# 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:** [June 29, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14985 "2018-06-29T13:41:11Z")

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I don’t wanna die, I’m just being realistic.

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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:** [June 29, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14986 "2018-06-29T18:23:04Z")

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I may be synthetic, but I’m not stupid.

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14987 "2018-06-29T18:54:05Z")

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Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I’ve known sheep that could outwit you. I’ve worn dresses with higher IQs.

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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:** [June 30, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14988 "2018-06-30T00:39:26Z")

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Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

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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:** [June 30, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14989 "2018-06-30T02:04:49Z")

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-I’m just so glad you learned to play the guitar so good… even without having a sense of smell!  
-It’s okay mama, I learned how to play by ear.

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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:** [June 30, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14990 "2018-06-30T18:05:57Z")

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That’s a nice song, Mama.

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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:** [July 1, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14991 "2018-07-01T16:46:56Z")

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I remember Mama.

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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:** [July 1, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14992 "2018-07-01T21:45:06Z")

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Remember Sammy Jankis.

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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:** [July 2, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14993 "2018-07-02T01:26:22Z")

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It’s just like the first time I came here, isn’t it? We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder. And I was thinking about that anklet.

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14994 "2018-07-02T01:49:18Z")

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That was the summer of 1963 - when everybody called me Baby, and it didn’t occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn’t wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I’d never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman’s.

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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:** [July 2, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14995 "2018-07-02T16:19:06Z")

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[I’ll run with it, but\*\*bjohnny\*\* I don’t get track. A lot of times I don’t know the movie, which would make it best, but I like to enjoy the track. Anyway:]

No. No. You’ve got to sign for it.

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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:** [July 2, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14996 "2018-07-02T18:07:17Z")

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What is it with this envelope? People love it, they hate it, they gotta have it, they gotta get rid of it.

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**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:** [July 3, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14997 "2018-07-03T03:47:15Z")

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You know, there’s something about this that’s like, well it’s like you’re expecting a letter that you’re just crazy to get, and you’re hanging around the front door for fear you might not hear him ring. You never realize that he always rings twice…

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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:** [July 3, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14998 "2018-07-03T12:32:42Z")

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What knockers!

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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:** [July 3, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14999 "2018-07-03T16:45:58Z")

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I’m very impressed with myself, too.

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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:** [July 3, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15000 "2018-07-03T16:54:25Z")

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Chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it’s usually something unusual.

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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:** [July 3, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15001 "2018-07-03T17:08:12Z")

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All citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check.

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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:** [July 3, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15002 "2018-07-03T17:50:41Z")

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This looks like a job for Superman!

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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:** [July 3, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15003 "2018-07-03T20:40:53Z")

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I can’t fire them. I hired these guys for three days a week and they just started showing up every day. That was four years ago.

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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:** [July 4, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15004 "2018-07-04T16:46:33Z")

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High-ho, high-ho, it’s off to work we go…

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