# 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:** 139
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2765 "2023-11-21T04:23:02Z")
But is it in a bar? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2766 "2023-11-21T06:33:31Z")
Maybe this will give it away; different character, different scene: “Now, no more shenanigans, no more tomfoolery, no more ballyhoo.” ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2767 "2023-11-21T07:26:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > “Now, no more shenanigans, no more tomfoolery, no more ballyhoo.” _Good Will Hunting._ ---
**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:** [November 21, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2768 "2023-11-21T13:24:41Z")
Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2769 "2023-11-21T14:48:45Z")
What’s a matter, somebody hit you? What’s a matter, aren’t we friends anymore?" ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2770 "2023-11-21T19:33:20Z")
Just realized this one’s been sitting out there since March. It’s a movie that gets a lot of discussion on the SDMB: “Sorry, I’m just thrilled to be alive.” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2771 "2023-11-21T19:49:02Z")
My favorite movie: Miller’s Crossing! ETA: Great line from that movie, Eddie Dane: Because if you told me and I killed you and you were lying I wouldn’t get to kill you _then_. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2772 "2023-11-21T20:05:49Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > “Have you ever been to Akron?” Since it’s been six weeks and no one’s gotten it, I’ll give it up: Dr. Chumley speaking to _Harvey_ near the end of the film. His wish, expressed earlier, is to go to a cottage camp just outside of Akron, and sit under a tree with “a pretty woman. A strange woman. A _quiet_ woman.” He would send out for cold beer, and then, “I would tell her things. Things that I’ve never told to anyone. Things that are locked deep in here. And as I talk to her, I would want her to hold out a soft white hand and say, ‘Poor thing. Poor, poor thing.’” To which Elwood rightfully replies, “Wouldn’t that get a little monotonous, just Akron, cold beer and ‘poor, poor thing’ for two weeks?” “Oh, no. It would be _wonderful!_” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2773 "2023-11-21T20:15:47Z")
You got it. I just love that scene - Caspar’s son comes in all excited, “Papa Papa I got a prize from the sisters!” and Caspar smacks him. The look on the son’s face was worth an Oscar. ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2774 "2023-11-22T03:36:06Z")
> “Fear _always_ works.” ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2775 "2023-11-22T15:17:45Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Since it’s been six weeks and no one’s gotten it, I’ll give it up: Is this the going rate for owning up? Mine may be less than six weeks ago, but for the sake of completeness: "It were the only way: [The Smallest Show on Earth](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on_Earth) “Watch out for Sodomite patrols!” [Sodom and Gomorrah](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah_(1962_film)) - surprise, surprise ---
**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:** [November 22, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2776 "2023-11-22T15:38:36Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Is this the going rate for owning up? I don’t think there’s a standard, I was just getting impatient with you lot. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2777 "2023-11-22T15:54:43Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > “I think I ate a bug.” > > My bad, the actual line: “I swallowed a bug.” **Dumb & Dumber** ---
**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:** [November 22, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2778 "2023-11-22T18:30:42Z")
Nope. Already answered. It was _Good Will Hunting_. Casey Afflect’s character says it to excuse himself from a conversation he was fucking up in a bar. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2779 "2023-11-23T04:04:29Z")
I know I have at least one outstanding quote in this thread, but I can’t search for it. When I search for my posts in this topic, it only returns about 20 results, and they’re the oldest 20. Is there any way to search for the most recent posts in a topic? ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2780 "2023-11-23T15:58:54Z")
“Hey there, orgy girl!” ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2781 "2023-11-23T16:01:20Z")
Any idea of the approximate time? All posts have a time stamp on them. Just scroll to the appropriate interval and then go up or down again. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2782 "2023-11-23T16:16:10Z")
“Yeah, just one ‘l’.” \*Paint Your Wagon". When Lee Marvin finally asks Pardner what his real name is, Clint Eastwood replies “It’s Sylvester Newel. Yeah, just one ‘l’.” “Easy does it. I think it’s a left-handed thread.” “A brass unicorn has been catapulted across a London street and impaled an eminent surgeon. Words fail me, gentlemen.” _The Abominable Dr. Phibes_. A unicorn head has been catapulted across a street, impaled someone, and embedded itself in a wall. As the police are removing the body they have to unscrew the unicorn head, and the body, from the wall. I really thought someone would get that. “I always buy a first class ticket for my cello.” _Skyjacked_. Rosie Greer is a jazz musician who always buys a ticket to bring his cello with him when he flies. In this case, he agrees to check the cello so that a serviceman can have the last available seat. That turns out to be a really bad decision. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2783 "2023-11-25T03:53:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “I always buy a first class ticket for my cello.” > > _Skyjacked_. Rosie Greer is a jazz musician who always buys a ticket to bring his cello with him when he flies. In this case, he agrees to check the cello so that a serviceman can have the last available seat. That turns out to be a really bad decision. I just mentioned Grier in another thread, and from that movie. In addition to being a musician he did needlepoint. Now, is anyone going to call a guy like him a wuss? I don’t _ **think** _ so. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2023, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2784 "2023-11-25T07:25:05Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I just mentioned Grier in another thread, and from that movie. In addition to being a musician he did needlepoint. Now, is anyone going to call a guy like him a wuss? I don’t _ **think** _ so. You didn’t recognize the quote here, though. I was beginning to wonder if anyone else had even seen that movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=140)