Thursday
"Hi, we're aliens from another planet and our intentions are purely hostile."
On a similar note:
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2005/08/see_you_in_sept.html
Posted by Andy Dwelly at August 11, 2005 08:20 PM
That's sadly more acurate than most visions people have.
Posted by M. Thompson at August 11, 2005 08:41 PM
The aliens are two of the best characters in The Simpsons. My favourite story involving them was when Lisa wished for world peace, all the weapons in the world disappeared, and the feeble aliens were then able to invade. I recently saw another episode where guns were banned in Springfield and Billy The Kid rose from the dead and terrorised the town. Somebody in that writing team gets it.
Posted by Rob Fisher at August 11, 2005 08:58 PM
Well, if we ever were to contact aliens, I doubt their way of thinking would follow anything as human as that.
Aliens are just that: Alien.
Posted by LOL at August 11, 2005 09:38 PM
Well, at least they're honest. It's easier to deal with honest hostiles.
Posted by Steven Den Beste at August 11, 2005 11:48 PM
Deleted by editor: sorry but we have a strict 'no morons' policy here
Posted by little girl at August 12, 2005 03:05 AM
"Well, at least they're honest. It's easier to deal with honest hostiles."
...Nah... they are just trying to scares us, that's not true, they are just trying to get an advantage for negotiation, they would lying if they intendend to extreminate us... like us fighting democracy, see we have been promoting popular democracies... we are that sophisticated :o)
Posted by lucklucky at August 12, 2005 03:57 PM
Damn, I would have liked to have read little girl's screed before it was deleted.
Another amusing aliens cameo was when they were both running for president.
I still reckon that Futurama is better than The Simpsons, however.
Posted by James Waterton at August 12, 2005 05:33 PM
Verity - a cartoon created by Matt Groening, who also created the Simpsons. When in doubt, turn to Wikipedia!
Futurama's great.
Incidentally, Verity, did you ever read that Vikram Seth novel?
Posted by James Waterton at August 12, 2005 08:30 PM
Oh, so you're Suffering! I wondered where you'd got to! No, re Seth, for very complicated reasons, but it is at the top of the list of books to buy. I've also been reading about Shiva Naipaul in The Speccie and Geoffrey Wheatcroft says he was a more incisive writer than VJ, who I think is wonderful. So he is also on the list now. I have to send off to Amazon.
Posted by Verity at August 12, 2005 09:12 PM
What episode is this from?
I searched the episode guide at snpp.com, as well as thesimpsons.com, and couldn't find a link to your quote in either place.
Posted by Ted Schuerzinger at August 13, 2005 02:20 AM
Ted, I cannot recall what it was called but I saw the episode on British TV on Thursday evening. It featured this hilarious scene where two aliens look down on the USA which has a giant CND peace symbol on it.
The Simpson's is up there with "King of the Hill" as my favourite regular animation show.
Posted by Johnathan at August 13, 2005 05:53 PM
