# Most ridiculous dialog you've heard **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860 "2015-09-12T16:28:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/41 "2015-09-13T23:55:38Z")
Some of the dialogue in the original **Star Wars** made me wince when I first heard it, and still does. “WE found an old Rebel base, but we estimate that it has been deserted for some time.” No, no, no. If you _estimate_ something, you’re putting a number on it – “we estimate it has been deserted for over a year,” or something. Or you could say “It has been deserted for some time.” (although Moff Tarking ought to then yell at you for not providing an estimate). “Obi Wan Kenobi? I don’t think he exists anymore.” You don’t talk about people existing (except to complain about a do-nothing – “he just exists”) “I don’t think he’s alive anymore.” Or, more simply “I think he died.” Started on Yoda, don’t let me get. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/42 "2015-09-14T00:14:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Obi Wan Kenobi? I don’t think he exists anymore.” > > You don’t talk about people existing (except to complain about a do-nothing – “he just exists”) “I don’t think he’s alive anymore.” Or, more simply “I think he died.” > > Started on Yoda, don’t let me get. The Obi doesn’t exist line was deliberate and not ridiculous as Obi was clearly alive since he was the one who said it. He meant the dashing Jedi Knight, Obi Wan, no longer existed. There was only the wandering shell of a man left. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/43 "2015-09-14T00:29:34Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The Obi doesn’t exist line was deliberate and not ridiculous as Obi was clearly alive since he was the one who said it. He meant the dashing Jedi Knight, Obi Wan, no longer existed. There was only the wandering shell of a man left. No – the one who said “I don’t think he exists anymore” was Uncle Owen, being ungrammatical. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/44 "2015-09-14T00:42:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > No – the one who said “I don’t think he exists anymore” was Uncle Owen, being ungrammatical. Still, he wasn’t dead and Uncle Owen knew it. ---
**Author:** ![pseudograph](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudograph/32/19768_2.png) [@pseudograph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudograph)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/45 "2015-09-14T01:11:01Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > “Pain don’t hurt.” _Roadhouse_ I’m sorry but that is not a ridiculous line. That is Dalton summing up a profound philosophical concept in a terse one liner on account of being both a philosopher and a bad ass action hero. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/46 "2015-09-14T01:13:23Z")
[“I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic - see if I can track an IP address.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU) ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/47 "2015-09-14T01:53:34Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > [“I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic - see if I can track an IP address.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU) That is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/48 "2015-09-14T01:54:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > No – the one who said “I don’t think he exists anymore” was Uncle Owen, being ungrammatical. Ungrammatical in what way? Are you saying the sentence “I don’t think he exists anymore” is ungrammatical, or do you mean something else? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/49 "2015-09-14T02:54:44Z")
_Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ contains some quite ridiculous dialog. Alan Rickman and Morgan Freeman make their ridiculous lines some of the best parts of the movie. Kevin Costner and Christian Slater, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/50 "2015-09-14T02:56:50Z")
I cannot remember the name of the movie, but it was some no-budget sword and sandal epic made around the time of Conan The Schwarzenegger: “But what if they KILL you?” “Then I’ll be dead.” ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/51 "2015-09-14T03:01:54Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > [“I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic - see if I can track an IP address.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU) Thanks for that link! I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/52 "2015-09-14T12:21:53Z")
For the benefit of those of us who aren’t programmers, what is so inaccurate about that line? ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/53 "2015-09-14T12:34:12Z")
“It’s a UNIX system! I know this!” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/54 "2015-09-14T12:39:19Z")
A GUI interface would be of no use in tracking an IP address, although it could be used to display the information once you have it. Plus, normally one would be more likely to say “trace an IP address” but I guess they could have misspoke because tracing an IP address may be useful for tracking someone. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/55 "2015-09-14T13:12:49Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Still, he wasn’t dead and Uncle Owen knew it. How did he know? From the movies, the last he saw Obi was when he handed Luke over to him some 17 years earlier. ---
**Author:** ![tafowler87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@tafowler87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tafowler87)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/56 "2015-09-14T13:20:24Z")
Worker 1 takes a drink of co-worker’s water… Co-worker: That’s my water Worker 1: I am so sorry I thought thats was where I sat mine down. Co-worker: (laughing) Its cool I don’t care. You don’t have any disgusting mouth sores? Worker 1: (covers mouth in embarrassment) You want to look? (opens mouth and tilts head back) Co-worker: I can see you don’t. Thats why I don’t care. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/57 "2015-09-14T13:39:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > For the benefit of those of us who aren’t programmers, what is so inaccurate about that line? > [@Ludovic](#): > > A GUI interface would be of no use in tracking an IP address, although it could be used to display the information once you have it. Plus, normally one would be more likely to say “trace an IP address” but I guess they could have misspoke because tracing an IP address may be useful for tracking someone. In addition to being useless, creating a GUI would be a pretty time-consuming process. I haven’t watched the episode of that show, but from the clip it sounds like they were trying to track down a killer “in real time”. Taking a bunch of time to create a pretty graphical interface while the killer is out there killing people is not the best use of time and resources. Also, GUI interface is redundant. GUI = graphical user interface. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone in the IT field say “GUI interface”. If you have the bad guy’s IP address, you take a couple seconds online to look up the ISP that owns that address. Then, if you’re the cops, you probably contact the ISP and ask them who had the IP address at the time the bad stuff was going on. Writing your own interface at that point is nonsensical. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/58 "2015-09-14T13:51:30Z")
In one of (I think) the \*Universal Soldier \*sequels, when it’s time for the journalist-argues-with-the-military scene, the journo utters this line: “You can’t just toss reporters around like they’re cattle!” I don’t remember what General Cowflinger said in response. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/59 "2015-09-14T14:34:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > For the benefit of those of us who aren’t programmers, what is so inaccurate about that line? GUI = Graphic User Interface, that is, any part of a program which presents information to the user in a hopefully-pretty way. The bank’s “ATM machines” have “GUI interfaces”, so do Microsoft Excel or Whatsapp. Knowing that a program has pics doesn’t tell us anything about its function. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860/60 "2015-09-14T14:50:37Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > [“I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic - see if I can track an IP address.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU) I truly believe the writers are trolling the audience with this line. However, [Two Idiots, One Keyboard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y2zo0JN2HE) still remains the standard-bearer for computer idiocy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860.md?page=4)