# 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:** 534
**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 16, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10664 "2015-12-16T15:08:33Z")
Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you’re thinkin’ about a plate o’ shrimp. Suddenly someone’ll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o’ shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin’ for one, either. It’s all part of a cosmic unconciousness. ---
**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 16, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10665 "2015-12-16T15:13:50Z")
Let’s put another shrimp on the barbie! ---
**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 16, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10666 "2015-12-16T18:13:08Z")
Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10667 "2015-12-16T20:38:59Z")
When you’ve _quite finished!_ ---
**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, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10668 "2015-12-16T20:59:50Z")
Can I finish? The fact is that we Canadians are quite surprised by your outrage. Can I finish? Hello? Can I-- can I finish? The United States has graphic violence on television all the time. We can’t believe that a movie with some foul language would piss you off so much. Can I finish? Please, can I finish?! [long pause] Okay, I’m finished. ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10669 "2015-12-16T21:32:45Z")
If he doesn’t like it here, he can swim across the river to Canada. ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10670 "2015-12-17T12:11:33Z")
That’s OK, we’re renting a pontoon boat. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10671 "2015-12-17T12:39:39Z")
A boat?! Heeeey, I’ve seen a boat! It passed by not too long ago. It went this way-- it went this way! Follow me! ---
**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 17, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10672 "2015-12-17T14:22:55Z")
With all due respect miss, this is not your car, this is a cruise liner! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10673 "2015-12-17T18:06:23Z")
That look like a boat stuck in the Sheriff’s car there, Eddie? ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10674 "2015-12-17T18:07:27Z")
These Italian liners, ya know, they couldn’t compete for speed, so they built these floating art palaces instead. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10675 "2015-12-17T18:29:54Z")
I feel the need… the need… for speed. ---
**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 17, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10676 "2015-12-17T19:02:17Z")
Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need… roads. ---
**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 17, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10677 "2015-12-17T19:05:18Z")
“You lost.” “Only the race.” ---
**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:** [December 17, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10678 "2015-12-17T20:22:56Z")
Dodge this. ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10679 "2015-12-18T14:50:03Z")
Missed it by **that** much. ---
**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 18, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10680 "2015-12-18T15:05:21Z")
She loves me so much that she wants me around all the time. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10681 "2015-12-18T15:33:52Z")
You lousy minx! I oughta have you spayed! You sent out all the signals! And I don’t think I like you anymore! Goodbye, my unintended. Go to heaven. ---
**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 18, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10682 "2015-12-18T18:07:31Z")
None of us will see heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/10683 "2015-12-18T18:08:22Z")
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