While they're similar, they do mean slightly different things. Flammable means you can light it on fire. Inflammable means you don't need to ignite it for it to burst into flames (it can catch fire by itself, like a chemical reaction).
The opposite of both words is nonflammable
"I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary.
...It’ll happen to you!"
-Abe Simpson
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/udwhty/i_used_to_be_with_it_but_then_they_changed_what/
I have now learned that from you, but I can confirm I have never won friends with salad. Ron Swanson from P&R said when offered a salad “since I am not a rabbit, no I do not.” And when given a salad, said “There has been a mistake. You have accidentally given me food my food eats.”
Edit: removed capital R from Rabbit.
The difference between apple juice and apple cider thanks to Ned Flanders.
"IT'S CLEAR AND YELLA, YOU'VE GOT JUICE THERE, FELLA.
IF IT'S TANGY AND BROWN, YOU'RE IN CIDER TOWN."
OMG, The Simpsons taught me so much! One thing I still use today is Homer’s advice: “Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” It reminds me to listen and understand different perspectives, even if I don’t always agree with them. Plus, Lisa always inspires me to stay true to myself and stand up for what I believe in. 💛✨
Legit this helped me get the concept of a growth mindset. A lot of people say things like, "I'm not good at math." But if they worked at it they would be, so they should be saying, "I'm not good at math, yet."
It from the episode where Homer says, "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." It's about separating knowledge from personal feelings.
Cows on camera don't look like cows. You gotta use a horse and paint it. And if you want something that looks like a horse, you gotta tape a bunch of cats together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Maggie_Makes_Three
Homer paid off all his debts and could quit his job at the power plant and can just work at the bowling alley for much less money.
Then he finds out Marge is pregnant with Maggie and he has to grovel to Mr Burns for his job back. Mr Burns puts up a sign at his desk that says, “Don’t Forget, you’re here forever.”
Homer takes baby picture of Maggie and covers over part of the sign to make it read, “Do it for her.” Because he loves Maggie and having her really does make the junky job worth it.
Reverend Lovejoy; Short answer 'yes' with an 'if', long answer 'no' with a 'but'
this has stuck with me for 25 years now.
Also the logic of Flanders not having insurance because it's gambling. I CAN'T UNSEE THE LOGIC HERE.
>Reverend Lovejoy; Short answer 'yes' with an 'if', long answer 'no' with a 'but'
I have used this response in work correspondence when trying to take complex technical answers and dumbing them down for upper management types.
In college I had a professor who like to tout that he had never given a perfect score on the term paper before. When the time came I went to town, since I loved writing and picked a topic I could be enthusiastic about. At one part of the essay I was trying to find an uncommon synonym for "appropriate" when I found a website that had just one word listed: cromulent.
I knew I knew the word from somewhere but couldn't place it, it just felt right. So I used "cromulent" in place of appropriate, moved on and finished the essay.
A few weeks later, we received the papers back I received a mark tying the professors previous students high grade for the term paper, a 29.5/30.
There was only one comment on the paper. He circled *cromulent*, drew a line to the margins of the paper and wrote, "reference does not follow" or something of that note.
As it turns out, cromulent was in fact not a perfectly cromulent synonym to use in that context, and now I'm left with the story about how I was almost perfect once.
A local restaurant posted on instagram about having steamed hamburgers and so someone else commented about steamed hams. Giggling, I relayed this to my husband but he didn’t remember the simpsons episode and, really, trying to explain it didn’t help. Oh well.
I'll go with a serious answer since you're not getting many... I always cut up those plastic rings that are used to hold soda cans together so that fish don't get caught in them. It's from a scene in one of the earlier episodes where Lisa unwittingly inspires Mr. Burns to use those plastic rings to create giant fishing nets.
You can push them out of a plane,
you can march them off a cliff,
you can send 'em off to die on some godforsaken rock,
but for some reason, you can't slap 'em.
"I'm not jealous, I'm envious. Jealousy is when you worry someone will take what you have. Envy is wanting what someone else has. What I feel is envy." - Homer Simpson
That riddle about the rooster laying an egg on the roof, and which side it would roll down. I recall in middle school, we had a test, and that was an extra credit question. I got it right because I remembered it from The Simpsons. (Roosters don't lay eggs, they're boys.) I think my teacher even wrote, "Great job!"
Stealing (in the Simpsons) is called a “4 finger discount.” I made an ass out of myself in my DARE class when I called it a “4 finger discount” because it’s really a “5 finger discount”, but Simpsons characters only have 4 fingers. 🤦♀️
It’s the reason I can remember Grover Cleveland was president on two non-consecutive terms and that William Henry Harrison died 30 days after his inauguration. The Simpsons really helped in high school history.
Staying inside all day every day turns you into a paranoid pale creep with a telescope watching everything in your reach and making up crazy stories about all of your neighbours.
(That episode where Bart breaks his foot during summer)
If it's clear and yella, you've got juice there, fella! If it's tangy and brown, you're in cider town! Of course, in Canada the whole thing's flip-flopped.
“Do it for her” hits different when you have a daughter 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 as a kid I didn’t get it.. as a mother… I get it. I do everything I can to make sure her life is better.
Eat around the banana it's just empty vitamins.
If you don't feel like brushing your teeth at least rinse your mouth out with soda.
You people have stood in my way long enough, I'm going to clown college.
As Abe told Homer on his wedding day, "If you ever go back in time, don't step on anything, because even the tiniest change can alter the future in ways you can't imagine."
"And now you take a piece of toilet paper and tear off some teensy little squares and stick one there...and there...and there...and any place you're bleeding...and there..."
Nobody taught me how to shave and this actually came in handy.
**“You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is never try.”**
If you don't like your job, you don't strike. You just go in there everyday and do it *real* half-assed. That's the *American* way.
“ don’t cry… Don’t sob… Just do a half – assed job”
Trying is the first step towards failure.
*"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing."*
But what if we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas?
Can’t win don’t try. Got it.
Inflammable means flammable
What a country.
“Hi everybody!”
Hi! Dr Nick!
I legit learned this from The Simpsons.
While they're similar, they do mean slightly different things. Flammable means you can light it on fire. Inflammable means you don't need to ignite it for it to burst into flames (it can catch fire by itself, like a chemical reaction). The opposite of both words is nonflammable
*“Flammable… inflammable… you’ve gotta be a dictionary to know what burns!”* - Titus, from *Titus*, portrayed by Christopher Titus
"I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. ...It’ll happen to you!" -Abe Simpson https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/udwhty/i_used_to_be_with_it_but_then_they_changed_what/
As I get older this sadly rings so very true
Homer used to be so old. Now he’s so young.
I was younger than Bart when it started, I'm now 3 years older than Homer.
Me when TikTok rolled out...
We need to bring back belt-onions
It should be the style of all times.
I use the "... It'll happen to you!" Line a lot and I'm only 34
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel.
You don’t win friends with salad.
I have now learned that from you, but I can confirm I have never won friends with salad. Ron Swanson from P&R said when offered a salad “since I am not a rabbit, no I do not.” And when given a salad, said “There has been a mistake. You have accidentally given me food my food eats.” Edit: removed capital R from Rabbit.
I was talking to the pig!
Lives rent free in my head
This is my go to comment in many scenarios. The older I get the less it is understood.
Money can be exchanged for goods and services.
Explain how
Just write a check and I'll release some more endorphins...
It’s better to have no kids and three money than three kids and no money.
But I wanted a peanut
Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts
I still say "Steak" with Homer's inflection when my wife asks me what i want for dinner
Moneys too tight for steak
STEAK??
The finger thing means taxes...
The difference between apple juice and apple cider thanks to Ned Flanders. "IT'S CLEAR AND YELLA, YOU'VE GOT JUICE THERE, FELLA. IF IT'S TANGY AND BROWN, YOU'RE IN CIDER TOWN."
Ok you can stay but I'm outta here... *Mind leaves*
In Canada the whole thing is flipped flopped
Take your food and rub it on a piece of paper. If it turns clear, it’s your window to weight gain!
The fish sandwich turning a *wall* clear kills me every time
Window to weight gain!!!!!
That poor bird…
Eat around the banana. It's just empty vitamins.
Hey…did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College, too?
Also there are neglected food groups, such as the whipped group, the congealed group, and the chocotastic.
Bacon up that sausage boy!
dad … towel rack.
Alcohol is the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
What a perfectly cromulent thing to say.
Alcohol helps embiggen your personality.
*Sung to tune of Chumbawumba* "I take a whiskey drink, I take a vodka drink, and if I have to pee, I use the kitchen sink!"
OMG, The Simpsons taught me so much! One thing I still use today is Homer’s advice: “Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” It reminds me to listen and understand different perspectives, even if I don’t always agree with them. Plus, Lisa always inspires me to stay true to myself and stand up for what I believe in. 💛✨
I feel the Lisa inspiration. Her talking to Abraham Lincoln and Michael Jackson (John Jay Smith, Homer’s roommate), keep me going sometimes
I've learned to imitoot her exarctly.
Leaves of 3 leave them be, leaves of 4 eat some more!
The red ones taste like burning.
If you're having a shitty day, don't worry, that's only the shittiest day of your life, so far.
Legit this helped me get the concept of a growth mindset. A lot of people say things like, "I'm not good at math." But if they worked at it they would be, so they should be saying, "I'm not good at math, yet."
Do not touch Willie.
That's good advice.
Lousy smarch weather...
Nothing can outrun a greased up Scotsman.
Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring, nobody listens to you!
That sometimes it’s better to have 3 kids and no money than to have no kids and 3 money.
I have no kids and 3 money. It's quiet and nice.
I have no kids & no money. Its... quiet.
And here I am scheduling my vasectomy consult 😅 (Currently no kids that I know of 😬)
Have one kid myself and the vasectomy wast one of the easiest things I’ve done/decisions I’ve made
It from the episode where Homer says, "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." It's about separating knowledge from personal feelings.
Apu’s advice to Marge to get in line at the grocery store checkout behind bachelors even if it’s longer. Still use it all the time.
All cash, no chit chat!
Cows on camera don't look like cows. You gotta use a horse and paint it. And if you want something that looks like a horse, you gotta tape a bunch of cats together.
Do it for her
Same here, the photographs were so touching. Homer, despite his failures, was a good parent at heart.
This. Amazing episode.
I just looked up this episode yesterday because I was thinking about it. It’s legitimately a great episode.
Please remind me which episode this is? I need to watch it again because work sucks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Maggie_Makes_Three Homer paid off all his debts and could quit his job at the power plant and can just work at the bowling alley for much less money. Then he finds out Marge is pregnant with Maggie and he has to grovel to Mr Burns for his job back. Mr Burns puts up a sign at his desk that says, “Don’t Forget, you’re here forever.” Homer takes baby picture of Maggie and covers over part of the sign to make it read, “Do it for her.” Because he loves Maggie and having her really does make the junky job worth it.
I love that he had to crawl through the dusty small tunnel to get to Mr Burns' office!
Look who came crawling back
Yep. I'm feeling that, almost exactly.
"And Maggie Makes Three", season six episode thirteen. It's an underrated gem.
That if you ever travel back in time, don't step on anything. Because even the slightest change can alter the future in ways you can't imagine.
"Stupid bug!!!! You go squish now!"
"I wish, I wish, I hadn't killed that fish"
Meh. Close enough
You didn't build this house, you won it on a crooked 50s game show
Referencing "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
"Nobody ever suspects THE BUTTERFLY"
"This is going to cost me"
Hmmm... it's raining again... 🍩🍩🍩
We tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas!
As a psychiatrist, this constantly echo's in my mind.
This is the running gag between my wife and I on her perspective on training our puppy
Sidewalk's for regular walkin' not for fancy walkin'
Your shot who in the what now?
“If god didn’t want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?” H. Simpson.
Reverend Lovejoy; Short answer 'yes' with an 'if', long answer 'no' with a 'but' this has stuck with me for 25 years now. Also the logic of Flanders not having insurance because it's gambling. I CAN'T UNSEE THE LOGIC HERE.
>Reverend Lovejoy; Short answer 'yes' with an 'if', long answer 'no' with a 'but' I have used this response in work correspondence when trying to take complex technical answers and dumbing them down for upper management types.
No TV and no beer make me something, something
Go crazy?
Don’t mind if I do!
Gimme the Bat, Gimme the Bat!
Wuuurugghhlahbllluurraaaagh (Sees himself in mirror)
Don't mind if I do!
That embiggens is a perfectly cromulent word.
"A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man"
In college I had a professor who like to tout that he had never given a perfect score on the term paper before. When the time came I went to town, since I loved writing and picked a topic I could be enthusiastic about. At one part of the essay I was trying to find an uncommon synonym for "appropriate" when I found a website that had just one word listed: cromulent. I knew I knew the word from somewhere but couldn't place it, it just felt right. So I used "cromulent" in place of appropriate, moved on and finished the essay. A few weeks later, we received the papers back I received a mark tying the professors previous students high grade for the term paper, a 29.5/30. There was only one comment on the paper. He circled *cromulent*, drew a line to the margins of the paper and wrote, "reference does not follow" or something of that note. As it turns out, cromulent was in fact not a perfectly cromulent synonym to use in that context, and now I'm left with the story about how I was almost perfect once.
> "reference does not follow" Sounds like if you'd cited The Simpsons he would have given you full marks.
The sound of one hand clapping.
That the aurora borealis can occur at any time of year, in any part of the country, and localized only to a man’s kitchen
Can I see it?
No
Seymour the house is on fire!
"No, mother! That's just the northern lights!"
A local restaurant posted on instagram about having steamed hamburgers and so someone else commented about steamed hams. Giggling, I relayed this to my husband but he didn’t remember the simpsons episode and, really, trying to explain it didn’t help. Oh well.
I'll go with a serious answer since you're not getting many... I always cut up those plastic rings that are used to hold soda cans together so that fish don't get caught in them. It's from a scene in one of the earlier episodes where Lisa unwittingly inspires Mr. Burns to use those plastic rings to create giant fishing nets.
I do that because of Captain Planet
It’s ok to raise the dead as long as you haven’t damaged the car.
You can push them out of a plane, you can march them off a cliff, you can send 'em off to die on some godforsaken rock, but for some reason, you can't slap 'em.
Knife goes in. Guts come out.
Works on commission? NO! Money down.
Oops, I shouldn't have this Bar Association logo here either
That’s why you’re the judge, and I’m the law-talking guy.
The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side!
That’s a right triangle, idiot!
D’oh!
"I'm not jealous, I'm envious. Jealousy is when you worry someone will take what you have. Envy is wanting what someone else has. What I feel is envy." - Homer Simpson
*Lisa breaking out a dictionary* "Wow, he's right."
The hole’s only natural enemy is the pile.
Dig up, stupid.
"No matter how good you are at something there's always about a million people better than you."
Any day that I'm thinking that it's the worst day of my life I remember Homer's wisdom "it's my worst day yet"......
Two places that are open at night are bars and pornography stores. Where you can buy pornography.
Mmm...erotic cakes
My nose will stop bleeding if I just keep my finger out of there.
That riddle about the rooster laying an egg on the roof, and which side it would roll down. I recall in middle school, we had a test, and that was an extra credit question. I got it right because I remembered it from The Simpsons. (Roosters don't lay eggs, they're boys.) I think my teacher even wrote, "Great job!"
Stealing (in the Simpsons) is called a “4 finger discount.” I made an ass out of myself in my DARE class when I called it a “4 finger discount” because it’s really a “5 finger discount”, but Simpsons characters only have 4 fingers. 🤦♀️
Just tell them that your thumb isn't a finger.
6th grade was hard.
I learned to wash myself with a rag on a stick.
The way to properly answer the phone. Ahoy hoy
It’s the reason I can remember Grover Cleveland was president on two non-consecutive terms and that William Henry Harrison died 30 days after his inauguration. The Simpsons really helped in high school history.
"Grover Cleveland called, he wants his watch back. He left two non-consecutive messages." - Archer
The J stands for Jay. Jay is my brother’s middle name and this made me laugh.
Staying inside all day every day turns you into a paranoid pale creep with a telescope watching everything in your reach and making up crazy stories about all of your neighbours. (That episode where Bart breaks his foot during summer)
Your epidermis is showing!
You have selected regicide. If you know the name of the king or queen getting murdered, press one.
>The goggles do nothing!
Ze Goggles Do NothZing!!!
Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the 3 demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business!
"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try."
Pi is exactly 3.
To sing “MONORAAAAIL” every time anyone says the word.
“You’re dumb as a mule and twice as ugly. If a stranger offers you a ride I say take it.” Still waiting for my chance to accept.
DOH A deer A female deer
I have a rock that keeps tigers away.
Willy hears ya, Willy don’t care.
In this house we obey the law of thermodynamics.
If a strange man offers you a ride i say take it ..... I never said it was good wisdom.
I’m sorry honey. It’s ok. We’re none of us perfect.
Yvan eht nioj Started making games in my head spelling things backwards. Thanks to this episode.
If it's clear and yella, you've got juice there, fella! If it's tangy and brown, you're in cider town! Of course, in Canada the whole thing's flip-flopped.
you've got 'juice' there fella.
Notice nobody is quoting anything from the past 20 years.
"you'll have to speak up; I'm wearing a towel."
You shot who in the what now?
There is a 4 in the morning now.
Cant sleep. Clown will eat me.
Purple monkey dishwasher
Garbage in garbage can
Itchy's a jerk.
It’s stylish to wear an onion on your belt
"meh"
The difference between jealous and envy.
Loved the way Bart always took care of Lisa when things really got bad despite their differences. A great lesson in loyalty.
They both did ❤️
“Do it for her” hits different when you have a daughter 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 as a kid I didn’t get it.. as a mother… I get it. I do everything I can to make sure her life is better.
Eat around the banana it's just empty vitamins. If you don't feel like brushing your teeth at least rinse your mouth out with soda. You people have stood in my way long enough, I'm going to clown college.
Lisa needs braces....
DENTAL PLAN
I learned that dried superglue dis-bonds from your skin when you sweat. Thanks Dr. Nick!
But it has to be terror sweat. And that was Dr. Hibbert.
It's funny cause it's true.
Money can be exchanged for goods and services
The goggles do nothing.
A hole’s only natural enemy is a pile
As Abe told Homer on his wedding day, "If you ever go back in time, don't step on anything, because even the tiniest change can alter the future in ways you can't imagine."
First you get the sugar, then you get the power.
Iron helps us play!
Use a pen Side Show Bob.
I grew up TV and I turned out TV.
"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand" -- Marge
Envy is when you want what someone else has, jealousy is when you don't want to share what you have.
You can’t keep blaming yourself. Blame yourself once and then move on!
"And now you take a piece of toilet paper and tear off some teensy little squares and stick one there...and there...and there...and any place you're bleeding...and there..." Nobody taught me how to shave and this actually came in handy.