ned flanders

Example Sentences

• "Even Highway to Heaven, an '80s show that was a little less overtly Christian but definitely was heavy on the religious overtones, ran for 111 episodes. The Ned Flanderses of the world need entertainment, and they don't care how tedious, poorly written, and inane it is. If it's sweet and reinforces Christian ideology, they're all in, baby!"
• "DOWN IN THE Players and Player Characters section of this book, Erica writes about one-note characters, the Ned Flanders of role-playing games."
• "This is not limited to gas stations. Pretzels should not be purchased or consumed anywhere. They are the Ned Flanders of snack foods. If you're dying of starvation on a desert island, and there are only pretzels around, eat a handful, then pray to the struggle snack god for the clouds to burst open and rain Doritos."
• "On the other side of the spectrum, the local Ned Flanderses generally preferred to ignore the major local industry."
• "Most games, Kittle starts by even telling the colossus across the line who'd like to tear his head off, "Good luck" with an ultrakind, "Let's stay healthy." Defensive linemen have told him, in so many words, to shut the hell up and that they will eat him for lunch. He can play that game, too. He has no problem playing that game. But Kittle knows there's a benefit to acting like Ned Flanders in the middle of such a violent sport."
• "If U-turners do indeed have more unacknowledged darkness in their souls, it would explain why their stories tend to be messy, with plenty of collateral damage: people hurt and people left behind. The Ned Flanderses of the world do not pull U-turns. But Pascal would say, the Ned Flanderses—all virtue—never produce the Big Virtues. They are steady. And steady never created a masterpiece."