# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/61 "2003-03-08T20:29:31Z")
“…like old-fashioned bacon” “Here’s another fine mess…” ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/62 "2003-03-08T21:21:21Z")
…that I have to clean up. Damned kids!" “Four score and seven years ago, our fore…” ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/63 "2003-03-08T21:53:49Z")
heads lacked adequate prostheses." “One for the money, two for the…” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/64 "2003-03-08T22:07:19Z")
“…honey, three for the bunny, four for the tunny…” “S’wonderful, s’marvelous…” ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/65 "2003-03-08T22:12:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster47 \* > [B"S’wonderful, s’marvelous…" \*\* “yeah yeah Frank, go home and sober up. We’re closed.” “This world ain’t big enough for…” ---
**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:** [March 9, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/66 "2003-03-09T01:05:22Z")
“another continent to be added.” “The thing about baseball is…” ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/67 "2003-03-09T01:27:00Z")
…its boring and stupid and dare I say “baseless” "A bird in the hand… ---
**Author:** ![Diadem\_Diadose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Diadem\_Diadose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diadem_Diadose)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/68 "2003-03-09T01:39:10Z")
“…long-stemmed roses, she said, gesturing at knee level” “What is the square root…” ---
**Author:** ![Diadem\_Diadose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Diadem\_Diadose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diadem_Diadose)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/69 "2003-03-09T01:41:10Z")
Oops, didn’t notice I was on Page one of a Two-Page thread! “A bird in the hand…” “…is sure to leave a stain on the carpet.” “What is the square root…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/70 "2003-03-09T02:25:52Z")
“of sixty-nine? Eight something.” "You sure look nice wearing those… ---
**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:** [March 9, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/71 "2003-03-09T02:51:43Z")
“…fire-retardant trousers.” “Anyone know _why_ a man’s stomach is the quickest route to his…” ---
**Author:** ![it\_sjustme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/da6949/32.png) [@it\_sjustme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/it_sjustme)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/72 "2003-03-09T04:30:01Z")
“intestines? I never did well in anatomy.” “Sit down, shut up and…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/73 "2003-03-09T04:52:20Z")
“…don’t feed the bandicoots, even if they beg.” “When traveling by rail, always carry a…” ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/74 "2003-03-09T04:58:16Z")
…eight and a half by eleven framed picture of Danny Devito (autographed if possible) When traveling by sea, always remember to…" ---
**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:** [March 9, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/75 "2003-03-09T05:05:09Z")
“…make reservations beforehand for Davy Jones’ Locker. It’s a very exclusive restaurant, you know.” “Like all politicians, he was at once responsive to and dismissive of the ‘chattering classes’, and he fervently desired…” ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/76 "2003-03-09T05:19:57Z")
“…that Mistress Victoria would finally re-appear at the door, untie him, throw some clothes onto his nakedness, and take him out of the snow-covered back alley up to her boudoir to continue his ‘lesson’ in leadership” ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/77 "2003-03-09T05:21:15Z")
“Yep, there be gold in them there…” ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/78 "2003-03-09T05:40:15Z")
“…teeth.” “She turned to him with that smouldering, half-shaded look, the one she’d used on the bartender the night before with such success, and beckoned – beckoned with a smooth, printless finger, topped with a fingernail painted purplish red like an Arizona sunset, which, because he had never been to Arizona, let alone seen a sunset there, left him feeling both confused and aroused; and she told him how she’d always admired the cut of his pants and secretly envied his…” ---
**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:** [March 9, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/79 "2003-03-09T05:55:20Z")
“…knowledge of Internet routing protocols.” “He turned wordlessly to her, silently crossed the room (soft shoes noiseless on the carpet), and reached…” ---
**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:** [March 9, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/80 "2003-03-09T06:52:18Z")
“the realization that Diet Dr. Pepper tastes just as good as regular Dr. Pepper.” “When I think about snow…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792.md?page=5)