# 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:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13924 "2017-10-27T16:56:48Z")

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We BELONG dead!

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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:** [October 27, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13925 "2017-10-27T22:58:31Z")

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Kommst du mit mir, Papa.

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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:** [October 27, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13926 "2017-10-27T23:46:22Z")

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_Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!_  
[For a good laugh, try putting that into Google Translate.]

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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:** [October 28, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13927 "2017-10-28T00:09:41Z")

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What we have here is a failure to communicate.

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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:** [October 28, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13928 "2017-10-28T02:09:57Z")

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Say _what_?

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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:** [October 28, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13929 "2017-10-28T20:22:41Z")

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You should not always insist on speaking your mind, you know.

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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:** [October 28, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13930 "2017-10-28T23:23:14Z")

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That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard.

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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:** [October 29, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13931 "2017-10-29T02:16:13Z")

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You got peanut butter or somethin’ in your ears?

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13932 "2017-10-29T05:39:47Z")

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Better keep listening, might be a bit about blessed are the big noses.

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13933 "2017-10-29T05:41:07Z")

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double post, please ignore or delete

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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:** [October 29, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13934 "2017-10-29T16:46:32Z")

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So you finally got a sense of humor about your nose.

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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:** [October 29, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13935 "2017-10-29T20:07:50Z")

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And now, the star of our show, the kamikaze of comedy! Fasten your seat belts, put on your crash helmets; because here he comes… Mr. Saturday Night… Buddy Young, Junior!

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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:** [October 29, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13936 "2017-10-29T20:56:32Z")

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Thunderdome’s simple. Get to the weapons, use them any way you can. I know you won’t break the rules. There aren’t any.

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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:** [October 30, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13937 "2017-10-30T00:11:09Z")

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Rules? In a knife fight? No rules!

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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:** [October 30, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13938 "2017-10-30T11:18:47Z")

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That’s not a knife.

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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:** [October 30, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13939 "2017-10-30T13:18:07Z")

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That’s no moon.

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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:** [October 30, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13940 "2017-10-30T20:27:54Z")

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Sam, I can only account for what occurs on this base.

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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:** [October 30, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13941 "2017-10-30T23:38:17Z")

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Judge Maxwell: Officer! What are these people being charged with

Arresting Officer: It’s kind of hard to explain, Judge.

Judge Maxwell: Give it a shot.

Arresting Officer: Well we picked most of them out of San Francisco bay.

Judge Maxwell: Entering the country illegally?

Arresting Officer: No sir, they drove in.

Judge Maxwell: Into the country?

Arresting Officer: Into the bay.

Judge Maxwell: Ah, that’s better. Unauthorized use of public water.

Arresting Officer: Mostly in stolen cars.

Judge Maxwell: Ah ha, that’s grand larceny.

Arresting Officer: Then there was a shooting…

Judge Maxwell: That’s assault with a deadly weapon.

Frederick Larrabee: They broke into my home.

Judge Maxwell: That’s breaking and entering.

Frederick Larrabee: [indicating Eunice] And brought her with them forcibly!

Judge Maxwell: That’s kidnapping.

Eunice: They tried to molest me.

Judge Maxwell: That’s… unbelievable.

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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:** [October 31, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13942 "2017-10-31T11:29:03Z")

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So, let me get one thing straight here… We have a pro football team now, but they’re in Nashville?

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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:** [October 31, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13943 "2017-10-31T19:49:51Z")

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This isn’t Dallas, it’s Nashville! They can’t do this to us here in Nashville! Let’s show them what we’re made of. Come on everybody, sing! Somebody, sing!

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