# 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:** 745
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14885 "2018-06-07T13:19:44Z")
And that’s the hardest part. Today, everything is different. There’s no action. I have to wait around like everyone else. Can’t even get decent food. Right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I’m an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14886 "2018-06-07T14:07:56Z")
I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14887 "2018-06-07T14:59:57Z")
Huh? I am _not_ a bum. I’m a jerk. I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends, and… uh… my thermos. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14888 "2018-06-07T16:15:45Z")
If you need me, just call. You know how to dial, don’t you? You just put your finger in the hole and make tiny little circles. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14889 "2018-06-07T18:34:37Z")
You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14890 "2018-06-07T19:07:07Z")
Whistle up a Pathfinder squadron of Lancasters with 10-ton bombs. I don’t think anybody in that castle would ever talk again. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14891 "2018-06-07T19:47:05Z")
You can’t kill a squadron. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14892 "2018-06-07T22:21:11Z")
Sometimes, dead is better. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14893 "2018-06-08T02:21:46Z")
'Ere, he says he’s not dead. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14894 "2018-06-08T15:06:32Z")
-Do you every have déjà vu? -Didn’t you just ask me 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:** [June 8, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14895 "2018-06-08T16:58:17Z")
Good-bye Chocolate Mousse, I’ll never forget you. Good-bye Du Quois, take care of yourself. Good-bye Deja Vu, I’ll always remember you. And I’ll miss you most of all, Scarecrow! ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14896 "2018-06-08T18:12:01Z")
Her favorite is chocolate seashells, that’s my guess. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14897 "2018-06-08T19:47:41Z")
Garlic. A lot of garlic. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14898 "2018-06-08T19:53:37Z")
Crowd: (referring to an on-stage sex-act performance) Chocolate sandwich! Chocolate sandwich! Chocolate sandwich! Chocolate sandwich! ---
**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:** [June 8, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14899 "2018-06-08T21:44:02Z")
Bring me my stunt cock. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14900 "2018-06-09T02:36:50Z")
[that line is so good. source?] ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14901 "2018-06-09T02:44:41Z")
Bring the old man! We can’t have them running off to warn the creature! We’ll rid the village of this beast. WHO’S WITH ME?! ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14902 "2018-06-09T02:58:35Z")
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14903 "2018-06-09T19:40:16Z")
I will tolerate _one_ gang, because that is the nature of things. A certain amount of corruption is inevitable. But if I find _two_ gangs here when I get back, then in a couple of hours there will be _no_ gangs here. So it’s simple. One gang quits and goes home. You boys work it out. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14904 "2018-06-09T20:55:12Z")
And though I’m no Olivier … If he fought Sugar Ray … He would say … That the thing ain’t the ring, it’s the play. … So give me a stage … Where this bull here can rage … And though I could fight … I’d much rather recite … That’s entertainment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=744) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=746)