I am still on the cruise, and too tired to write up my thoughts on seeing another glacier and walking around Juneau (Rebecca wrote up a very brief synopsis), so instead I will leave you with this.
Homer is smarter than astrologers.
Floopid floroscope!
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September 6th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Doh! The video has been removed.
September 6th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
(OT, but I know this is one of the BA’s favorite movies)
From New Scientist’s ‘Feedback’ column:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19526191.500-feedback.html
WHY does NASA show the movie Armageddon as part of its management training programmes? We’re talking about the thriller in which Bruce Willis saves the Earth by nuking an asteroid the size of Texas into dust just moments before it wipes out the home planet. If your first thought was that they’re training NASA managers to put the proper PR spin on any doomsday asteroid, the door to the paranoid ward is on your right.
In reality, the screenings are just a game for NASA’s space geeks: who can find the highest number of impossible things in the movie? The record, Feedback is told, stands at 168.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:37 am
[...] That sounds unusually specific for a horoscope I am still on the cruise, and too tired to write up my thoughts on seeing another glacier and walking around Juneau (Rebecca wrote up a very brief synopsis), so instead I will leave you with this. Homer is smarter than astrologers. … [...]
September 7th, 2007 at 5:01 am
D’oh! Video no longer available! As Homer would say “Stupid YouTube”.
September 7th, 2007 at 8:13 am
Awww. Video’s gone.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
A lot of Simpsons stuff has been removed from YouTube. Guess someone at Fox finally noticed.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
nice one BA… could you describe the clip? or tell us which episode we ought to watch?
September 7th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Silly me, I thought he was talking about the Homer of Illiad and Odyssey fame…
September 7th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Anything homer says is true. Even without hearing it, we must assume it is correct and bear all faith and trust to it.
All praise whatever homer said.
Tongue, in cheek, jostling….
September 7th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Let me be the first to point out that the video is no longer available!
September 7th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
You’re a LIIIIITTLE late for the party, Ian Gibson.
September 8th, 2007 at 3:01 am
Sorry, Ian B., there were some… firster persons
September 8th, 2007 at 7:57 am
Good Lord – you’re right!
September 8th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Mr. Phil Plait,
This is the MIAA and you are arrested for posting copyrighted material.
j/k
September 8th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Doh, what’s an MIAA?
September 8th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Hmm… seems unusually specific…being as how I’m a snowsports instructor in the winter and all…
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DECEMBER
You may experience overwhelming anger and frustration after you discover that reality is not what you were told it was. Supress these emotions by drinking heavily. If drinking is not an option for you, consider abusing loved ones, smashing your TV, or kicking the neighbor’s dog.
A new acquaintance will fall madly in love with you and threaten to commit suicide if you don’t agree to marriage. Avoid this person and do not admit to authorities that you know this individual, if asked. Limit your romantic activities to brief encounters with total strangers.
December is a great month to sell your home, quit your job, and head for the hills. Several years of living in a packing crate buried in one of America’s National Parks will change your perspective on things.
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September 8th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Hey! this is like one of those corner shops here in London, You find the parallel imported Polish coke to be flat after spending three weeks in a hot truck going across Europe and your bag of chips (or crisps, as they like to call them here) are stale because the “best before” date closer to your birthday than present date.
I think BA pulled this one out of his to-be-posted-when-I’m-out-of-ideas-or-too-tired bag.
September 9th, 2007 at 10:04 am
What’s the name of the episode? I’ll go down to the corner video store and rent it because it’s no longer available! BooooooHooooooooo! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
September 10th, 2007 at 10:49 am
From the episode “Treehouse of Horror XI”.
% The family is eating breakfast, as Homer searches in vain
% for a comic strip to read. He settles for the daily horoscope.
Homer: Oooh, my horoscope.
[reading] “Taurus: Today you will die.”
Marge: What?!!
Homer: [continuing] “… and you may get a compliment from
an attractive co-worker!” Lenny?
Lisa: [takes paper] It really says die?
That’s unusually specific for a horoscope.
Marge: [takes paper] Mmm. Maybe I better check mine.
[reads] “Today your husband will die.”
Homer: Oooh, scary newspaper. [takes the paper, and waves
it mockingly] Don’t hurt me horoscope. I’m afraid
… Ow! Paper cut! Paper cut!
% Homer leaves for work. As he backs out of the driveway,
% lightning strikes a tree, which just barely misses striking
% the front of the car. “Missed me!” Homer taunts. He drives
% past a work zone where men are demolishing a Planet Hollywood
% restaurant. The wrecking ball knocks down the planet above
% restaurant which falls on and destroys most of the car.
% “Stupid horoscope,” Homer says to himself, chuckling. Then a
% pick-axe comes through front windshield and imbeds itself in
% Homer’s forehead. Homer laughs and says, “Flupid bloroplope.”
%
% At the plant, Lenny compliments Homer on the rattlesnake
% biting his harm. Carl is concerned about the snake’s deadly
% venom, but Homer assures him the snake will give up after an
% hour or so.
%
% Back at home …
Homer: That horoscope was baloney. Nothing happened
except the pickaxe in my head, the rattlesnake
bite, and the testicle thing. What’s for desert?
Marge: No desert until you eat your broccoli. [Homer
takes some broccoli, chokes on it and dies]
[cut to a shot of Dr. Hibbert examining Homer's body]
Hibbert: Mm. Another broccoli-related death.
Marge: I thought broccoli was …
Hibbert: Oh, yes. one of the deadliest plants on earth.
Why, it tries to warn you itself with its terrible taste.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Snakes, nature’s quitters.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Hehe.
Thanks for the transcript RobertB !
September 10th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
And here it is working…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFF_yl2JKl4
September 11th, 2007 at 1:47 am
The skepchick link is STILL dead.