# 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:** [April 3, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14545 "2018-04-03T23:42:33Z")

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'C’mon Babe, why don’t we paint the town… And all that Jazz. I’m gonna rouge my knees and roll my stockings down… And all Jazz. Start the car I know a whoopie spot… where the gin is cold and the piano’s hot. It’s just a noisy hall, where there’s a nightly brawl… And all that Jazz.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14546 "2018-04-04T01:57:40Z")

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When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way! from you first cigarette to your last dyin’ days.

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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:** [April 4, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14547 "2018-04-04T02:04:58Z")

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Jenny was a Bluget, a girl pickpocket and a turtledove. A turtledove picks out a fine house, disguises herself as a housemaid and robs you blind. It takes a lot of sand to be a turtledove.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14548 "2018-04-04T02:10:22Z")

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Take a tip from Bill Sikes  
He can whip what he likes.  
I recall, he started small  
He had to pick-a-pocket or two.

[my 2nd musical in a row !]

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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:** [April 4, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14549 "2018-04-04T14:46:23Z")

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You never know what you’re going to find in someone’s pocket.

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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:** [April 4, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14550 "2018-04-04T14:50:02Z")

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What… have I got… in my pocket?

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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:** [April 4, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14551 "2018-04-04T15:59:04Z")

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I know what this is. This is an espresso machine. No, no no. It’s a snow cone maker, that’s what it is. Is it a water heater?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14552 "2018-04-04T16:02:16Z")

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And what is this?  
That’s cheese.  
And what of this?  
That’s cheese…  
And this?  
That’s cheese…  
And what is this? Rice?  
No that’s cheese, this is all cheese here.  
But this say “Crackers”, this not cheese.  
No Crackers is the brand, that’s cheese…

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14553 "2018-04-04T17:33:28Z")

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You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in France?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14554 "2018-04-04T18:26:37Z")

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- He ate eighty White Tower hamburgers?
- Oh yeah, you didn’t know? Thanksgiving night. Eighty-six he ate. Saw him later and said, Earl, your goal was eighty. Why eighty-six? He looked at me and said I got hungry.

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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:** [April 5, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14555 "2018-04-05T17:57:40Z")

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Well, those cheeseburgers were only the beginning because a breakfast system is on its way to Swallow Falls. My forecast? Sunny… side up!

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14556 "2018-04-05T18:52:59Z")

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Yeah, three cheeseburgers, two large fries, two chocolate shakes and one large coke.

[—And some flapjacks.]  
Too early for flapjacks?

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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:** [April 5, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14557 "2018-04-05T19:43:12Z")

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Sure, sure, I heard of grits. I just actually never seen a grit before.

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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:** [April 5, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14558 "2018-04-05T21:22:34Z")

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…and two hard boiled eggs.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14559 "2018-04-06T01:01:37Z")

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You’re gonna need a bigger boat.

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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:** [April 6, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14560 "2018-04-06T13:35:02Z")

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Jack, there’s a boat! Jack…

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14561 "2018-04-06T15:55:54Z")

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Here’s Johnny!

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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:** [April 6, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14562 "2018-04-06T19:20:11Z")

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Excuse me, Johnny, I’ve got to hang up. We’re expecting a call from you any minute.

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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:** [April 6, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14563 "2018-04-06T19:53:17Z")

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Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a phone call when you are unable to speak?

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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:** [April 6, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14564 "2018-04-06T22:20:50Z")

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You expect me to talk when all I could preserve is my own measly, worthless life? TOO BLOODY RIGHT, I’LL TALK! I’ll talk, I’ll talk, just try and stop me!

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