# Favorite Fictional Arguments

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-arguments/687274
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 29, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-arguments/687274 "2014-04-29T14:07:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-arguments/687274/41 "2014-05-02T06:00:43Z")

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Not high art, but:

“It was between that and Mohammad.”

“…HOW could it have been between that and Mohammad?!”

“Mohammad is the most common name in the world. Christ, read a book!”

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### Author: ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-arguments/687274/42 "2014-05-02T13:35:14Z")

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On radio,[the Bickersons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bickersons) still hold up pretty well. [Here is a sampling.](https://archive.org/details/TheBickersons54Episodes)

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### Author: ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-arguments/687274/43 "2014-05-02T13:41:18Z")

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How about the ones that ended with “Jane, You ignorant Slut”

😃

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### Author: ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-arguments/687274/44 "2014-05-02T14:35:02Z")

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Not ONE mention of Cavemen vs Astronauts?

I’m ashaemd of you people.

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### Author: ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-arguments/687274/45 "2014-05-02T15:07:15Z")

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The [“Don Juan in Hell”](http://bigeye.com/donjuan.htm) sequence of Shaw’s _Man and Superman_ is one long philosophical argument.

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