# 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:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7064 "2014-06-05T23:05:32Z")

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On the record let me say just this: the story is totally untrue. On background, I’d like to add that Bob Haldeman is one of the greatest public servants this country has ever had, and the story is a goddamned lie.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7065 "2014-06-06T00:33:45Z")

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You can’t handle the truth.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7066 "2014-06-06T13:32:41Z")

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Is it true what they’re sayin’, he’s some kinda vampire?

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7067 "2014-06-06T13:40:37Z")

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I am Count Dracula. I would like a large suite with a bath. I have a reservation.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7068 "2014-06-06T14:12:53Z")

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Count Dracula, allow me to introduce Professor Abraham Van Helsing of London University. He’s a doctor of rare diseases as well as theology and philosophy.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7069 "2014-06-06T17:00:54Z")

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Are you a doctor of medicine or theology?

Both, actually. Which may be of service?

By all means, medicine first.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7070 "2014-06-06T17:53:25Z")

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I hear Chapel’s an M.D. now. Well I’m gonna need a top nurse, not a doctor who’ll argue every little diagnosis with me. And they probably redesigned the whole sickbay, too! I know engineers, they _love_ to change things.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7071 "2014-06-06T18:10:26Z")

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Good morning, Miss Ratched.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7072 "2014-06-06T18:10:54Z")

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n/m, ninja’d.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7073 "2014-06-06T18:50:31Z")

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I _hate_ pills, very dangerous thing, pills.

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7074 "2014-06-06T19:18:23Z")

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You put them in your mouth and swallow!

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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:** [June 6, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7075 "2014-06-06T19:43:41Z")

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I don’t know if you know this or not, but cum leaves streaks if you don’t clean it right away.

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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:** [June 7, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7076 "2014-06-07T04:43:58Z")

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I’ve decided what to do with my life. I wanna be a cleaner.

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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:** [June 7, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7077 "2014-06-07T04:53:57Z")

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That’s deep! You’re SO obviously influenced by McKuen.

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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:** [June 7, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7078 "2014-06-07T06:38:30Z")

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There were these two fellars standin’ on a bridge, a-goin’ to the bathroom. One fellar said, “The water’s cold,” and the other fellar said, “The water’s deep.” I believe one fellar come from Arkansas. Get 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:** [June 7, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7079 "2014-06-07T16:02:20Z")

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Hey! I’ve been holding up this here bridge for over an hour so it didn’t fall on 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:** [June 7, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7080 "2014-06-07T20:15:37Z")

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Madness! Madness!

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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:** [June 7, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7081 "2014-06-07T20:49:53Z")

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Emmeline, do you know why your husband had a nervous breakdown? It’s because he has sunk $40,000, including $15,000 of my money into a company that makes seaweed for people to eat.

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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:** [June 8, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7082 "2014-06-08T02:57:32Z")

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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:** [June 8, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7083 "2014-06-08T18:48:45Z")

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I will be returning to Virginia, where I have been asked to serve as governor.

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