Twitter Users Ponder Their Favorite Random Jokes From ‘The Simpsons'

Ah, classic Simpsons. Will you ever stop being a reliable source of internet #content? No. you won’t. I know you won’t. Especially not when Josh Weinstein is on the prowl, as he so often is, with his beautiful Simpsons Twitter prompts. Weinstein was at it again the other day when he referenced the classic, ‘So I says to Mabel, I says’, line as one of his favourite, standalone lines in the show’s history. Other Twitter users quickly jumped in to share theirs, and while some of them fit (the admittedly rather loose) criteria better than others, they are all—naturally—glorious. Really, it’s just an excuse to post Simpsons jokes, and who can’t get behind that:

Story behind "I says to Mabel"

Homer story in Chili ep was so full we had no room for kids B story

So when Homer asks them where Marge is, they have nothing going on. What they're doing that moment had to be 100% freestanding

Hence, Mabel

What's your fav random Simpsons line? pic.twitter.com/J5KDTG6YXj

— Josh Weinstein (@Joshstrangehill) February 19, 2023

And to be clear, because people have asked about this often, the Mabel line does not reference anything, it never appeared in a book or movie or anything. As far as I know, it is totally freestanding in the human timeline. pic.twitter.com/nCGnIW6PhI

— Josh Weinstein (@Joshstrangehill) February 19, 2023

Love it so much I got it tattooed on me pic.twitter.com/DzLmyPkjvz

— rob @ newtown festival (@birbdogx) February 19, 2023

Picking a favourite line is impossible, but this was brought up a few days ago by my friend and I can’t get it out of my head: pic.twitter.com/lEjBbY6O98

— jay (@JayMatty) February 19, 2023

We got beets! pic.twitter.com/3fMG0bFdix

— Not Steve Jortles (@Galileo908) February 19, 2023

It's a term a lot of TV executives used at the time. Usually in reference to making the main character more active in a story, to make them be more a driving force - good or bad - in the story. So they are not just a passive person stuff happens to. It's annoying but useful!

— Josh Weinstein (@Joshstrangehill) February 19, 2023

Somehow my friend and I have used this line in conversation a lot. pic.twitter.com/G2W7Qq6nI8

— Christian "Kris" Dobbins (Looking for work!) (@C_Dobbins) February 19, 2023

pic.twitter.com/pGfHnkDf3P

— Oh, Teh Wins? (@TehWins) February 19, 2023

I was on my way to the Harrisburg coat outlet to purchase an irregular coat.

— Ed Burmila (@edburmila) February 19, 2023

Nelson’s line about picking berries that Skinner overhears and he pivots to saying he was beating someone up is joint with this line.

— 🅱️en List (@benlistofficial) February 19, 2023

"In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!" pic.twitter.com/sPmZQ4cx3L

— Mark (@WatcherMark) February 19, 2023

Not sure if this technically counts as random but it’s certainly one of my favourites https://t.co/LGdBNK6lc6

— James Lloyd (@jamesplloyd) February 19, 2023

This whole interaction pic.twitter.com/hPl504Fk3E

— Tomek Doroz (@TomekHasABeard) February 20, 2023

"I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 Autogyro?"

— Faris Alikhan (@FarisAlikhan1) February 19, 2023

I just think they’re neat! pic.twitter.com/33AvBzvuZx

— Elise Caton Williams (@eliseliselise) February 20, 2023

I work at Cornell University and feel compelled to use this one, frequently pic.twitter.com/0WE8SPhTU9

— Lynn Sosnoskie (@LynnSosnoskie) February 20, 2023

"Thanks, Benevenstanciano" followed by "How come Bart gets to do that, and I can't spend one night lurking in the bushes outside Chef Boyardee's house?"

— Jordan Hoffman (@jhoffman) February 19, 2023

I believe it's just a funny real oldtimey song for him to be singing (and it's public domain so we could use it!)

— Josh Weinstein (@Joshstrangehill) February 19, 2023

"load-bearing poster" still gets me pic.twitter.com/Fgb96jcLh0

— Nick - Child with a migraine (@GotenOnNimbus) February 19, 2023

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

— Unseen Hollywood (@HollywoodUnseen) February 23, 2023

Paddlin the school canoe….oh you better believe that’s a paddlin pic.twitter.com/GwkZGTK9WF

— Justan Paul Spaid (@JustanSpaid) February 19, 2023

Too many to mention but this one is a favourite pic.twitter.com/sBtMGZKOQq

— GH (@carrythegary) February 19, 2023

“Careful! They’re ruffled!” pic.twitter.com/yCpGc6dBP1

— Jamie 🇨🇦 (@jamiemacqueen) February 19, 2023

For me it's the way the helicopter pilot says "Nothing can possib-lie go wrong…" in Itchy and Scratchy land.

— Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens (@CSMFHT) February 20, 2023

Homer’s impassioned defense of one of the lesser known Ivy League schools pic.twitter.com/pWFo9oMsSI

— Tristan Cooper (@TristanACooper) February 19, 2023

My go-to is the entire "Probably misses his old glasses" exchange. Homer's entire tone and facial expression in that scene is so fabulously odd.

— Andrew Potts (@GCS_Pottsy) February 19, 2023

His delivery of "…yeah, hi Roy" gets me every time. The animation is perfect. pic.twitter.com/m2OGZw8iGD

— Ciaran Bradley (@ciaranbrad) February 19, 2023

Bart teaching Lisa how to walk in heels. Homer eating the Vaseline. Actually everything about that episode. Homer teaching bart how to compliment women ("she'll see thru you like grandma's underpants!").

— Jenn Jefferys (@JennJefferys) February 19, 2023

What kind of stew do you have today? pic.twitter.com/urWHJYYXDB

— Jim Spellman (@jimspellmanTV) February 19, 2023

pic.twitter.com/xT1YiuLUTd

— Matt Galka (@MattGalka) February 21, 2023

"Wait a minute. This sounds like rock and/or roll." pic.twitter.com/pG4m95tIj4

— kentonagbone (@kentonagbone) February 19, 2023

TRAMOPOLINE! TRAMBOPOLINE! pic.twitter.com/2QeHe9dVDT

— 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊 ⛧ ダンテ (@androvampyre) February 19, 2023

I use this line at work about once a week pic.twitter.com/a7n3CwZONZ

— Astronaut Mike Dexter (@unejakey) February 19, 2023

"…well, let's define our terms - gentlemen. Are we talking about redistricting, or are we talking about reapportionment? Because the two are by no means the same…"

*What's your fav random #Simpsons line? pic.twitter.com/vbxTdf3BKh

— Mark J. Richardson (@mjrichardson_to) February 19, 2023

Not quite freestanding but it sticks in my head as a similar kind of joke as Mabel. pic.twitter.com/d4HujrQR4d

— Kevin Sopko (@HunterSopko) February 19, 2023

“I'd like a single plum floating in perfume, served in a man's hat.” pic.twitter.com/YDa1PUTChT

— Tim Berry (@timberryfilms) February 19, 2023