# 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:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/81 "2003-03-09T09:02:04Z")

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“I think: why is sex like snow, you never know how much your going to get or how long it will last.”

“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they …”

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**Author:** ![Mega\_Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Mega\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mega_Me)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/82 "2003-03-09T09:27:07Z")

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“are known to be gay, and have a **very** pointy hat”

“the world must be coming to an end…”

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**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/83 "2003-03-09T11:31:45Z")

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“…my toast is burnt.”

“When we rise…”

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/84 "2003-03-09T13:29:08Z")

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"…we’ll sing ‘A-Vodie-Oh-Dough.’ "

“All happy families are alike…”

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**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/85 "2003-03-09T15:06:58Z")

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they’re all hiding some deep psychotic tendencies."  
"If I ruled the world…

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**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, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/86 "2003-03-09T15:42:27Z")

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“…Dad would have to let me borrow the car”

“Deep inside, you’re a…”

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**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/87 "2003-03-09T16:00:00Z")

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“…spelunker.”

“We have nothing left to fear, but…”

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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:** [March 9, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/88 "2003-03-09T17:08:15Z")

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“The Depression, failing banks, and unemployment.”

“I french fries with…”

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/89 "2003-03-09T17:29:24Z")

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“…spanish fly.”

“He’s a chip off the old…”

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**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/90 "2003-03-09T19:01:07Z")

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“…potato, which is why he tasted bad.”

“Making love to you makes me think of…”

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/91 "2003-03-09T19:54:59Z")

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“…the 21st letter of the alphabet.”

“Cry me a river…”

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**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/92 "2003-03-09T23:09:01Z")

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“…wail me a song.”

“He recited pi to twenty-five decimal places: three point one four one five nine two six five three five eight nine seven…”

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**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/93 "2003-03-09T23:21:52Z")

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…Then he wondered how it was that his pie could talk in the first place. Perhaps it was the napkin holder."  
“You don’t know what you have until…”

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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:** [March 9, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/94 "2003-03-09T23:25:11Z")

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“but after seven the headlining act (Democritus) took the stage.”

“Wow, after all that work…”

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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:** [March 9, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/95 "2003-03-09T23:37:40Z")

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“… he realised that it would be much faster to _write_ the digits of pi down, saving the monkey-butler who was transcribing the spoken digits much work, because, as everyone, knows, although monkey-butlers are immensely handy in all sorts of situations, their handwriting is _atrocious_. So the enumeration continued: …9323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 \<2900 digits omitted\> 1426912397 4894090718 6494231961…”

“After a few months of this, he quickly grew bored. He bought a plane ticket to Diego Garcia and…”

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**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_the\_CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_the\_CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_the_CC)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/96 "2003-03-09T23:44:04Z")

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“…smothered a weasel with his pillow.”  
“Don’t mess with wind-shied wipers without a bottle of duck sauce or else you’ll end up…”

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**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/97 "2003-03-10T00:37:20Z")

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“…battling the giant mutant wipers with your bare hands, or maybe some BBQ sauce if you’re lucky.”

“We were so poor when we were kids, our father would…”

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/98 "2003-03-10T00:41:16Z")

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…rent us out by the hour."

“That was years ago, and besides, the wench is…”

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**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 10, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/99 "2003-03-10T00:49:25Z")

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“your brother”

“The owl and the pussy cat…”

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/100 "2003-03-10T00:52:54Z")

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and the Irishman went into a bar.

He who would be a man must…

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