# 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:** 195
**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:** [August 10, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3884 "2013-08-10T20:26:40Z")
If you want some friendly advice, get a haircut and take a bath. You wouldn’t get hassled so much. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3885 "2013-08-11T01:15:26Z")
I like the way I look. Makes me feel good, it does. And women like me, goddammit. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3886 "2013-08-11T01:42:40Z")
You can say bad things about me but I won’t say bad things about myself! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3887 "2013-08-11T18:48:22Z")
People always mean well. They cluck their thick tongues, and shake their heads and suggest, oh, so very delicately! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3888 "2013-08-11T19:36:27Z")
Pick-a-little, talk-a-little, pick-a-little, talk-a-little, cheep, cheep, cheep, talk-a-lot, pick-a-little-more. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3889 "2013-08-11T19:40:09Z")
So what the girl picks up a nickname? You know, how cruel kids can be. Especially, when some is a little different. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3890 "2013-08-12T03:47:52Z")
So you’re the alcoholic high school buddy shit for brains. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3891 "2013-08-12T12:00:27Z")
Violent ground acquisition games such as football is in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3892 "2013-08-12T12:49:29Z")
Shall we play a game? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3893 "2013-08-12T12:54:34Z")
Tennis, anyone? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3894 "2013-08-12T12:57:48Z")
… and she stepped on the ball. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3895 "2013-08-12T13:05:29Z")
So, with last night’s victory over Boston, next week the Milwaukee Beers must beat Indianapolis in order to advance to Charlotte. That’s in an effort to reduce their magic number to three. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3896 "2013-08-12T13:20:48Z")
Baseball may be a religion full of magic, cosmic truth, and the fundamental ontological riddles of our time, but it’s also a job. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3897 "2013-08-12T13:24:21Z")
Are you crying? Are you crying? There’s no crying in baseball! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3898 "2013-08-12T13:31:00Z")
I like being part of something that’s bigger than me, than I. It’s good for your soul to invest in something you can’t control. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3899 "2013-08-12T13:34:12Z")
How long have you been in the mail room? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3900 "2013-08-12T13:36:00Z")
How am I supposed to get out of this mail room prison if they keep hiring people from the outside? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3901 "2013-08-12T13:37:56Z")
I asked for nothing, I expected nothing and I got nothing. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3902 "2013-08-12T14:10:51Z")
Excuse you nothing! You be as cold as you want. You’ve just fucked a good man out on six thousand dollars and his goddamn bonus because you didn’t know the shot! Gee, you could do that and you’re not man enough to say what get you, I don’t know what… if you can’t take something from that than you’re… scum, you’re a fucking white bread. A child would know it and he’s right. If you’re gonna make something up, John, be sure that it helps. Or keep you mouth shut. I’m done with you. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/3903 "2013-08-12T14:20:40Z")
There’s an important phrase that we use here, and think it’s time that you all learned it. Act as if. You understand what that means? Act as if you are the fucking President of this firm. Act as if you got a 9" cock. Okay? Act as if. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=196)