# 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:** 98
**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 16, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1941 "2024-09-16T18:23:18Z")
I’m a bird. I’m a plane. I’m a choo-choo train. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1942 "2024-09-16T18:28:16Z")
- Sheldon Cooper: We’re not flying; we’re taking the train. - Penny: Oh, cool. - Howard Wolowitz: Yeah, cool. Seven times as long as flying and costs almost twice as much. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1943 "2024-09-16T18:31:17Z")
The plane! The plane! ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1944 "2024-09-16T22:10:03Z")
You care more about this _stupid_ plane than you do about me! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1945 "2024-09-16T23:13:17Z")
At the end of the day, it’s still a building on its side being thrown from one place to another. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1946 "2024-09-17T23:03:37Z")
Are we supposed to fly that close to the mountains? ---
**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 17, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1947 "2024-09-17T23:05:59Z")
You care more about this stupid plane than you do about me! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1948 "2024-09-17T23:26:26Z")
What was I thinking when I said “I do”? I’d already had sex with her; I didn’t need that again. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1949 "2024-09-18T04:06:21Z")
It’s done. I’ve moved on to other things. For example, after I’ve learned Finnish, I’m not going to learn it again. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1950 "2024-09-18T16:44:07Z")
Richard Feynman played the bongos. I thought I’d give that a try. ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1951 "2024-09-19T19:47:28Z")
It doesn’t matter where we live in California. The important thing is to find someone who can build us a swimming pool shaped like a conga drum. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1952 "2024-09-19T20:02:36Z")
They said California is the place y’ought’a be. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1953 "2024-09-19T22:31:08Z")
She is the biggest bitch at West Beverly High. I should know. I went out with her for a year. ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1954 "2024-09-20T15:30:57Z")
That means you’ve never experienced the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of high school football. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1955 "2024-09-20T22:40:11Z")
Football is ubiquitous in Texas. Pro football, college football, high school football, peewee football… In fact, every form of football, except for the original: European football. Most Texans believe it to be a commie plot. ---
**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 21, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1956 "2024-09-21T14:43:43Z")
Do you know about San Jacinto? Have you heard about the Alamo? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1957 "2024-09-22T14:29:14Z")
That’s not a TV quote, it’s from the movie _Giant_. (Unless it has been re-used on TV, in which case I humbly apologize) Onward: I’d rather be on a losing football team than a winning soccer team any day. ---
**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 22, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1958 "2024-09-22T18:43:49Z")
Whoops, sorry about that. Back in play: “The first woman coach in Major League Soccer.” ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1959 "2024-09-24T19:05:26Z")
I’m not shocked. As a woman, I’m very proud of Mary Ellen ---
**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 24, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107/1960 "2024-09-24T22:23:15Z")
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