From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   I suppose the answer to "have we run out of things to plant in the past?" is   
   still no. At least this one didn't go for profound or moving, and the   
   architecture seems somewhat believable. The Flanders clan, on the other   
   hand... wasn't it established long    
   ago that TODD is the older son, and that he's about Bart's age? The ages of   
   the boys seem variable, but I have a really hard time accepting present-day   
   Todd as SIX. With a Christmas birthday that no one has ever mentioned before   
   in 700 episodes. Well,    
   happy milestone, now let's just end this with a modicum of grace before we   
   have to take it out behind the barn.   
      
   DYN:   
   ...the history-breaking Dr. Marvin Monroe memorial booth at Moe's, six years   
   in the past, i.e. before the Simpsons used his services?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   3F24: Marge's anger at Homer's accidental drunkenness much like that after the   
   similar circumstances at the chili cookoff   
   9F14: Lovejoy's challenge for Homer to "quote one Bible verse" similar to   
   Homer's task to overcome the spider's curse   
   8F10: Eight fingers and eight toes, the sign of a healthy baby (Homer   
   proclaims about the neonate here, anticipates before Bart's birth)   
   3F18: Steamed hams in the credits   
      
   What is the threshold?   
   The Nascar race ended at 6:47 Eastern. I saw it happen. And yet, still,   
   coverage ran on and on and on, with the prime time lineup delayed by 7   
   minutes. (I suppose it was an apt number, at least, to go with the milestone   
   episode count.) How early does a    
   race (or other "sports" event) need to end so that the coverage ends on time?   
   This is ridiculous.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)