
Original artwork, not a still
Marge, we had a deal. Your sisters don't come here after six and I stop eating your lipstick.
— The Simpsons • 1989
Behind the line
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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