Bart: Well, Pop, what are you going to do? Homer: [resolutely] Something I should have done a _long_ time ago.

Bart: Well, Pop, what are you going to do?
Homer: [resolutely] Something I should have done a _long_ time ago.
[long pause]
Marge: You don't know, do you?
Homer: [meekly] No, ma'am.
-- Homer's empty life, "Homer Goes to College"

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