# Quote... ...unquote game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792 "2003-03-07T20:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1 "2003-03-07T20:52:23Z")
I’ve seen this played on another message board, and it looks kind of fun… so I thought I’d see how it goes here. You finish the quote from the last post, then start a new quote. For example, if the last post ended: “I know what you’re thinking, did he fire six shots…” then the next post could be something like: “…or were there only five members of the Shot family working for him?” Then you start a new quote. Hilarity ensues (in theory!). I start with: “Dubya says he can go to war, with or without…” ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/2 "2003-03-07T21:12:01Z")
“…pants”. “Ask not what your country can do for you…” ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/3 "2003-03-07T21:43:47Z")
“…but how much it’ll cost”. “The only thing we have to fear is…” ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/4 "2003-03-07T21:48:50Z")
…the clown lurking in the corner with a butcher knife" “When the going gets tough…” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/5 "2003-03-07T21:51:02Z")
“… I like to wear my depends” “The best thing about sex is …” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/6 "2003-03-07T21:51:41Z")
… pass the job off onto somebody else." “When life gives you lemons…” ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/7 "2003-03-07T21:54:04Z")
I imagine one of the funniest things about this will be the ‘mistakes’ made due to double posting. Good idea **samarm**. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/8 "2003-03-07T21:54:37Z")
umm… that was kind of in response to belladonna’s, but I guess it still works… ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/9 "2003-03-07T22:01:50Z")
“…you say ‘That’s just great. Lemons. How about some hard cash… got any of that?’” ( **Ethilrist** : :D) ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/10 "2003-03-07T22:03:29Z")
Ops! Forgot to start the next quote: “I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar…” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/11 "2003-03-07T22:23:45Z")
“… but then we had a topless night, and they found out I was a man” “The best cure for constipation is …” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/12 "2003-03-07T22:24:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*“I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar…” \*\* “… until I discovered the miracle that is Amway!” “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or…” ---
**Author:** ![angelabaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@angelabaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelabaca)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/13 "2003-03-07T22:26:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*“I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or…” \*\* “…next time I’ll vote for Dubya.” “This litlle piggy went to market, and this little piggy…” ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/14 "2003-03-07T22:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > “This litlle piggy went to market, and this little piggy…” …became bacon. “Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy…” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/15 "2003-03-07T22:31:32Z")
“… is how I discribe my Ex” “Love is like …” ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/16 "2003-03-07T22:40:56Z")
“. . . a box of chocolates - you leave it in the sun and it gets all melted and gooey.” "Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo. . . ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/17 "2003-03-07T23:23:11Z")
“fell off the pot and into the stew.” “A bird in the hand…” ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/18 "2003-03-07T23:29:18Z")
“…will peck your palm then poo.” “If I had a penny for every supermodel I’ve slept with…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/19 "2003-03-07T23:47:41Z")
“…I’d swap places with the windshield washer at the next light.” “Michael Jackson’s nose makes me think of…” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/20 "2003-03-08T00:07:17Z")
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