# do you have catch phrases, song lyrics, movie quotes you cannot not say when certain things happen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974 "2020-01-26T01:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/141 "2020-02-13T19:36:51Z")
For some reason I never saw Meatballs when it first came out, even though I love Bill Murray, and then I just forgot about it. Still haven’t seen the whole movie but know the scene with the big speech. Now find myself constantly saying “It just doesn’t matter!” ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/142 "2020-02-14T03:33:10Z")
When someone asks something like “What do you want?”, I always want to say (but usually keep to myself) " 'Bout tree fiddy". ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/143 "2020-02-14T05:09:09Z")
Whenever somebody complains that something is too hot, temperature or spicy, [“It burns like hygiene” from Something Positive.](https://somethingpositive.net/sp02052002.shtml) If somebody at work asks me to identify something I don’t know. “This is an ex-parrot” ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/144 "2020-02-15T15:25:35Z")
Sometimes when I am having a crap day, someone will ask “How are things going?” to which I’ll reply, “It’s Madness!” “What is?” “It all is … absolute madness…” I always hear Terry Jones’ imitation of a pepper pot in my head saying the lines. I’m not sure why, though. It’s a corruption of an exchange written by Douglas Adams. Marvin The Paranoid Android says, “It’s ghastly.” and so forth. When things unexpectedly go right, especially a decision made by someone who is generally thought to be incompetent, I’ll say, “Well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.” A co-worker of mine will use the phrase “like pushing chains” to describe a difficult day, especially trying to motivate people to follow proper procedures. Another co-worker is often asked for smallish tasks. “Can you get X for me?” That sort of thing. When he’s having a bad day, rather than say, “I’m very busy.” or “I’ll get to it tomorrow.”, instead he says, “Piss up a rope!” He was once a member of the Marine Corp in the US. I have always attributed the phrase to his military service, but have never actually asked. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/145 "2020-02-15T17:04:01Z")
…made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/146 "2020-02-15T17:18:10Z")
Occasionally I feel myself compelled to repeat: [“Reading a book?!”](https://youtu.be/EQNQqwFK-OM) (though not necessarily with the camped-up double-take) Or [“Get me a bromide - and put some gin in it!”](https://youtu.be/cxatuvxowUA?t=45) ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/147 "2020-02-19T06:06:40Z")
\_"Oh, yeah!_"\ Said in shower upon first contact with hot water. I said it yesterday for the first time, and I think it’s going to be nearly inevitable in the future. And now it’s in your head, too… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/148 "2020-02-24T03:36:57Z")
The one I hold in reserve for only the most inappropriate occasions, _ **The salmon mousse!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/149 "2020-02-24T14:17:08Z")
The local McDonald’s airs an oldies station. Can you guess what I say when they announce “This is Sirius radio?” ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/150 "2020-02-24T14:33:32Z")
I watched the movie Clue last night, which reminded me of another of mine… When someone says, “To make a long story short”, I think (and sometimes say) “too late”. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/151 "2020-02-24T16:18:24Z")
Another Big Bang one: Whenever people try to discreetly ask me about my personal life preferences, I always say “Are you asking about my deal? Is it girls? Guys? Sock puppets?” When they blush and say “Well…yes” I always say “I have no deal.” Okay, so it’s only happened twice. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/152 "2020-02-24T17:31:24Z")
I think this was makng the rounds on social media platforms in one form or another. I think it’s funny as hell, although I don’t actually say it: “So, have you ever thought about having children?” “No, but I’ve thought about killing myself. Yeah, that’s right: We’re going to have an awkward conversation, but not the one you wanted.” ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/153 "2020-02-24T18:40:59Z")
If someone compliments me on, for example, a new shirt, I will without fail reply with ‘What, this old thing? I only wear this when I don’t care HOW I look!’ (Gloria Grahame in It’s A Wonderful Life) If I am in a group who are referred to as guys - ‘do any of you guys know where the x is?’ I will without fail reply with ‘We are not guys, we are hot chicks.’ (Mitzi Martin as Alien Jump Suit Chick #1 in Dude, Where’s My Car) Now maybe you, like so many others, don’t think these 2 examples of the many quotes that pepper my day are funny; - well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man. MiM ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/154 "2020-02-24T20:07:09Z")
I don’t know exactly where this comes from (the world of over-earnest sports persons, I suspect) but when I say something dumb: \*I’m sorry. I’ve let you down. I’ve let everyone here down. I’ve let the family down - \* [at this point, ideally, everyone joins in] - _And worst of all, I’ve let myself down._ This is slightly off track, but I am incapable of saying _deja vu_. I absolutely has to be _deja vu all over again_. Bless you, Yogi. j ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/155 "2020-02-24T20:36:41Z")
I often end up making the first pot of coffee at work in the morning. You can occasionally hear me mutter, “It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of java that thoughts acquire speed, The hands acquire shaking, The shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.” ---
**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:** [February 24, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/156 "2020-02-24T21:32:42Z")
“Holy rubbers, Batman! Why didn’t \*I \*think of that?” Followed by: “Because you’re _stupid_, Robin! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/157 "2020-02-25T14:38:25Z")
Whenever I hear a siren, I have to say “My ride’s here.” My tribute to Robin Williams. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/158 "2020-02-25T18:41:22Z")
Sometimes, not all the time, when I hear someone make a, well, bold statement, I respond the way Vincent did as follows, in Pulp Fiction: LANCE My shit, I’ll take the Pepsi Challenge with Amsterdam shit any ol’ day of the fuckin’ week. VINCENT **That’s a bold statement.** ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/159 "2020-02-26T23:05:09Z")
When somebody, including myself, rhetorically asks, “Why?”, I go full Abbott & Costello. “Why? I don’t know. Third base. How did I get to third?” ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974/160 "2020-02-27T00:48:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Whenever I hear a siren, I have to say “My ride’s here.” My tribute to Robin Williams. I make a checking pulse move, fingers on neck, and announce, “Not for me.” Note that I’m a geezer and most folks I’m with are of that certain maturity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974.md?page=9)