# 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:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11684 "2016-05-29T14:24:30Z")

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You know how my mom can communicate with animals? Apparently they don’t like being eaten.

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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 29, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11685 "2016-05-29T18:03:22Z")

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Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.

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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 29, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11686 "2016-05-29T20:12:43Z")

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In a few minutes he won’t know you from kosher bacon.

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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 29, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11687 "2016-05-29T21:34:30Z")

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Bring home the bacon.

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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 30, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11688 "2016-05-30T02:47:18Z")

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Show me the money!

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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 30, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11689 "2016-05-30T17:45:01Z")

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Okay. Sell it 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:** [May 30, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11690 "2016-05-30T17:53:05Z")

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Oh, see, I made Louis a bet here. See, Louis bet me that we couldn’t both get rich and put y’all in the poor house at the same time. He didn’t think we could do it. I won.

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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 30, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11691 "2016-05-30T18:41:33Z")

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We’re counting cards. We’re counting cards. We’re counting cards. Are you taking any prescription medication?

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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 30, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11692 "2016-05-30T19:17:48Z")

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Now casinos have house rules: they don’t like to lose. So you never show that you’re counting cards. That is _the_ cardinal sin, Ray.

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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 31, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11693 "2016-05-31T02:48:55Z")

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I know more about casino security than any man alive. I invented it, and it cannot be beaten. They got cameras, they got locks, they got watchers, they got timers, they got vaults, they got enough armed personnel to occupy Paris! [beat] Okay, bad example.

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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 31, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11694 "2016-05-31T03:01:22Z")

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I’m a sporting’ man. I like to lay the occasional bet.

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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 31, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11695 "2016-05-31T12:30:31Z")

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This is a dude who, 700 years ago, totally ravaged China, and who, we were told, 2 hours ago, totally ravaged Oshman’s Sporting Goods.

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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 31, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11696 "2016-05-31T13:12:11Z")

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My little baby’s all grown up and saving China.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11697 "2016-05-31T14:12:08Z")

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Nobody puts baby in the corner!

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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 31, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11698 "2016-05-31T16:13:21Z")

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Trust me, that wheezing bag of dick-tips has it coming.

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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 31, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11699 "2016-05-31T16:59:43Z")

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He had it coming! He had it coming! He only had himself to blame! If you’d have been there; if you’d have seen it, you know that you would have done the same!

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11700 "2016-05-31T22:52:57Z")

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May I bone your kipper, Mademoiselle?

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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:** [June 1, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11701 "2016-06-01T07:29:35Z")

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Want a breath mint?

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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:** [June 1, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11702 "2016-06-01T11:51:28Z")

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Get in there, you big smelly oaf! I don’t care what you smell.

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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:** [June 1, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/11703 "2016-06-01T12:41:02Z")

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“I said, I don’t care!”

“Oh, he’s our shortstop.”

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