# 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 8, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12964 "2017-03-08T17:36:22Z")

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Then I bet you weren’t expecting THIS! _hikes her skirt up_

GAH!

A-ha! _pulls out a dagger_

Whew… okay.

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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 8, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12965 "2017-03-08T18:24:30Z")

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Excuse me while I whip this out.

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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 8, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12966 "2017-03-08T18:52:01Z")

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“She’s the Black Whip!”

“She couldn’t be! The Black Whip has got to be a man! He’s out-shot us, out-rode us, and out-fought us. He’s stopped us at every turn!”

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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 9, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12967 "2017-03-09T00:40:46Z")

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Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.

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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 9, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12968 "2017-03-09T01:17:59Z")

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Mind if I… zip this up?

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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 9, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12969 "2017-03-09T02:04:52Z")

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Are you all right? I’ve never seen a guy get picked up by his testicles before.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12970 "2017-03-09T03:34:10Z")

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You make me want to be a better man.

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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 9, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12971 "2017-03-09T12:20:50Z")

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Well, I can assure you that I was not groomed since birth to have some cushy job that even a moron like you could perform. While you were still learning how to SPELL YOUR NAME, I was being trained to conquer GALAXIES! To do anything less is a disgrace to my entire family line.

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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 9, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12972 "2017-03-09T17:51:11Z")

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My dear Ko-dan friends, lest we forget! It was your own emperor who granted me command of this armada. For only I hold the secret to the Frontier. Only I know the location of the Starfighter base. And therefore, only I will give the order to fire!

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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 9, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12973 "2017-03-09T17:53:03Z")

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Come on, you can do better than him, can’t you?

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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 9, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12974 "2017-03-09T18:04:02Z")

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Lord John Whorfin. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s to be mistaken for-a somebody else.

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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 10, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12975 "2017-03-10T01:07:40Z")

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Life is making mistakes.

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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 10, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12976 "2017-03-10T01:24:50Z")

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I don’t mind a double-cross and I don’t mind a triple-cross, but see that you execute no quadruple-cross. For this, to me, is insincerity.

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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 10, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12977 "2017-03-10T02:34:48Z")

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I would not have had that happen to you, discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to 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 10, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12978 "2017-03-10T02:54:58Z")

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If I’m curt with you it’s because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast, and I need you guys to act fast if you wanna get out of this. So, pretty please, with sugar on top – clean the fucking car.

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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 10, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12979 "2017-03-10T19:23:23Z")

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That’s it! I don’t want that belligerent trouble maker around my car wash anymore.

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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 11, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12980 "2017-03-11T20:29:29Z")

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You tell me where that suit is, woman! We are talking about the greater good!

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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 11, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12981 "2017-03-11T20:52:31Z")

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What I need is for you to go home, be with your mom, keep your trap shut, guard the suit, and stay connected to the telephone, 'cause if I call you, you better pick up.

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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 11, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12982 "2017-03-11T20:57:20Z")

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Will you get out of here? Will you? I’m trying to run an office here. Now will you go to lunch? Go to lunch! Will you go to lunch?

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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 11, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/12983 "2017-03-11T21:22:19Z")

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I said I would train you, and you have been trained. You are free to eat.

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