# It's time for another installment of MOVIE LINES YOU USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586 "2011-09-08T05:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/61 "2011-09-08T18:19:17Z")
After cleaning the house, “This house is clean.” (From **Poltergeist**.) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/62 "2011-09-08T18:37:27Z")
My brother hung me on a hook once…_ONCE._ -_Johnny Dangerously_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/63 "2011-09-08T18:46:06Z")
To clarify: I use the hung-me-on-a-hook like to discourage people from harshing my buzz. \*Scenario A: \*Someone unilaterally grabs my Borsalino fedora to try it on. “Ed Yankauskas grabbed my Borsalino once…_ONCE._” _Scenario B:_ Someone suggests whipping up a bell pepper Jell-O mold for supper. “Aunt Lavena served me bell pepper Jell-O once…_ONCE._” I am not the type who gets hung from hooks often, or at all. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/64 "2011-09-08T19:01:09Z")
“Morons, I’ve got morons on my team.” - _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ “Has anybody seen Sam Lowry?” _Brazil_, muttered often at work when bureaucratic meetings get ridiculous. “See this…this is my BOOMSTICK!” _Army of Darkness_, an online gaming standard. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/65 "2011-09-08T19:51:03Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > “Are you pondering what i’m pondering?” same. I used to have a few of the replies memorized, too. My wife will often ask me that. I usually reply, “I fink so, Brain. But where will we get rubber pants our size?” If one of us says, “Almost there…” the other one will reply, “Stay on target.”[sup]1[/sup] I have been known to ask my son, “Why do you tell me these things, when you know I will kill you for it.”[sup]2[/sup] When my wife make a good point, I’ll tell her, “Your logic is sound.”[sup]3[/sup] 1 - Star Wars 2 - Superman II 3 - Star Trek ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/66 "2011-09-08T19:51:40Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > After cleaning the house, “This house is clean.” (From **Poltergeist**.) Me too, but I kneel while saying this. From _Clerks_: Buncha fucking savages in this town. I’m not even suppose to be here today! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/67 "2011-09-08T20:19:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Toughens the nipples, doesn’t it. . .?” Ready when you are sergeant Pembry. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/68 "2011-09-08T20:25:36Z")
Another one I use so often I don’t realize that I’m using it: “Very innovative!” – Woody Harrelson in “Natural Born Killers” after an engineer explains at gunpoint how he can rig up a video feed despite his camera being shot to shit. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/69 "2011-09-08T20:43:03Z")
“I’ll alert the media” and “It’s what I live for”, both from _Arthur_ and both by Hobson (John Gielgud) when Arthur tells him “I’m going to take a bath” and asks “Would you like to run my water for me?”. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/70 "2011-09-08T21:03:28Z")
It seems as if either Dopers collectively, or the subset drawn to posting in these threads have pretty similar tastes in movies. The ones I’m aware of stealing from most often have all been listed and include O, Brother…, Raising Arizona, Princess Bride, Singin’ in the Rain, “I suppose it would be the acme of foolishness to inquire…”[not about hair nets] and the corelary, if someone asks where something is we don’t just answer, we suck our teeth and say “got a bunch in yon bureau” When we arrive at a destination I often will sing-song in my best Debbie Reynolds voice “Here we are. Sunset and Camden” “Flies? Why should I eat flies?” “That was unexpected” (with the same accent and inflection the girl in Strictly Ballroom) And sometimes, though not nearly as often, if someone asks what I want I’ll say “What do I want? I’ll tell you what I want! I want Ken Railings to walk in here and say Pam Short’s broken both her legs and I wanna dance with you” (which leads up to the “that was unexpected” line). The response to anyone stating the obvious is “Oh really? I live in Queens.” My husband’s hearing has never been great and usually he’ll say “I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that” but sometimes he’ll kind of bark “What did you say?” and when he does that I always, before telling him what I really said, mumble "who the goddammed piss hell stole the fuckin’ truck. What the fuhhh?, complete with gestures. Oh and incidently, my family plays the game as described in the OP. About 20 years ago someone misspoke and ever since we’ve been playing “What Line is this Movie From?” ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/71 "2011-09-08T21:12:48Z")
Bill Murray in _Ghostbusters_ “okay, so she’s a dog” Used almost daily when my black lab greets me at the door when I get home from work. If my wife is home, she always just shakes her head that I still find this funny or clever. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/72 "2011-09-08T21:23:59Z")
> [@Shadowfyre](#): > > I just saw Take Me Home Tonight this past weekend on DVD but I’m not positive about the line. Something like: > > “It’s not rocket surgery” > > or > > “It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon” > > I haven’t used it yet, but I’m planning on it as soon as I possibly can. Yes, please do!!! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/73 "2011-09-08T21:46:29Z")
My husband and I bonded over Strange Brew (Bob & Doug MacKenzie) when we first met: “Gee, you’re real pretty. If I didn’t have puke breath, I’d kiss you.” (TMI: I puke really easily, so I always have to come back and say this to my husband.) Also, when one of us is sick or not feeling well: “If you kept up with your twelve-point maintenance program, we wouldn’t have to jump start you like this.” Whenever someone does something well and is whooping and hollering about it, I always mutter “Great, kid! Don’t get cocky” like Han Solo did to Luke in Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![all1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@all1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/all1966)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/74 "2011-09-08T22:24:32Z")
“I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.” - Airplane Just used this one 10 minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/75 "2011-09-08T23:00:21Z")
I say “Hardy fucking har” all the time from Reservoir Dogs(Harvey Keitel) "Hello McFly!!"_knocking on someone’s head_ from Back to the Future. One’s already mentioned “We’re gonna need a bigger \_\_\_\_\_\_” Any line from The Princess Bride especially “Inconceivable” ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/76 "2011-09-08T23:08:09Z")
“Mumble, mumble, mumble” - Labyrinth “I’m missing the chili cook-off” - Simpsons “Something that would have been good to know…YESTERDAY!” - Wedding Singer “Purple Monkey Dishwasher” - Simpsons “Probably were born in a barn…” - Army of Darkness “They’re called boobs, Ed” - Erin Brockovich ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/77 "2011-09-08T23:22:37Z")
If we’re doing television, “Bang, bang, bang… you got it all figured out, Cymbal-Banging Monkey” – Bender, Futurama. It gets even more mileage now with an 11 month old in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/78 "2011-09-09T03:25:04Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > My wife will often ask me that. I usually reply, “I fink so, Brain. But where will we get rubber pants our size?” > > If one of us says, “Almost there…” the other one will reply, “Stay on target.”[sup]1[/sup] > > I have been known to ask my son […] Nope, I guess you’re not my husband - we don’t have kids! We use various of the others preciously mentioned too; one I didn’t see is, “I’m doing **laundry**!” from The Tick. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/79 "2011-09-09T05:01:38Z")
“Of all the gin joints in all they world, why did she have to walk into mine?” Casablanca. Whenever someone asks, “what’s that” I say: “The stuff dreams are made of.” Maltese Falcon. “Who are those guys?” Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586/80 "2011-09-09T07:38:55Z")
First of all, I want to have grown up in YOUR family. My latest: “You know how, sometimes in life, you meet somebody you just shouldn’t fuck with? That’s me.” Or something like it. Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-another-installment-of-movie-lines-you-use-in-everyday-life/595586.md?page=5)