# Finish this statement: "Call me.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 26, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266 "2008-06-26T02:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/21 "2008-06-26T04:44:38Z")
seeker. Darnit, now I’m going to have that song stuck in my head all night! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Pangloss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Peter\_Pangloss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Pangloss)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/22 "2008-06-26T05:02:43Z")
Slight hijack: Scene: London, the late nineteenth century. A man leaving the Savoy Theater mistakes playwright William S. Gilbert for the doorman. MAN: You. Call me a cab. GILBERT: Very well. You’re a four-wheeler. MAN: I _beg_ your pardon! How dare you address me with such impudence? GILBERT: Well, you told me to call you a cab, and I couldn’t very well call you “hansom,” could I? ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/23 "2008-06-26T06:55:15Z")
If I can call you Betty, you can cal me Al! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/24 "2008-06-26T12:09:06Z")
Deacon Blues. Please, not Crimson Tide. It’s already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/25 "2008-06-26T12:22:36Z")
…and lose all your chips." ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/26 "2008-06-26T12:54:44Z")
[QUOTE=Kolga] a cab. [/QUOTE] You’re a cab! * * * . . . Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me Chet, but ya doesn’t have ta call me [Johnson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egr3HFB7hc4)! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/27 "2008-06-26T13:25:45Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] You’re a cab! [/QUOTE] “Don’t leave in a huff, I’ll call you a cab. OK, you’re a cab!” - Groucho Marx ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/28 "2008-06-26T14:24:10Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] You’re a cab! * * * . . . Ray, or you can call me [/QUOTE] I’m sick of it already. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/29 "2008-06-26T17:05:44Z")
…Shirley. Actually, don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/30 "2008-06-26T18:06:58Z")
… ‘father’, call me ‘dad’, call me ‘Jake’, call me a son of a bitch, but don’t EVER call me ‘daddy’. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/31 "2008-06-26T18:09:07Z")
…back, Ishmael. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/32 "2008-06-26T18:28:58Z")
old-fashioned ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/33 "2008-06-26T18:30:37Z")
Well slap my ass and call me Sally. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/34 "2008-06-26T19:51:54Z")
Call me the breeze/ I keep blowin’ down the road… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/35 "2008-06-26T20:07:15Z")
Speedoo (but my real name is Mister Earl). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/36 "2008-06-26T20:18:09Z")
The Space Cowboy, or Maurice. =mwa-mwow= ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/37 "2008-06-27T03:03:56Z")
Fishmeal. (Mad Magazine, 1956) ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/38 "2008-06-27T04:50:00Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] … a nerdy bitch, for bothering you! [/QUOTE] IMO, best response to the OP!!! 😃 Of course, there is one reply I expected to hear from **LOUNE** or **The Thief** SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/39 "2008-06-27T14:49:29Z")
…when you’re sober. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-statement-call-me/454266/40 "2008-06-27T14:52:13Z")
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