# 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:** [June 29, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7304 "2014-06-29T21:31:23Z")

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Gentlemen, from this moment, any soldier without leggings, without a helmet, without a tie, any man with unshined shoes or a soiled uniform… is going to be skinned.

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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 30, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7305 "2014-06-30T02:13:15Z")

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Did you order the code red?

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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 30, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7306 "2014-06-30T06:17:39Z")

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All right, give me Hamm on five, hold the Mayo.

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7307 "2014-06-30T06:33:15Z")

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I’m gonna keep the coke and the fries but I’m gonna send this burger back, and if you put any mayonnaise on it, I’m gonna come over to your house, I’ll chop your legs off, set fire to your house, and watch as you drag your bloody stumps out the door.

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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 30, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7308 "2014-06-30T12:34:49Z")

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I’d like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.

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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 30, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7309 "2014-06-30T12:43:28Z")

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Who’d want to eat a chicken?

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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 30, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7310 "2014-06-30T12:45:27Z")

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And some dry white toast please.

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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 30, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7311 "2014-06-30T16:53:39Z")

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Give him a drink of water, goddamn it. Will you give him a drink of water, for Christ’s sake? We ain’t gonna shoot.

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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 30, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7312 "2014-06-30T17:16:12Z")

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I told you I ain’t got no _agua_.

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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 30, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7313 "2014-06-30T22:58:41Z")

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Oh then you ain’t getting no coke. Know what I’m talking about?

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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 30, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7314 "2014-06-30T23:07:54Z")

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The hardest thing is knowing whether I’m still alive.

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7315 "2014-07-01T04:14:54Z")

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Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much! It just so happens that your friend here is only _mostly_ dead.

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7316 "2014-07-01T14:11:07Z")

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She’s really quite sincerely dead.

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7317 "2014-07-01T14:43:40Z")

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This is the moment when the supposedly-dead killer comes back to life, for one last scare.

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7318 "2014-07-01T17:55:19Z")

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You and I are even at last. I paid you the life I owe you. And the next time we meet, I can kill you without becoming an evil person.

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7319 "2014-07-01T17:59:17Z")

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Do you want my opinion? You need to lighten up.

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7320 "2014-07-01T17:59:57Z")

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I never told you, but you sound a little like Dr. Seuss when you’re drunk.

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7321 "2014-07-01T18:55:58Z")

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You’re goddamn right I am. Now here come two words for you: Shut the fuck up.

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7322 "2014-07-01T22:33:58Z")

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…and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won’t, I won’t. The hell I won’t!

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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:** [July 1, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7323 "2014-07-01T23:26:59Z")

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You punch in at 8:30 every morning, except you punch in at 7:30 following a business holiday, unless it’s a Monday, then you punch in at 8 o’clock. Punch in late… _and they dock ya!_ Incoming articles get a voucher, outgoing articles provide a voucher. Move any article without a voucher… _and they dock ya!_ Letter size a green voucher, oversize a yellow voucher, parcel size a maroon voucher. Wrong color voucher… _and they dock ya!_ 6787049A/6 – that is your employee number. It will not be repeated! Without your employee number you cannot get your paycheck. Inter-office mail is code 37, intra-office mail 37-3, outside mail is 3-37. Code it wrong… _and they dock ya!_ This has been your orientation. Is there anything you do not understand, is there anything you understand only partially? If you have not been fully oriented, you must file a complaint with personnel. File a faulty complaint… _and they dock ya!_

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