# 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:** 619
**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:** [October 23, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12364 "2016-10-23T22:17:07Z")
Do you know who I was? Nobody. Except on the day after, I was still alive. This nobody had a chance to be somebody. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12365 "2016-10-24T11:11:49Z")
You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it. It was you, Charley. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12366 "2016-10-24T17:37:54Z")
I don’t even know you. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12367 "2016-10-24T19:40:14Z")
One of the things I do remember is my first day at school. There were all these weird-looking kids and I didn’t know any of them and they didn’t know me. I was scared, but after two days, we were all laughing about how scared we were. Everybody feels like you do, honey. Everybody. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12368 "2016-10-24T22:29:50Z")
I haven’t been fucked like that since grade school. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12369 "2016-10-26T13:38:58Z")
Beauty school drop-out, go back to high school. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12370 "2016-10-26T14:36:23Z")
Look at your math book; it looks brand new. Bet you’ve never even opened it. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12371 "2016-10-26T17:37:15Z")
There are imaginary numbers now? Are there unicorns next lesson? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12372 "2016-10-26T20:36:48Z")
Look out! Because pollutants can change us. And not just chemical and biological ones - cultural ones, as well. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12373 "2016-10-27T02:09:45Z")
It’s called the process of natural selection. You ever heard of Darwin? The males who demonstrate physical prowess are the most attractive to the females. And by breeding with the strongest males, the females ensure survival of the species. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12374 "2016-10-27T02:28:44Z")
These are the ground rules. I hook up with one guy a season. Usually takes me a couple weeks to pick the guy - kinda my own spring training. And, well, you two are the most promising prospects of the season so far, so I just thought we should kinda get to know each other. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12375 "2016-10-27T12:50:13Z")
I’m Jim Olmeyer, and this is my partner Jim. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12376 "2016-10-27T22:08:21Z")
Jim, the soap. (Pulp Fiction 02:04:43) ---
**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:** [October 27, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12377 "2016-10-27T22:55:31Z")
To make soap, first we render fat. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12378 "2016-10-27T22:58:41Z")
The draperies…wash them! ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12379 "2016-10-27T23:23:18Z")
Brought your nice, clean draperies back. (Freaky Friday 00:38:55) ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12380 "2016-10-28T11:10:52Z")
I never liked these curtains. I set them on fire in my fourth year. Accidentally, of course. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12381 "2016-10-28T18:40:14Z")
Hey, I’ve read all about your accident. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12382 "2016-10-28T20:24:39Z")
And, to answer your question, there are two reasons why I’m looking at you like this. One because it seems in a few minutes you will officially be the only survivor of this train wreck, and two, because you didn’t break one bone, you don’t have a scratch on you. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12383 "2016-10-28T22:25:20Z")
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