# 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 9, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4384 "2013-09-09T20:29:14Z")

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If only we could go back to two days ago before your dad lost his keys, and steal them.

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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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4385 "2013-09-09T20:41:37Z")

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Son of a bitch stole my idea!

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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 10, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4386 "2013-09-10T01:57:29Z")

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You see, to be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only had seven days to make it. And that’s where this comes in. This is the only map of all the holes. Well, why repair them? Why not use them to get stinking rich?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4387 "2013-09-10T06:40:27Z")

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Because it’s evil!

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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 10, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4388 "2013-09-10T11:59:26Z")

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Evil is his name!

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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 10, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4389 "2013-09-10T13:06:59Z")

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What a lovely 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:** [September 10, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4390 "2013-09-10T13:20:57Z")

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They call me MISTER Tibbs.

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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 10, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4391 "2013-09-10T13:54:34Z")

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Most folks just call me Massah Cross.

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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 10, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4392 "2013-09-10T16:35:15Z")

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Call me Madam.

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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 10, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4393 "2013-09-10T16:57:35Z")

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Madam, I have not disappeared. I am very tiny. I am a germ. A rare disease. I am called malignalitaloptereosis… and you’ve caught me, Mim!

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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 10, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4394 "2013-09-10T17:37:48Z")

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Don’t you know who I am? I’m the shrinking woman, I’m Pat Kramer.

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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 10, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4395 "2013-09-10T17:54:26Z")

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Mr. Szalinski, are you trying to tell me that suddenly size is no longer relative?

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4396 "2013-09-10T18:22:19Z")

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Size matters not. Look at 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:** [September 10, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4397 "2013-09-10T18:25:44Z")

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Let the Wookie win.

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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 10, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4398 "2013-09-10T18:46:14Z")

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Hey, I think I ran over some - I think I ran over a wookie back there on the expressway…

_(Imagine how long I’ve been waiting for the opportunity … )_

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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 10, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4399 "2013-09-10T19:12:36Z")

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It’s Alive… It’s ALIVE!

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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 10, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4400 "2013-09-10T19:19:28Z")

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Yes, I did read something of that incident when I was a student, but you have to remember that a worm… with very few exceptions… is not a human being.

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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 10, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4401 "2013-09-10T19:21:48Z")

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Yeah, I heard that the worms are as big as people’s arms.

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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:** [September 10, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4402 "2013-09-10T19:42:17Z")

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Whoa, Sandworms. Ya hate 'em right? I hate 'em myself!

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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 10, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4403 "2013-09-10T19:44:10Z")

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The early bird gets the worm, but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese.

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