# 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:** ![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:** [December 15, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15825 "2018-12-15T20:31:10Z")

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Help, there’s a bear loose in my apartment, help!

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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:** [December 15, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15826 "2018-12-15T22:12:13Z")

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Hey, there, it’s Yogi Bear!

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**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:** [December 16, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15827 "2018-12-16T17:57:34Z")

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Hey hey hey, it’s Fat Albert!

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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:** [December 16, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15828 "2018-12-16T21:13:23Z")

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Fat? He was the Magic Mountain! He threw me into one of my frenzies. I went beserk and kicked his door open, so they threw me out and told me never to come back again. I was willing to pay for it. I just wanted to talk to him. You know how I am.

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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:** [December 16, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15829 "2018-12-16T22:20:35Z")

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You can stay at my place 'til you get something sorted out, if you want. I won’t be in your way; I’m going up north for a few 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:** [December 16, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15830 "2018-12-16T22:56:09Z")

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He’s making a list, and checking it twice.

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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:** [December 17, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15831 "2018-12-17T19:57:53Z")

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Read it.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15832 "2018-12-17T20:39:47Z")

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Am I supposed to be a man? Am I supposed to say “It’s okay, I don’t mind, I don’t mind?” Well, I mind. I mind big time! And you know what the worst part is? I never learned to read!

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**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15833 "2018-12-17T22:15:51Z")

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Read 'em and weep.

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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:** [December 18, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15834 "2018-12-18T13:56:02Z")

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How’d you know I was bluffing? I didn’t do any of my tells. I didn’t shuffle my cards, I didn’t pull my hair, I didn’t even flick my teeth.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15835 "2018-12-18T15:17:37Z")

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You didn’t say “God bless you” when I sneezed.

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**Author:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15836 "2018-12-18T17:07:14Z")

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I didn’t want you to do anything rash.

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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:** [December 18, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15837 "2018-12-18T19:19:16Z")

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I gots to know.

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**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:** [December 18, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15838 "2018-12-18T20:11:58Z")

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“‘To be or not to be,’ that is the question that preoccupies our people, Captain Kirk. We need breathing room.”  
“Earth, Hitler, 1938.”  
“I beg your pardon?”

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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:** [December 18, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15839 "2018-12-18T21:44:15Z")

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Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killin’ yet.

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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:** [December 18, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15840 "2018-12-18T22:09:55Z")

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Fill your hand, you sonofabitch!

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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:** [December 18, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15841 "2018-12-18T22:11:46Z")

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In my mind there is no doubt the hand is walking around.

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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:** [December 19, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15842 "2018-12-19T02:40:53Z")

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Thing, stop that!

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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:** [December 19, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15843 "2018-12-19T15:10:56Z")

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That’s it - the Thing. Yeah, you think this is bad, you should have seen him before!

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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:** [December 19, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15844 "2018-12-19T16:27:52Z")

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It’s been a very revealing ten seconds, Harold.

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