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"Adventures in Baby-Getting"
"Adventures in Baby-Getting"
Bart and Lisa are with Marge as she drives to complete errands.
Bart: Mom, how come you didn't do my homework last night?
[Bart waves his page of homework, containing at least five exercises in fraction arithmetic with common denominators.]
"To Cur with Love"
"To Cur with Love"
In a flashback to when young Homer was in elementary school, his pop quiz bears three arithmetic problems: 1 + 2, 2 + 2, and 3 + 2.
"The Saga of Carl"
"The Saga of Carl"
The Simpsons enter the Hall of Probability at the Science Museum, where Marge expects to find exhibits that are more educational than entertaining.
Marge: Finally! Actual science!
They watch a physical demonstration of a normal probability distribution.
[Bart and Lisa groan.]
Homer (to Marge): You did it, baby! You promised no fun, and you delivered!
They watch an animated video titled, "Take a Chance on . . . Probability!"
Video host: Ah, hello there! I am Blaise Pascal, inventor of the probability theory. What are the odds of meeting you here?
[He flips a coin.]
Video host: Excellent, I would say. My friend Silly Squirrel is about to buy a lottery ticket. Silly Squirrel, do you know the probability of winning the lottery?
Silly Squirrel: I don't know.
Pascal: Why, you are more likely to be run over by a car, or be hit by lightning, or murdered by an acquaintance.
[Silly Squirrel suffers all three fates.]
Pascal (to Silly Squirrel’s grave): If you understood probability, you would never play the lottery (laughing).
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