In a Season 10 episode of The Simpsons, “Mom and Pop Art,” a flood hits Springfield. In an endearing cutaway gag, young Milhouse Van Houten stands in his flooded bedroom, clad in his usual red shirt and pants cuffed high at the ankle, water beginning to puddle at his feet.
“My feet are soaked, but my cuffs are bone dry! Everything’s coming up Milhouse!” he exclaims.
That’s been the type of eternal optimism The Chronicle…
