# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/101 "2009-04-20T04:19:23Z")
“You won’t regret this.” “It’s a sure thing.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/102 "2009-04-20T13:44:25Z")
Don’t worry! I’m feeling lucky today. What could go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/103 "2009-04-20T14:38:28Z")
Before you die, let me reveal my elaborate world domination plan. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/104 "2009-04-20T18:17:12Z")
Well basically any statement that has “XXXXX, BUT…” Then there is “It looks good on you” “Let me be frank” (translation: mean) “It’s not you, it’s me.” As George from Seinfeld says: “If someone ever says to you, ‘It’s not you, it’s me’, you can better believe it’s _you_.” ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/105 "2009-04-20T18:54:40Z")
Almost every time someone says “That’s…that’s _impossible!_” while looking at a display screen. Noting something’s impossible that you see with your naked eyes has generally better results, oddly enough. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/106 "2009-04-20T19:04:24Z")
“You haven’t told anyone back at the precinct about this yet, have you?” ---
**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 20, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/107 "2009-04-20T20:28:08Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > KneadToKnow took mine. Which time? ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/108 "2009-04-21T16:59:36Z")
Said by the cops: “Sir, I’m gonna have to ask you to step out of the vehicle.” (Not that **I’VE** ever heard it. That’s the way my “friend” said they approached him. 😛 ) “They’ll NEVER get in! This place is locked up tighter than Fort Knox!” “No one can move that fast!” (Usually uttered just before “fast guy” cleans your clock.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/109 "2009-04-21T17:59:47Z")
“I frisked him. He’s clean.” ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/110 "2009-04-21T19:19:49Z")
“Oh, it’s just you.” ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/111 "2009-04-21T23:57:16Z")
“Did you hear that?” Dan Akroyd in Ghostbusters: “LISTEN! Do you smell that?” (Again, no YouTube link. Seems I do not have mad YouTube skills.) Paraphrasing **Picker** : In the South, it is not uncommon to hear “hold my beer, I’m gonna try sumthin’." “But I’m your friend!” “What? It’s only going to be a small explosion.” …and I’m sure somebody’s probably mentioned “Trust me.” ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/112 "2009-04-22T00:08:37Z")
“Is your name Sarah Connor?” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/113 "2009-04-22T18:29:29Z")
It’s not you, it’s me. You folks need a lift? Relax, my parents won’t be back for hours. It’s okay, I’m on the pill. Huh, it’s never done that before. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383/114 "2009-04-22T18:35:16Z")
(S)He’s standing right behind me, isn’t (s)he? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-that-always-spell-trouble/493383.md?page=5)