# 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:** 748
**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 19, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14945 "2018-06-19T19:22:59Z")
Running an unstable ship at full ahead is dangerous! ---
**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 19, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14946 "2018-06-19T21:51:56Z")
You arrogant ass. You’ve killed _us_! ---
**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 19, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14947 "2018-06-19T22:30:38Z")
_You have saved us!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14948 "2018-06-20T03:26:14Z")
Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn. ---
**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 20, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14949 "2018-06-20T11:57:37Z")
You can’t bluff someone who’s not paying attention. ---
**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 20, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14950 "2018-06-20T12:21:05Z")
Is this a game of chance? Not the way I play it, no. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14951 "2018-06-20T13:11:27Z")
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess? ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14952 "2018-06-20T16:22:13Z")
Bishop to King 7. Checkmate, I think. ---
**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 20, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14953 "2018-06-20T21:36:57Z")
She projects Bishop back in time a few days to warn the others of the coming attack. ---
**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 20, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14954 "2018-06-20T21:58:06Z")
There’ll be two lamps in the steeple, one if by land and two if by sea. [_looks, sees three lamps_] They double-crossed me–they’re coming by land _and_ sea. _[turns to horseman_] Ride through every village. Wake every citizen up. Tell 'em the enemy comes from afar, with a hey nonny-nonny and a ha-cha-cha! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14955 "2018-06-20T22:03:48Z")
If your majesty doth ask it, I will tell about the basket with a willo willo wailey and a nonny nonny {whistle}. ---
**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 21, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14956 "2018-06-21T00:57:08Z")
I was worth the whistle. ---
**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 21, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14957 "2018-06-21T17:58:58Z")
Oh, wake up, Brown. This train’s headed straight for the cemetery. But there’s another one coming along, a gravy train. Let’s get on it. ---
**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 22, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14958 "2018-06-22T11:22:49Z")
Hello. My name is Mr. Conductor, and I’m going to tell you a story about trains. ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14959 "2018-06-22T14:05:04Z")
Throw Momma From The Train ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14960 "2018-06-22T17:53:09Z")
You better do something, you idiot, because in ten minutes you’re going to have two hundred tons of locomotive smashing through Central Station on its way to Marshall Field’s. ---
**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 22, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14961 "2018-06-22T18:16:44Z")
Pop quiz, hotshot. There’s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do? ---
**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 22, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14962 "2018-06-22T19:31:42Z")
I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you. ---
**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 24, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14963 "2018-06-24T20:58:26Z")
Luck isn’t a superpower. And certainly not very cinematic. ---
**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 24, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14964 "2018-06-24T21:35:09Z")
Twenty-five words or less? Okay. Movie exec calls writer. Writer’s girlfriend says he’s at the movies. Exec goes to the movies, meets writer, drinks with writer. Writer gets conked and dies in four inches of dirty water. Movie exec is in deep shit. What do you think? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=747) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882.md?page=749)