Marge | Ngorongoro | Tanzania | Toronto | Canada

Homer's Home

by Joseph Guinto
Homer, you've got a wife, Marge, and three kids - Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Is it hard for you to juggle your diverse professional responsibilities with your duties to your family? First of all, I know the names of my children, except sometimes the baby's. Second of all, your question gives me a good idea. Become a circus juggler. Next question.

Would you say Springfield is a good place to raise a family? It's the best. It's the lowest point in the state, so all the lost balls roll down to us.

You're quite a traveler. You've been all over the world - Washington, D.C.; Ngorongoro, Tanzania; Toronto, Canada; even Itchy & Scratchy Land. What is it about Springfield that makes you keep coming back? This little baby here: a court-ordered ankle bracelet. It gives me a shock if I'm out of the area for more than a week.

You once faced off against a tricky cat burglar. And Sideshow Bob once tried to flood the town. Is Springfield a safe place to visit now? It's very safe … between January 22 and January 24. Otherwise, stay away. I'm warning you.

Are there any special places you like to retreat to, just by yourself? I like the quiet peace inside the sliced-meat cooler at the Kwik-E-Mart.

There is a lake and a river and what seems to be an oceanfront in Springfield. There's also a gorge, a national forest, a mountain range, a glacier, and the Alkali Flats, known as the Springfield Badlands. What do you make of the city's amazingly diverse topography? I've crashed my car into all of them. Once, I even did it sober.




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ISSUE: Apr 1, 2007
American Way Cover - 4/1/2007