3. Uncharacteristically Smart Things Homer Has Said
Despite the show offering a convenient blanket explanation for Homer's chronic stupidity with the introduction of the concept of the "Simpsons Gene" in the episode "Lisa the Simpson", Homer is occasionally also known to rarely say something genuinely witty, insightful or intelligent. "The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. " Homer in "$pringfield", after putting on Henry Kissinger's glasses. All right, this is really true for a right triangle, but it certainly SOUNDS smart. "Hi Flanders, headed for church? Well, I can save you a little time. I was working on a flat tax proposal and accidentally proved there is no God." Homer after his intelligence has been temporarily increased by removing the crayons lodged in his brain in the episode "HOMR". "You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way." Homer sums up the entire American work ethic in three sentences in "The PTA Disbands". "Here's to alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." Homer's credo in a nutshell, from "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment". "America's health care system is second only to Japan... Canada, Sweden, Great Britain... well, all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!" Homer makes an unintentional argument for health care reform in "Homer's Triple Bypass."
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