# Respond to the previous poster by quoting a song lyric. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990 "2007-04-20T20:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/61 "2007-04-21T12:44:42Z")
[QUOTE=Rhubarb] We didn’t start the fire. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Starving Artist] It’s been always burnin’ since the world’s been turnin’ [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Autolycus] We didn’t start the fire! [/QUOTE] ashes to ashes funk to funky we know major tom’s a junky strung out on heaven’s high hitting an all time low ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/62 "2007-04-21T13:14:43Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] ashes to ashes funk to funky we know major tom’s a junky strung out on heaven’s high hitting an all time low [/QUOTE] Well “Tom, do this” and “Tom, do that”, and “Tom, don’t do that”, Count the cash, clean the oven, dump the trash, Oh your loving is a rare and a copacetic gift, ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/63 "2007-04-21T15:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Well “Tom, do this” and “Tom, do that”, and “Tom, don’t do that”, Count the cash, clean the oven, dump the trash, Oh your loving is a rare and a copacetic gift, [/QUOTE] I Don’t Wanna go on With You Like That. (Elton John) ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/64 "2007-04-21T15:46:25Z")
If you gotta go, go now, or else you gotta stay all night. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/65 "2007-04-21T15:53:48Z")
[QUOTE=StuffLikeThatThere] If you gotta go, go now, or else you gotta stay all night. [/QUOTE] Well, there’s a man down there… Might be your man, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/66 "2007-04-21T16:08:24Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] Well, there’s a man down there… Might be your man, I don’t know. [/QUOTE] I asked your mother if you were at home, She said yes, but you weren’t alone. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/67 "2007-04-21T16:18:45Z")
Leave me alone, get out of my face! ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/68 "2007-04-21T16:49:17Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Leave me alone, get out of my face! [/QUOTE] And if you live by the rules of “it’s over” then I’m sure that that makes sense ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/69 "2007-04-21T16:50:47Z")
I just made you up to hurt myself (NIN) ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/70 "2007-04-21T17:16:10Z")
[QUOTE=Redfrost] I just made you up to hurt myself (NIN) [/QUOTE] Who made who, who made you? If you made them and they made you _(AC/DC)_ ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/71 "2007-04-21T17:30:31Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Who made who, who made you? If you made them and they made you _(AC/DC)_ [/QUOTE] Who are you? Who, who, who, who? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/72 "2007-04-21T17:34:10Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Who are you? Who, who, who, who? [/QUOTE] Life! [Live is life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvRhOpqZO7I)… (ETA: [Laibach](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laibach_%28band%29), don’t misunderstand where they come from, they have sharp swords of lampooning in their hands.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/73 "2007-04-21T17:38:02Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Life! [Live is life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvRhOpqZO7I)… [/QUOTE] I can’t live, ‘cause livin’ is without you… ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/74 "2007-04-21T17:40:18Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] I can’t live, ‘cause livin’ is without you… [/QUOTE] You’re no picnic either, babe And that’s one of the things I loved about you (Don Henley) ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/75 "2007-04-21T17:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=JpnDude] You’re no picnic either, babe And that’s one of the things I loved about you (Don Henley) [/QUOTE] Its kind of tough to tell a scruff the big mistake hes making _(Adam Ant)_ ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/76 "2007-04-21T17:52:46Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Its kind of tough to tell a scruff the big mistake hes making _(Adam Ant)_ [/QUOTE] Billy, don’t be a hero. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/77 "2007-04-21T18:01:34Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] Billy, don’t be a hero. [/QUOTE] Johnny’s been a very bad boy! (Kittie) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/78 "2007-04-21T18:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Johnny’s been a very bad boy! (Kittie) [/QUOTE] Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do When they come for you? ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/79 "2007-04-21T18:17:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do When they come for you? [/QUOTE] Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas You know he knows just exactly what the facts is _(Steve Miller)_ ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/80 "2007-04-21T18:43:02Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas You know he knows just exactly what the facts is _(Steve Miller)_ [/QUOTE] O the line forms on the right dear Now that Mackie’s back in town. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=5)