# 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:** 71
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1402 "2003-09-29T20:19:14Z")
“…after being hit by a choo-choo train. There ya ’ are kiddies, who wants another story from ‘The Big Sick Bastard’s Book of Eerily Unsettling Tales’?” “Mums, roses, orchids, daisies…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1403 "2003-10-05T02:26:37Z")
“’…a diet of these will incite quazies.’ So spake the poetic hippo in the foreign film, _Lydia Visits the Zoo_.” “In this experiment, the hampster is placed in the ordinary wheel, except the cage has been fitted with low friction ball bearings, and during times of peak demand, bursts of nitrogen will be supplied to effect speeding of the hampster wheel to speeds exceeding 20K RPM. Should the hampster fail to keep up, we’ll learn…” ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1404 "2003-10-05T02:45:36Z")
“…it really wasn’t much fun to watch.” “Slothful Sam sat silently, sullenly swapping…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1405 "2003-10-07T20:54:08Z")
“…speciously spinous suggestions, spitefully seeking subterfuge.” “Now that we’ve learned the hampster can endure speeds of 20K RPM, it’s time to see if…” ---
**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:** [October 7, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1406 "2003-10-07T21:09:15Z")
“…Myron Thistlebottom can do the same in the _big_ wheel.” “Walls aren’t the only non-traditional use for…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1407 "2003-10-24T05:18:55Z")
“…monkey feces.” “It would appear that we’re out of time, kiddies, as Uncle Joey wants to…” ---
**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:** [October 24, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1408 "2003-10-24T13:03:53Z")
“…hose down the room for the next program. Put on your clothes, pick up your accessories, and anyone with chafing see the nurse in Room 7.” “Ellie! Whyd’ja go an’ _do_ that? Whyd’ja go an’…” ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1409 "2003-10-25T10:21:05Z")
"…"buy 50 videocasettes of ‘Gigli’ " “Over and over and over, they tumble, they crash, they…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1410 "2003-10-25T15:27:27Z")
“…just don’t do well being dried out in a household clothes dryer, those pesky cellphones.” “As Frank sighted the moose entering the clearing and brought his rifle sight into position, he noticed that the moose was wearing…” ---
**Author:** ![Bowbeforeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Bowbeforeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bowbeforeme)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1411 "2003-10-25T16:28:12Z")
“…ever more company.” “I can’t live without…” ---
**Author:** ![Bowbeforeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Bowbeforeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bowbeforeme)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1412 "2003-10-25T16:29:39Z")
“…even(\*) more company” \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Bowbeforeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Bowbeforeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bowbeforeme)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1413 "2003-10-25T16:32:19Z")
BAH! Where did those come from. Ok, I shall try again. “…spectacles and smoking a pipe.” again I say… “I can’t live without…” ---
**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:** [October 25, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1414 "2003-10-25T20:57:15Z")
“…the thundering of the mighty Hamster. I can’t breathe without HTTP and HTML. I can’t think without the guidance of internet chat rooms and messaging services. I am an empty vessel, waiting to be filled.” “Sk8terboi. It was a _sk8terboi_. Just the luck. Bruce knew he was going to have difficulty…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1415 "2003-10-26T04:43:53Z")
“…getting those lick and stick tattoos off his buttocks before his annual physical tomorrow.” “Do you have the faith? Do you have the courage? Then close your eyes, put your hands in the air and…” ---
**Author:** ![dannyv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dannyv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dannyv)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1416 "2003-10-26T14:37:07Z")
“… shake them all about. _That’s_ what it’s all about. You put your right leg in. You put your right leg out…” “My name is Friday, and I carry…” ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1417 "2003-10-26T14:49:45Z")
“…a calendar, just in case I forget my name.” “I can’t stand it when the thing doesn’t do what the thing is supposed to do, every 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:** [October 26, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1418 "2003-10-26T17:08:45Z")
“…it does something else, and if something doesn’t do the thing it’s supposed to, what good is it, other than art, and even then some things are better than other things, but even so, how can I if she makes me?” “So after the king broke his word and let his army torch Granada…” ---
**Author:** ![dannyv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dannyv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dannyv)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1419 "2003-10-26T17:48:54Z")
“… he had Ollie North shred Iran-Contra documents.” “A stitch in time, …” ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1420 "2003-10-26T18:55:13Z")
“… is all we need to get through the wormhole that encompasses HalsmarXIX. On second thought, it’ll take care of this loose cuff button. Screw you guys, I’m goin’ home.” “Two poodles, colliding with a rabid Pomeranian…” ---
**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:** [October 26, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/1421 "2003-10-26T22:28:42Z")
“…can be shown to yield a slow-moving Alsatian plus up to three Golden Lab puppies, depending on the total frequency and angular momentum of the incident canids. As the exchange entities in this case have been demonstrated to be _Ctenocephalides felis_ in 90% of cases, there is less than a 3% chance that the Alsatian will be in a bad mood after the reaction.” “The sewers of Paris were home to one of Europe’s most famous families of…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792.md?page=72)