# 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:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6944 "2014-05-29T14:16:31Z")

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Face it, Tiff. You need me, otherwise you’re stuck like this for good.

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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:** [May 29, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6945 "2014-05-29T14:44:48Z")

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Well, when you get your body back, it’s grounded.

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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:** [May 29, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6946 "2014-05-29T14:46:54Z")

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And don’t forget the importance of body language, ha!

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6947 "2014-05-29T14:56:53Z")

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Don’t shrug, imbecile. I’m blind. Save your body language for the bimbi.

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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:** [May 29, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6948 "2014-05-29T14:57:20Z")

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Because I want my body back. And I want my freedom and my privacy. And most of all, I’d like to be able to take a leak without being fondled.

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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:** [May 29, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6949 "2014-05-29T17:15:40Z")

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I’m the hand up Mona Lisa’s skirt. I’m a surprise, Kevin. They don’t see me coming: that’s what you’re missing.

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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:** [May 29, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6950 "2014-05-29T17:23:41Z")

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I’m the following sea, man. I’m the one you need to watch out for.

_(Pardon me while I Purell my keyboard.)_

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6951 "2014-05-29T17:58:46Z")

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We were enroute from Memphis, for eleven and a half hours, for 175 miles an hour, so they think that we’re right here. But, we went out of radio contact, then flew around that storm for about an hour, so that’s a distance of what, 400 miles? Four hundred miles squared, that’s 160,000 times pi, 3.14… 502,400… That’s a search area of 500,000 square miles. That’s twice the size of Texas.

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6952 "2014-05-29T19:56:59Z")

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You shoot off a guy’s head with his pants down, believe me, Texas is not the place you wanna get caught.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6953 "2014-05-30T03:36:28Z")

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Sir knight? I’ve just pissed in my pants, and nobody can do anything about it!

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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:** [May 30, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6954 "2014-05-30T14:03:24Z")

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Thank you, sir gracious.

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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:** [May 30, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6955 "2014-05-30T19:19:21Z")

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Thank you, sir! May I have another?

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6956 "2014-05-30T19:27:38Z")

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I can eat fifty eggs.

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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:** [May 30, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6957 "2014-05-30T19:51:54Z")

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You know, some religions think that the egg is the symbol of the soul, did you know that?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6958 "2014-05-30T19:55:52Z")

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Right. Come on then, back to Creation. We mustn’t waste any more time. They’ll think I’ve lost control again and put it all down to evolution.

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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:** [May 30, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6959 "2014-05-30T22:51:52Z")

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You! What realm is this? Elfheim, Nilfheim?

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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:** [May 30, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6960 "2014-05-30T23:05:17Z")

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No, it’s Iowa.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6961 "2014-05-30T23:16:46Z")

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No, I’m from Iowa. I only work in outer space.

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6962 "2014-05-30T23:39:24Z")

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You see, what we’re actually trying to do here is, we’re trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work… so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/6963 "2014-05-31T00:16:40Z")

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First I’m going to use you as a human shield. Then I’m going to kill this guard over here with the Patterson trocar on the table. And then I was thinking about breaking your neck.

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