# Amusing conversational lines with no context **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090 "2013-07-21T04:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![icenine0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/43a26b/32.png) [@icenine0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icenine0)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/1 "2013-07-21T04:29:37Z")
“Of course not, that would just be too obvious. Obviously.” … ---
**Author:** ![icenine0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/43a26b/32.png) [@icenine0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icenine0)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/2 "2013-07-21T04:37:53Z")
“No, I’m not being condescending, I’m just pretending to be for your benefit.” ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/3 "2013-07-21T04:38:17Z")
“—but if I told you, I’d have to kill you.” ---
**Author:** ![icenine0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/43a26b/32.png) [@icenine0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icenine0)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/4 "2013-07-21T04:46:04Z")
“Actually, I’m pretty sure that’s just a story we tell children.” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/5 "2013-07-21T08:15:57Z")
“Well, it’s legal in twelve states.” ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/6 "2013-07-21T09:40:19Z")
‘‘That’s not what my lawyer says!’’ ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/7 "2013-07-21T14:04:07Z")
you have to pay whether they sit on your lap or not. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/8 "2013-07-21T14:19:44Z")
“I’d punch a smurf if it came too close” Spoken to my wife this very morning but in the spirit of the thread it will remain forever unexplained. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/9 "2013-07-21T14:23:12Z")
This one happened to a friend of mine. A bunch of us were in a room, talking. A friend came into the room and heard someone say, “So it’s a friendship based on glue?” 😛 (It did make sense in context.) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/10 "2013-07-21T14:31:27Z")
Tribbles my ass! ---
**Author:** ![bababadalgharagh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bababadalgharagh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bababadalgharagh)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/11 "2013-07-22T22:31:48Z")
“Well, I knew what I meant when I said it.” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/12 "2013-07-22T23:45:26Z")
One time my sister was walking through our neighbourhood, and heard one of our neighbours say to someone: “You broke both ends! Thanks a lot!” ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/13 "2013-07-23T05:15:36Z")
If it weren’t for my horse… ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/14 "2013-07-23T05:18:47Z")
Have you heard the one about the nun and the blind salesman? ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/15 "2013-07-23T05:28:22Z")
Okay, but let me put on some pants first. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/16 "2013-07-23T06:27:09Z")
“Is that a leg?” ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/17 "2013-07-23T07:16:18Z")
Oh no, Jesus got into the cupcakes again! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/18 "2013-07-23T17:40:44Z")
We are so intercoursed! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/19 "2013-07-23T18:08:50Z")
We’d have been all right if you hadn’t farted… ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-conversational-lines-with-no-context/664090/20 "2013-07-23T18:26:03Z")
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