# 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:** 625
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12484 "2016-11-24T23:10:23Z")
Why, you slimy, double-crossing, no-good swindler! You’ve got a lot of guts coming here, after what you pulled. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12485 "2016-11-25T02:32:24Z")
Oh this is a refined operation son, and I’ve got it timed down to the last wave of the brakeman’s hand on the last train outta town. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12486 "2016-11-25T03:27:06Z")
Qantas. Qantas never crashed. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12487 "2016-11-25T22:30:49Z")
We have one rule, a rule that keeps us safe. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12488 "2016-11-26T02:01:28Z")
You look down, they know you’re lying and up, they know you don’t know the truth. Don’t use seven words when four will do. Don’t shift your weight, look always at your mark but don’t stare, be specific but not memorable, be funny but don’t make him laugh. He’s got to like you then forget you the moment you’ve left his side. And for God’s sake, whatever you do, don’t, under any circumstances… ---
**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:** [November 26, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12489 "2016-11-26T02:08:07Z")
I’ve told you time and time again, Ellen, I dislike being hurried into things! ---
**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:** [November 26, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12490 "2016-11-26T02:11:33Z")
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12491 "2016-11-26T02:24:10Z")
Missed it by that much! ---
**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:** [November 27, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12492 "2016-11-27T00:28:20Z")
I’m not complaining. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12493 "2016-11-27T17:15:29Z")
You never complained 'til yesterday. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12494 "2016-11-27T17:55:24Z")
Yeah. I’m sorry. You know, I thought it was yesterday. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12495 "2016-11-27T18:47:23Z")
Tuesday’s Wednesday. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12496 "2016-11-27T19:26:40Z")
Wednesday is fish sticks. Green lime jello for dessert. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12497 "2016-11-27T20:37:00Z")
Well, what a delightful menu! ---
**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:** [November 27, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12498 "2016-11-27T22:36:14Z")
“Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center.” Sounds charming. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12499 "2016-11-27T23:19:38Z")
Get that finger out of your ear! You don’t know where that finger’s been. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12500 "2016-11-28T12:29:56Z")
Touch-a, touch-a, touch-a, touch me! I wanna be dirty! ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12501 "2016-11-28T23:48:59Z")
What’s that man doing in my drawers? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12502 "2016-11-29T00:45:56Z")
Sometimes I play the concertina. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12503 "2016-11-29T01:47:47Z")
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