# 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:** 136
**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 31, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2705 "2023-10-31T00:50:06Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Ok, this one should be easier: > > “What kind of an asshole grows up in Seattle and doesn’t even know how to swim?” WarGames! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2706 "2023-10-31T02:01:33Z")
Right-O ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2707 "2023-10-31T03:56:46Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > WarGames! You beat me to it. The scene where Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy run to catch the ferry was shot a few miles from where I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2708 "2023-11-01T14:08:40Z")
These are from classic British comedies, and I don’t know if they’re at all known overseas, so maybe these are unfairly doubly obscure, but what the heck… 1. “Forward, the Old Girls!” 2. “My memoirs!” 3. “It were the only way…” ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2709 "2023-11-01T17:24:51Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > Ok, this one should be easier: > > > > “What kind of an asshole grows up in Seattle and doesn’t even know how to swim?” > > WarGames! “I never got around to it. Ok!?” I should have guessed. I missed it and I’ve seen this so many times. That was a deep track. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2710 "2023-11-01T20:39:27Z")
Is no 2 _Kind Hearts and Coronets_? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2711 "2023-11-02T06:30:04Z")
_Kind Hearts and Coronets_ it is! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2712 "2023-11-04T17:19:25Z")
‘You gotta be shittin’ me, woman!’ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2713 "2023-11-11T22:03:07Z")
too generic? **Easy A**. [“You gotta be shittin’ me, woman!” - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Yo_knxwOY) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2714 "2023-11-11T22:15:48Z")
“You’re a very nosy fellow, kitty cat.” ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2715 "2023-11-12T02:52:23Z")
“Fine looking animal.” “For a horse, yeah.” ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2716 "2023-11-12T17:33:23Z")
_ **The Godfather** _? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2717 "2023-11-12T17:41:23Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Your Honor, I don’t think I can dignify this—creature—with any more questions.” From the same movie: **A:** What exactly was the undergarment just referred to? **B:** Panties, Your Honor. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2718 "2023-11-12T17:44:58Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > These are from classic British comedies, and I don’t know if they’re at all known overseas, so maybe these are unfairly doubly obscure, but what the heck… > > 1. “Forward, the Old Girls!” > > 2. “My memoirs!” > > 3. “It were the only way…” The first one is from _ **The Girls of St Trinian’s** _? (I think there was more than one.) ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2719 "2023-11-13T01:25:27Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > From the same movie: > > **A:** What exactly was the undergarment just referred to? > **B:** Panties, Your Honor. _Anatomy Of A Murder_? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2720 "2023-11-13T01:26:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **The Godfather** _? I’m afraid not, sorry. Good guess, though! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2721 "2023-11-13T01:26:44Z")
Yep, one of my all-time favorite movies. 👌 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2722 "2023-11-13T01:28:07Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “Fine looking animal.” > “For a horse, yeah.” _The Music Man_ ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2723 "2023-11-13T01:35:23Z")
Correct! _The Music Man._ ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2724 "2023-11-13T05:57:31Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The first one is from _ **The Girls of St Trinian’s** _? Known over here as **The Belles of St Trinian’s** , but yes, you’re right (and it was indeed the first of several) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=137)