# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/161 "2022-04-03T06:42:16Z")

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Bring me the big knife!

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/162 "2022-04-03T07:09:31Z")

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There’s a car going up the B3351.

answer:

_Nuts in May_ (of course)

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**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/163 "2022-04-03T07:35:13Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> > [@Banksiaman](#):
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> > ‘Oh Jake!’
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> From _The Blues Brothers_ ; Carrie Fisher to John Belushi just before he kisses her and then drops her in the mud.

Excellent - absolutely correct.

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**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/164 "2022-04-03T09:00:25Z")

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> [@Jack\_Burden](#):
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> “Crockett and Tubbs… they’re floatin’ “

This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the earth.

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**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/165 "2022-04-03T09:28:38Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> “Affleck, you the bomb in Phantoms, yo!”

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

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**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/166 "2022-04-03T09:32:10Z")

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“Some guys are carrying suitcases full of stuff.”

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/167 "2022-04-03T09:48:54Z")

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“Leave this to me. I’m British.”

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/168 "2022-04-03T10:19:47Z")

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Knee-jerk says Airplane but I bet I’m wrong.

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/169 "2022-04-03T10:46:07Z")

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_If I don’t get out of here I’ll die. If I don’t get out of here I hope I die and burn._

And

_What a dump! It’s from some damn Bette Davis picture, some goddamn Warner Brothers epic._

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/170 "2022-04-03T12:36:42Z")

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> [@zbuzz](#):
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> This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the earth.

_Ruthless People_

> [@Smapti](#):
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> “Leave this to me. I’m British.”

_The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/171 "2022-04-03T12:39:11Z")

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Something told you to do as I say, didn’t it? That instinct is worth millions.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/172 "2022-04-03T12:49:33Z")

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If you’re not getting your hair cut, you don’t have to move your brother’s clothes down to the lower peg.

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**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/173 "2022-04-03T13:09:42Z")

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“Maybe he just wanted to steal our wire cutters. Did you ever think of that?”

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/174 "2022-04-03T13:46:17Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> > [@terentii](#):
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> > No, don’t think so.
> 
> Bill and Ted, then

Yes! 👍

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/175 "2022-04-03T13:49:10Z")

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Never mind.

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/176 "2022-04-03T13:54:56Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> Knee-jerk says Airplane but I bet I’m wrong.

Not _ **Airplane** _, though it certainly could be.

It’s from a 1947 flick that’s definitely _ **not** _ a comedy. It’s shown 2–3 times a year on late-night TV.

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/177 "2022-04-03T13:55:13Z")

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You got it.

“All we are is dust in the wind, dude.”

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/178 "2022-04-03T13:57:14Z")

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_ **Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.** _

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**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:** [April 3, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/179 "2022-04-03T13:59:40Z")

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> [@Jack\_Burden](#):
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> “Crockett and Tubbs… they’re floatin’ “

The _ **Miami Vice** _ movie? 🤔

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**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/180 "2022-04-03T14:08:28Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> If you’re not getting your hair cut, you don’t have to move your brother’s clothes down to the lower peg.

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

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