# 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:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/101 "2022-12-13T00:50:20Z")

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But… are you still Master of your domain?

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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:** [December 13, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/102 "2022-12-13T01:10:35Z")

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Trust me. He goes in that room cause it’s the only one with a lock on it, and he’s in there for like an hour at a time; which either means he’s really, really good at it… or really, really bad at it.

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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:** [December 13, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/103 "2022-12-13T16:38:18Z")

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The man you’re looking for is named Frederick Barnes, a former defense research scientist out of Arpax Systems in Annapolis. You may not be familiar with his name, but you’re likely familiar with his work - biochemical agents such as cytochlorin, black phosphorous, paratoxin. Barnes headed the project team that developed all of them. But he was more than just a research scientist. He was gifted. A savant of government-sanctioned mass killing.

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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:** [December 13, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/104 "2022-12-13T16:57:06Z")

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Someone at this address recently called a mining operation in Canada trying to buy uranium.

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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:** [December 13, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/105 "2022-12-13T19:54:20Z")

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No, no, Ray. In Canada, if we wish someone to leave the room we say, “Could you please leave the room?”

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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:** [December 13, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/106 "2022-12-13T21:06:48Z")

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How’s it goin’, eh?

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/107 "2022-12-13T21:43:38Z")

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You hoser!

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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:** [December 14, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/108 "2022-12-14T21:08:52Z")

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Then come back and be a hose jockey like the rest of us.

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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:** [December 15, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/109 "2022-12-15T15:10:56Z")

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Why? Because we like you!

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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:** [December 15, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/110 "2022-12-15T17:20:33Z")

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Turtle, I’m not going to have a threesome with you just to get you laid.

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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:** [December 15, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/111 "2022-12-15T19:31:05Z")

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Please take care of this turtle. He needs a lot of love.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/112 "2022-12-16T01:35:56Z")

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On Funk & Wagnall’s porch.

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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:** [December 16, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/113 "2022-12-16T13:26:43Z")

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Look THAT up in your Funk & Wagnall’s!

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**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:** [December 16, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/114 "2022-12-16T19:46:54Z")

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It’s “Sock it to me” time!

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [December 16, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/115 "2022-12-16T20:16:51Z")

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Sheldon, I’ve hidden the dirty sock from the roof somewhere in your apartment.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/116 "2022-12-16T20:24:15Z")

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I knew he needed a hammer. He also needed a couple of nails and a good screw.

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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:** [December 16, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/117 "2022-12-16T23:14:36Z")

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“Does everybody know what time it is?”

“It’s Tool Time!”

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**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:** [December 17, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/118 "2022-12-17T00:31:17Z")

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“Hey, kids, what time is it?”

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [December 17, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/119 "2022-12-17T02:47:58Z")

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It’s Howdy Doody Time!

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/120 "2022-12-17T04:10:37Z")

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Oh noooo!

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