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It has served as my screen name for several years and many have pondered its origins. Who is this mysterious gummi demilo character? What does it mean?

I've written explanation after explanation, each wittier than the last but it does take a fair amount of time to properly portray what this name means to me. I've searched, but all previous written accounts have been lost through email and IM conversations. Even GMail couldn't help because that email address is too new for me to have archived the story. Once and for all I will preserve the legend through Vox.

Warning: The origin of this name is centered entirely around an old Simpsons episode: [sF06] Homer Bad Man. Some of you might not appreciate it so stop reading now. I was, at one time, a Simpsons FANatic. The first year I had internet I haunted the Simpson's Trivia chat rooms until dawn. That was several years ago. Sadly, I haven't seriously bothered with watching a new episode since Season 10. Not even the movie. Horrible, horrible, writers. It will never be the same.
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gummi venus de Milo

The setting is a Candy Convention, or a place "sweeter than sweetness itself". Bart and Lisa are not allowed to go. Instead, Homer chooses to take Marge wearing an over-sized trench coat full of pockets that can be stuffed with candy. Homer spies an elegant figure encased in glass. She sparkles, gleams, and seductively winks at him. She is the rarest of all candies:

the gummi Venus de Milo.

He is not allowed to have her. So he craves her even more. Nothing will stop him. By sheer luck Marge creates a distraction for the crowd when her pockets burst open and spill mounds of candy on the floor. Homer then most unskillfully shoves his hand through gummi's glass case and in doing so sets off an alarm, grabs her, and makes a run for it. Marge runs after him. The crowd turns into an angry mob and chases them to the door. Homer pauses at a Buzz Cola machine to grab a soda. He rips open a packet of Pop Rox that suddenly appears, pours it into the can of cola, and throws it at the angry mob. "See you in Hell, Candy Boys!" Everyone stops and watches as it flies through the air in slow motion. Homer and Marge run in slow motion and barely make it through the entrance doors as the fiery blast nearly engulfs them.
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Best show of the season, and one of my all-time favorites.