# 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:** 184
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3664 "2013-07-22T22:03:03Z")
…she can’t make it. she can’t think. she can’t mix with her own kind… She can’t do anything the wild animals do to survive. You’ve done too good a job on her. You’ve made her tame. It’s too late to try to let her go wild now. All we’re doing is making her miserable, torturing her. How could you be so cruel? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3665 "2013-07-22T23:26:47Z")
Ship to… Kenya Wildlife Preserve… Africa. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3666 "2013-07-22T23:55:05Z")
We are going into places where men’s minds are tangled worse that the worst underbrush in the jungle, and I’m afraid. More afraid than I’ve ever been in my life. Everywhere we’ll be met with lies and deceit. Your honesty and directness will only be handicaps. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3667 "2013-07-23T00:00:34Z")
Welcome to L.A.! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3668 "2013-07-23T00:03:29Z")
Your husband keeps lousy company, Mrs. Sampson, as bad as there is in LA. And that’s as bad as there is. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3669 "2013-07-23T12:09:48Z")
Hooray for Hollywood That phoney super-Coney Hollywood They come from Chillicothes and Paducas with their bazookas To get their names up in lights All armed with photos from local rotos With their hair in ribbon and legs in tights ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3670 "2013-07-23T13:32:14Z")
It’s supposed to be about big men! In tights! Both physically and mentally! ---
**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:** [July 23, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3671 "2013-07-23T13:40:06Z")
We’re men, we’re men in tights We roam around the forest looking for fights We’re men, we’re men in tights We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that’s right! We may look like sissies but watch what you say or else we’ll put out your lights! We’re men, we’re men in tights Always on guard defending people’s rights. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3672 "2013-07-23T14:22:33Z")
I have to push the pram a loooooooooot. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3673 "2013-07-23T14:24:38Z")
I am the first man ever to become a father by majority vote. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3674 "2013-07-24T22:59:31Z")
Heck yes! I’d vote for you. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3675 "2013-07-24T23:12:27Z")
I don’t have to introduce myself, do I? You read the papers. This being an election year, you’ve seen plenty of my picture. You know what I can do. And I’m doing you, Hartigan. Cold and hard, I’m doing you. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3676 "2013-07-25T01:29:06Z")
Lewis, we’ve had presidents who were beloved, who couldn’t find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3677 "2013-07-25T15:18:53Z")
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3678 "2013-07-25T15:41:05Z")
Remember, George, no man is a failure who has friends. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3679 "2013-07-25T16:08:54Z")
It’s true I have a lot of friends in politics, but they wouldn’t be so friendly if they knew my business was drugs instead of gambling which they consider a harmless vice. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3680 "2013-07-25T17:53:58Z")
Don’t worry, man. Those aren’t narcs, they’re Las Emigras; you know, the Immigration Service looking for illegal aliens. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3681 "2013-07-26T21:36:05Z")
The forces of evil have been swift in their pursuit. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3682 "2013-07-26T23:23:57Z")
I am the wizard of speed and time. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3683 "2013-07-27T21:48:01Z")
Spoof. Dope. Crank. Creep. Bomb. Spank. Shit. Bang. Zip. Tweak. Chard. Call it what you will. It’s all methamphetamine. That’s what I’m here for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=183) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=185)