# And for God's sake, whatever you do, don't, under any circumstances

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-gods-sake-whatever-you-do-dont-under-any-circumstances/267375>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 3, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-gods-sake-whatever-you-do-dont-under-any-circumstances/267375 "2004-10-03T22:20:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-gods-sake-whatever-you-do-dont-under-any-circumstances/267375/41 "2011-03-26T00:07:42Z")

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…taunt or annoy Happy Fun Ball!

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-gods-sake-whatever-you-do-dont-under-any-circumstances/267375/42 "2011-03-26T02:14:50Z")

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“…mention the war!”

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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-gods-sake-whatever-you-do-dont-under-any-circumstances/267375/43 "2011-03-26T02:27:31Z")

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> [@GigaGerard](#):
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> So I was thinking about what might have been said, and I came up with an answer:
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> “And for God’s sake, whatever you do, don’t, under any circumstance… **speak (say anything) about (the size of) your dick!**”
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> Because later in the scam scene where Matt Damon as Linus imposes as an agent of the gaming commission as he tries to convince the casino owner that one of his employees has a criminal record, nearly has a slip of his tongue:
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> Linus: “Apparently, he’s got a record longer than my… well, it’s long.”
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> So that solves the earlier question I think. I thought I’d post it here.
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> Yours truly genie G.  
> discusses his quote of the day

I always thought in that line he almost said “Apparently, he’s got a record longer than mine” but caught himself in time and turned it into “my…(whatever)”. Because a gaming commission agent with a record would be a bad thing.

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**Author:** ![bramma23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bramma23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bramma23)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-gods-sake-whatever-you-do-dont-under-any-circumstances/267375/44 "2011-03-26T05:32:30Z")

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> [@MN\_Maenad](#):
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> “… go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!”  
> HAHAHAHAHA [pause] [choke]

… suggest that Sicilians have muddled origins, especially if they haven’t killed someone since 1984.

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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-for-gods-sake-whatever-you-do-dont-under-any-circumstances/267375/45 "2011-03-27T16:02:39Z")

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> [@An\_Gadai](#):
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> “…bring a knife to a gun fight.”

… or a shotgun to a tommy-gun fight.

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