# 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:** 118
**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:** [November 18, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2342 "2012-11-18T02:09:03Z")
But then, why should anyone listen to me? Why should I speak, since I know nothing? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2343 "2012-11-18T04:11:43Z")
Let me bring you up to speed: We know nothing. You are now up to speed. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2344 "2012-11-18T05:04:06Z")
Nothing is written. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2345 "2012-11-18T06:00:24Z")
Fuck writing, I don’t want to be a writer. It’s stupid. It’s a stupid waste of time. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2346 "2012-11-18T11:36:15Z")
What if they didn’t like my stories? What if they told me I was no good? I just don’t think I could take that kind of rejection. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2347 "2012-11-18T16:13:29Z")
Yeah, but you’re gonna be stupid for the rest of your life. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2348 "2012-11-18T17:06:29Z")
I could while away the hours/conferrin’ with the flowers/consultin’ with the rain/And my head I’d be scratchin’/ While my thoughts were busy hatchin’/If I only had a brain. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2349 "2012-11-19T05:31:44Z")
Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my! ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2350 "2012-11-19T06:05:55Z")
Man, I hate lions! They’re so pushy! And stinky! And hairy! And man, are they UUUUUUUUUUUUUGLY! ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2351 "2012-11-19T13:05:35Z")
Lions don’t do this. Lions… never had a lair like this. They’re doing it for the pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2352 "2012-11-19T17:06:43Z")
Welcome to my underground lair… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2353 "2012-11-19T18:21:45Z")
This is no mine. It’s a tomb. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2354 "2012-11-19T21:29:35Z")
It’s a bird cage!!! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2355 "2012-11-19T21:43:23Z")
Nothing you do will stop me from placing you in a steel cage with gray bars. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2356 "2012-11-19T22:23:53Z")
Wait a minute. You aren’t seriously suggesting that if I get through the wire… and case everything out there… and don’t get picked up… to turn myself in and get thrown back in the cooler for a couple of months so you can get the information you need? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2357 "2012-11-20T15:28:56Z")
You’ve been thrown in jail twice! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2358 "2012-11-20T15:36:27Z")
The whole thing’s a set-up, a scam, a frame-job! OWW! Eddie, I could never hurt anybody! OWWW! My whole purpose… in life… is to make peoplllllllle… laaaaaaaaaaaaaaugh! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2359 "2012-11-20T15:40:11Z")
No, you wont laugh, 'cus it’s not funny. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2360 "2012-11-20T15:41:25Z")
And I know funny! I’m a clownfish! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2361 "2012-11-20T15:42:21Z")
What’s so fucking funny? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=119)