# 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:** [November 21, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5004 "2013-11-21T17:18:45Z")

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I’ve been listening to that horse shit of yours for months, and you can take that crap and blow it out your ass. And for good measure, sit on THIS, John.

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5005 "2013-11-21T17:46:22Z")

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Your swearing does not impress me. My husband works for Tower Hamlets and believe me those kids make you sound like… Angela Lansbury!

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5006 "2013-11-21T17:51:16Z")

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Why don’t you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5007 "2013-11-21T17:58:24Z")

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Who are ya hiding from, Helen? The notices couldn’t have been that bad.

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5008 "2013-11-21T18:02:27Z")

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“It never occurred to us that William Shakespeare wrote the ‘Wizard of Oz’. However, Elliot Garfield makes a splendid Wicked Witch of the North.”

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5009 "2013-11-21T18:09:37Z")

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Oh, of course, now that I see you in the light, you’re plenty old enough to be Roy’s mother.

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5010 "2013-11-21T18:22:58Z")

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Dude, that chick’s a MILF!

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5011 "2013-11-21T18:29:45Z")

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Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me… Aren’t 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:** [November 21, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5012 "2013-11-21T18:58:33Z")

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Call me Stifler’s Mom.

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5013 "2013-11-21T19:38:03Z")

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Your mother’s in here, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I’ll see that she gets it.

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5014 "2013-11-21T20:06:16Z")

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It’s not like my mother is a maniac or a raving thing. She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven’t you?

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5015 "2013-11-21T22:00:27Z")

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From my mother I inherited a love of language and an appreciation of nature. She could turn a walk around the island into a voyage of purest discovery. As a child, I thought she was the most extraordinary woman on earth. I wasn’t the first son to be wrong about his mother.

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5016 "2013-11-21T23:55:42Z")

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No… wire… hangers. What’s wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you: no wire hangers EVER?

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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:** [November 24, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5017 "2013-11-24T00:18:00Z")

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I worked too hard for too long to get here!

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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:** [November 24, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5018 "2013-11-24T03:45:09Z")

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Mama’s talkin’ loud.  
Mama’s doin’ fine.  
Mama’s gettin’ hot.  
Mama’s goin’ stong.  
Mama’s movin’ on.  
Mama’s all alone.  
Mama doesn’t care.  
Mama’s lettin’ loose.  
Mama’s got the stuff.  
Mama’s lettin’ go.  
Mama?  
Mama’s got the stuff.  
Mama’s gotta move.  
Mama’s gotta go.  
Mama? Mama?  
Mama’s gotta let go.

Why did I do it?  
What did it get me?  
Scrapbooks full of me in the background.  
Give 'em love and what does it get ya?  
What does it get ya?  
One quick look as each of ‘em leaves you.  
All your life and what does it get ya?  
Thanks a lot and out with the garbage,  
They take bows and you’re battin’ zero.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5019 "2013-11-24T04:56:46Z")

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Let me tell you about my mother…

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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:** [November 24, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5020 "2013-11-24T15:56:28Z")

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Mother! Did you hear what you just said?

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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:** [November 24, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5021 "2013-11-24T15:59:48Z")

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You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother–  
(Shut your mouth)  
But I’m talkin’ about Shaft  
(Then we can dig it)

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**Author:** ![renticular](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e57/32.png) [@renticular](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renticular)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5022 "2013-11-24T16:27:08Z")

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Slow down, your just grinding metal now

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**Author:** ![renticular](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e57/32.png) [@renticular](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renticular)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/5023 "2013-11-24T17:42:40Z")

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“Hey Vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man,  
No, have you?”

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