Smithers: Mr. Simpson, Are You Listening? [Homer Eats An Orange] Simpson?

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Smithers: Mr. Simpson, are you listening?
[Homer eats an orange]
Simpson?!
Homer: Huh? Yeah, I was listening. Very funny.
Moe: Oh, you were not! You were just eating a damn orange.
Homer: Well, yes, yes, to the untrained eye, I'm eating an orange,
But to the eye that has brains, I'm making a point about
marriage! For you see, marriage is a lot like an orange.
First, you have the skin...then the sweet, sweet innards...
[devours it]
Apu: I don't understand...?
Willy: {If I wanted to see a man eat an orange, I would have taken
the orange-eating class!
[in the orange-eating class]}
Hans: {The eating of an orange is a lot like a good marriage.}
Abe: {Just eat the damn oranges!}
-- Oranges and marriage: an unusual parallel,
"Secrets of a Successful Marriage"

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