# 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: [July 2, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16645 "2019-07-02T01:39:42Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> “…and our hearts go out in sympathy to the two families who share the cruel loss of a young girl who was married at this altar only two weeks ago.”

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_Mrs. Miniver._ Such a great movie.

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What’s with this guy’s life preserver? Dork thinks he’s gonna drown!

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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, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16646 "2019-07-02T19:05:32Z")

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Throw me a life saver!

(Sight gag: Groucho tosses her a Life Saver candy.)

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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 2, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16647 "2019-07-02T22:55:42Z")

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Lockwood: Call me a cab!

Cosmo: All right, you’re a cab!

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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, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16648 "2019-07-03T20:07:09Z")

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Get out of my cab. I’m rich!

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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: [July 3, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16649 "2019-07-03T21:33:43Z")

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GET OUT OF THAT CHAIR!

…That’s my brother’s chair.

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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 3, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16650 "2019-07-03T21:40:18Z")

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So for me, for my mother, my grandmother, my father, my uncle, and for the common good, I must now kill you, and your brother.

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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 4, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16651 "2019-07-04T15:58:35Z")

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Can you please not fight in here? I don’t think I can take it.

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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: [July 5, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16652 "2019-07-05T20:18:12Z")

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You can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!

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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 6, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16653 "2019-07-06T19:58:52Z")

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The whole blooming Army’s calling for you. And I might say, that includes myself.

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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 8, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16654 "2019-07-08T15:48:12Z")

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Can’t you understand? Your leave - cancelled! You’ve got to go back! War!

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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: [July 10, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16655 "2019-07-10T23:30:30Z")

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Until this war is over, the only easy day is yesterday!

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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 11, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16656 "2019-07-11T00:55:17Z")

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Ok campers, rise and shine! — and don’t forget your booties 'cause it’s cooooooold out there today.

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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 11, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16657 "2019-07-11T13:45:13Z")

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Prowler needs a jump.

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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 11, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16658 "2019-07-11T20:34:22Z")

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I jumped back for the final quarter of the N.B.A. finals - courtside of course.

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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 12, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16659 "2019-07-12T15:06:26Z")

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Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important than the other.

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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 12, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16660 "2019-07-12T16:03:25Z")

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Relax, all right? Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls - it’s more democratic.

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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 12, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16661 "2019-07-12T17:47:52Z")

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You’ll never guess what happened today  
At the baseball game.  
It’s hard to believe, what happened today  
At the baseball game.  
I was the manager, Schroeder was catcher  
And all of the team was the same as always  
But somehow or other disaster struck  
At the baseball game.

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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 12, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16662 "2019-07-12T18:52:21Z")

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Life gives you lots of opportunities. Baseball only gives you one.

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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 12, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16663 "2019-07-12T20:22:12Z")

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_There’s no crying in baseball!_

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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 12, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16664 "2019-07-12T23:19:05Z")

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Last night I cried in bed. So how is that?

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