# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 387
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7724 "2014-08-11T20:18:46Z")
Well, I wouldn’t put it that way, but… okay. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7725 "2014-08-11T20:34:08Z")
For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7726 "2014-08-11T21:53:50Z")
Mitch, there’s something you need to know. Compared to you, most people have the IQ of a carrot. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7727 "2014-08-11T22:02:22Z")
I’ll give you a whole goddamn fruit salad. There are Frigidaires falling from the sky! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7728 "2014-08-11T22:08:51Z")
Then you plug up the inlet to the test cock with chewing gum, sealing wax, anything… just so that it shows a dribble. And then you open the tube, and Good Night. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7729 "2014-08-11T23:12:32Z")
What the hell good is that gonna do? You close them, you can’t open them again. You can’t land on the moon with one healthy fuel cell! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7730 "2014-08-12T00:20:59Z")
And once the moon is mine, the world will give me whatever I want to get it back, and I will be the greatest villain of all time! That’s what I’m talking about! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7731 "2014-08-12T00:39:19Z")
You read way too much Twilight! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7732 "2014-08-12T03:40:45Z")
Books are adventure. They contain murder and mayhem and passion. They love anyone who opens them. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7733 "2014-08-12T06:52:58Z")
I think we’ve been in here too long. I feel unusual. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7734 "2014-08-12T10:18:04Z")
You’d think at a certain point all these atypical somethings would amount to a typical something. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7735 "2014-08-12T14:07:23Z")
Tell me, honey. Go ahead. Get it off your chest. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7736 "2014-08-12T14:13:22Z")
I am an extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7737 "2014-08-12T14:29:53Z")
Fascinating. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7738 "2014-08-12T14:41:36Z")
Is that all you’ve got to say? What about my performance? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7739 "2014-08-12T14:44:10Z")
Practice, practice, practice. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7740 "2014-08-12T14:49:33Z")
Yes! But, you can’t just say it, man. You’ve gotta feel it in your blood and guts! If you wanna rock, you gotta break the rules. You gotta get mad at the man! And right now, I’m the man. That’s right, I’m the man, and who’s got the guts to tell me off? Huh? Who’s gonna tell me off? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7741 "2014-08-12T14:55:06Z")
Get off my lawn! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7742 "2014-08-12T15:18:29Z")
We are not questioning your authority, sir, but if manners prevent our speaking the truth, we will be without manners. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/7743 "2014-08-12T15:28:38Z")
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