Ach! Me Retirement Grease!
I can’t pass this one up… the NYT has an article on how rising oil prices have created a rash of
grease-siphoning for profit ventures behind restaurants across America. Nice to see that our policies have created subplots that are retreads of old The Simpsons episodes.
[...] May 30, 2008 When I saw the Reddit story about the theft of used grease from restaurants, I immediately thought of Lard of the Dance, the Simpsons episode in which Homer incurs Willie’s wrath by trying to steal his “retirement grease.” I was not the first to make the connection. Among those who beat me to it, I’ll link to Steve, since his blog has a cool name, and his post includes a relevant image. [...]