# Catchphrases

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrases/693693>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 21, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrases/693693 "2014-07-21T21:23:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrases/693693/1 "2014-07-21T21:23:49Z")

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Name the thing that the catchphrase is associated most closely with. Then provide more for others to guess. Try not to be too obvious (“I’ll be back”, “wide stance”) or too riculously obscure – better to provide more than one to keep things moving. You should wait for confirmation unless you are absolutely certain of what is intended.

Three to start:

_I’ll show you the life of the mind!_

_Is it safe?_ (two possible answers come to mind)

_The long blue tunnel to the afterlife_ (6 people have read this book)

(commentary is optional)

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrases/693693/2 "2014-07-21T21:44:33Z")

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“Is it safe?” is from Marathon Man

My contribution: “You had me at hello.”

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**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 21, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrases/693693/3 "2014-07-21T21:55:59Z")

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_I’ll show you the life of the mind!_ is from _Barton Fink_.  
My contribution: _Laugh while you can, monkey boy!_  
(We use this quite often at Chateaus Pepperwinkle.)

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrases/693693/4 "2014-07-22T04:44:31Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> My contribution: “You had me at hello.”

I would file that under easy since the American Film Institute has put that in it’s 100 best movie lines of all time. It’s from _Jerry Maguire_.

Here’s two:

“Trust me! I know what I’m doing.”

“It works for me!”