# 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:** 17

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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:** [February 2, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/321 "2023-02-02T18:45:03Z")

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You see, he, he takes books out. He’s got half the books in the library out and they’re all over due. As a matter of fact, they’ve got a warrant out for his arrest.

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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:** [February 2, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/322 "2023-02-02T22:03:49Z")

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Wait: your library detective’s name is _Bookman?_

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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:** [February 2, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/323 "2023-02-02T22:44:04Z")

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Does your mother know what you do for a living?

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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:** [February 3, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/324 "2023-02-03T03:15:59Z")

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I’m not crazy. My mother had me tested.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/325 "2023-02-03T14:33:22Z")

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This is a test of the emergency broadcasting system. This is only a test.

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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:** [February 3, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/326 "2023-02-03T16:38:56Z")

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I could get uro-mysitisis and die!

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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:** [February 3, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/327 "2023-02-03T18:09:43Z")

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Excuse me. My father suffered methanol poisoning on a humanitarian mission to Honduras, resulting in permanent psychological dysfunction and irreversible blindness. It’s hard enough on our family without people like you making it worse. If he feels it’s not the bowl, it’s NOT the bowl.

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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:** [February 3, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/328 "2023-02-03T19:50:32Z")

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Well, I guess I should just go _fuck_ myself.

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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:** [February 3, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/329 "2023-02-03T20:38:05Z")

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Yeah, Miss Landers, and I told him on the way over here about using bad words, and how guys are only judged by what they say and what they do, and he could really understand it.

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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:** [February 3, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/330 "2023-02-03T20:57:21Z")

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I’m Judge Robert J. Franklin. I chose the law as my way of serving my fellow citizens. As a judge in the Family Court, I pray each day God will always give me the wisdom to always temper justice with mercy.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/331 "2023-02-03T22:16:50Z")

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What you are about to witness is real. The participants are not actors. They are the actual people who have already either filed suit or been served a summons to appear in a California municipal court. Both parties in the suit have agreed to dismiss their court cases and have their disputes settled here, in our forum: The People’s Court.

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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:** [February 4, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/332 "2023-02-04T00:36:10Z")

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So far this case is going in your favor, madam; does it look like I need any help?.. THEN SHUT UP!

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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:** [February 4, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/333 "2023-02-04T07:24:43Z")

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God, I love marrow, just like Ma. Remember Ma with a bone? It sounded like half-price day at a liposuction clinic.

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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:** [February 4, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/334 "2023-02-04T23:48:12Z")

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Let’s give the bone lady some room.

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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:** [February 5, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/335 "2023-02-05T21:02:54Z")

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Yes, it’s a bit nipply outside. (laughs) Did I say nipple?

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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:** [February 5, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/336 "2023-02-05T23:08:02Z")

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You can’t participate Klaus, I hate you. I say that not out of anger, but simply as a fact. It’s 67 degrees outside and I hate 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:** [February 6, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/337 "2023-02-06T21:38:26Z")

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It is taking everything inside of me not to scratch your eyes out!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/338 "2023-02-06T22:50:55Z")

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You know, the next time you give your clothes away, why don’t you just stay in them?

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**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/339 "2023-02-06T22:53:47Z")

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Ah yes, the cow haberdasher.

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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:** [February 6, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/340 "2023-02-06T22:55:46Z")

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I mean, after that, anybody that comes in with pants on seems like they know what they’re talking about. In any difference of opinion, pants always beats no pants.

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