# 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:** ![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:** [April 25, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11444 "2016-04-25T13:35:11Z")

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Well, that’s it, honey. We’re out of Perrier, the caviar’s gone, and there’s no more melba toast. The only thing we’ve got left is a bottle of Dom.

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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:** [April 25, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11445 "2016-04-25T19:43:45Z")

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_you’re tearing me apart!!!_

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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:** [April 26, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11446 "2016-04-26T01:18:26Z")

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They tore my legs off and threw them over there! Then they took my chest out and threw it over there!

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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:** [April 26, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11447 "2016-04-26T11:17:32Z")

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Look, Kirk, no offense. I know you’re the big, fancy actor here, but I’ve done a lot more effect-driven films than you have and I think I can spot a prop head when I see one!

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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:** [April 26, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11448 "2016-04-26T23:00:08Z")

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This is bad. Bad for movie stars everywhere.

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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:** [April 26, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11449 "2016-04-26T23:39:46Z")

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Are you saying that nobody in New York will work with me?

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11450 "2016-04-27T04:14:27Z")

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I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never, ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay Puft.

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11451 "2016-04-27T11:03:42Z")

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You know, I have met some dumb blondes in my life, but you take the taco, pal!

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11452 "2016-04-27T11:14:02Z")

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Today will not be known as Taco Tuesday, it will be known as Freedom Friday! But still on Tuesday.

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11453 "2016-04-27T12:07:38Z")

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You two are in for a treat!

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11454 "2016-04-27T12:09:47Z")

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I can say Chimichanga in seven different languages.

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11455 "2016-04-27T15:39:54Z")

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Over the seven jewelled hills, beyond the seventh fall, in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, dwells Snow White, fairest of them all.

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11456 "2016-04-27T16:36:56Z")

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Little things hitting each other! That’s what I LIKE!

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11457 "2016-04-27T18:16:00Z")

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As children, George Sr. would often provoke the boys to fight one another. He believed it created a competitive spirit. He also thought tapes of the footage would be a big hit in the burgeoning home video market. He soon franchised the concept with such titles as _Boyfights 2_, _A Boyfights Cookout_, and _Backseat Boyfights: The Trip to Uncle Jack’s 70_.

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11458 "2016-04-27T23:14:07Z")

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Assaulted by both one’s parents in the same evening! What _is_ family life coming to?

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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:** [April 27, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11459 "2016-04-27T23:40:54Z")

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Oh, David, you are such a funny child!

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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:** [April 28, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11460 "2016-04-28T00:32:19Z")

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Daddy, why don’t we throw mommy out the window? It won’t hurt her. She’ll land in the gladiolas.

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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:** [April 28, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11461 "2016-04-28T01:12:29Z")

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What? Come on, Old Man, I’ve smoked since I was five. Mother insisted.

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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:** [April 28, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11462 "2016-04-28T01:23:36Z")

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It’s not like my mother is a maniac or a raving thing. She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven’t 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:** [April 28, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11463 "2016-04-28T01:52:02Z")

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Mother! I’ve turned the cooling unit back on. Mother!

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