# 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:** 69

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1362 "2003-09-17T02:10:37Z")

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“… you, me, Jen, Paul, in fact everybody but Anthea.”

“Going down the sliding board, I slowed, then stopped completely, halfway …”

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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:** [September 18, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1363 "2003-09-18T23:44:31Z")

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“…out of my mind! The sliding board support group had advised against such behavior.”

“If it keeps rainin’ like this…”

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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:** [September 19, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1364 "2003-09-19T02:20:25Z")

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“…someone might get wet!”

“The Cisco DL-9000 router is…”

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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:** [September 19, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1365 "2003-09-19T12:42:22Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sunspace \*  
> \*\*"The Cisco DL-9000 router is…

…yours to keep as a free gift whether you decide to buy the wig or not, all we suggest is that you try Wigstatic for a few days and if it doesn’t make you look like you have something on your head we will give you a blender.  
“I’m actually a fart-chaser by profession. It’s kinda like what Bill Paxton did in the film Twister except you really don’t have the need for an ATV…”\*\*

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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:** [September 19, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1366 "2003-09-19T14:29:04Z")

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“…but you _do_ need to do a lot of training with old socks beforehand.”

“Many of the juiciest examples were…”

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1367 "2003-09-19T19:25:18Z")

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“… whisked away into a waiting limousine, where you wouldn’t be able to have them anymore.”

“If it wasn’t for the fact that tinfoil is electrically conductive…”

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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:** [September 21, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1368 "2003-09-21T00:25:51Z")

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“…I’d never have gotten to see my sister’s shorts. Mom was really weird with her clothes making ways and…”

“As the herd of wolverines approached the underground bunker filled with Cheerios™…”

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1369 "2003-09-21T11:22:09Z")

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“…pip-pips, ta-tas, old beans and mates, because the wolverines were enjoying the last of their summer hols from Oxford.”

“Bowls were stacked higher than you could see over…”

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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:** [September 22, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1370 "2003-09-22T07:07:04Z")

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“…their stacking, unless you were better stacked than they.”

“The final instructions to the train crew immediately before the engineer jumped was…”

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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:** [September 22, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1371 "2003-09-22T12:40:40Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by danceswithcats \*  
> \*\*"The final instructions to the train crew immediately before the engineer jumped was…

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......." For the last time people, we don't have any parachutes on the train nor do we need them, and Bill put the spade away, you can't tunnel out of here you bloody nana."

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"I may have lost my faith, I woke up yesterday morning and try as I might I just could no longer…\*\*

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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:** [September 22, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1372 "2003-09-22T14:01:13Z")

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“…conjure up a vision of Holy Mother Kournikova. I may have to go back to Radio Shack.”

“It’s cold. And dark. And my heart is frozen with desperation and loneliness. When, oh when, will…”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1373 "2003-09-22T14:32:19Z")

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“…the pizza get here? Damnit, I’m starving!”

“Who would’ve guessed that baking soda and cheese could…”

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1374 "2003-09-22T15:16:01Z")

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“… come to life and produce offspring? The horror!”

“The next time you want a revelation …”

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**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1375 "2003-09-22T16:03:30Z")

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Ask your mother.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow…

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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:** [September 22, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1376 "2003-09-22T21:32:56Z")

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“…remains the delivery date promised by Fast Joey’s Appliance Sales, Massage Parlor, and Gaming Enterprise.”

“Give the hamsters more amphetamine! If we want them to generate enough power to…”

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1377 "2003-09-22T21:36:52Z")

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“…energize the 1920’s Style Death Ray.”

“Corn fritters are good, but…”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1378 "2003-09-23T11:07:46Z")

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“… what’s this funny aftertaste?”

“Sure, Army of Darkness may be a cult classic, but how do you account for…”

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1379 "2003-09-23T11:29:21Z")

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“…the flyovers at every midnight screening.”

“It isn’t raining rain, you know, …”

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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:** [September 26, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1380 "2003-09-26T00:48:15Z")

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“…it’s raining artificial rain. The kind with synthetic di-hydrogen oxide.”

“If she’d only told him her birth name was Wilbur…”

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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:** [September 26, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1381 "2003-09-26T02:49:33Z")

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“…she would have understood all the references to wings, bicycles, and popcorn in the bathroom.”

“Mike! What are you _doing_? That thing will never fit in…”

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