# 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:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/842 "2003-04-29T11:07:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by gouda \*  
> \*\*“The essense of creativity…” \*\*

**…smells almost like essence of vanilla**

**" Keep out of the black , and into the red…"**

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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 29, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/843 "2003-04-29T15:03:44Z")

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“…, by singing the blues.”

“Jeepers, creepers, where’d you get those …”

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**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/844 "2003-04-29T15:09:18Z")

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“…extravagant lawn orbs?”

" I think there’s a guy named Who running for…"

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**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/845 "2003-04-29T15:33:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Krys92gp \*  
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> " I think there’s a guy named Who running for…" \*\*

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     **....third base**

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**’The common perception that everyone in North America when found in groups of two or more are genetically programmed to continuously shout " U.S.A, U.S.A, U.S.A " at the top of their voices for no apparent reason , is…'**

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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 29, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/846 "2003-04-29T16:39:58Z")

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“…nonsensical to Canadians.”

“Spring is the best time of…”

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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 29, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/847 "2003-04-29T16:50:19Z")

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“… day to realize that you are caught in a time dillation nexus, and at quater to Thursday you’re going to have to kill your Grandfather to get out before the 23rd century begins.”

"So they think I am mad, bwahahaha, they will suffer for their …

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**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/848 "2003-04-29T17:00:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \*  
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> "So they think I am mad, bwahahaha, they will suffer for their … \*\*

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 **...non political correctness when I write a stiff (and crinkly) letter to my MP**

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**" hanging a man on a pole by his spandex pants, is the correct response to…**

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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 29, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/849 "2003-04-29T17:18:12Z")

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“…incorrect use of the apostrophe.”

“_Phone!!!_…”

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**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/850 "2003-04-29T17:35:38Z")

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“…everyone out of the water, NOW!”  
“My joy would be complete, dear, if you were only here…”

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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 29, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/851 "2003-04-29T18:00:58Z")

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“… wearing your spandex pants looking after Dick and the Boys in that special way of yours”

“Stand and deliver, your money or …”

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**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/852 "2003-04-29T18:33:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \*  
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> “Stand and deliver, your money or …” \*\*

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    **.....whatever is behind door number 2, the choice my friend, is yours "**

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**" I once hired a builder to construct a patio onto mt 19th floor apartment…**  
if you can read this, I cannot say your time was well spent.

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**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/853 "2003-04-29T18:48:23Z")

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i tell you…that manly crack, was made in heaven "

“i once knew a girl, she had the largest, smoothest, roundest…”

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**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/854 "2003-04-29T19:36:36Z")

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“…bowling ball ever. She always threw strikes.”

“Fair love, you faint with wandering in the…”

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**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/855 "2003-04-29T19:52:28Z")

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“…Sahara for six days without water or shelter.”  
“That’s the last time I take a sleeping pill and…”

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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 29, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/856 "2003-04-29T19:59:03Z")

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"…desert of cynical despair, arise! Arise, love, and sup at the fount of Spring! For just as the bees are busy in the hive and the birds are pairing on the wing, so too shall you find your greatest boon!

And if that doesn’t work, here’s a shotgun to end it all."

“The Paraguayan ember-bird builds its nests in an envelope of…”

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**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/857 "2003-04-29T22:10:54Z")

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> “That’s the last time I take a sleeping pill and…”

“…vodk…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.”

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> “The Paraguayan ember-bird builds its nests in an envelope of…”

“…coffee beans and hemp leaves.”

“When I come home at night I know Blanche is Blanche, Rose is Rose, and Ma if she’s taken her medicine is…”

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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 29, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/858 "2003-04-29T22:36:53Z")

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“… not going to pretend to be Humphry Bogart but will just be plain old Ma.”

“Well, there’s egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; …”

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**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/859 "2003-04-30T00:38:58Z")

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“…spam spam egg spa… hey we’re outta spam. MORE SPAM!”

“I’m no longer allowed in Disneyland after that unfortunate…”

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**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/860 "2003-04-30T01:01:08Z")

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“pantless tryst with Cinderella on the Runaway Mine Train”  
“These are the times that try men’s…”

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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 30, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/861 "2003-04-30T01:25:27Z")

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“…sense of direction.”

“Da plane! Da plane!..”

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