# 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\
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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:** [October 11, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3621 "2026-10-11T11:51:58Z")

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You were self-medicating. That doesn’t make you a bad person.

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**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:** [October 11, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3622 "2026-10-11T14:47:44Z")

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I probably wasn’t doing him any favors with my reckless experimenting with his prescriptions.

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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:** [October 12, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3623 "2026-10-12T15:34:22Z")

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This Boy Scout here won’t refill my prescription.

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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:** [October 12, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3624 "2026-10-12T16:35:46Z")

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I think someone in our troop has been spying on us.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3625 "2026-10-12T19:09:23Z")

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Two fingers is cub scouts.

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**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:** [October 12, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3626 "2026-10-12T19:14:23Z")

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Vyvyan! I think you cut off one of your fingers!

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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:** [October 13, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3627 "2026-10-13T02:24:17Z")

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All right, uh, forget pulling. How about we get an electric saw and cut it off?

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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:** [October 14, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3628 "2026-10-14T11:37:48Z")

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I’ve seen her saw.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3629 "2026-10-14T19:56:04Z")

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“Why do we call it ‘high five’ when we only have four fingers?”

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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:** [October 14, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3630 "2026-10-14T23:12:22Z")

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Shazbot!

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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:** [October 15, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3631 "2026-10-15T01:55:44Z")

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Shazam!

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3632 "2026-10-15T02:56:14Z")

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Holy mother forking shirt balls!

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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:** [October 15, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3633 "2026-10-15T15:46:24Z")

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That’s a nice shirt.

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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:** [October 15, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3634 "2026-10-15T18:56:50Z")

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He used to be such a nice boy.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3635 "2026-10-15T19:02:51Z")

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Nothing, Mom. We were just talking like the two of us were men.

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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:** [October 15, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3636 "2026-10-15T21:24:02Z")

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John-Boy, what are you doin’ upstairs with the door locked?

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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:** [October 16, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3637 "2026-10-16T16:30:16Z")

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It dawned on me that as long as Claire was stuck in the bathroom I’d have time to anchor the cabinet to the wall.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3638 "2026-10-16T18:11:38Z")

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Then you can’t use the BATHROOM!!

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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:** [October 17, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3639 "2026-10-17T14:55:52Z")

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Edith, we’re out of toilet paper!

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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:** [October 17, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/3640 "2026-10-17T15:04:33Z")

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There’s no toilet paper in here. I usually check, but… would you mind…?

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