Jerusalem posted:

Jerusalem posted:

drat, that makes me miss the show, which ended almost two decades ago now.

Do over Ham posted:

Do over Ham posted:

Jerusalem posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPmDiOcDIpU

Do over Ham 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

Do over Ham posted:

Jerusalem posted:

You okay, Do over Ham? You're posting FOREVER a lot....

Jerusalem posted:

DUHHHH that's why he has the cornstarch, it keeps down the urges to use his right hand! We had a whole debate about this like three iterations of the thread ago!

Edit: Awww boo, I misremembered the thing I was referencing (it was from a 10+ year old thread):

I found it!

This post kicked off 10+ years of Simpsons Quotes, thousands of pages, and who knows how many YOINK posts.

Root Bear posted:

Jerusalem posted:

I assure you, my bad posting is the result of an unSimpsons related alcohol problem!