# 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\
**Page:** 61

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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:** [June 13, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1202 "2003-06-13T20:48:30Z")

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“…an election was on the way. Billy-Bob’s campaign literature fluttering all over the road was Wilbur’s second clue. And the third clue, well…”

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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:** [June 13, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1203 "2003-06-13T21:22:06Z")

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“… disguised spin merchants were setting out their stalls in the old farm house. She had often wondered what spin looks like, and was supprised to see it was mostly Frop. Good ol’ Bob knows best she thought, as the last ounce of sanity left her befuddled mind.”

“ **danceswithcats** should never be confused with **danceswithscat** who is only known for …”

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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:** [June 13, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1204 "2003-06-13T21:26:58Z")

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“…her musical skills.”

“It’s raining! And we’ll never again be able to…”

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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:** [June 13, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1205 "2003-06-13T21:49:31Z")

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> “It’s raining! And we’ll never again be able to…”

“…trade all the days from that day to this for one chance – just one chance – to come back here and tell our enemies, that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!!”

“When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown…”

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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:** [June 13, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1206 "2003-06-13T22:11:12Z")

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“… forgetful of recent things, and likely to repeat ourselves.”

“danceswithcats should never be confused with danceswithscat who is only known for …”

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1207 "2003-06-15T00:35:06Z")

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“…improv jazz inspired unrelenting double posts.”

“Four be the things I’d been better without:  
Love, curiosity, freckles 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:** [June 15, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1208 "2003-06-15T00:50:25Z")

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“…that damn Ford Tempo.”

“Mirabilis Jones looked up. It was _him_. Coming directly through the cafeteria toward her table. He came closer. Then…”

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**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1209 "2003-06-15T02:30:07Z")

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“…shat on a turtle!”  
“In the end the love you take is equal to…”

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**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1210 "2003-06-15T03:06:57Z")

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1/2 the circumference X pi."

"Small, furry creatures should never be . . . "

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**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1211 "2003-06-15T04:39:58Z")

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“… fried, only boiled or possibly roasted.”

“The difference between love and hate 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:** [June 15, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1212 "2003-06-15T15:29:19Z")

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“…merely a matter of emphasis.”

“Vibrant Green Pellitude. That was the name. And she knew she’d never forget it. But…”

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1213 "2003-06-15T23:25:41Z")

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“…more important was the night she’d spent with the drummer, and the child she’d bear who whould serve as an eternal reminder of the dangers extant when Southern Comfort® and Xanax® are mixed at a rock concert.”

“Cleotis wondered if he might have contracted monkey-pox, as he pondered that visit to…”

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1214 "2003-06-16T12:00:17Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by danceswithcats \*  
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> "Cleotis wondered if he might have contracted monkey-pox, as he pondered that visit to…

…McDonalds and partook of a McMonkey Pox Mcmayo Mcmuffin, this was before monkey pox was considered anything else but a flavour enhancer, but now it was big news that monkey pox was in fact a deadly disease. " But it sure done tasted good. " thought Cleotis as he fired up the combine and headed off to McDonalds.

" Then along came 2, they had nuttin but their jeans…"\*\*

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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:** [June 16, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1215 "2003-06-16T15:06:17Z")

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“… worn as decorative head gear. How long had it been since they had left the safety of Burnham, how foolish to travel unarmed through Slough, without an automatic rifle, without even a local guide from the friendly village of Cippenham. All was lost now, soon they would be found by a band of wandering Sluffs, there fate to be served up as kebab or Bali in one of the many local eateries.”

“If you were the only girl in the world, and I was the only man, would you …”

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1216 "2003-06-16T23:03:21Z")

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“…immediately run away screaming or wait for the cover of darkness to sneak away slowly?”\*  
"Guidelines for lifting:

- Provide handles on containers.
- Provide dollies, pallet trucks, or utility carts for…"  
\*Not intended as a comment on Bippy, who seems very nice, and was the only person who welcomed me to SDMB. 🙂

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1217 "2003-06-20T05:11:13Z")

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“…grabbing onto whatever it is you are trying to lift or move. If you are into dollies, that is for your entertainment on your own time.”

“June sensed that Ward had been a little hard on the Beaver last night, and so she suggested that he…”

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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:** [June 20, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1218 "2003-06-20T12:22:33Z")

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“…take care to make things go more smoothly next time.”

“Sleep! That soothes the fevered brow of Time…”

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1219 "2003-06-21T18:30:02Z")

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“…and fills the mind with wild dreams to be revealed in SDMB posts yet unexpressed.”

“Somehow, Ted knew that he would need to gain control of the lightning mchine from the Professor, he just didn’t know how…”

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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:** [June 26, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1220 "2003-06-26T18:02:01Z")

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“to swim. Fortunately for humankind, he didn’t need to know how to swim. What he needed to know was how to outsmart a mad scientist; unfortunately for humankind, he didn’t know how to do that either.”

“But the really funny thing about doctors who practice without licenses…”

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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:** [June 26, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1221 "2003-06-26T18:30:23Z")

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“…is their driving habits.”

“Summer is here. And that means…”

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