# 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:** 206
**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 24, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4105 "2025-10-24T08:44:42Z")
The Empire Strikes Back. ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4106 "2025-10-24T09:21:45Z")
“Remember that overgrown Boy Scout you used to hang out with? Well, that’s _exactly_ the kind of man -” ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4107 "2025-10-24T09:35:48Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > > “Right. Like the eggs that rooster was going to lay. But roosters don’t _lay_ eggs, do they?” > > > > “_Don’t_ they?” > > > > “No. It’s a lady thing, apparently. Ask your mum.” _Chicken Run_ ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4108 "2025-10-24T16:29:03Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > "Remember that overgrown Boy Scout you used to hang out with? Well, that’s _exactly_ the kind of man -” Was that Star Trek 2: the Wrath of Khan? Try this one “Oh, I see. I guess my arm wasn’t long enough, see?” ---
**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 24, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4109 "2025-10-24T20:44:15Z")
@Robot_Arm and @teelabrown are both right. ---
**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 24, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4110 "2025-10-24T20:45:04Z")
“What are you talking about? This is amazing!” “I wish my mouth was bigger!” ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4111 "2025-10-26T19:36:53Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “Oh, I see. I guess my arm wasn’t long enough, see?” I thought someone would get this one right away. I’ll post a hint in a little while if there are no guesses. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4112 "2025-10-26T22:04:01Z")
“It’s none of our business if you guys wanna bump each other off.” ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4113 "2025-10-27T04:22:56Z")
WAG: _The Untouchables_? ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4114 "2025-10-27T05:35:13Z")
My WAG: _Scarface_. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4115 "2025-10-27T14:10:49Z")
In case anyone cares, these were all John Candy quotes - > [@muldoonthief](#): > > Florsheim shoes. Only The Lonely > [@muldoonthief](#): > > "Oh he’s drunk. How would he know where we’re going? " Planes Trains and Automobiles > [@muldoonthief](#): > > “After six or seven weeks, he came around, started talking again.” Home Alone ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4116 "2025-10-27T15:00:44Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > So it’s one line. I’ll try again, yet this isn’t too obscure and was a book: > > > “We are not so very different, you and I. We’ve both spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another’s systems. Don’t you think it’s time to recognize there is as little worth on your side as there is on mine?” _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_ Two separate quotes\* from me from ages ago that have never been answered: > “Nobody _ever_ listens to me” > “Jesus Christ, [name], what the hell kind of a diet are you on? \*There is a link. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4117 "2025-10-27T17:06:27Z")
commasense and Jack Batty- Good guesses, but not the one. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4118 "2025-10-27T17:42:17Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > “Yeah, well I got two words for you. Shut the fuck up.” **Midnight Run**. One of our favorite movies. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4119 "2025-10-27T18:29:27Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Yes. It was on BBC four that night. It’s more of a “good” quote than non-famous. > [@Stanislaus](#): > > “Nobody _ever_ listens to me” I’ll take a crack: Those are the words of a Loser. Not in the Stephen King novel, yet Bill says them in the 1990 miniseries for **“It”** ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4120 "2025-10-27T19:05:16Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > I’ll take a crack: Those are the words of a Loser. Not in the Stephen King novel, yet Bill says them in the 1990 miniseries for **“It”** Afraid not. Film, not miniseries and secondary character rather than full on loser. (Although things dont work out for him) ---
**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:** [October 27, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4121 "2025-10-27T19:09:09Z")
Well I’ll be goddamn. Shit kicker heaven!" ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4122 "2025-10-27T20:33:35Z")
_48 Hours_? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4123 "2025-10-27T20:35:02Z")
Nope. Good guess though. ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4124 "2025-10-27T20:45:07Z")
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