# 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:** ![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 12, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7144 "2014-06-12T13:18:50Z")

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Sugar, enriched flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, polysorbate 60, and yellow dye number five. Just everything a growing boy needs.

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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 12, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7145 "2014-06-12T13:21:39Z")

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Every child, except one, grows up.

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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 12, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7146 "2014-06-12T13:23:53Z")

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And then your mom goes around the corner and she licks it up.

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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 12, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7147 "2014-06-12T13:29:09Z")

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The key to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It’s a good non-specific symptom; I’m a big believer in it. A lot of people will tell you that a good phony fever is a dead lock, but, uh… you get a nervous mother, you could wind up in a doctor’s office. That’s worse than school. You fake a stomach cramp, and when you’re bent over, moaning and wailing, you lick your palms. It’s a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school.

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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 12, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7148 "2014-06-12T16:32:43Z")

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Madame, will you do me the honor, the favor, will you give me the infinite joy of bestowing on me Gigi’s hand in marriage?

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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:** [June 12, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7149 "2014-06-12T16:51:28Z")

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After three husbands, it takes a lot of butter to get you back in the frying pan.

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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 12, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7150 "2014-06-12T17:24:24Z")

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Well, these thighs haven’t gone out of the house without Lycra on them since I was 14.

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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 12, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7151 "2014-06-12T17:39:56Z")

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Well that explains it! That’s why these people treat me like some dime-store floozy.

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**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7152 "2014-06-12T19:43:56Z")

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Let me tell you what “Like a Virgin” is about.

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7153 "2014-06-12T23:25:23Z")

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Here’s what you do: you tell her you’re a virgin. You test her with this shit. Okay? Here, here, tell me. This is how’s it gonna go down. Tell me.

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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 12, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7154 "2014-06-12T23:36:59Z")

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What the cops never figured out, and what I know now, was that these men would never break, never lie down, never bend over for anybody. Anybody.

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7155 "2014-06-13T00:15:05Z")

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Anybody want a peanut?

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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 13, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7156 "2014-06-13T00:20:12Z")

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Eat something. You look like a swizzle stick!

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7157 "2014-06-13T00:22:23Z")

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Bite your teeth into the ass of life.

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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 13, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7158 "2014-06-13T01:57:23Z")

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Wait a minute. Who’s directing this, you or me? Let me check… why, that’s _my_ ass. That’s _my_ ass in the director’s chair! Shit, I must be the director!

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**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7159 "2014-06-13T06:11:10Z")

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He can’t make that kind of decision. He’s just a grunt!

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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 13, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7160 "2014-06-13T16:13:43Z")

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I’ll dispute that, sir.

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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 13, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7161 "2014-06-13T16:42:50Z")

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Listen, I came to make peace. We got off on the wrong foot. What do you say? Friends?

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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 13, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7162 "2014-06-13T18:42:22Z")

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I want us to be friends, Faye, I really do. And we all know that friends don’t hit each other… unless they have to.

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**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7163 "2014-06-13T19:38:52Z")

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Stop that. My hands are dirty.

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