# 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:** 641
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12804 "2017-02-04T02:27:21Z")
Well, we’re safe for now. Thank goodness we’re in a bowling alley. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12805 "2017-02-04T02:42:40Z")
You brought the fuckin’ Pomeranian bowling? ---
**Author:** ![AngeloftheNorth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelofthenorth/32/19559_2.png) [@AngeloftheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngeloftheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12806 "2017-02-04T03:20:33Z")
This is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12807 "2017-02-04T04:39:29Z")
I’ve seen an agent punch through a concrete wall; men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air. Yet, their strength, and their speed, are still based in a world that is built on rules. Because of that, they will never be as strong, or as fast, as _you_ can be. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12808 "2017-02-04T11:23:14Z")
Next time, Jack, write a goddamn memo. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12809 "2017-02-04T13:29:07Z")
Didn’t you get the memo? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12810 "2017-02-04T13:47:31Z")
Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the policy. And the problem is just that I forgot the one time. And I’ve already taken care of it so it’s not even really a problem anymore. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12811 "2017-02-04T14:41:42Z")
If you don’t follow the rules here, then what are we? ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12812 "2017-02-04T15:11:44Z")
Commodore Schrepke: This is insane! Captain Finlander: Now don’t worry, Commodore. The Bedford’ll never fire first. But if he fires one, I’ll fire one. Ensign Ralston: [launching the rocket] Fire One! ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12813 "2017-02-04T15:15:38Z")
How about Global Thermonuclear War? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12814 "2017-02-04T19:30:21Z")
That doesn’t sound nice coming from a nurse, does 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:** [February 5, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12815 "2017-02-05T20:45:20Z")
The new small talk, you do it so awfully well. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12816 "2017-02-05T22:06:47Z")
I don’t want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12817 "2017-02-06T06:07:27Z")
Rodents of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12818 "2017-02-06T12:10:22Z")
I find your lack of faith disturbing. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12819 "2017-02-06T14:41:10Z")
There is a legend about you. That once you were asked to deny the faith, and they tied up seven priests and shot them, shot them before your eyes. And still you would not deny the faith. Is that story true? ---
**Author:** ![AngeloftheNorth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelofthenorth/32/19559_2.png) [@AngeloftheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngeloftheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12820 "2017-02-06T21:19:08Z")
Sometimes the truth isn’t believable. But that doesn’t mean that it’s not true. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12821 "2017-02-06T22:07:30Z")
Oh, it’s twoo! It’s twoo! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12822 "2017-02-06T23:51:42Z")
AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE! My client lied about her age! She was only 17 when she got married, which makes her a minor. And in the great state of California, no minor can enter into any legal contract without parental consent. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12823 "2017-02-07T11:26:07Z")
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