# Speak to me in...TV quotes!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 17, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107 "2022-11-17T22:21:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 105

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**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2081 "2024-11-18T23:55:50Z")

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Slow down.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2082 "2024-11-19T00:16:40Z")

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Okee-doke! W-h-a-a-a-a-t. . .

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2083 "2024-11-19T14:34:55Z")

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You can see the matrix, can’t you?

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2084 "2024-11-19T19:43:40Z")

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How does he do it? I have two eyes, I see everything that he sees, but… I don’t see what he sees.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2085 "2024-11-19T20:05:09Z")

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God’s plan is like a beautiful tapestry and the tragedy of being human is that we only get to see the back. All the ragged threads and muddy colors, we only get a hint of the true beauty that would be revealed if we could see the whole pattern on the other side, as God does.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2086 "2024-11-19T21:51:37Z")

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Open his curtains for him so he can see God’s beautiful work, and he’ll know that even things like this happen for the best.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2087 "2024-11-21T19:43:30Z")

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Never mind that… if there’s one thing I can’t understand it’s late curtains and talky projectionists.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2088 "2024-11-23T19:10:54Z")

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Well, the first thing to go will be those curtains. Oh my god, I’m a gay stereotype!

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2089 "2024-11-23T19:37:52Z")

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- It’s so ugly. Everything is so ugly.
- Hey, it all matches though, right?

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2090 "2024-11-23T20:09:52Z")

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It’s too matchy-matchy.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2091 "2024-11-23T22:14:17Z")

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Sir Jeremy, you are a true friend of the crown. Dilly dilly!

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2092 "2024-11-24T15:00:52Z")

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There is a broken heart for every jewel in my crown.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2093 "2024-11-24T18:45:39Z")

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I wish I had gone to the door. I’ve never met a swinger.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2094 "2024-11-25T13:56:17Z")

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Yeah, that there door’s problematical.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2095 "2024-11-25T14:48:15Z")

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You do realize I stand on the other side of the door waiting for you to finish knocking three times?

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2096 "2024-11-26T20:35:08Z")

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That’s the way you should enter a room. You knock and then you wait for the all clear.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2097 "2024-11-27T00:41:29Z")

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Louise’s room? I’m not going in there.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2098 "2024-11-27T01:20:02Z")

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If I can squeeze past your ego I’ll get the door.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2099 "2024-11-27T16:45:53Z")

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But you know what’s really unattractive? Waiting around for something to happen. Staring out a window, thinking the life you should be living is out there somewhere but not being willing to open the door and go get it.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/2100 "2024-11-28T16:34:22Z")

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Marge, the doorbell. Marge! MARGE!!

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