# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882 "2012-07-20T20:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 107
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2122 "2012-10-15T22:12:22Z")
Cheesy, me no likey! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2123 "2012-10-16T00:49:25Z")
Yes. To me it was very textual, you know what I mean? It was perfectly integrated, and it had a marvelous kind of negative capability. The rest of the stuff downstairs was bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2124 "2012-10-16T04:57:08Z")
I’ll explain. And I’ll use small words so that you’ll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2125 "2012-10-16T05:02:45Z")
No point mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2126 "2012-10-16T05:21:15Z")
What kind of man has bats on the brain? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2127 "2012-10-16T12:16:46Z")
The man … from Snowy River. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2128 "2012-10-16T12:40:13Z")
He is not human, he is a piece of iron. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2129 "2012-10-16T14:03:59Z")
I do not mean to pry, but you don’t by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2130 "2012-10-16T14:11:47Z")
The work for the happy finger method must go on. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2131 "2012-10-16T14:33:24Z")
If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you’d still be more of a man than anyone I’ve ever known. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2132 "2012-10-16T15:02:54Z")
Well, I wanted an engagement ring. So he arranged that, too. Took the car keys off the key ring, put the key ring on my finger, and said:“Okay, now you’re engaged.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2133 "2012-10-16T16:29:25Z")
I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It’s very romantic to be in love but there’s nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one might be accepted. One usually is I believe. Then the whole excitement is over.\* - Yes, this is Oscar Wilde, but there ARE movie versions of _ **The Importance of Being Earnest.** _ ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2134 "2012-10-16T17:02:28Z")
I simply refuse to settle for anything less, like most people seem to do. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2135 "2012-10-16T18:44:32Z")
You’ll amount to nothing until you learn to say no. No to jobs, no to girls, no to money. Otherwise, by the time you’ve learned to say no to life, you’ll find you’ve swallowed half of it. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2136 "2012-10-16T19:32:26Z")
I’m going to change. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I’m cleaning up and I’m moving on, going straight and choosing life. I’m looking forward to it already. I’m gonna be just like you. The job, the family, the fucking big television. The washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2137 "2012-10-16T19:49:11Z")
I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2138 "2012-10-16T20:11:08Z")
So we sailed to shore, took on an entirely new crew and he stayed aboard for awhile as first mate, all the while calling _me_ Roberts. And once the crew believed, he left the ship and I have been Roberts ever since. Except now that we’re together, I shall retire and hand the name to someone else. Is everything clear to you? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2139 "2012-10-16T21:30:44Z")
I’ll live to see you, all of you, hanging from the highest yardarm in the British fleet! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2140 "2012-10-17T00:07:11Z")
The heads. You’re looking at the heads. Sometimes he goes too far. He’s the first one to admit it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2141 "2012-10-17T00:19:20Z")
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