An oval mirror leans against a pink cushion beside a lipstick tube on softly folded cream fabric.

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Homer

Marge, we had a deal. Your sisters don't come here after six and I stop eating your lipstick.

— The Simpsons • 1989

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Homer reminds Marge of an absurd household bargain: he will stop eating her lipstick if her sisters stay away after six. Treating both demands as ordinary compromises makes the complaint funny.

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