# Best line in a Western?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-line-in-a-western/538279>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 4, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-line-in-a-western/538279 "2010-05-04T13:48:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-line-in-a-western/538279/181 "2016-05-29T01:21:41Z")

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> [@What\_the](#):
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> “Badges…etc.”
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> (only looked thru the first page and it may even be there…yeah, I’m lazy)

Pages? We ain’t got no pages! I don’t have to show you no stinking pages!

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-line-in-a-western/538279/182 "2016-05-29T15:52:24Z")

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> [@lieu](#):
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> _Jeremiah Johnson_
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> A man in the wilderness is buried up to his neck in the sand.
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> Jeremiah: The Injuns put you here?  
> Del Gue: Tweren’t Mormons.

My favorite from that movie is when the search party comes to his cabin to gain his help, and the guy tells him:

Searcher: The war? The war is over!  
Johnson: Who won?

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-line-in-a-western/538279/183 "2016-05-29T18:02:42Z")

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> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#):
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> …  
> One to add - Butch and the Kid: “Drown? Hell, the fall will probably kill you.”

My all time favorite!

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