# Using movie lines in real life **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027 "2003-12-04T21:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027/81 "2003-12-09T14:07:21Z")
I was in NY a few years back on a bachelor party and a bunch of young(ish) English guys flew over for the weekend as they were friends of the groom. We were in a bar in the village and two very attractive ladies came and sat down near us so we started chatting to them. This one guy who was by now fairly drunk, decided to use his favorite lines on one of the ladies. His favorite line? Virtually the entire “Royale with Cheese” section of dialogue from Pulp Fiction. To this day, it was probably the most painfully funny thing I’ve ever seen in my life. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027/82 "2003-12-09T14:15:11Z")
Two I use from _My Favorite Year_: Whenever I’m asked the time: “I’m not allowed to wear a watch. I don’t trust them, one hand is shorter than the other.” Good for nosy questions or just to shake things up: “Go ahead and lash me, you swine! You’ll not loosen my tongue!” ---
**Author:** ![dav01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@dav01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dav01)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027/83 "2003-12-09T14:51:04Z")
“Serpentine! Serpentine!” -whenever I’m running around the yard playing with the kids- _The Inlaws_ “World’s an imperfect place. Screws fall out all the time.” -doing odd jobs around the house- _The Breakfast Club_ “No self-respectin’ southena uses instant grits!” -when cooking breakfast for the family- _My Cousin Vinny_ ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027/84 "2003-12-09T15:01:47Z")
“Gopher, Everett?” anytime I’m grilling something and a friend walks up to check the progress. “Damn! We’re in a tight spot!” “Well! Ain’t this place just a…a geographical oddity!” all from _O Brother Where Art Thou?_ ---
**Author:** ![MarkF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MarkF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027/85 "2003-12-09T15:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amarinth \* > **"suffering from a deplorable lack of curiosity"** Might just be from them Von Trapp varmints possibly? Do I get a cookie? 😉 > [@](#): > > \*\*Someday, someone will recognize it. I believe, I believe, I know it’s silly, but I believe. \*\* Keep believin! A favourite of mine (and I am sure the occasions are probably obvious) is _ **"never seen a man in more desperate need of a blow job"** _ Not verbatim perhaps, but effective 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027/86 "2003-12-09T15:11:40Z")
I’ll be back. ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027/87 "2003-12-09T15:22:59Z")
Must be said with affected hobbit accent after a comical fall: “I think I’ve broken somethin’” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-movie-lines-in-real-life/217027.md?page=4)