# THE QUOTE GAME

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 8, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243 "2001-11-08T18:54:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/21 "2001-11-15T14:53:51Z")

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Damn …too slow…

**BuddhaDog** – is it Jeff Bridges’ character from _Starman_?

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**Author:** ![Mogwei22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mogwei22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogwei22)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/22 "2001-11-15T16:33:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> ## jr8 quote:
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> Originally posted by kingpengvin
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> ## quote:
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> Originally posted by Mogwei22  
> [B  
> Hmm…let me see…here’s one.
> 
> ## “You rented my room Mom! To who?”
> 
> ## Alexander Delarge A Clockwork Orange (?)
> 
> I thought it was from Real Genius, but I can’t remember the character’s name.
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> There’s already a quote to be solved so I won’t post a new one, but can we get confirmation of the right answer to this one?

Most definitly Mitch Taylor from _Real Genius_

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**Author:** ![BuddhaDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@BuddhaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddhaDog)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/23 "2001-11-15T17:19:58Z")

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[Channeling the drunken spirits of Ed McMahon] You sir, are correct.  
You Could be The Winner Of Our 10 million Dollar Prize!

(oops, thats enought Ed. Go back to sleep now) [/Ed McMahon]

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/24 "2001-11-15T17:29:52Z")

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Which leaves us with this:

> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> \*\*“I’ve behaved so badly. I don’t know how you put up with me for so long. You’ve done so many wonderful things for me, and I’ve never even once said ‘thank you’. I’m sorry.” \*\*

And I have no idea what this is from.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/25 "2001-11-15T21:19:21Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by jr8 \*  
> \*\*Which leaves us with this:
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> > \*\*“I’ve behaved so badly. I don’t know how you put up with me for so long. You’ve done so many wonderful things for me, and I’ve never even once said ‘thank you’. I’m sorry.” \*\*
> 
> And I have no idea what this is from. \*\*

Okay, more from the same character in the same film:

“Stop staring at me! Eat your checkers.”

and

“The whole civilized world knows that all closets are made of cedar.”

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**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/26 "2001-11-15T22:00:48Z")

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Goldie Hawn in Overboard.

Here’s mine:  
Shutup, listen and learn!!

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/27 "2001-11-15T22:26:33Z")

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You’re right about Goldie. Your line is an awful lot like a Kevin Spacey line in Swimming With Sharks. But it was just plain “Shut up. Listen. Learn.” (I think.)

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**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/28 "2001-11-15T23:03:08Z")

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You are correct sir!!  
About the movie, but not the quote.  
[http://www.moviequotes.com/repository/fullquote.cgi?qnum=21303](http://www.moviequotes.com/repository/fullquote.cgi?qnum=21303)

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quote-game/92243/29 "2001-11-15T23:11:57Z")

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Okey dokey.

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“Have you got your brains and your balls in your briefcase?”

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