# 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:** ![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:** [May 12, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13304 "2017-05-12T21:44:51Z")

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I gotta get me some of that.

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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:** [May 13, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13305 "2017-05-13T01:18:55Z")

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It’s not right; this damn woman doing something like this to me. I used to have power. Now old age is creeping up on 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:** [May 13, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13306 "2017-05-13T03:33:51Z")

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“So, I heard you turned 80 today.”  
“Is that what you heard?”  
“Yeah. Man…that’s really old.”  
“Oh yeah? Well, you should meet my father.”  
“Your father’s still alive?”  
“Naah, but you should meet him.”

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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:** [May 13, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13307 "2017-05-13T13:38:59Z")

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Ask not what your rest home can do for you. Ask what you can do for your rest home.

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**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:** [May 13, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13308 "2017-05-13T13:47:02Z")

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Oh I’m too old for that sort of thing.

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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:** [May 13, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13309 "2017-05-13T19:52:09Z")

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Would I not be outstanding in that capacity?

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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:** [May 14, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13310 "2017-05-14T12:28:06Z")

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Am I not turtley enough for the Turtle Club?

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**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:** [May 14, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13311 "2017-05-14T13:04:58Z")

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We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.

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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:** [May 14, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13312 "2017-05-14T20:28:07Z")

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Well, I’ve read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says: “Live people ignore the strange and unusual.” I, myself, am strange and unusual.

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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:** [May 15, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13313 "2017-05-15T00:01:04Z")

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And our credo: “Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.” _We gladly feast on those who would subdue us_. Not just pretty words.

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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:** [May 15, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13314 "2017-05-15T06:01:24Z")

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Klaatu Barada N… necktie… nectar… nickel… noodle… it’s an “N” word, it’s definitely an “N” word…

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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:** [May 16, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13315 "2017-05-16T00:21:22Z")

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One fine day… I went out with an old man. He’s studied noodles for 40 years. He was showing me the right way to eat them.

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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:** [May 16, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13316 "2017-05-16T00:45:22Z")

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Wax on. Wax off.

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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:** [May 16, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13317 "2017-05-16T13:34:43Z")

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To you they are wax, but to me their creator, they live and breathe.

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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:** [May 16, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13318 "2017-05-16T19:51:04Z")

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I realize such a concept tends to negate our belief in a benevolent God, but yes.

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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:** [May 16, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13319 "2017-05-16T20:03:49Z")

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He’s not the Messiah; he’s a very naughty boy!

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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:** [May 16, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13320 "2017-05-16T22:52:25Z")

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Best Boy: FRANK McKANE  
Worst Boy: ADOLF HITLER

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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:** [May 17, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13321 "2017-05-17T17:42:48Z")

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Frank Burns is a menace!

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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:** [May 17, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13322 "2017-05-17T22:23:03Z")

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“Spider-Man, Hero or Menace? Exclusive Daily Bugle Photos”.

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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:** [May 17, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13323 "2017-05-17T22:45:11Z")

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We’re not exactly the Washington Post, okay?

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