# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/21 "2016-05-03T17:53:49Z")
But down these crimey streets a man must go who is reasonably brave and not too much of an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/22 "2016-05-03T17:56:13Z")
!!Mr. Noonien Siiiiiiiingh!! ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/23 "2016-05-03T17:57:46Z")
Go ahead…make my mother, sister, brother, and dog. I see and talk to people who have passed over. Just like Sylvia Brown. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/24 "2016-05-03T18:00:56Z")
We did [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=756870) within the past twelve months. (I rather liked “Yee-haw, Oedipus.”) ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/25 "2016-05-03T18:04:55Z")
“Say ‘hallo’ to my little grenade launcher !!!” “I feel the need…the need for acceleration !” ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/26 "2016-05-03T18:05:56Z")
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtle. ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/27 "2016-05-03T18:06:34Z")
Pay no attention to the man who has to hide in the dark behind a curtain because he suffers from an inferiority complex and a Phantom of the Opera fixation. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/28 "2016-05-03T18:07:50Z")
Listen to them. Children of the night. Something sure has them worked up. ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/29 "2016-05-03T18:14:13Z")
“You know what, Scarlett … that’s not my problem.” ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/30 "2016-05-03T18:20:11Z")
Luke. I contributed the genetic material that resulted in your birth. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/31 "2016-05-03T18:36:00Z")
I never drink . . . alcoholic beverages. ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/32 "2016-05-03T18:46:45Z")
Do you feel fortunate, young gangster? ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/33 "2016-05-03T18:47:53Z")
The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger stopped to rest. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/34 "2016-05-03T18:48:14Z")
I did not have sexual relations with that woman…Hillary… ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/35 "2016-05-03T18:50:26Z")
A man has to perform what a man has to perform. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/36 "2016-05-03T18:52:05Z")
Do you expect me to talk Goldfinger? No, Mr Bond. I expect you to survive for the next sequel. ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/37 "2016-05-03T18:52:14Z")
Are you going to pull those pistols from their holsters or are you just humming a Confederate theme song? ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/38 "2016-05-03T18:53:32Z")
All we are endlessly repeating is, “Give inaction a chance.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/39 "2016-05-03T18:56:52Z")
Pardon, but are you speaking to me? ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786/40 "2016-05-03T18:57:40Z")
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