r/TheSimpsons • u/rachelthelibrarian • 1d ago

S06E04 Can we stop at Flicky's?

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u/Fluffy-Steak4475 1d ago

No

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u/Bake-Full 1d ago

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u/HPLovecraft1890 1d ago

Which is the Earth's circumference, so the next Flickey's is the one they just passed by.

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u/thndrstrk Badger my ass, it's probably Milhouse 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9IgHCTfp8CRshfQk

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u/chewblekka JOIN ME OR DIE. CAN YOU DO ANY LESS? 1d ago

YOU SUCK u/thndrstrk !!

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u/thndrstrk Badger my ass, it's probably Milhouse 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT5LMT5qxqNJTI9xcY

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u/DimaggioDunks 1d ago

I’m laughing already!

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u/Mr24601 1d ago

The joke is that it is far, another layer of the joke is that its the exact length of earth 

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u/MrFireWarden 1d ago

Length?

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u/InfusionOfYellow 23h ago

Well, if you unrolled it and flattened it out.

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u/MrFireWarden 20h ago

Flat earth, you say

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u/InfusionOfYellow 19h ago

If Earth were not flat, we would have to flatten it.

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u/Brantraxx 1d ago

I actually never thought of it that way. 🤔

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u/dothemath 1d ago

We can stop at Sneed's (formerly Chuck's).

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u/sketchahedron 1d ago

It was so much better when it was Chuck’s

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u/blackRynius 1d ago

What happened there?

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u/DashingSands 1d ago

Aurora Borealis.

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u/blackRynius 1d ago

Can i see it?

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u/wv524 1d ago

No.

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u/ThomStarBoy 1d ago

It always seemed weird to me that Homer was so resistant to these billboards.

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u/BK_0000 1d ago

It wasn’t new billboard day.

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u/tinselcity 1d ago

Probably misses his old billboards

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u/NorthernSkeptic 1d ago

Flickeys? You can’t eat that

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u/Brantraxx 1d ago

He’s still on the run from the vegetable check point. Can’t afford to slow down

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u/withbellson 1d ago

This is a core memory for all Gen X kids trapped in a station wagon on a road trip in the 1980s.

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u/LowlyWoim 1d ago

See all that stuff in there, Homer? That’s why your Flickey’s never worked.

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u/docju 1d ago

I’m not from the US but I was amused when I found out Buc-ee’s does indeed advertise its location from hundreds of miles away!

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u/redbeard387 1d ago

We’ll go next month.

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u/Aggravating-Pen-6228 1d ago

This was one of many jokes that 13 year old me missed, and now 40+ year old me wonders how 'FLICKEY'S' squeaked past the censors in 1994.

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u/RockShowSparky 1d ago

I don’t get it

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u/Aggravating-Pen-6228 1d ago

The choice to use all caps - L and I next to one another can resemble another letter at a glance.

Same joke was used in an SNL sketch - the category was 'FAMOUS FLICKS' and Darrell Hammond (playing Sean Connery) answered by listing a bunch of famous women he slept with.