# 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:** 532
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10624 "2015-12-09T23:53:58Z")
With me, surprises are rarely unexpected. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10625 "2015-12-10T02:13:19Z")
Supplies! ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10626 "2015-12-10T12:44:02Z")
_Deck the halls with boughs of hor’ry Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra, ra-ra-ra-ra 'Tis the season to be jor’ry Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra, ra-ra-ra-ra_ ---
**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:** [December 10, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10627 "2015-12-10T19:47:06Z")
This deck is the only country we have. ---
**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 10, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10628 "2015-12-10T22:19:09Z")
Deck Us All With Boston Charlie, Walla Walla Wash. and Kalamazoo! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10629 "2015-12-10T22:37:38Z")
We open on Charlie Kaufman. Fat, old, bald, repulsive, sitting in a Hollywood restaurant, across from Valerie Thomas, a lovely, statuesque film executive. Kaufman, trying to get a writing assignment, wanting to impress her, sweats profusely. Fat, bald Kaufman paces furiously in his bedroom. He speaks into his hand held tape recorder, and he says: “Charlie Kaufman. Fat, bald, repulsive, old, sits at a Hollywood restaurant with Valerie Thomas.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10630 "2015-12-11T01:53:26Z")
He notices. She’s distressed. He’s concoined! She explains her perdicament and . . . enter the light lunch! ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10631 "2015-12-11T02:21:51Z")
I’ll have what she’s having. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10632 "2015-12-11T02:24:39Z")
Do you know how many times a week I go without lunch because some bitch borrows my lunch money? Y’know, any halfway decent girl can rob me blind, because I’m too torqued up to say no. ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10633 "2015-12-11T02:31:52Z")
Hi, my name is Bob. I’ll be your robber. ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10634 "2015-12-11T02:35:51Z")
Honey, babe? You’ve got a gun - shoot them. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10635 "2015-12-11T02:51:33Z")
And now you understand. Anything goes wrong, anything at all… your fault, my fault, nobody’s fault… it won’t matter - I’m gonna blow your head off. No matter what else happens, no matter who gets killed I’m gonna blow your head off. ---
**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 11, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10636 "2015-12-11T05:02:12Z")
That gives us exactly forty minutes to get the fuck out of Dodge. Which, if you do what I say when I say it, should be plenty. Now, you’ve got a corpse in a car, minus a head, in a garage. Take me to it. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10637 "2015-12-11T14:13:47Z")
Keep your goddamn hands off my wife! ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10638 "2015-12-11T16:48:49Z")
You’ve got your hands on my wife’s booby! ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10639 "2015-12-11T17:07:06Z")
Get your slimy, webbed phalanges off ma boots! ---
**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:** [December 11, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10640 "2015-12-11T20:10:59Z")
Okeeday! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10641 "2015-12-12T16:53:13Z")
It’s okay, he’s not any more real than you are. ---
**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 12, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10642 "2015-12-12T20:03:18Z")
There is no spoon. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10643 "2015-12-12T23:33:06Z")
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