# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 2, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142 "2022-04-02T06:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 125
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2485 "2023-10-04T10:16:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “I’ve never made any secret of the fact that basically I’m on my way to Australia.” James Garner, _Support Your Local Sheriff_ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2486 "2023-10-04T10:20:46Z")
That was quick. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2487 "2023-10-04T11:44:40Z")
Insomnia has some advantages. “I don’t know who to trust.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2488 "2023-10-04T11:48:34Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > “I don’t know who to trust.” Kurt Russel as MacReady, talking to his tape recorder in John Carpenter’s remake of **The Thing** ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2489 "2023-10-04T11:55:20Z")
“We’ll use Miracle Whip!” ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2490 "2023-10-04T12:54:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Kurt Russel as MacReady, talking to his tape recorder in John Carpenter’s remake of **The Thing** Huh, I’m not remembering that bit. But the movie is right. I was quoting Wilford Brimley, after they locked him away and MacReady was checking on him. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2491 "2023-10-04T13:15:20Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Huh, I’m not remembering that bit. But the movie is right. I was quoting Wilford Brimley, after they locked him away and MacReady was checking on him. Paranoia and mistrust was the whole theme of that movie, as it was in John Campbell’s original story, _Who Goes There?_ It’s the biggest thing they changed when they made the 1951 movie – that was practically a WWII “buddy” picture, with the military men acting as one cohesive unit, tossing out ideas, chewing them over, and coming up with a plan of action (comically without any input from their nominal commander). In spirit, it’s the polar opposite of the Campbell story and the Carpenter film. I didn’t realize it at first, but Quentin Tarantino’s 2015 film **The Hateful Eight** is practically an homage to Carpenter’s _The Thing_ The action is set in a warm “oasis” in the middle of a cold winter with a handful of people trapped there, nobody trusts anyone, and there’s a deadly secret people will kill for. And they got Kurt Russell in it, who’s one of the most paranoid ones there. What finally clued me in was when they started using part of Ennio Morricone’s score for _The Thing_ near the end of _Hateful Eight_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2492 "2023-10-04T17:19:22Z")
_ **What’s Up, Tiger Lily?** _ I think they were talking about making tuna salad but didn’t have any mayonnaise. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2493 "2023-10-04T17:23:10Z")
**A:** Do you want a spanking? **B:** Do you want a punch in the nose? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2494 "2023-10-04T18:10:39Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I didn’t realize it at first, but Quentin Tarantino’s 2015 film **The Hateful Eight** is practically an homage to Carpenter’s _The Thing_ I gave up after 10 minutes almost a decade ago because it was too much Tarantino all at once, but this is an intriguing idea. May have to revisit this film. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2495 "2023-10-04T18:25:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **What’s Up, Tiger Lily?** _ > > I think they were talking about making tuna salad but didn’t have any mayonnaise. Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2496 "2023-10-06T04:26:35Z")
“You know how the women are when they get to New York.” ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2497 "2023-10-08T03:18:20Z")
“Have you ever been to Akron?” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2498 "2023-10-08T08:25:22Z")
They say taupe is very soothing. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2499 "2023-10-08T09:52:56Z")
The taupe one: _Ocean’s Eleven?_ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2500 "2023-10-08T10:01:57Z")
“It’s Idi Amin.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2501 "2023-10-08T11:46:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **A:** Do you want a spanking? > **B:** Do you want a punch in the nose? Charade? ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2502 "2023-10-08T12:10:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “You know how the women are when they get to New York.” _How To Marry A Millionare,_ the jerkish guy to Betty Grable? ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2503 "2023-10-08T12:25:05Z")
“I could wait a few days, but I can’t wait a few days. I could, but I can’t. Could and can’t.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2504 "2023-10-08T15:17:28Z")
Yes! It was on just the other night. I noticed that it had some similarities to _ **Wait until Dark** _. Audrey unknowingly had something of great value. The bad guys tried every trick in the book to try and recover it, and she never knew whom she could trust. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=126)