One moment in this episode that strikes me as really funny: Near the beginning of the episode, when the whole family watches the animatronic Three Little Pigs thing at Storytown Village, after it's over, Homer says, "Well, it was good, but not great."

I hear what you're saying, although what you're describing doesn't bother me quite as much.

"You know, folks, I don't wanna go on a rant about this Simpsons episode, but I haven't seen so many mixed messages since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern played broken telephone with the first draft of Finnegan's Wake. Getting commentary on child-rearing from yellow cartoon characters is like letting Foster Brooks give…

Should I poke Sims with a sharp thing like the mouse did?

"Tonight, we go undercover at a sex farm for sex hookers."

There is something comical about your appearance when you are driving your automobile.

At the risk of overanalysis, this is a bit like how prejudice works in real life.

This isn't even one of the top five or ten lines in the episode, and it's still a jewel of comedy writing. It's dumb advice for two completely different reasons, all in a very short sentence.

I hear ya.

There was actually an article in Slate about three weeks ago about one strap versus two straps.

I know! The writers are just so damn good at putting the icing on the cake. The specific details of their word choice is frequently so perfect.

Have you ever noticed how people from North Edinburgh stab like this, but people from South Edinburgh stab like this?

So hot snow falls up?

The fact that he expects them to recognize his name is yet another beautiful example of capturing the way kids think.

When I was about nine, there was a tree in a park near my house. Together with three friends, we would climb this tree, and there were four places you could sit and all face each other, and feel like it was your "secret fort" where you could plan your spy activities or other fun kid stuff.

The Simpsons writers are so good at choosing their wording absolutely perfectly.

Implied, Lisa, or implode?

Where'd you pinch the hooch? Is some blind tiger jerking suds on the side?

I hesitate (only slightly) to be pedantic, but:

The episode really does do a wonderful job of capturing the way kids think.