992Aug19.023313.7493@admiral.uucp> dave@admiral.uucp (Dave Litchman) writes:

>In article <1992Aug17.152847.15745@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kwright@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ken Wright) writes:
>>Who are Ren and Stimpy?? I've never heard of them.

>Next Saturday night, at 9:00, put your television on Nickelodeon. You'll find
>out who Ren and Stimpy are. In spades.

But I have no CABLE !!! (Awwwww..)


>-- 
>"Dammit Jim, I'm a free man, not a number!"
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>"Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!" -- Powdered Toast Man

					Jamesa Willer
{The opinions above are probably NOT those of
 anyone at all.}
From: kuchar@buast7.bu.edu (Tom Kuchar)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" -- my favorite gag
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:45:43 GMT
Organization: Astronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <BALDWIN.92Aug28093054@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil> baldwin@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil (J.D. Baldwin) writes:
>
>No, it wasn't Brainstorm or Star Bleccch or ....

Although most of it was 2001, I thought it was going to be a Trek
reference. Afterall Homer said to the Asian dude (A Mr. Sulu
wanna be, too bad George Takei didn't come back and do the voice)
`Give me more POWER', or something sim-u-lar.



-- 
Tom Kuchar			  
kuchar@buast7.bu.edu		  -or-                      kuchar@plh.af.mil
Department of Astronomy		                     Phillips Laboratory/GPOB
Boston Univerity		                                  Hanscom AFB
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From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: Re: brother can you etc. dyn
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:30:36 GMT

joe@trdlnk.uucp (Joe Panfil) writes:

>In reading all the dyn's I did not see a reference to one of the funniest 
>scenes. When Homer says things can't get any worse they all wait for the
>load speaker to announce "Simpsons report to Mr. Burns office." but, it was
>as if a cue was missed. So Homer repeats the "It can't get any worse" line.
>I found it pretty funny that they thought about having a miscue in a cartoon.
>As far as overall thoughts on the episode, I loved it. For those of you who
>thought it was flat go back and watch it again.

Oh, was *that* what the gag was supposed to be?  At the time, that one
went completely over my head.


                                                --Steve Stelter
                                                  sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: kb3i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kathryn Brennan)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Strange episode!!!
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:17:01 GMT
Organization: Doctoral student, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Did anyone think that Sunday's episode (where the Simpsons went to a
cookout at Mr. Burns' house -- and Homer became disenchanted with his
family...) was a little strange?  Both my husband and I thought that the
voices (of Homer especially) sounded a little different and that the
cartoon drawings themselves seemed somewhat different.  

Also, I found Marge and Lisa's reactions to Homer very
out-of-character!!!  I think normally, Lisa and Marge would be the FIRST
to agree with Homer's realization that their family was
less-than-perfect, and that they should get some counselling... 
Instead, they seemed perfectly content with their dysfunctional family
-- this goes against all the beliefs that Marge and Lisa have had in
previous episodes... (watching too much TV is bad, etc...) 

Am I crazy, or did other people notice these things?  Can anyone explain?

--Kate Brennan
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From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
Subject: Re: Patent Number theory
Originator: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Reply-To: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 06:35:32 GMT

From article <1992Aug29.030953.11842@wam.umd.edu>, by pi@wam.umd.edu (Raymond L. Gilbert):
> In article <ELM.92Aug28184012@terrorism.berkeley.edu>, elm@cs.berkeley.edu (ethan miller) writes:
>> In article <29AUG92.02280679@umbc1.umbc.edu> noel@umbc1.umbc.edu writes:
>> =>The only thing I can think of is that somone who works on "The
>> =>Simpsons" (Sam Simon I beleive) came from a Maryland suburb of
>> =>Washington DC.  Can anyone born in the DC/metro area confirm that
>> =>people born in Silver Spring or thereabouts have SSN's that begin
>> =>with 214?
>> Yep.  I wasn't born in Montgomery County, MD (suburbs north of DC),
>> but I did get my SSN while my parents were living there.  My SSN does
>> indeed begin with 214.  The area might also include DC itself.
> I'm not sure that the numbering system goes strictly by area.  For
> example, I was born in Silver Spring and my first 3 SSN digits are 579.
> Furthermore, I know of others born in the *same* hospital at about the
> same time that have different SSNs.  I'm not denying that geography
> has something to do with it; I'm just saying that it might not be as
> straightforward as you all imply.

The first 3 digits are geographically tied, but not to area of birth.
The tie-in is to where the SS# is _issued_.   There is a FAQ on 
SS #'s that appears periodically in news.answers, if you want the gory
details -- it has tables showing which numbers belong to where, describes
valid/invalid numbers, and describes the _order_ in which the numbers
are issued.  (Hint: It is _not_ strictly sequential. :-) )

-- 
John G Dobnick                          ATTnet: (414) 229-5727
Computing Services Division             INTERNET: jgd@uwm.edu
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee     UUCP: uunet!uwm!jgd

"Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation,
and is thus a source of civilized delight."  -- William Safire
From: pearl@sw.stratus.com (Dan Pearl)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: I said, "things couldn't get any worse."
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:01:01 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

It was simply a joke on the comedy cliche:

A:  "Boy, things can't get any worse!"

     A 747 crash-lands in A's lap.

For a traditional comic laugh, the announcement would have followed
immediately.  The characters were amazed that nothing happened the first
time.  What the writers did was upset the applecart of our expectations,
which is what comedy is.  It was wonderful.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dan Pearl  **  Stratus Computer, Inc.  **  pearl@spectacle.sw.stratus.com
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From: knutt@ifi.uio.no (Knut Torgersen)
Subject: Re: German TV
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 05:39:48 GMT
Originator: knutt@hnoss.ifi.uio.no


> In the moment there aren't any Simpsons on German TV; they are working on
> dubbing a new season, which will be broadcasted at the end of the year
> around christmas.

... Which is why I am SO glad we have the Simpsons on Scandinavian TV. The only
catch is the commercial, but THANK GOD they don't dub it into Swedish/Norwegian!!!

+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker,|  Bart! You're no longer in  |
|It is slick to stick a lock upon your stock.  | Sunday School. Don't swear! |
|        Or some joker who is slicker,         |-----------------------------+
|        Will trick you of your liquor,        |       Knut Torgersen        |
|If you fail to lock your liquor with a lock.  |      knutt@ifi.uio.no       |
+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
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From: andre@avalanche.Canada.Sun.Com (Andre Giroux - SSS Sun Montreal)
Subject: Re: boaf
Reply-To: andre@avalanche.Canada.Sun.Com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:18:07 GMT

Yes, the indian is EXACTELY like the big guy in "Fly over a cucu's nest" with
Jack Nicholson. I think the authors expressed how they felt about the indian
who was lucid all the way, but the doctors never saw it. And how simple it was
cure a person. By just talking to him !!!   ----- Hilarious, again...
---
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"I know a lot of people who used to ski, I don't know anyone who used to
 snowboard"

 - from K2 Gyrator add

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From: glitto@iastate.edu (Scott M Klabacha)
Subject: Re: article in the local tv guide
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:20:27 GMT

dave@admiral.uucp (Dave Litchman) writes:
>kwright@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ken Wright) writes:
>>Who are Ren and Stimpy?? I've never heard of them.
>
>Next Saturday night, at 9:00, put your television on Nickelodeon. You'll find
>out who Ren and Stimpy are. In spades.
>

That's 9:00 PM *Eastern Time*. Those of us in the Midwest get to see R&S at
8:00...a full hour earlier :-)

***gLITTOfERN*** glitto@iastate.edu
(yes, I know it's not really an hour earlier; it just seems that way)
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From: sro@media.mit.edu (Shawn O'Donnell)
Subject: Re: 8f23 Brother, can you spare two di?es?
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory
	<1992Aug27.225510.26425@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
	<1992Aug29.164132.15174@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 07:07:52 GMT

>I liked the bit about The Great Books of Western Civilization.  

I did, too, but I got a bigger kick out of where Lisa found the ad.  
Wasn't it in "The Children's New Republic"?

--Shawn
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From: hal@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Hal Wadleigh)
Subject: Re: Soc Security Number theory
Reply-To: hal@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Hal Wadleigh)
Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 14:54:24 GMT

It's the MIDDLE digits that tell where the card was issued.  Those with a
leading "0" are railroad retirement numbers (and some others, too).  Each
state has a number or range of numbers for the middle digits.  The sequences of
the first three digits are set differently at different times.
From: anderson@optik.eng.yale.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Simpsons (kind of) on NPR
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:54:49 GMT
Organization: Yale University, Dept. of EE

Though I do not wish to contribute to the volume of postings from the
summer which belonged on alt.politics.us.president.family_values, I
heard something on NPR yesterday which I could not resist bringing up. 
Last night while driving home I heard a commentary by Daniel Pinkwater
(author, I believe, of an amusing little book called _Lizard Music_, and
regular NPR commentator) about the Republican's use of factoids during
their convention, e.g. George Bush is a family man, won the cold war,
defeated Saddam Hussein, etc.  According to Pinkwater, the factiods work
(his evidence being that he heard them repeated the next day) since they
are small chuncks of easily remembered information which do not require
the average American to think. 

His commentary then turned to the irony of Bush's desire for more
Americans to be like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons.  The
Waltons, first of all, were Democrats.  Secondly, Homer Simpson is just
the kind of man that Bush is appealing to with his constant use of
factiods: one who does not think.  Why, Pinkwater asked, is Bush
attacking the kind of man who is most likely to support him? 

A quote from Raymond Chen's capsule of ``Homer Defined'' says it all: 

Homer: Here's good news!  According to this eye-catching article,
       SAT scores are declining at a slower rate!
Lisa:  Dad, I think this paper is a flimsy hodgepodge of pie graphs,
       factoids and Larry King.
Homer: Hey, this is the only paper in America that's not afraid to tell
       the truth, that everything is just fine.
-- Reading US of A TODAY, ``Homer Defined''

Warren Anderson
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From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: Re: [8F23] Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:28:20 GMT

og@access.digex.com (Gary Goldberg) writes:

>In article <1992Aug28.071431.24791@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> schwim@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Rosebud) writes:
>>DYN:
>>Back in 1985, the Simpsons actually had a nice light show for xmas?
>>	(well, it was probably put up in '86...)

>Since Homer didn't know what the switch did, it is likely that they were put
>there by the previous occupants of the house? Although the timing may not work out. - Gary

Not likely.  As Homer's couch flashbacks from that very episode demonstrate,
OFF has been living in that house since about 1980.


                                              --Steve Stelter
                                                sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

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