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When Selma confides to Marge her desire to be married, Marge asks Homer to find Selma a man. Homer searches but cannot find anyone suitable or desperate enough to marry Selma. Homer meets with Principal Skinner about Bart's behavior and, learning that Skinner is also single, invites him home to dinner to meet Selma.
Skinner arrives and is introduced first to Patty. He is instantly smitten. As Paddy and Skinner start dating, Selma sinks deeper into despair.
Barney learns about Selma's lack of prospects and offers to be fixed up with her. When Skinner asks Patty to marry him, Selma gives up all hope and decides to accept Barney's advances. Patty realizes the effect on her sister and turns down Skinner's proposal. Rescuing Selma from her date with Barney, she takes Selma home. |
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I WILL NOT BELCH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. |
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- Barney wears a bib which reads Greasy Joe's Bottomless Bar-B-Q Pit
- Homer promised to limit pork to six serving per week
- Hans Moleman's license is signed Ralph Melish
- The church's billboard reads 2:00 Peterson Wedding 8:00 Hayride to Heaven
- Selma reads the books Kiss Me, Shoot Me and Kiss Me, Shoot Me Again!
- Homer took the family to St. Louis, Missouri to the Bowling Hall of Fame to see a giant car shaped like a blowing pin
- Homer's search results for a man: Karl - Cons: Too Attractive, Smithers - Cons: Jerk, Ms. Finch - Cons: Not a Man, Apu - Pros: Discounted Snack Treats - Cons: Dangerous Profession, Unknown Man ? - Pros: Nice Stride - Cons: Complete Stranger, Laramies Billboard Mascot - Pros: Smoker - Cons: Just a Sign, and Principal Skinner - Pros: Uses Big Words, Dislikes the Boy, Well Groomed - Cons: Possible Homer Sexual
- Bart uses Sodium Tetrasulfate to write / burn Bart in the grass at school
- Bart's files at school contain Vandalism, Tardiness, Rude Behavior, Making Faces, and Absenteeism
- The Elementary School has a retired Board of Education wooden paddle that is now in a glass case that reads In Case of Emergency Break Glass
- Patty and Selma smoke Laramie Hi-Tars and Lady Laramie 100's
- Patty uses Gee, Your Lip Looks Hairless hair removing wax
- Patty's favorite candies are Cherry Cordials
- Principal Skinner takes Patty to the Sit-N-Rotate Room in the Springfield Revolving Restaurant
- Selma wears a Springfield U sweatsuit
- Selma clips Bancraft English Muffins coupons for .25 Cents Off
- Principal Skinner and Patty go to the Aztec Theatre to see Space Mutants V: The Land Down Under
- Spray painted on Springfield Elementary is a picture of Principal Skinner which reads I Am Still a Wiener
- The Springfield Mall contains The Family Jewels and Discount Meat Hut stores
- The Springfield Elementary billboard reads Bart Simpson Owner and Proprietor
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