# 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:** 52
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1021 "2023-07-27T18:11:01Z")
You’re lonely? Get a cat. They live 13 years, then you get another one, and another one after that. Then you’re done. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1022 "2023-07-27T21:00:12Z")
Batman, why for art thou doing this to me? It’s my job, Catwoman. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1023 "2023-07-28T01:57:41Z")
For every crime that’s committed, you’ve got 3 million suspects to choose from. Most of the time you’ll have few facts and a lot of hunches. You’ll run down leads that dead-end on you. You’ll work all-night stakeouts that could last a week. You’ll do leg work until you’re sure you’ve talked to everybody in the state of California. People who saw it happen - but really didn’t. People who insist they did it - but really didn’t. People who don’t remember - those who try to forget. Those who tell the truth - those who lie. You’ll run the files until your eyes ache. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1024 "2023-07-28T04:36:36Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > For every crime that’s committed, _etc._ That episode was shown on ME-TV less than twenty-four hours ago. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 28, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1025 "2023-07-28T12:56:34Z")
In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1026 "2023-07-28T14:44:02Z")
Submitted for your approval. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1027 "2023-07-28T20:43:34Z")
I do not approve. I understand. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1028 "2023-07-29T17:51:17Z")
Don’t make me choose between my man and my God, because you just can’t win. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1029 "2023-07-29T21:04:51Z")
Our powers don’t decide who we are. We do. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1030 "2023-07-29T21:07:00Z")
Is that the limited edition Green Lantern lantern? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1031 "2023-07-30T21:09:08Z")
How do you keep your lawn so green? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1032 "2023-08-01T14:17:41Z")
I just dropped by with present for warming of house, instead find you grappling with local oaf. ---
**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 1, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1033 "2023-08-01T17:22:03Z")
You’re a ‘regifter’! ---
**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 1, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1034 "2023-08-01T18:56:18Z")
Me, personally, I was never great at gift-giving. Maybe it’s because I never got to celebrate Christmas. I got Hanukkah. Doesn’t exactly prepare you the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1035 "2023-08-01T21:18:09Z")
Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1036 "2023-08-01T21:30:59Z")
Bah. Humbug! ---
**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 1, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1037 "2023-08-01T23:34:10Z")
It was horrible, worse than horrible. The whiskers, the bells, the hat? Kind of a Christmas nightmare come true. ---
**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 2, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1038 "2023-08-02T00:28:54Z")
The most enjoying traditions of the season are best enjoyed in the warm embrace of kith and kin. Thith tree is a thymbol of the thpirit of the Griswold family Chrithmath. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1039 "2023-08-02T01:34:53Z")
Ever heard of Express Christmas? No, you haven’t, because I just invented it. Express Christmas, TM. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1040 "2023-08-02T04:21:53Z")
Now presenting Lisa Simpson as Tawanga, the Santa Clause of the South Seas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107.md?page=53)