"Martin, draw up plans for a coconut radio and, if possible, a coconut Nintendo system."
— Bart Simpson, The Simpsons S 9 E 14 Das Bus
Catbert: I mapped your genome, Wally.
Wally: I didn't know that Human Resources had that sort of technology.
Catbert: I used a pencil.
Wally: I didn't know that Human Resources had that sort of technology.
Catbert: I used a pencil.
— Dilbert
The Professor: Hey, do you like it? I made it entirely out of bamboo and coconuts!
[later]
Larry: And we learned about all the stuff you can make with bamboo! A bamboo raft, a bamboo catapult, a bamboo helicopter—
Bob: We get the point.
Larry: Bamboo.
[later]
Larry: And we learned about all the stuff you can make with bamboo! A bamboo raft, a bamboo catapult, a bamboo helicopter—
Bob: We get the point.
Larry: Bamboo.
— VeggieTales, God Wants Me To Forgive Them??
"It's amazing what they do with corrugated cardboard these days."
— Hobbes, looking over Calvin's cardboard-box transmogrifier in Calvin and Hobbes
Guy: I know! You construct a weapon; look around you, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?
Jason: A lathe?!? Get off the line, Guy!
Jason: A lathe?!? Get off the line, Guy!
"I knew a guy who could build a nuclear reactor out of coconuts but couldn't fix a two-foot hole in a boat."
— Bob Denver, poking fun at Gilligan's Island
