# Speak to me in...TV quotes! **URL:** \ **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:** 177
**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:** [August 25, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3521 "2026-08-25T18:17:50Z")
Use that brain, Harvard. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3522 "2026-08-26T14:28:55Z")
One and one’s two, two and two is four, four and four is eight… I have to take off my shoes to get any further than that. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3523 "2026-08-26T16:08:32Z")
Have you ever seen a foot with four toes? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3524 "2026-08-26T17:23:55Z")
"Two, ten, eleven. Eyes, fingers, toes! ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3525 "2026-08-28T14:10:03Z")
“I think putting one in the Win column every now and then is what gives us the juice to keep plugging along in games that we know deep down we’re not gonna win. And that’s why I locked in so intensely to that patient. Because opportunities, they… God, they come along so rarely in this place. And when they do, you just can’t let them slip through your fingers.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3526 "2026-08-28T18:42:32Z")
If you’re afraid of losing, then you daren’t play to win ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3527 "2026-08-28T21:34:42Z")
You best go put on your daddy’s shoes, 'cuz this is a MAN’s game! ---
**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:** [August 29, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3528 "2026-08-29T16:39:30Z")
Gentlemen, start your engines, and may the best woman win. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3529 "2026-08-29T19:46:02Z")
Travel around the world, face a series of challenges, and avoid elimination ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3530 "2026-08-30T11:13:00Z")
Travel around the world in 80 days! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3531 "2026-08-30T16:04:52Z")
🎶 _Goin’ ‘round the world, and comin’ home again, playin’ around the world, come along, my friend!_ ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3532 "2026-08-30T16:20:32Z")
I can’t stress this enough: no soft cheeses of any kind! ---
**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:** [August 30, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3533 "2026-08-30T22:34:38Z")
I’m a grown-ass man and I deserve my big honking meats! ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3534 "2026-08-31T12:23:48Z")
It’s not fair people are served first come, first served. It should be based on who’s hungriest ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3535 "2026-08-31T16:25:00Z")
He took the very last can of Who Hash ---
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3536 "2026-08-31T16:32:34Z")
. . .and a crumb that was too small for even a mouse. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3537 "2026-08-31T18:51:08Z")
Mmm… donut. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3538 "2026-08-31T23:38:54Z")
Just because I’m wearing a pink shirt doesn’t mean I’m some kind of a… pink donut eater. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3539 "2026-09-01T13:22:02Z")
In the park all pink and new, polka dots of every hue. Hear this wish, hear this chant, Tabitha wants an elephant! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3540 "2026-09-01T19:57:43Z")
And what exactly do you think fairy tales are? They are a reminder that our lives will get better if we just hold on to hope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=178)