# Movie lines you inadvertently blurt out in public **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 7, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748 "2024-01-07T22:09:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/101 "2024-01-18T14:37:21Z")
“He chose…poorly” is one I use a lot. If my wife is within earshot she will respond “Grasshopper” confusing my epic Indian Jones quote she doesn’t remember for the tv show Kung Fu she had never seen. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/102 "2024-01-18T14:38:32Z")
Whenever I present an option to someone I tend to blurt out “Choose, but choose wisely” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/103 "2024-01-18T15:01:53Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > “He chose…poorly” is one I use a lot. If my wife is within earshot she will respond “Grasshopper” confusing my epic Indian Jones quote she doesn’t remember for the tv show Kung Fu she had never seen My wife and I quote a lot from Last Crusade, but not in public. I will admit, though, “he chose…poorly” probably comes out the most in public. In private, we quote it all the time. It’s one of our favorite movies. I actually think Last Crusade is Spielrberg’s best film. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/104 "2024-01-18T17:51:03Z")
I am going to be thinking about this film and only the quotes you would say to your wife only in private all day now. “What? I’m just as good as the next man.” “I WAS the next man, dad.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/105 "2024-01-18T18:07:18Z")
“We’re not taking the boat?” “Aaaaand the chair!” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/106 "2024-01-18T18:13:31Z")
I’ll throw out a “That’s a bold move Cotton” whenever it either seems appropriate, or makes no sense, as in the original usage. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/107 "2024-01-18T18:41:24Z")
“Always with the negative waves!” ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/108 "2024-01-18T18:48:12Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I’ll throw out a “That’s a bold move Cotton” whenever it either seems appropriate, or makes no sense, as in the original usage. Hehe, that is a good one. I often say the whole “That’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for him.” when someone does something particularly insane. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/109 "2024-01-18T19:07:10Z")
Today it was: “Thanks for that; I’ll log _that_ away.” Spoken by Kuzco in The Emperor’s New Groove. Actually I think my kids and I use every line of that movie at every opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/110 "2024-01-18T19:12:06Z")
Here’s a deep cut. The novelization of _Ghostbusters_ has a bunch of lines and scenes that weren’t actually in the movie, as is usually the case. Often the novelizers (novelizationers?) are working off an earlier draft of the script. In the book, right after the team has basically demolished the hotel trying to catch Slimer, Venkman says “Well, that was as easy as pushing smoke into a bottle with a baseball bat.” Not in the movie, but forever in my vernacular. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/111 "2024-01-18T20:47:43Z")
I have been known to say “Porthos, have you no education? What do you think religious wars are all about?” on occasion when someone asks why something stupid is being fought over. **Dodgeball** gets love from me too. “I have _been_ to the Great Wall of China…” although the line that I say most often (to the cats) is “Nobody makes me bleed my own blood!” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/112 "2024-01-18T21:04:21Z")
I use the “He choose,poorly” that was mentioned above a lot, and (usually quietly to myself) “that boy ain’t right.” from the TV series _King of the Hill_ ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/113 "2024-01-18T21:48:38Z")
Another couple my wife and I use when things are getting chaotic or someone’s being unreasonable: “Get the busy bee!” from _Best In Show_. Or from the same movie when someone start listing examples of things and goes on too long: “Peanut nut, pinenut, hazel nut…” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/114 "2024-01-19T04:46:41Z")
Any time someone says “Could be worse”, i immediately chime in with “Could be raining.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/115 "2024-01-19T04:51:16Z")
Okay, I’ve heard that one but can’t bring the movie to mind. Please tell me? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/116 "2024-01-19T04:55:25Z")
Young Frankenstein. Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman are digging up a grave. Wilder: “God, what a disgusting job!” Feldman: “Oh, I don’t know. It could be worse.” Wilder: “How?” Feldman: “Could be raining.” Follwed by lightning, thunder, and a downpour. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/117 "2024-01-19T05:25:37Z")
Thanks! I can see it in my head now. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/118 "2024-01-19T06:00:35Z")
Whereas I do some variation on the ST:TOS episode **The Naked Time** , although it’s evolved over the years so that it probably bears little resemblance to Lt Riley’s moves. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/119 "2024-01-19T18:52:29Z")
All the time, anything that’s double-ententrish. “So, are we just not doing phrasing any more?” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-lines-you-inadvertently-blurt-out-in-public/995748/120 "2024-01-19T22:55:46Z")
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