# Quote...  ...unquote game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/581 "2003-04-02T14:29:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sunspace \*  
> \*\*" ‘Mee mee mrem mrem mrem mee mee mee’ are vocal shorthand used to indicate highway safety barriers…" \*\*

“…are approaching the car at a high rate of speed.”

“Once upon a time…”

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**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/582 "2003-04-02T15:04:11Z")

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“…there was a horse who sang in a chorus and put all the people to same.”

“Quidly dink-e-dinky-e-doo quidly dink-dee-da…”

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**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/583 "2003-04-02T15:42:56Z")

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“… if you do seem to hear this in your head, your either on a Japanese rail car stop or you’ve just gone insane”

“Stand by your man and…”

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**Author:** ![siberia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/siberia/32/9129_2.png) [@siberia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siberia)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/584 "2003-04-02T16:45:11Z")

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“…sit by your dog.”

“When in Rome…”

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/585 "2003-04-02T16:56:47Z")

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"…you can annoy tourguides by asking, ‘If Romulus had been killed instead of Remus, would you guys all be Remans?’. "

“B-pppffftttt!!!..”

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**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/586 "2003-04-02T17:22:20Z")

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“…, said the bicycle tire, as it deflated.”  
“I’ve got a lovely bunch of…”

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**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/587 "2003-04-02T17:44:20Z")

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“…hair.”

“Computers are…”

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**Author:** ![blue\_poop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@blue\_poop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_poop)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/588 "2003-04-02T18:10:17Z")

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…the only one thing we need in life - after all it is the number one source for porn :D!"  
"I sometimes cut myself to see how much I bleed. Maybe i’ll start…

- ☹ I’ll miss ya Bip! \*

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**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:** [April 2, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/589 "2003-04-02T18:12:22Z")

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“… people who travel from home to work via public transport. Wait no that’s commuters. No one knows what computers are, but they require significant numbers of hamsters to work efficiently”

“To become a thirty second level Mason you must …”

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**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/590 "2003-04-02T18:14:19Z")

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**blue\_poop** : “…getting professional help.”

**Bippy** : “…stand on your head and cluck like a chicken.”

“How do I love thee? Let me…”

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**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:** [April 2, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/591 "2003-04-02T18:17:20Z")

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- we can’t seem to stop cross posting, maybe this was meant to be 😉 \*

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**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:** [April 2, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/592 "2003-04-02T18:20:13Z")

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“… count your legs. 1 leg she loves me, second leg she doesn’t. Boo-hoo she doesn’t love me, why can’t I find a three legged woman?”

“Why cant I find a three legged woman …”

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**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/593 "2003-04-02T18:43:21Z")

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at work? I work in a sideshow, for crying out loud!"

“Congress imposed tariffs…”

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/594 "2003-04-02T19:12:39Z")

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“…against three-legged women Tuesday, citing ‘unfair competition’ in the panty-hose industry. Canada and Mexico immediately complained, citing the Treaty of Hidalgo, which allows only non-tariff barriers against manufactures intended for ‘persons of trilateral symmetry’. The matter has been referred to a NAFTA arbitration board.”

“Topsie and Flopsie awoke as the limo stopped at…”

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**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:** [April 2, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/595 "2003-04-02T19:54:51Z")

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‘… the NSA headquaters. Topsie heaved his 200 pound perfectly built frame out of the bullet proof car, and glanced momenterrily at Flopsies perfect stockinged legs. He mused to himself “when did we run out of good code names for opperatives”. Not knowing that deep in the bowls of the NSA building a database administrator was smiling to himself for replacing the parameters on the name secret name generating software’

“The main cause of juvinial crime in America is …”

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**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/596 "2003-04-02T20:27:30Z")

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“…juveniles.”

“People should…”

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/597 "2003-04-02T20:58:26Z")

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“…but oftentimes, they don’t.”

" ‘FIRE!!!’ yelled the…"

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**Author:** ![NoNameForMoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@NoNameForMoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoNameForMoi)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/598 "2003-04-02T21:07:29Z")

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“. . . white mage as the ice monster approached her.” She was then killed by the monster because white mages don’t know attacking magic.

“You aren’t fully clean until…”

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/599 "2003-04-02T21:24:06Z")

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“…you’re SARSlessly clean.”

“Swiss cheese is noted for the large number of…”

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**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/600 "2003-04-02T22:23:22Z")

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“…people who don’t like it.”

“Potatoes have many uses, like…”

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