# "It's quiet." "Yeah, a little TOO quiet." - origin

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 16, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-quiet-yeah-a-little-too-quiet-origin/255501 "2004-07-16T22:53:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-quiet-yeah-a-little-too-quiet-origin/255501/21 "2004-07-17T15:58:40Z")

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I remember the scene in my head, though. A calvary private is crouching behind a stockade says “It’s quiet out there,” and his more-experienced sergant replies “too quiet”.

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**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:** [July 17, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-quiet-yeah-a-little-too-quiet-origin/255501/22 "2004-07-17T17:13:17Z")

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> [@vibrotronica](#):
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> . A **calvary** private…

Jesus : It’s quiet.  
Roman : Too damn quiet [nail]

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**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-quiet-yeah-a-little-too-quiet-origin/255501/23 "2004-07-17T18:39:37Z")

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Rudolph Valentino: (makes face)

Title Card: At that moment, our Hero noticed that all was quiet.

Mary Pickford: (makes face)

Title Card: In fact, it was too quiet!

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