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The Joke: In the episode "In Lard Of The Dance" Homer discovers he can make money by stealing and reselling grease found in the back of Springfield Elementary's kitchen. They even build a contraption so that they can steal the maximum amount of grease in their car, like so... http://www.ranker.com/list/13-simpsons-jokes-that-actually-came-true/robert-wabash

13 Simpsons Jokes That Actually Came True

http://www.shootfirsteatlater.com/2009/10/7-life-lessons-from-90-yr-old-woman.html#.UVkFJNGI70M

Shoot First, Eat Later: 7% - Life lessons from a 90 yr. old woman

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politically_Correct_Bedtime_Stories

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times is a book by James Finn Garner , published in 1994, in which Garner satirizes the trend toward political correctness and censorship of children's literature, with an emphasis on humour and parody . [ 1 ] The bulk of the book consists of fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood , the Three Little Pigs and Snow White , rewritten so that they supposedly represent what a "politically correct" adult would consider a good and moral tale for children.
" Because I could not stop for Death " is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890. The poem is about Death . Dickinson personifies him (death) as a gentleman caller who takes a leisuirely carriage ride with the poet to her grave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Because_I_could_not_stop_for_Death

Because I could not stop for Death