# 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:** ![Catsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Catsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsie)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15925 "2019-01-08T17:48:48Z")

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Made me look like a duck in water.

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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:** [January 8, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15926 "2019-01-08T18:19:52Z")

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Lord love a duck.

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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:** [January 8, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15927 "2019-01-08T22:57:11Z")

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Every duck has his limit, and you scum have pushed me over the line!

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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:** [January 8, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15928 "2019-01-08T22:59:35Z")

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Alright! Why a duck? Why that…why a duck? Why a no chicken?

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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:** [January 9, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15929 "2019-01-09T00:50:23Z")

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You think with a financial statement like this you can have the duck?

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**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:** [January 9, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15930 "2019-01-09T00:52:54Z")

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> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> You think with a financial statement like this you can have the duck?

Out of play - I love that movie!

Back in play:  
I didn’t want a duck! I wanted a puppy!

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**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15931 "2019-01-09T01:05:04Z")

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“How’s this for a new team name: The Ducks!”

“Please! What kind of Mickey Mouse organization would name their team The Ducks?”

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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:** [January 9, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15932 "2019-01-09T02:54:18Z")

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He’s Hitler with a tail. He’s _The Omen_ with whiskers. Even Nostradamus didn’t see him coming!

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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:** [January 9, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15933 "2019-01-09T14:05:21Z")

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Nostradamus was wrong.

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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:** [January 9, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15934 "2019-01-09T19:36:01Z")

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the man who knows what you’re going to do before you do it. The amazing Frank Cadillac!

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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:** [January 9, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15935 "2019-01-09T21:13:57Z")

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I’m Frank T.J. Mackey, a master of the muffin and author of the Seduce and Destroy system now available to you on video and audio cassette.

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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:** [January 9, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15936 "2019-01-09T23:32:14Z")

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Yessir, that’s New Deal Used Cars… Now wait just a Goddamn minute. What the hell is this? Is this a 1974 Mercedes 450SL for _twenty-four thousand dollars_? That’s too fucking high. [Blows up car with dynamite.] Yessir. We blew the shit out of that over-priced motherfucker just the way we blow the shit out of _all_ high prices, down here at New Deal Used Cars. So y’all come on down. Did you hear what I said? New Deal Used Cars. So y’all come on down. Did you hear what I said?

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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:** [January 10, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15937 "2019-01-10T17:12:49Z")

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Would _you_ shop at a store called “Unpainted Huffheins”?

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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:** [January 10, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15938 "2019-01-10T23:05:36Z")

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They said I was a valued customer. Now they send me hate mail.

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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:** [January 11, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15939 "2019-01-11T15:41:52Z")

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Dr. Curnow is not sending the message. He is in accessway two.

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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:** [January 11, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15940 "2019-01-11T15:49:56Z")

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E.T. phone home.

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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:** [January 11, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15941 "2019-01-11T19:26:58Z")

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I tell you from its size and its appearance this thing come from outer space.

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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:** [January 11, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15942 "2019-01-11T21:23:26Z")

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No, I’m from Iowa; I just _work_ in outer space.

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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:** [January 11, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15943 "2019-01-11T21:32:20Z")

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Out! Back to the sixties! Back! There’s no place for you here in the future! Get back while you still can!

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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:** [January 11, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15944 "2019-01-11T23:40:09Z")

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Clouded this boy’s future is.

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