# Killing Generals could get to be a habit with me. (Game)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 26, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110 "2005-04-26T01:56:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/1 "2005-04-26T01:56:51Z")

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Final lines of movies. Name the movie, then provide your own.

My starter is the title of the thread…

“Boy oh boy. Killing Generals could get to be a habit with me.”

😃

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/2 "2005-04-26T02:05:04Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> “Boy oh boy. Killing Generals could get to be a habit with me.”

**The Dirty Dozen**

Mine is:

“Gotcha suckas!”

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/3 "2005-04-26T16:12:18Z")

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**Bowfinger**  
_“They’re not gonna make their money back, you know. I told them. I said to them. Bernie, I said they’ll never make their money back.”_

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/4 "2005-04-27T06:45:19Z")

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This thread is better suited for **Cafe Society**.

I’ll move it for you.

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/5 "2005-04-27T07:01:18Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> _“They’re not gonna make their money back, you know. I told them. I said to them. Bernie, I said they’ll never make their money back.”_

_Life of Brian_.

“Say, friend, you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?”

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/6 "2005-04-27T21:35:00Z")

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Was my little attempt really that difficult? I thought someone would have pegged it within five minutes, and immediately posted one I had no clue about.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/7 "2005-04-27T21:36:40Z")

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I got no clue…and I should!

Anybody?

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/8 "2005-04-27T21:44:19Z")

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Big Lebowski?

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/9 "2005-04-27T21:46:51Z")

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Actually, I _do_ know it. I just don’t have a new line to post. :o

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/10 "2005-04-27T21:47:56Z")

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_ **D’oh!!** _

Yup… **Push You Down** got it.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/11 "2005-04-27T21:50:30Z")

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Well if no one is going to jump in with another closing line, I have one:

“She was the only earthly love of my life, yet I never knew, nor ever learned,  
her name.”

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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:** [April 27, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/12 "2005-04-27T23:37:50Z")

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That’d be “the name Of The Rose”  
**I still exist**

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/13 "2005-04-28T01:11:54Z")

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**Peter Morris  
Incredible Shrinking Man** - GREAT flick and GREAT closing monologue  
okay  
\*\*  
“Keep watching the skies”

\*\*

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/14 "2005-04-28T01:13:24Z")

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**Invasion of the Body Snatchers**  
**"Thataway."**

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/15 "2005-04-28T02:56:57Z")

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**Silenus**  
NO it is not Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/16 "2005-04-28T03:13:58Z")

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> [@wolf\_meister](#):
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> **Peter Morris  
> Incredible Shrinking Man** - GREAT flick and GREAT closing monologue  
> okay  
> \*\*  
> “Keep watching the skies”
> 
> \*\*

_The Thing from another world_

“ **He’s my brother**.”

(well, it was the last line in the original version \<- Now, _that’s_ a huge clue right there)

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/17 "2005-04-28T03:17:50Z")

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Yep…wrong B-movie on the brain. Correct answer: **The Thing From Another Planet** , or **The Thing.** The original. 😃

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/18 "2005-04-28T12:19:05Z")

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> [@DataZak](#):
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> “ **He’s my brother**.”

_Return of the Jedi_

**"Talk hard!"**

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/19 "2005-04-28T14:10:22Z")

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> [@Number](#):
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> _Return of the Jedi_
> 
> **"Talk hard!"**

**Pump Up the Volume**

“He says there’s a storm coming.”

“I know.”

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-generals-could-get-to-be-a-habit-with-me-game/301110/20 "2005-04-28T14:28:58Z")

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> [@spoke-](#):
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> **Pump Up the Volume**
> 
> “He says there’s a storm coming.”
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> “I know.”

**The Terminator**

If I am right for once, I offer my previous quote:

**"Thataway."**

😃

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