# Stump the dope with your most obscure reference **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904 "2005-11-13T22:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/61 "2005-11-14T18:03:49Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “He’d kill us if he got the chance.” From a Simpson’s episode. It’s part of a school film about why it’s good to eat beef. Troy McClure explains to little Bill why it’s OK to eat meat. The “he” in the quote is a cow. ---
**Author:** ![Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twin)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/62 "2005-11-14T18:25:54Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > **scotandrsn** and **Bricker** , you’re both right about it being repeated in “Zilch” and as a line in “No Time.” > > But where did Micky Dolenz hear it? From the play “Oklahoma!” It was also used in the They Might Be Giants song “Memo to Human Resources” ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/63 "2005-11-14T18:34:41Z")
My username is somewhat obscure, although a few Dopers will know what it is. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/64 "2005-11-14T18:39:21Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > A description of VIP from “Lover Come Back,” a 1961 Doris Day movie. > > Mine: “And that would mean something if your hands were made of metal.” MST3K: The Movie–Referring to the magnetized grips in the suspended animation chamber from “This Island Earth” **TV:** “They asked me to play “Doc” in the school play. I thought they were doing “Mr. Roberts”; they were actually doing “Snow White”” **"La Forza del Destina!"** **Movie:** “N\*\*\*\*ERS!!!” The name of the character who spoke that line appeared in another film by the same filmmaker. Name the character and both films. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/65 "2005-11-14T18:48:34Z")
“It was the year the bears were so bad in Bosnia.” ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/66 "2005-11-14T18:56:49Z")
> [@Twin](#): > > From the play “Oklahoma!” Correct! It’s in the scene where Curley and Laurie are about to go off to be married, but they have to hold a trial for the death of Jud Fry, in the barn. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/67 "2005-11-14T19:08:46Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > “Life’s just a game/you fly a paper plane/there is no end.” Thunderclap Newman, “Accidents” > [@Art Vandelay](#): > > “Woke up. > Fell out of bed. > Rolled on the floor. > Tried to get up. > Couldn’t. > So I stayed on the floor all day long.” “It’s easy for you to say ‘Good Morning, Good Morning’ while you pour ‘sergeant pepper’ on your eggs, your eggs…” > [@want2know](#): > > “La Forza del Destina!” “Die Macht des Schicksals!” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/68 "2005-11-14T19:18:35Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Thunderclap Newman, “Accidents” Excellent, Biffy! I’m not surprised you got that one! How about “Little Boy Blue left his horn at home and brought his Mellotron, and freaked 'em all out!” ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/69 "2005-11-14T19:21:02Z")
“It’s Peter Pan we should be calling you. Away home, and watch your television. 'Muffin the Mule’s on.” “Ha-ha-ha-ha! Wonderful woman. Very free-spirited. We’re all very fond of her.” “I’ll have a croque monsieur, the paella, two mutton pills and a stein of mead!” “My London house is shut up for the winter, and my aunt has gone to Sing Sing… to study the electric chair.” “I am very willing to shelter your wee girlhood under my roof, but I fear you would find it dull, with no company save my poor chairbound self, my man, Hoots, and my housekeeper, now totally deaf.” “Gosh! I say! Crikey! I mean,|I’ve been in robbing for years, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Crumbs! And you acquired all of this by yourselves?” “Who’s gonna be staying there? Amphibians?” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/70 "2005-11-14T19:21:37Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > **Movie:** > > “N\*\*\*\*ERS!!!” > The name of the character who spoke that line appeared in another film by the same filmmaker. Name the character and both films. Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker, from Kentucky Fried Movie. I actually had to look up what other Zucker film he was in, and that’s Airplane. (I don’t remember his role in this film. What did he do?) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/71 "2005-11-14T19:23:34Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > My username is somewhat obscure, although a few Dopers will know what it is. Oh yeah, me too! My username is an obscure cultural reference that functions as kind of a secret sign. I’m always intrigued at who recognizes it. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/72 "2005-11-14T19:24:15Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker, from Kentucky Fried Movie. I actually had to look up what other Zucker film he was in, and that’s Airplane. (I don’t remember his role in this film. What did he do?) In **Airplane** , “Rex Kramer” was the pilot who talked Robert Hays down–played by the great **Robert Stack**. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/73 "2005-11-14T19:27:40Z")
> [@Rodd Hill](#): > > “Gosh! I say! Crikey! I mean,|I’ve been in robbing for years, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Crumbs! And you acquired all of this by yourselves?” Robin Hood (John Cleese) in **Time Bandits** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/74 "2005-11-14T19:29:49Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > My username is somewhat obscure, although a few Dopers will know what it is. Severian’s sword? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/75 "2005-11-14T19:29:53Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > My username is somewhat obscure, although a few Dopers will know what it is. I’m not sure if it’s what you took it from, but Terminus Est is the name of a sword from _Castlevania: Symphony of the Night_. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/76 "2005-11-14T19:37:12Z")
#1: “Are you a priest?” “No, I’m a mechanic.” #2: “Detective, thrill me.” ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/77 "2005-11-14T19:40:51Z")
Correct, **want2know** …but who was he parodying? ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/78 "2005-11-14T19:41:26Z")
Man, I got a bunch of favorite quotes that it’s unlikely anyone will get: Literary: “Never keep a dog and bark for yourself.” Movies: “I mean, what’s the point in owning a mace if you don’t use it?” “This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches. Repeat: Killer cockroaches.” “Trouble rides a fast horse.” “There is little advantage to winning if one wins too easily.” TV: “You’re as far from a dirtbag as they come.” “Marriage is like a horse with a broken leg; you can shoot it, but that don’t fix the leg.” “Crazy like a doorknob.” “If I can’t drive around in a convertible with the wind blowing in my hair, what’s the point of having a head?” “Excellence in wall climbing does not itself mean that you’re climbing the right wall.” “Today you come into some money, tomorrow you get hit by a Buick. It’s the Yin and Yang.” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/79 "2005-11-14T19:41:38Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > #1: > > “Are you a priest?” > “No, I’m a mechanic.” > > #2: > > “Detective, thrill me.” I think #2 is from **L&O:CI** – Eames’ challenge to Goren to translate the Aramaic verse scrawled on the wall of the crime scene. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/80 "2005-11-14T19:50:17Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Severian’s sword? Yes. **Severian** is also the name of a Doper who has the same taste in literature as I. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904.md?page=5)