YMMV / The Simpsons S 24 E 13 Hardly Kirking

• Genius Bonus: When Milhouse's stilts make him taller, he says, "I can reach the poisons now! Each with an inviting skull-and-crossbones..." A 1971 study by the Washington Poison Center found that kids were enticed to drink substances with skull-and-crossbones symbols, as it reminded them of "happy, exciting things like pirates and adventure."^note A skull-and-crossbones symbolizes both piracy and death/danger, meaning that getting the two mixed up could be fatal Thus, the poison center opted for a green, disgusted-looking face as a poison warning logo instead.