# 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:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8504 "2014-12-12T23:24:32Z")

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Don’t fight me, child. I’m the messenger of God and I only want to heal 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:** [December 13, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8505 "2014-12-13T23:40:03Z")

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It might be a tumor.

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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:** [December 14, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8506 "2014-12-14T01:18:37Z")

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The thing on that man’s hand killed him and then it killed Paul, and whatever it is, it’s getting bigger!

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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:** [December 14, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8507 "2014-12-14T01:24:56Z")

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Beware of the Blob, it leaps, it creeps…

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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:** [December 14, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8508 "2014-12-14T02:25:09Z")

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I have been instructed to ask your President for precisely that.

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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:** [December 15, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8509 "2014-12-15T03:30:48Z")

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Nobody does this to the United States. The President will get his baseball glove back and play catch with this guy’s balls!

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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:** [December 15, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8510 "2014-12-15T03:40:19Z")

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Even in a time of intergalactic crisis, people still want to roll them bones.

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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:** [December 16, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8511 "2014-12-16T02:17:28Z")

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SONY:

Bony.

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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:** [December 18, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8512 "2014-12-18T17:24:38Z")

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It’s Lieutenant Hurwitz. Severe shell-shock. Thinks he’s Ethel Merman.

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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:** [December 19, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8513 "2014-12-19T05:28:10Z")

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I had mine removed surgically under general anesthesia. But to have it bitten off in a Buick…

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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:** [December 21, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8514 "2014-12-21T18:06:21Z")

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I was just inches from a clean getaway.

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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:** [December 21, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8515 "2014-12-21T18:14:16Z")

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Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bust up your car.

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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:** [December 21, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8516 "2014-12-21T18:27:44Z")

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Whoa, whoa. You better watch what you say about my car. She’s real sensitive.

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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:** [December 21, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8517 "2014-12-21T18:38:59Z")

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You know, I once knew this girl Doreen. Good-looking girl. Looked just like a Jaguar, only she was a truck! You know, I used to crash into her just so I could speak to her.

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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:** [December 21, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8518 "2014-12-21T19:43:45Z")

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Oh, for the love of Chrysler! Can we please ask someone for directions?

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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:** [December 21, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8519 "2014-12-21T19:47:32Z")

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Transmitting my coords now. Good luck!

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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:** [December 21, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8520 "2014-12-21T22:29:08Z")

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One minute you’re defending the whole galaxy, and, suddenly, you find yourself sucking down darjeeling with Marie Antoinette… and her little sister.

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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:** [December 22, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8521 "2014-12-22T03:52:48Z")

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More tea, anyone?

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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:** [December 22, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8522 "2014-12-22T04:11:25Z")

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We should be delighted, Colonel.

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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:** [December 22, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/8523 "2014-12-22T17:20:56Z")

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“Yes, sir” is the way to address me. First thing we’ll do is follow certain courtesies. You’ll do whatever I tell you, and do it with enthusiasm. I’m gonna teach you to play football well; I’ll run your ass off every day. After I run you till you drop, tackle till your arms cramp, something will happen to you that’s never happened in your life: You’re gonna be happy, kid.

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