# 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:** [July 16, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7424 "2014-07-16T14:39:23Z")

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Cue the truck.

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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 16, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7425 "2014-07-16T14:54:24Z")

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Okay, here we go. Focus. Speed. I am speed. One winner, forty-two losers. I eat losers for breakfast. Breakfast? Maybe I should have had breakfast? Brekkie could be good for me. No, no, no, focus. Speed. Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning.

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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 16, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7426 "2014-07-16T22:45:12Z")

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We’ve had one, yes. But what about second breakfast?

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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:** [July 16, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7427 "2014-07-16T23:32:54Z")

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Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club

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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 16, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7428 "2014-07-16T23:51:51Z")

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…forty-two.

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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 17, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7429 "2014-07-17T00:40:52Z")

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Say something crazy… like you’re wearing ladies underwear.

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**Author:** ![umyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7ba0ec/32.png) [@umyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umyes)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7430 "2014-07-17T01:12:18Z")

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It Can’t Rain all the time.

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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 17, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7431 "2014-07-17T02:35:11Z")

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You think that’s his real name, Stormy Weathers?

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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:** [July 17, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7432 "2014-07-17T03:01:14Z")

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I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain…

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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 17, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7433 "2014-07-17T03:40:37Z")

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Some day we’ll find it, the rainbow connection -  
The lovers, the dreamers, and 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:** [July 17, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7434 "2014-07-17T04:21:46Z")

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Well, dreams – they feel real while we’re in them, right? It’s only when we wake up that we realize how things are actually strange. Let me ask you a question – you never really remember the beginning of a dream, do you? You always wind up right in the middle of what’s going on. So, how did we end up here?

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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:** [July 17, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7435 "2014-07-17T05:22:46Z")

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I’m not sure. I haven’t seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert.

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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 17, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7436 "2014-07-17T05:35:53Z")

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I don’t believe it! I mean she, she shows up outta nowhere without a car, without a map. She ain’t got nothing but a suitcase filled with men’s clothing. How come? How come she act so funny like she was gonna stay here forever? And with no clothes?! No! I don’t like it! It don’t make no sense at all! No, no, no, no, no! It don’t make no sense!

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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 17, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7437 "2014-07-17T12:38:50Z")

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Why do you keep yelling no when I am standing right next to 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:** [July 17, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7438 "2014-07-17T14:07:10Z")

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Oh, I’m sorry, did I break your concentration?

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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 17, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7439 "2014-07-17T14:36:24Z")

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All right, I’m gonna turn over the next card. Concentrate… I want you to tell me what you think it is.

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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:** [July 17, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7440 "2014-07-17T22:51:12Z")

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How the hell did you know I didn’t have the king or the ace?

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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 18, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7441 "2014-07-18T00:14:30Z")

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Welcome to the game!

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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 18, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7442 "2014-07-18T00:56:07Z")

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I’m not going to lose it. I’m going to gamble it.

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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 18, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7443 "2014-07-18T14:53:19Z")

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Well, I’ll just pretend I was playin’ with someone else’s money.

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