# 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:** ![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:** [May 25, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3284 "2013-05-25T01:27:48Z")

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I don’t give a frogs fat ass who went through what. We need money.

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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:** [May 25, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3285 "2013-05-25T22:50:53Z")

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We got a dollar ninety-eight, and you’re laughing!

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**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:** [May 28, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3286 "2013-05-28T04:56:17Z")

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Trouble with money, though, is that there’s always someone who wants to take it away from you. And ain’t that the awful bloody truth?

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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:** [May 28, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3287 "2013-05-28T11:17:48Z")

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I’ll sell you my pee for a hundred dollars. Been off the pipe for two years.

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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:** [May 28, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3288 "2013-05-28T20:56:12Z")

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I have nowhere else to go. There is no demand in the priesthood for elderly drug addicts.

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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:** [May 29, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3289 "2013-05-29T15:48:41Z")

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If God had not intended for some people to be poor, then He would not have had The Bible published in paperback.

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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:** [May 29, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3290 "2013-05-29T21:54:37Z")

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Now, I’m not big on blasphemy, but that last one made me laugh.

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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:** [May 29, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3291 "2013-05-29T23:40:27Z")

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If things aren’t funny then they’re exactly what they are; and then they’re like a long dental appointment.

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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:** [May 30, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3292 "2013-05-30T22:07:15Z")

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If it bends, it’s funny, if it breaks it’s not funny.

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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:** [May 30, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3293 "2013-05-30T22:27:57Z")

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You know what your trouble is, Willy? You always took the jokes too seriously. It was just jokes. We did comedy on the stage for 43 years. I don’t think you enjoyed it once.

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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:** [May 30, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3294 "2013-05-30T22:46:37Z")

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Oh okay, so I’m not funny, SHOOT ME!

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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:** [May 31, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3295 "2013-05-31T02:00:20Z")

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You can’t shoot me! I have a very low threshold of death. My doctor says I can’t have bullets enter my body at any time.

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**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3296 "2013-05-31T06:16:22Z")

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Have you ever had a bullet hit you?

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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:** [May 31, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3297 "2013-05-31T12:09:13Z")

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Kneel before Zod.

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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:** [May 31, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3298 "2013-05-31T20:08:05Z")

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A miserable little clerk crawling in here on your hands and knees and begging for help.

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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:** [May 31, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3299 "2013-05-31T21:38:05Z")

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Pathetic earthlings. Who can save you now?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3300 "2013-05-31T22:43:19Z")

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Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinkin’ palm tree overboard! Now what’s all this crud about no movie tonight?

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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:** [May 31, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3301 "2013-05-31T23:36:44Z")

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Subject, Toilet paper. One: on 6 June 1941, this vessel submitted a requisition for 150 rolls of toilet paper. On 16 December 1941 the requisition was returned with stamped notation, ‘Cannot identify material required.’ Two: the commanding officer of the USS SeaTiger cannot help but wonder what is being used at the Caviti Supply Depot as a substitute for this unidentifiable material once so well known to this command.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3302 "2013-06-01T20:28:03Z")

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Listen, this old system of yours could be on fire and I couldn’t even turn on the kitchen tap without filling out a 27b/6… Bloody paperwork.

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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:** [June 1, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3303 "2013-06-01T23:02:35Z")

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Ah! Yeah. It’s just we’re putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that’d be great. All right!

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