# 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:** ![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:** [September 6, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4364 "2013-09-06T20:27:58Z")

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A-hyuck! Gorsh!

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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:** [September 6, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4365 "2013-09-06T20:40:27Z")

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Commodore Schmidlapp ringing for his tea again.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4366 "2013-09-07T14:44:10Z")

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Wallace! _Again?_

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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:** [September 7, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4367 "2013-09-07T16:52:59Z")

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Meanwhile…

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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:** [September 7, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4368 "2013-09-07T17:01:58Z")

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First, we’ll have an orgy. Then we’ll go see Tony Bennett.

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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:** [September 7, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4369 "2013-09-07T18:04:34Z")

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It’s not gonna be an orgy! It’s a toga party.

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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:** [September 8, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4370 "2013-09-08T02:55:54Z")

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He raped Thrace thrice!

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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:** [September 8, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4371 "2013-09-08T15:44:32Z")

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Vere are mates? _VERE ARE CHICKS_?

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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:** [September 8, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4372 "2013-09-08T17:20:12Z")

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as our friends at Chelsea use to call us, the Cuckoo Pigeon sisters.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4373 "2013-09-08T18:10:47Z")

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Feed the birds. Tuppence a bag.

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4374 "2013-09-09T12:26:24Z")

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Half a sixpence is better than half a penny, Is better than half a farthing, is better than none.  
It’s a token of our eternal love.

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4375 "2013-09-09T16:24:52Z")

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It’s not a question of enough, pal. It’s a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn’t lost or made, it’s simply transferred from one perception to another.

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4376 "2013-09-09T16:34:22Z")

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Now, on the matter of motive, we ask you: Why did you conceive, plan and execute this dastardly and scandalous crime?

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4377 "2013-09-09T17:39:57Z")

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First I should make something quite clear: I never explain anything.

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4378 "2013-09-09T17:42:57Z")

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So, you won’t talk, eh…

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4379 "2013-09-09T19:18:33Z")

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We have ways of making men talk.

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4380 "2013-09-09T19:23:20Z")

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This is genuine coin of the realm. With a dollar of this, you can buy ten dollars of talk.

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4381 "2013-09-09T19:33:18Z")

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Would I lie to a prince of the realm to win twelve pennies?

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4382 "2013-09-09T19:40:09Z")

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You lying Terminator bitch! Youre building Skynet.

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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:** [September 9, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4383 "2013-09-09T20:23:35Z")

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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? I triggered it 35 minutes ago.

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