# I need help fast!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-fast/82936>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 21, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-fast/82936 "2001-09-21T02:01:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tarnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tarnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarnik)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-fast/82936/1 "2001-09-21T02:01:30Z")

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Does anyone know where the quote “words, words, words” is from? Besides All Quiet on the Western Front. I need it in about 12 hours…

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**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-fast/82936/2 "2001-09-21T02:12:14Z")

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It’s from Hamlet.

Hamlet says it to Polonius.  
Now go do your own homework. 😉

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**Author:** ![tarnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tarnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarnik)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-fast/82936/3 "2001-09-21T02:20:17Z")

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Sorry, that was cheap. I would have guessed hamlet too.