# 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:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14184 "2018-01-19T23:48:25Z")

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Sometimes even we doctors must face reality.

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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:** [January 20, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14185 "2018-01-20T00:14:14Z")

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There’s a guard with a pair of swollen testicles who swears you wanted out of here.

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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:** [January 20, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14186 "2018-01-20T01:26:38Z")

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I’ve never seen a guy get picked up by his testicles before.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14187 "2018-01-20T03:50:35Z")

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Oooohhh…that’s gonna leave a mark!

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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:** [January 20, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14188 "2018-01-20T16:58:05Z")

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One for each sin.

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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:** [January 20, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14189 "2018-01-20T21:41:55Z")

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I don’t have all day. It’s been 20 years since my last confession. I had a lot of things to do.

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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:** [January 20, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14190 "2018-01-20T22:16:47Z")

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Well, the nature of Christ is not quite as simple as your photoplay would have it.

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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:** [January 21, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14191 "2018-01-21T00:36:23Z")

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Your primitive intellect wouldn’t understand alloys and compositions and things with molecular structures.

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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:** [January 21, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14192 "2018-01-21T01:40:06Z")

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Hu-mans, listen to me. Due to an error in calculation, there are still a few of you left.

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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:** [January 21, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14193 "2018-01-21T14:34:37Z")

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Exterminate! Exterminate!

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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:** [January 21, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14194 "2018-01-21T17:08:46Z")

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Manners, manners!

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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:** [January 21, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14195 "2018-01-21T20:25:58Z")

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Ex-squeeze me? Baking powder?

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14196 "2018-01-22T12:46:14Z")

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Don’t tell me another cook has been murdered! Who is it this time, Aunt Jemima?

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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:** [January 22, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14197 "2018-01-22T22:15:28Z")

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_‘Paging Dr Jemima’_

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14198 "2018-01-23T00:19:59Z")

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Alright, give me Hamm on five, hold the Mayo.

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14199 "2018-01-23T00:39:30Z")

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I’d like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14200 "2018-01-23T01:09:18Z")

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You tell your chef Linguine I want whatever he dares put in front of me. Tell him to hit me with his best shot.

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14201 "2018-01-23T04:13:30Z")

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Well, this is the .44 Magnum Auto-Mag and it holds a 300-grain cartridge. And, if properly used, it can _remove_ the fingerprints.

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14202 "2018-01-23T14:39:52Z")

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There are too many clues in this room!

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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:** [January 23, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14203 "2018-01-23T15:21:32Z")

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In his whole diabolical career, the police have never been able to pin anything on him. And yet, show me crime without motive, robbery without a clue, murder without a trace and I’ll show you Giles Conover.

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