# 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:** ![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:** [May 27, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11664 "2016-05-27T02:11:16Z")

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Strut

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11665 "2016-05-27T02:23:33Z")

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Walk this way.

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11666 "2016-05-27T15:27:02Z")

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Are you challenging me to a walk-off?

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11667 "2016-05-27T15:45:37Z")

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No…to the Pain!!

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11668 "2016-05-27T16:41:24Z")

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Is there a doctor in the house?

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11669 "2016-05-27T17:28:38Z")

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I must do some reading if I’m going to find out what ails him.

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11670 "2016-05-27T19:05:06Z")

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I read the article in _Forbes_.

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11671 "2016-05-27T19:43:45Z")

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You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie?

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11672 "2016-05-27T19:58:24Z")

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I read about them in _Time_ magazine.

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11673 "2016-05-27T20:01:16Z")

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What am I gonna do with 40 subscriptions to _Vibe_?

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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:** [May 27, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11674 "2016-05-27T20:32:55Z")

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What you had to do. What you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.

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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:** [May 28, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11675 "2016-05-28T11:14:17Z")

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No dying now, Mr. Messinger. Not until you give me Seth’s phone number.

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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:** [May 28, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11676 "2016-05-28T11:33:54Z")

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Transylvania 6-5000.

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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:** [May 28, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11677 "2016-05-28T14:18:58Z")

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Pennsylvania 6-5000.

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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:** [May 28, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11678 "2016-05-28T15:16:13Z")

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“Wait a minute. 555 is not a real number. They only use that in the movies.”

“No shit, honey. What do you think this is, real life?”

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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:** [May 28, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11679 "2016-05-28T15:49:01Z")

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A fourth wall break inside a fourth wall break? That’s like… sixteen walls!

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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:** [May 28, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11680 "2016-05-28T21:04:46Z")

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These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized.

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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:** [May 28, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11681 "2016-05-28T23:49:14Z")

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There’s Room, then outer space, with all the TV planets, then heaven. Plant is real, but not trees. Spiders are real, and one time the mosquito that was sucking my blood. But squirrels and dogs are just TV. Except Lucky. He’s my dog who might come some day. Monsters are too big to be real, and the sea. TV persons are flat and made of colors. But me and you are real.

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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:** [May 29, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11682 "2016-05-29T04:36:18Z")

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What’s the matter, don’t you like musical comedy?

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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:** [May 29, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11683 "2016-05-29T11:34:40Z")

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I _happen_ to be a vegetarian.

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