# 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:** ![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 24, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9824 "2015-08-24T03:08:59Z")

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Now that you brought that up, hang onto your paddle. And if you hit any rocks, don’t hit 'em with your head.

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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:** [August 24, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9825 "2015-08-24T03:15:51Z")

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Ladies and gentlemen, I can envision a day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people.

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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:** [August 24, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9826 "2015-08-24T10:45:13Z")

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Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I’ve known sheep that could outwit you. I’ve worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you’re an intellectual, don’t you, ape? Now, let me correct you on a couple of things, okay? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not “Every man for himself.” And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up.

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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:** [August 24, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9827 "2015-08-24T12:22:24Z")

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Big mistake. Big. Huge.

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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:** [August 24, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9828 "2015-08-24T13:59:34Z")

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Vanessa, do these pants make my butt look big?

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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:** [August 24, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9829 "2015-08-24T14:22:48Z")

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Why would I say that? Your hindquarters are hideously scrawny!

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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:** [August 24, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9830 "2015-08-24T15:33:25Z")

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'Cause she’s got a GREAT ASS, and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren’t I? When I think of asses, a woman’s ass, something comes out of me.

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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:** [August 24, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9831 "2015-08-24T15:35:56Z")

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Ya see a pair of laughing eyes,  
And suddenly you’re sighing sighs.  
You’re thinkin’ nothin’s wrong,  
You string along, boy, then SNAP!  
Those eyes, those sighs -  
They’re part of the tender trap.

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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:** [August 25, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9832 "2015-08-25T16:16:46Z")

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You see, my mule don’t like people laughing.

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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:** [August 25, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9833 "2015-08-25T16:24:29Z")

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I miss my donkey.

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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:** [August 25, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9834 "2015-08-25T16:32:38Z")

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Dave? What the fuck are you doing? Why are you dressed as Kick-Ass?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9835 "2015-08-25T18:48:45Z")

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Dave … Dave … I’m frightened …

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9836 "2015-08-26T00:18:08Z")

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My chin’s hanging out right next to yours. I’d worry a lot less if I thought you were worrying enough.

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9837 "2015-08-26T01:36:16Z")

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Stop playin’ with yourself, Hooper!

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**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9838 "2015-08-26T01:41:46Z")

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_ **Would you like to play a game?** _

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9839 "2015-08-26T02:18:55Z")

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I thought I could end the game myself. I was only ten spaces away.

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9840 "2015-08-26T03:41:11Z")

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Help me out here, Reggie. How far is it to that body?

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9841 "2015-08-26T13:39:29Z")

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Congratulations, Reg. It’s a… squid.

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9842 "2015-08-26T14:08:26Z")

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“Say squid.”

“Say dead.”

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/9843 "2015-08-26T14:34:20Z")

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Lawzy, we got to have a doctor. I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birthin’ babies.

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