Fans know that the Simpsons’ approach to time is almost as fluid as its grip on space; hence—to pick an example based on nothing except how much it irritates us—Homer and Marge’s history as young lovers in both the 1970s and the 1990s. (Grr.) Normally, the show plays things loose with exact dates, but an eagle-eyed fan spotted at least one instance when it got specific: a shot of Homer’s driver’s license in season four’s “Duffless.” While the license is coy about Springfield’s location—the state abbreviation being the strictly imaginary NT—it spells out Homer’s date of birth, including the year, with perfect clarity:
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