# 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:** 604
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12064 "2016-08-13T20:16:45Z")
It’s what you want. It’s what every white boy off the lake wants. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12065 "2016-08-14T01:14:16Z")
Man, that’s a real shame when folks be throwin’ away a perfectly good white boy like that. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12066 "2016-08-14T03:40:08Z")
How do we know he’s NOT Mel Torme? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12067 "2016-08-14T17:54:59Z")
Maestro, this is the talented man I was telling you about. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12068 "2016-08-15T04:12:20Z")
As I went through the salon, I played a game with myself. This man had written his first concerto at the age of four; his first symphony at seven; a full-scale opera at twelve! Did it show? Is talent like that written on the face? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12069 "2016-08-15T23:36:02Z")
He’s not fit for dog meat. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12070 "2016-08-15T23:46:40Z")
Thank you for pointing that out, my dear. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12071 "2016-08-16T19:21:43Z")
Well, you’re very welcome. I’ll let myself out. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12072 "2016-08-16T21:01:17Z")
If I’m not back in five minutes, just wait longer. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12073 "2016-08-16T21:07:14Z")
I’ll be right _bat_. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12074 "2016-08-17T03:44:36Z")
For future reference, right-handed men don’t hold it with their left. Just one of those things. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12075 "2016-08-17T19:32:49Z")
These are a few of my favorite things. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12076 "2016-08-17T20:13:18Z")
Go, get the butter. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12077 "2016-08-17T23:34:51Z")
And two hard-boiled eggs. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12078 "2016-08-17T23:59:57Z")
I can eat _fifty_ eggs. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12079 "2016-08-18T01:40:21Z")
You want fifty-five? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12080 "2016-08-18T03:08:37Z")
When I was a lad, I ate four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. And now that I’m grown, I eat _five_ dozen eggs, so I’m roughly the size of a barge! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12081 "2016-08-18T11:12:12Z")
Aye, and if my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a wagon. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12082 "2016-08-18T12:41:31Z")
She’s picked up a bad case of the respectabilities. And in just a few days from now, that poor woman’s going to be burnin’ up in a fever of virtue. And then LOOK OUT. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12083 "2016-08-18T19:46:43Z")
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