I hear it every day, yet I can't help but to think he's saying it wrong ...

For ages, the only interaction I had with my task book was to close the freakin' thing when I entered my town. And each time, i thought Homer was saying "That was close" ... I took it to mean he had narrowly escaped doing any work (e.g. A task.)

Then I finally voluntarily opened the task book and heard "task book open" ... And realized what he'd been saying all those other times.

Doh!