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by bmwolf102990 862 days ago
That is the most clever and hilarious thing I have read in a long time.
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Probably not original. From a 1989 episode of The Simpsons:

https://tv.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c1743b56-f791-49a9-9d22-0bd5...

Pointing out "The Simpsons did it" is also not original.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It

I wasn't trying to be original - the Simpsons is the first place I became aware of the joke.
Pointing out something that's true and relevant can be valuable even what that thing has been true and relevant before and thus is not "original."
Well, original or not original, it still gave me a good chuckle. I don't watch The Simpsons, so I guess that is why I didn't register it in my brain.
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