The Simpsons

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I just discovered that this Saturday will be the 30th Anniversary of The Simpsons episode Last Exit to Springfield, which is considered one of the best of the whole series.

You know, the one that gave us such moments as;

• Dental Plan!  Lisa needs braces!  Dental Plan!  Lisa needs braces!  Dental Plan!  Lisa needs braces!
• Where's my burrito?!  Where's my burrito?!  Where's my burrito?! OW!
• We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

When solving a difficult problem either at work or in my personal life, I really use that last one.  As in "I can't bust heads like I used to, but I have my ways!"