# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2682 "2012-12-29T05:03:12Z")

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That’s not gonna happen.

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**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:** [December 29, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2683 "2012-12-29T08:10:58Z")

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Hey, anybody come at you yet? Anybody get to you yet?

Hey, we all need friends in here. I could be a friend to you.

Hey… Hard to get. I like that…

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**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:** [December 29, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2684 "2012-12-29T18:34:22Z")

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Does the female form make you uncomfortable, Mr. Lebowski?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2685 "2012-12-30T03:19:19Z")

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You talkin’ to me?

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**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2686 "2012-12-30T06:45:20Z")

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Hey! I’m talkin’ at you!

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**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:** [December 30, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2687 "2012-12-30T06:49:43Z")

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I’m just afraid that you’re going to burn in Hell for all this.

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**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:** [December 30, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2688 "2012-12-30T17:47:13Z")

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But, dude, we’re already dead.

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**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:** [December 31, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2689 "2012-12-31T03:33:42Z")

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How the hell do you make amends with someone who’s already dead?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2690 "2012-12-31T04:11:07Z")

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Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?

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**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:** [December 31, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2691 "2012-12-31T07:18:32Z")

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In every class, there’s always one joker who thinks that he’s smarter than me.

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**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:** [December 31, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2692 "2012-12-31T19:32:37Z")

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And as you can see, I’m a lot happier.

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**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:** [December 31, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2693 "2012-12-31T21:38:17Z")

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You gonna look funny trying to eat corn on the cob with no fucking teeth!

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**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:** [January 2, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2694 "2013-01-02T09:22:02Z")

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Am I in your _way?_

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2695 "2013-01-02T13:55:25Z")

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Now, a question of etiquette - as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2696 "2013-01-03T05:39:08Z")

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Whichever you please, my lady.

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**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:** [January 3, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2697 "2013-01-03T08:37:17Z")

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Well sure, it’s big enough. But look at the _location!_

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2698 "2013-01-03T08:42:44Z")

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Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2699 "2013-01-03T15:45:06Z")

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I think I feel a song coming on…

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2700 "2013-01-03T15:57:34Z")

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The only hit that comes out of a Helen Lawson show is Helen Lawson, and that’s ME, baby, remember?

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**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:** [January 4, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2701 "2013-01-04T05:06:54Z")

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OK, I believe you. That’s why I’m gonna let you go.

_beat_

I’m gonna give you 'til the count of three to get your lousy, lying, no-good four-flushing carcass OUT THAT DOOR!

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