In this scene Lisa stays home from school with the mumps and Marge teaches her how to sew. The gif is from the part where Marge tells Lisa she just needs to "build up a callus" to sew and demonstates by poking her own finger with a needle then holding it over a lighter

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

The dog also destroys Homer's new shoes. Correct!

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How was Lisa never vaccinated against the Mumps? That has always bothered me.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

It looks like the widely available/popular MMR vaccine was widespread by the late 70s, and given Lisa's age she would have been born in the early 80s.

So she likely would have gotten it.

However I suspect the writers for the show just reflected on their own childhood when people getting mumps was a thing.

[–] dragonfly@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Currently, mmr is about 86% effective against mumps. It may have been less so in the 80s. Also, she may have only had one round of shots. Could be she was just unlucky, and her immune response wasn't strong enough. It's not unheard of.

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Keep on truckin.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

sigh time to get on disney and watch series two again 💚