# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10004 "2015-09-17T14:23:39Z")

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She’s my fiancee.

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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:** [September 17, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10005 "2015-09-17T15:00:40Z")

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So, we’re not getting married but I have to get rid of my pants?

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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:** [September 17, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10006 "2015-09-17T16:19:32Z")

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Come on Frank, say yes, and I’ll buy you some new deodorant.

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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:** [September 17, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10007 "2015-09-17T17:02:10Z")

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Oh, Mom, back off. The last guy you dated stole our furniture.

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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:** [September 17, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10008 "2015-09-17T17:41:48Z")

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Right now everything is great, everyone is happy, everyone is in love and that is wonderful. But you gotta know that sooner or later, you’re gonna be screaming at each other about who’s gonna get this dish. This $8 dish will cost you a thousand dollars in phone calls to the legal firm of That’s Mine, This Is Yours. Please – Jess, Marie. Do me a favor. For your own good, put your name in your books right now before they get mixed up and you won’t know whose is whose. 'Cause someday, believe it or not, you’ll go 15 rounds over who’s gonna get this coffee table. This stupid wagon wheel ROY ROGERS GARAGE SALE COFFEE TABLE!

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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:** [September 17, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10009 "2015-09-17T18:43:14Z")

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It’s a big house, we’ll divide it up! You stay in your half, I’ll stay in mine!

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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:** [September 17, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10010 "2015-09-17T19:54:19Z")

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A family tiff seems to be developing. I don’t know if we should leave, but I definitely advise skipping the fish course.

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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:** [September 17, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10011 "2015-09-17T20:13:57Z")

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The salmon mousse.

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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:** [September 17, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10012 "2015-09-17T21:56:15Z")

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Well, you can live on it, but it tastes like shit.

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**Author:** ![Rather\_a\_Vicious\_Gentleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@Rather\_a\_Vicious\_Gentleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rather_a_Vicious_Gentleman)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10013 "2015-09-17T23:16:38Z")

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As you get smarter, you begin to manipulate your senses. This tastes much different to me than it is to you.

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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:** [September 18, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10014 "2015-09-18T00:18:10Z")

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I guess she don’t like the cornbread, either.

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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:** [September 18, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10015 "2015-09-18T13:12:42Z")

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You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I’m an easy target. Yeah, you’re right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I’m not changing. I like… I _like_ me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I’m the real article. What you see is what you get.

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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:** [September 18, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10016 "2015-09-18T13:21:53Z")

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Yeah, you’re right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you… but I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings.

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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:** [September 18, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10017 "2015-09-18T13:51:04Z")

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Shut up,

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just shut up.

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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:** [September 18, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10018 "2015-09-18T14:30:27Z")

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So the grizzly bear, he walks out of the room. Well, now, the panda bear is just sitting there, he thinks to himself , “This is odd”. And then, what do you know, the phone rings. You know who it is? It’s the polar bear, and the polar bear. he says to the panda bear, “I didn’t know it was a koala bear!” Get it? “Koala?” Wocka wocka!

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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:** [September 18, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10019 "2015-09-18T16:02:26Z")

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Shh! Let me tell you a little story about a man named Shh! Shh! even before you start. That was a pre-emptive “shh!” Now, I have a whole bag of “shh!” with your name on it.

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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:** [September 18, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10020 "2015-09-18T16:09:01Z")

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You see that? That’s shit. And this is Shinola.

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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:** [September 19, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10021 "2015-09-19T14:50:56Z")

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Close your eyes and hide from every care.

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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:** [September 19, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10022 "2015-09-19T15:17:59Z")

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I tried to forget you… I thought I had.

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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:** [September 19, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10023 "2015-09-19T17:32:04Z")

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Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.

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