# Lines that always spell trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383 "2009-04-17T04:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/41 "2009-04-17T15:35:10Z")
In my real life as the IT security director at my company, I dread any conversation that begins, “I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but…” In the movies, “This is the last job” rarely bodes well. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/42 "2009-04-17T15:42:37Z")
Nothing ever happens here. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/43 "2009-04-17T15:46:36Z")
You have a package from [Acme!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Corporation) Candygram! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/44 "2009-04-17T15:54:58Z")
“My throat is a little sore, but I’m sure it’s nothing.” “We need to talk.” ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/45 "2009-04-17T16:07:20Z")
Hey y’all watch this! & “hold my beer” Southern Darwinism at it’s finest… (Ive got a lot of, um, interesting relatives) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/46 "2009-04-17T16:12:04Z")
from the irony, truth and foreshadowing department. “I don’t get paid enough to put up with this crap” Yeah, dude, you probably don’t. And nobody does for whats about happen next. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/47 "2009-04-17T16:21:32Z")
“Written by Ian Maxtone-Graham” ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/48 "2009-04-17T16:23:44Z")
“Just to let you know, this isn’t my fault.” “I did it just like you told me to, but then…” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/49 "2009-04-17T16:31:18Z")
[cough] ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/50 "2009-04-17T16:55:52Z")
“we’re the best of friends, and nothing or no one will ever come between us!” “Captain, we’re being hailed.” “Your wife will understand. Come on, stay for one more drink.” ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/51 "2009-04-17T17:51:15Z")
Trust me. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/52 "2009-04-17T18:05:45Z")
“Come on. One last time. You owe me.” ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/53 "2009-04-17T18:25:54Z")
“Watch this!” “Does this make me look fat?” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/54 "2009-04-17T18:30:49Z")
“It was there on the screen a minute ago.” ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/55 "2009-04-17T18:36:53Z")
“That was just your imagination.” “There’s no such thing as [fillintheblank]” -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/56 "2009-04-17T18:41:38Z")
An Alan Smithee Film. ---
**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 17, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/57 "2009-04-17T19:40:23Z")
There’s just one more thing, sir. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/58 "2009-04-17T20:04:07Z")
“This is the easy part.” “I am a leaf on the wind.” ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/59 "2009-04-17T20:32:41Z")
I never touched it It was like that when I got here did you turn off the stove (me mum’s favorite) the rabbit died ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/60 "2009-04-17T20:41:20Z")
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