# 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:** ![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:** [March 3, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12924 "2017-03-03T12:40:32Z")

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You know what I think? I think you should go back home to Greenbow, Ala-BAMA!

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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:** [March 3, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12925 "2017-03-03T18:58:02Z")

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As commanding officer of the U.S.S Alabama I order you to place the XO under arrest under charges of mutiny.

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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:** [March 3, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12926 "2017-03-03T21:17:09Z")

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Captain, as your exec it’s my duty to point out alternatives.

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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:** [March 3, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12927 "2017-03-03T22:32:00Z")

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Now remember: don’t extend any lines of credit, don’t touch the dabo girls, and make sure you keep your eyes on _him_.

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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:** [March 3, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12928 "2017-03-03T23:13:50Z")

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It’s my kid brother, Larry, your uncle. Don’t give him any money.

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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:** [March 4, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12929 "2017-03-04T23:48:02Z")

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I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.

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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:** [March 5, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12930 "2017-03-05T01:34:54Z")

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You know what a Rainmaker is, kid? The bucks are gonna be falling from the sky.

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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:** [March 5, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12931 "2017-03-05T01:55:51Z")

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Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast.

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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:** [March 5, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12932 "2017-03-05T02:05:33Z")

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Help! Don’t eat me!

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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:** [March 5, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12933 "2017-03-05T02:24:35Z")

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Man, I got these cheeseburgers. They some double cheeseburgers.

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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:** [March 5, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12934 "2017-03-05T02:35:37Z")

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Hey, you. Come here. I see mayonnaise. Did anybody in this hear me say the word “Mayonnaise”? Read your notes. What does it say? “Cheeseburger, well done. Raw onion, ketchup, pickle”. You call that well done? In addition to the mayonnaise, I see lettuce… Lettuce that somebody tried to scrape off here. This is a disaster. What the hell do they teach you at the Academy anyway? You wanna be a detective when you grow up?

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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:** [March 5, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12935 "2017-03-05T19:50:37Z")

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You make it sound so vulgar, David, as if the son of hot dog dynasty were being offered in marriage to the daughter of the mustard king.

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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:** [March 5, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12936 "2017-03-05T20:55:20Z")

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Are you the Keymaster?

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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:** [March 6, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12937 "2017-03-06T17:51:57Z")

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Yes sir, boss. Rack 'em up for Mr. Fast Eddie!

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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:** [March 6, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12938 "2017-03-06T22:17:49Z")

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Me and Fat Sam, we’re like this.

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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:** [March 6, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12939 "2017-03-06T22:43:32Z")

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You know, it says here that by the time the average American is fifty, he’s got five pounds of undigested red meat in his bowels.

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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:** [March 6, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12940 "2017-03-06T22:53:48Z")

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When people believed the earth was flat, the idea of a round world scared them silly. Then they found out how the round world works. It’s the same with the world of the supernatural. Until we know how it works, we’ll continue to carry around this unnecessary burden of fear.

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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:** [March 6, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12941 "2017-03-06T23:51:20Z")

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A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet.

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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:** [March 7, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12942 "2017-03-07T00:04:03Z")

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All right, I’m going to level with you all. But what’s most important now is that you remain calm. There is no reason to panic. Now, it is true that one of the crew members is ill… _slightly_ ill. But the other two pilots, they’re just fine. They’re at the controls flying the plane, free to pursue a life of religious fulfillment.

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**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:** [March 7, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12943 "2017-03-07T03:00:34Z")

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Well, I’ll tell you son… Due to a Cetcil wind, Dystor’s vectored us into a 360-tarson of slow air traffic. Now we’ll maintain this Borden hold until we get the Forta Magnus clearance from Melnics.

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