We have a rule in our house: only one Simpsons reference per day per kid. Seriously, without it? I don’t even want to think about it.

Meantime, I have to admit that the boys have learned a lot of real things from the show and some funny (yet not so great) things. Read on for a sampling:

• Bananas are an excellent source of potassium.
• Mormons don’t drink caffeinated drinks.
• The plot of the movie Planet of the Apes.
• “The 5 Stages of Grief”
• The square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides of a right triangle.
• Silicon Hollow is the birthplace of the atomic bomb.
• What president died after 30 days in office? William Henry Harrison.
• The name of the Olmec god of war was X’Tapalataketle.
• It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.
• The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
• According to Homer: The problem in the world today is communication. Too much communication.
• Even communism works. In theory.
• The Correct Spelling of Wiener is W-I-E-N-E-R.
• Obsequious… can’t spell it without I O U.
• Ray Jay Johnson – you can call him Ray or you can call him Jay.
• Water flushes in the opposite direction in the other hemisphere.
• Schadenfreude is delight in another person’s misfortune.
• Specious means: having a false look of truth or genuineness.
• Perspicacity is the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.
• According to Lisa: romance is dead. It was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece.
• You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head.

There’s more. Much, much more.

My boys are really getting a great education.