# 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:** ![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 16, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4044 "2013-08-16T13:56:33Z")

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Looks like University of Illinois!

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**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4045 "2013-08-16T14:06:02Z")

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How do college boys make love?

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**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 16, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4046 "2013-08-16T14:08:11Z")

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How long is a Chinaman’s name?

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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:** [August 16, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4047 "2013-08-16T14:10:28Z")

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Short Round, step on it.

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**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 16, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4048 "2013-08-16T14:12:19Z")

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Sorry I’m late. I was taking a crap.

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**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4049 "2013-08-16T14:14:34Z")

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What the fuck are you talking about? The Chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I’m talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude.

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**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 16, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4050 "2013-08-16T14:36:43Z")

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This is like women talking.

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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:** [August 16, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4051 "2013-08-16T14:41:38Z")

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My brain is like oatmeal. I yelled at Kenny today for coloring outside the lines! Megan and I are starting to watch the same TV shows, and I’m liking them! I’m losing it.

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**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4052 "2013-08-16T15:04:41Z")

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Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking.

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**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 16, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4053 "2013-08-16T15:42:56Z")

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Oh, you… you poor dumb son of a bitch. You’ve done more damage than you know.

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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:** [August 16, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4054 "2013-08-16T16:01:04Z")

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I’m sorry, Abbott. I’m a baaad boy.

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**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 16, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4055 "2013-08-16T17:12:41Z")

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You’re a bad pony, and I’m not gonna bet on 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:** [August 16, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4056 "2013-08-16T17:34:04Z")

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He wanted you to throw the race?

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**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 16, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4057 "2013-08-16T17:58:10Z")

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Do you seriously think I would explain my master stroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome?

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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:** [August 16, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4058 "2013-08-16T19:20:44Z")

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This is because I don’t have powers, isn’t it? Well, not every superhero has powers, you know. You _can_ be super without them. I _invented_ these.

[points to his rocket boots]

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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:** [August 16, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4059 "2013-08-16T19:26:27Z")

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Do you have a suit? Then suit up.

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**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 16, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4060 "2013-08-16T19:31:07Z")

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Anything I see in my mind, I can create. I’ve just got to focus.

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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:** [August 16, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4061 "2013-08-16T19:35:06Z")

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An effete British superhero, to be precise. I am pilfering your tableware because I hurl it. I hurl it with a deadly accuracy. The Blue Raja is my name. And yes, I know I don’t wear much blue and I speak in a British accent, but if you know your history it really does make perfect sense.

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**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 16, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4062 "2013-08-16T20:20:05Z")

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Well, what would you prefer? Yellow spandex?

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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:** [August 17, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4063 "2013-08-17T02:49:48Z")

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No capes!

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