# Distort a famous quote (game)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 27, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547 "2003-11-27T07:49:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/21 "2003-11-27T17:36:04Z")

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Mad, Bad, and Dangerous toenails.  
(said about Lord Byron)

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**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/22 "2003-11-27T18:06:04Z")

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“If Cecil Adams did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”

**Voltaire (1694 - 1778)**

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**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/23 "2003-11-27T18:09:49Z")

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“i refuse to have a battle of nits with someone who is unarmed”  
Oscar Wilde

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**Author:** ![cromulent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@cromulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cromulent)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/24 "2003-11-27T18:09:54Z")

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“Ad Astra Per Cannabis”

Ad Astra Per Aspera is the state motto of Kansas. I dunno who said it first.

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**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/25 "2003-11-27T18:20:50Z")

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“Keep your friends close and your enemas closer.”  
**Sun Tzu?**

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/26 "2003-11-27T20:46:24Z")

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"Speak softly… but carry a 30.06 "

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**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/27 "2003-11-27T20:49:16Z")

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“He who has the most toys when he dies, is dead”

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/28 "2003-11-27T21:30:14Z")

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Once more into the breaches, dear friends, once more;  
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Cry, “Oh God, Oh God for Harry and Saint George!”  
–Henry V, III:1

And gentlemen in England, now abed,  
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here;  
And hold their manhoods … whiles any speaks  
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day  
–Henry V, IV:3

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**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/29 "2003-11-27T22:48:28Z")

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“Abstinence makes the heart go yonder”

“I am but a lowly travelling menstrual”

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/30 "2003-11-27T22:52:53Z")

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I find your lack of pants disturbing.  
–Darth Vader, SW

We are amused.  
–QEII.

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**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/31 "2003-11-27T23:00:37Z")

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All your base are belong to Gus.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/32 "2003-11-27T23:19:17Z")

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Let there be Coors Lite!

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/33 "2003-11-27T23:40:59Z")

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If it doesn’t fit, I’m full of shit. - Cochran

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/34 "2003-11-28T00:12:09Z")

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My name is Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a politician.

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**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/35 "2003-11-28T00:26:32Z")

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Veni, vidi, velcro

I came, I saw, I stuck around.

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**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/36 "2003-11-28T00:41:05Z")

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“I regret that you have but one life to give for my country.”

One small step for man, one giant…Shit, it is cheese!

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**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/37 "2003-11-28T00:42:26Z")

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It depends on what your definition of sis is.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/38 "2003-11-28T00:46:23Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by SpectBrain \*  
> \*\*One small step for man, one giant…Shit, it is cheese! \*\*

That shouldn’t be that funny, but it so is. I wish I was looking for a sig 🙂

My turn: “Eat tu, Brute.”

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**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/39 "2003-11-28T01:18:05Z")

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“My god, it’s full of pie.”  
~David Bowman

“I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty, equality, and justice for all.”  
~Edward Bellamy

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distort-a-famous-quote-game/215547/40 "2003-11-28T01:20:28Z")

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“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do during commercial breaks.”

“Veni, vidi, Vila.” (I came, I saw, I fixed their house.)

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