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Dear Mr. President, There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three. P.S. I am not a crackpot.
— The Simpsons · 1989
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Grandpa writes an absurdly drastic request to the president and then denies being a crackpot. The denial compounds the joke because it follows the unexplained proposal to eliminate three states.
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