# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 716
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14305 "2018-02-15T19:02:27Z")
And I thought MY jokes were bad. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14306 "2018-02-15T21:54:43Z")
There’s nothing like a good joke! And that was nothing like a good joke. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14307 "2018-02-16T19:31:57Z")
Oh, come on, Oliver, where’s your sense of humor? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14308 "2018-02-16T21:05:22Z")
Don’t tell me you lost your sense of humor already? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14309 "2018-02-17T02:31:55Z")
No, not really. This is a different thing; it’s spontaneous and it’s called wit. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14310 "2018-02-17T02:54:33Z")
It looks so simple to the viewer at home, those things that come so easily, that are so relaxed, and looks like it’s a matter of just taking another breath. It takes years and years and years of honing that. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14311 "2018-02-17T04:23:33Z")
It’s not easy being a cast-iron bitch. It takes discipline, years of training. A lot of people don’t appreciate that. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14312 "2018-02-17T05:13:05Z")
Why should I need more time? The job’s done. The bitch is dead. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14313 "2018-02-17T19:57:25Z")
You would like to apologize? Try again. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14314 "2018-02-17T20:09:38Z")
I do, I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14315 "2018-02-18T20:42:15Z")
“I don’t care who he is. Nobody talks to me like a house detective.” “How do you know how a house detective talks?” “Don’t you think I read?” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14316 "2018-02-19T00:42:55Z")
At the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, we teach you that there’s more to life than just being really, really, ridiculously good looking. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14317 "2018-02-19T00:50:42Z")
Pretty women Fascinating… Sipping coffee, Dancing… pretty women Pretty women Are a wonder. Pretty women! ---
**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:** [February 19, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14318 "2018-02-19T22:18:22Z")
You did it! Congratulations! World’s best cup of coffee! Great job, everybody! It’s great to be here. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14319 "2018-02-20T01:20:50Z")
With the world saved and the secrets of Da Vinci protected, Eddie finally got his coffee. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14320 "2018-02-20T01:36:52Z")
More tea, anyone? ---
**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:** [February 20, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14321 "2018-02-20T02:25:01Z")
Just as she says, Laura. All you’re supposed to do is once in a while give the boys a little tea… tea and sympathy. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14322 "2018-02-20T12:05:25Z")
Ah, Kirk, my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served _cold_? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14323 "2018-02-20T15:14:12Z")
First goddamn week of winter. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14324 "2018-02-20T19:35:58Z")
We have two advantages - we know this town, and we know the cold. We live here for a reason: because nobody else can. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=715) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=717)