# Let's make up first drafts of famous lines **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786 "2016-05-03T16:52:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/261 "2016-05-11T17:10:13Z")
Ye Highlands and ye Lawlands, Oh where have you been, you asses? They have slain the Earl o’ Moray And layd him on the grasses. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/262 "2016-05-11T17:12:39Z")
Picture yourself in a boat on a river With marmalade skies and tangerine trees Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with her hair in the breeze ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/263 "2016-05-11T17:15:22Z")
It’s Been a Hard Day’s Day … Raspberry Fields Forever … ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/264 "2016-05-11T17:16:49Z")
What does the Middle Light on a Traffic Signal Mean - Rev Jim Take your foot off the accelerator and put it on the brake - Bobby Wheeler ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/265 "2016-05-11T17:20:16Z")
Lucy, you better explain your actions to me in plain English that I can understand ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/266 "2016-05-11T18:02:12Z")
“Hello. I’m Kaiser Soze.” “No rush. The Emperor is way more forgiving than I.” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/267 "2016-05-11T18:07:16Z")
“He’s just stunned, Jim.” ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/268 "2016-05-11T18:18:35Z")
I am the supreme deity of sulfur and brimstone and I deliver unto you: FLAME!!! ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/269 "2016-05-11T19:59:51Z")
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…actually, it had characteristics of both times kinda mixed up…it was like a big ball of timey-wimey stuff…frankly, the whole situation was just generally fucked up, y’know - I couldn’t really figure it all out, if you wanna know the truth. Actually, I _think_ you _are_ going to have some kind of scary experiences once we begin to really work with some of these forces that you don’t fully understand right now. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/270 "2016-05-11T23:38:31Z")
You need not come to work tomorrow or ever again - Donald Trump ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/271 "2016-05-12T00:02:28Z")
To boldly go out there to some new places! What a messy apartment! I am big. The movies just aren’t as large as they once were. I am they guy who comes up to your house and rings the doorbell. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/272 "2016-05-12T01:30:43Z")
There is no dark side of the moon. Each side of the moon receives the same amount of light, and neither side emits any light of its own. The term you probably meant was “see you on the _far_ side of the moon”. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/273 "2016-05-12T13:15:29Z")
So bye, bye, get American High Smoke some weed, drink some whiskey And mix it with rye. Drive your Chevy to the Levy And then eat some pie. This could be the day that you die This could be the day that you die. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/274 "2016-05-12T13:39:23Z")
The answer my friend, is stuck inside my head. The answer is stuck inside my head. Like a bridge over muddy waters, I will lay me down. And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain Don’t carry your purse upon your shoulders ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/275 "2016-05-12T14:33:07Z")
I generally manage to do all right whenever I get assistance from the guys who know me pretty well. We coexist in a u-boat that has a sort of goldenrod paint scheme on the outside. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/276 "2016-05-12T16:51:34Z")
A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb: “Speak softly and carry a big stick – you will go far.” Well, I promise you: I have a big stick. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/277 "2016-05-12T16:57:42Z")
We have nothing to fear but being a bunch of yellow-bellied scardy-cats. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/278 "2016-05-12T18:49:19Z")
Give me liberty or give me cake!! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/279 "2016-05-12T18:58:27Z")
Ah hain’t done chopped down no mother-fucking cherry tree, BITCH!! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/280 "2016-05-12T19:06:46Z")
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