# 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: ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16925 "2019-09-24T22:01:22Z")

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Life? Don’t talk to me about life.

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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: [September 24, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16926 "2019-09-24T22:06:50Z")

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Fact is, there’s nothing out there you can’t do.

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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: [September 24, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16927 "2019-09-24T22:32:34Z")

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You can fly, you can fly, you can fly, you can fly, you can fly!

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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: [September 25, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16928 "2019-09-25T02:52:57Z")

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Excuse me, Captain. This may seem silly, but - can you fly?

Nope. Never even had a lesson.

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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: [September 25, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16929 "2019-09-25T18:31:38Z")

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Wow! Holy Smoke! Crash landing!

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### Author: ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16930 "2019-09-25T19:49:11Z")

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That was a hell of a thing.

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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: [September 25, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16931 "2019-09-25T20:39:57Z")

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Oh, you remember the awful things they said about what’s-her-name before she jumped out the window? There. You see? I can’t even remember her name so who cares?

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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: [September 25, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16932 "2019-09-25T21:14:13Z")

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You’re overwrought, madam. I’ve opened a window for you. A little air will do you good.

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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: [September 25, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16933 "2019-09-25T21:25:10Z")

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Excuse me, sir! But what about the body that fell out the window?

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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: [September 25, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16934 "2019-09-25T21:58:14Z")

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What body?

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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: [September 26, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16935 "2019-09-26T18:32:42Z")

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Because of the extensive area covered by papillomatus growths, the patient has been called “The Elephant Man”.

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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: [September 26, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16936 "2019-09-26T19:25:38Z")

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How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.

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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: [September 26, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16937 "2019-09-26T19:38:24Z")

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That pair of silk pajamas you bought but never wore, how lovely that was.

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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: [September 26, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16938 "2019-09-26T20:37:25Z")

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When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it’s not, and I need to do it again.

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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: [September 27, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16939 "2019-09-27T01:38:41Z")

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Big mistake. Big. Huge. I have to go shopping now.

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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: [September 27, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16940 "2019-09-27T13:21:32Z")

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Honey, I blew up the kid.

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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: [September 27, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16941 "2019-09-27T19:54:24Z")

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“Oh, she’s big… she’s really big… you’ve gotta help us!”

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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: [September 27, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16942 "2019-09-27T23:28:38Z")

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Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World.

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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: [September 28, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16943 "2019-09-28T00:26:37Z")

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As I leave Vietnam today there will be no doubt in my mind that the Viet Cong will be defeated. And this war will be won. It does involve as you have suggested give and take.

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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: [September 28, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16944 "2019-09-28T12:30:39Z")

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I think you overestimate their chances.

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