# 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:** ![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:** [October 16, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10204 "2015-10-16T14:44:09Z")

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Christ! Now they’ve got us chasing shadows…

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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:** [October 16, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10205 "2015-10-16T14:54:10Z")

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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

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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:** [October 16, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10206 "2015-10-16T16:32:34Z")

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It is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinkin’ palm tree overboard! Now, what’s all this crud about no movie tonight?

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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:** [October 17, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10207 "2015-10-17T14:33:41Z")

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Are you hurt Ensign or are you injured?

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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:** [October 17, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10208 "2015-10-17T14:40:02Z")

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I have been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted, and burned.

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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:** [October 17, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10209 "2015-10-17T16:49:16Z")

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…and then depression set in.

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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:** [October 17, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10210 "2015-10-17T18:10:59Z")

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You’re not a demon, are you? The angel said you were. I can’t believe that. I won’t. You’re my son, and I love you more than my own life. You know what’s funny about all this, Fenton? I’m afraid of you.

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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:** [October 17, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10211 "2015-10-17T18:17:50Z")

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Hey… Dad?

You wanna have a catch?

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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:** [October 17, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10212 "2015-10-17T22:18:23Z")

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Batting practice tomorrow, be there!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10213 "2015-10-17T22:28:48Z")

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Well FUCK this FUCKING game! I quit, all right? I quit.

_beat_

Who we play tomorrow?

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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:** [October 17, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10214 "2015-10-17T22:57:21Z")

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Are you crying? There’s no crying in baseball!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10215 "2015-10-18T02:33:20Z")

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Anybody ever tell you you look like a little penis with that hat on?

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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:** [October 18, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10216 "2015-10-18T18:14:13Z")

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We’re gonna need a special locker for the hat.

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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:** [October 18, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10217 "2015-10-18T18:44:49Z")

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I can’t get it in.

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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:** [October 18, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10218 "2015-10-18T20:05:58Z")

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Alright, HAL. I’ll go in through the emergency airlock.

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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:** [October 18, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10219 "2015-10-18T20:47:37Z")

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Back door, huh? Good idea!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10220 "2015-10-18T22:46:24Z")

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“Here I am a-sneakin’ up behind ya…”

“You can always come in my back door.”

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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:** [October 18, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10221 "2015-10-18T23:33:15Z")

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What did I tell you? Never lock this window!

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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:** [October 19, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10222 "2015-10-19T13:09:44Z")

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They got no windows in the workhouse.

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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:** [October 19, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10223 "2015-10-19T13:14:45Z")

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You don’t have to sit around  
Depressed about the way that luck deceived you  
Fortune sailed away, you missed that boat  
And found that you’d been left behind

Down, down, down, down, down, down, down and out  
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down and out

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