# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614 "2020-07-07T13:50:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5882 "2023-12-04T18:24:35Z")

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I’m wet! I’m wet! I’m hysterical and I’m wet!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5883 "2023-12-05T01:12:19Z")

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I wet myself! [cries]

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5884 "2023-12-05T01:17:26Z")

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Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There’s no crying! THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5885 "2023-12-05T01:59:04Z")

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But, son, you know, I’m just wondering… Maybe baseball isn’t exactly your thing, you know? Have you considered the chess team or the glee club?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5886 "2023-12-05T16:45:28Z")

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The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5887 "2023-12-05T17:11:18Z")

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The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5888 "2023-12-05T19:27:29Z")

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Now they got the whole country sectioned off, you can’t make a move without a form.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5889 "2023-12-05T21:04:49Z")

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Here in Cloud Cuckooland there are no rules. There’s no government, no babysitters, no bedtimes, no frowny faces, no bushy mustaches and no negativity of any kind.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5890 "2023-12-05T21:29:20Z")

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I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume, from 9 to 11.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5891 "2023-12-05T22:59:23Z")

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Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?

These go to eleven.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5892 "2023-12-06T02:43:43Z")

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I am going to count to three. There will not be a four.

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**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5893 "2023-12-06T14:58:18Z")

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Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out!

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5894 "2023-12-06T15:30:28Z")

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One, two, FIVE!

Three, sir!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5895 "2023-12-06T16:01:07Z")

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Where did _you_ learn how to count?!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5896 "2023-12-06T19:08:19Z")

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The Count, the way he looked at Mina’s picture fills me with dread. As if I have a part to play in a story that is not known to me.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5897 "2023-12-06T21:02:03Z")

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I know that a terrifying story like that coming from the mouth of a recognized authority figure could be traumatizing for kids like yourselves.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5898 "2023-12-06T23:23:19Z")

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My baby! Are you traumatized? Did they do terrible things to you?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5899 "2023-12-07T02:13:44Z")

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They eat screams. And drink pain.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5900 "2023-12-07T02:49:19Z")

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What’s your prediction for the fight?

Pain.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5901 "2023-12-07T12:54:43Z")

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To the pain.

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