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30 years of Bort (i.postimg.cc)
submitted 8 months ago by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
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I happened to notice today that the "Itchy and Scratch Land" episode of The Simpsons aired just over 30 years ago (on Oct. 2nd, 1994).

That means that, for a full 3 decades now, I have checked every single gift, souvenir, and tourist shop I've been in for a Bort plate. Its not obsessive and I'm not going out of my way, but if I see a rack of novelty license plates I make a point to look for Bort.

Anyone else, or am I alone in this particular pop culture predilection?

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[-] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 8 months ago

If you're having a hard time finding Bort merch, the reason is obvious: they keep selling out before you get there.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago

Seeing this a few years back was one of the most exciting moments of my life...

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

I felt for Bart in this scene. Just once, I'd like to find my own name (Coby). But there are always Cody or Colby plates. Never Coby. My name is just extremely uncommon, I guess.

[-] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 44 points 8 months ago

You should change it to something more common, like Bort.

[-] Digital_man@lemmy.one 18 points 8 months ago

I too am named Bort

[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

I'm sorry, are you talking to me?

[-] psud@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago

I have a common name. I have been working in a team of twenty and three others had the same name as me. Fully a fifth of the team had the same first name.

The grass is not greener. I feel sorry for the girls with a less common spelling of a common name. They can find Caitlin but not Katelyn

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

but look at all that cheap chinese electronics junk that's got your name on it.

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I have never owned a Coby Electronics device that worked. They're all garbage. I actually bought a radio of theirs once, and the battery compartment was too small to fit the AA batteries it asked for! I had to literally break the plastic case so I could squeeze a couple AAs in there.

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You know the old Simpsons episodes had amazing writing when you can remember a scene perfectly by just seeing a screenshot.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 8 months ago

Don't make me tap the sign!

[-] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

I was extremely disappointed when I went to Universal Studios in Florida, to the Springfield USA area and in the Kwik E Mart there was no Bort nametag, nor an empty spot where it should have been.

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

I too look for Bort when I'm at a souvenir shop. I think I found it once.

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

They're always out of Bort plates.

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