Citations:pull a Homer

English citations of pull a Homer

• 1991 October 17, The Simpsons, episode 40, as shown on screen

  Homer

  \noun\

  1. American bonehead.

  2. Pull a Homer --

  to succeed despite idiocy.

• 1994 February 28, Gordon Craick, “Re: Alltime greatest?”, alt.tv.simpsons

  I'd usually continue this on private email, but others might wish to "pull a homer" and join in...

• 1999, Dion Turner, “Re: Is this a sign ?”, alt.fan.starwars, Usenet

  Like when Magic Johnson tripped and missed the shot in the basketball game, but slid into the cheerleaders. In essence 'pulling a Homer'[.]

• 2000 February 15, Geoff Dias, “Re: FF7: Safe Combination”, alt.games.final-fantasy, Usenet

  iCeM@n: I'm doing something of Homer Simpson-like stupidy am I not?

  Geoff Dias: Yep, you're pulling a Homer. You're thinking WAY too much for this.

• 2000 July 24, Riboflavin D. Monkey, “Re: Time-travelling discrepancies”, alt.fan.tom-servo, Usenet

  Anyway, I might go to the Def Leppard concert and pull a Homer. [If] you've ever seen the episode where the Simpsons go to the county fair, you'll know what I'm talking about.

• 2001 The New Yorker, Volume 77, Issues 1-5, p50

  Too many analysts pulled a Homer, while others got caught up in the prediction racket, focussing their energies on issuing stock-price targets and earnings estimates.

• 2002 February 17, Mark Longmuir, “Re: Who the F**K can Australia BRAG about that Winter Olympic Gold Medal !”, aus.tv, aus.sport, and aus.dvd, Usenet

  But to pull a Homer you need to be responsible for the idiocy yourself.

• 2003 June 12, Linda “UtterlyLinda”, “Re: What's in your...”, alt.fan.admiral-twin, Usenet

  I catch myself thinking I could get him a Nickel Creek CD for Father's Day, but realizing I'd be pulling a Homer. (around our house Simpson's comparisons are frequent, and the episode where Homer got Marge a bowling ball for her birthday (with Homer engraved on it) is a classic.)