# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1262 "2003-07-14T14:16:44Z")
“runs to the cockpit and switch on the " Fasten you seatbelts” sign as I forgot to do it before bailing. “Coke goes yellow when it is left in the sun for a while, it still tastes…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1263 "2003-07-15T03:32:23Z")
“…like yellow Coke, the Coke for a more cowardly generation!” “According to this map, it is only 4 more metres of rock to penetrate until we reach…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1264 "2003-07-21T18:14:53Z")
“…the Motherlode of Coke syrup!” “Watching the girls sunbathing on the apartment building roof beneath his window vantage point, Sam reasoned that with a magnifying glass he could…” ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1265 "2003-07-22T10:47:18Z")
…find out what sun tan lotion they were using." "You can fool some of the people all the time,… ---
**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:** [July 22, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1266 "2003-07-22T11:04:24Z")
“…but it’s easier to fool all of the people some of the time, and even easier (though embarassing) to fool none of the people none of the time… Fooling all of the people all of the time, however, requires the resources of at least one major media corporation.” “Don’t sit on the red chair!..” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1267 "2003-07-25T19:49:01Z")
“…as it has just been repainted.” “After considering how he would be remembered by historians a hundred years from now, the Admiral decided to say…” ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1268 "2003-07-25T22:08:25Z")
“…‘Drat the torpedo thingies. Let’s keep on going this way for a bit, okay guys?’” "With a some turpentine, a bit of elbow grease, and a whole lot of luck, you can . . . " ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1269 "2003-07-27T20:16:57Z")
“…remove the paint from your dog’s butt without being bitten.” “What we have here, is failure to…” ---
**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:** [July 27, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1270 "2003-07-27T23:43:28Z")
“ask permission before tarring and feathering the Secretary of Energy.” “My second cousin wouldn’t stop crying…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1271 "2003-07-29T16:26:09Z")
“…so I spanked him with a flaming tennis racket-now he has something to cry about.” “The Professor’s experiments became more and more bizarre, until he attempted cross breeding a bunny with…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1272 "2003-08-01T22:24:36Z")
“…his featherless chicken, which actually resulted in some tender meat. It wasn’t sure if it should hop of fly, but it was tasty.” “It is time to face our destiny, men-will we shrink from our charge or…” ---
**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:** [August 1, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1273 "2003-08-01T23:00:42Z")
“…will we extend ourselves to our full tumescence, secure in our polarity?” “Authorities estimate that the blockage will be cleared by…” ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1274 "2003-08-02T02:21:49Z")
“…several gallons of Metamucil.” “It’s often considered unsafe to…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1275 "2003-08-02T18:01:37Z")
“…have sex with a giraffe on a ladder carrying less than a 1A rating.” “OSHA inspectors will regularly…” ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1276 "2003-08-02T19:34:21Z")
“inspect their OSHAs.” (sorry in advance, I haven’t read all 26 pages…) “If you can’t take the heat…” ---
**Author:** ![Shiva418](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Shiva418](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva418)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1277 "2003-08-03T00:23:31Z")
“…then stop setting yourself on fire.” “When I opened the toilet…” ---
**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1278 "2003-08-03T00:32:58Z")
“… I really wasn’t expecting a tiny genetically-engineered cow sitting in the bowl, mooing softly.” “Your lack of understanding of…” ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1279 "2003-08-03T01:58:29Z")
“…understanding is, as I understand, quite understandable.” “If you build it…” ---
**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:** [August 3, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1280 "2003-08-03T03:01:50Z")
“…they will come. Shortly afterwards, so will the police. And lastly, the janitors.” " ‘I may be crazy, but I’m not stupid,’ said the man as he…" ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1281 "2003-08-03T04:45:24Z")
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