# What accidental movie lines cause your mandatory reply? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580 "2011-11-02T02:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/41 "2011-11-02T17:52:55Z")
A couple of others which I now remember, after reading more responses: “What can I get you?” or “What would you like?” is answered by, “Peace on earth, goodwill to men.” (_Sneakers_) “It could be worse” is answered by “It could be raining.” (_Young Frankenstein_) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/42 "2011-11-02T18:09:53Z")
“Things change.” is always followed by “Hairstyles change. Interest rates fluctuate…” from _Top Secret_. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/43 "2011-11-02T18:21:08Z")
May I be excused for adding a music quote? Years ago if someone said “Oh Well” a friend of mine and I (in unison) would launch into singing the following response - “Don’t ask me bout the shape I’m in, Can’t sing, ain’t pretty, and my legs are thin” which is a stanza from the song **Oh Well** by Peter Greene of Fleetwood Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/44 "2011-11-02T18:24:32Z")
From movies: “Left turn” always makes me add, “…Clyde.” (_Any Which Way But Loose_) When asked (mostly by the spouse, since most others wouldn’t get it) any sort of question about why somebody did something stupid, I reply in one of two ways depending on how I’m feeling at the time: “Because he’s an idiot. His parents were probably idiots too.” (_Back to the Future_) or “Because, Charlie, he’s a nit-twit.” (_Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_) This one’s from a song: When asked “What’s (whatever) got to do with it?” the spouse and I will invariably reply “Tina Turner.” (sometimes “Tuna Turner.”) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/45 "2011-11-02T18:30:49Z")
Last night, upon hearing that the Greek president’s call for a referendum had caught the rest of Europe by surprise, I commented “Not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!” Sweetie chuckled politely. That’s why he’s Sweetie. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/46 "2011-11-02T18:31:42Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > This is from a children’s book, not a movie, but woe to the person who asks if I like their hat. “No. I do not like your hat. Good-bye.” Unless it’s quite a party hat, I would assume. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/47 "2011-11-02T18:46:50Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > This is from a children’s book, not a movie, but woe to the person who asks if I like their hat. “No. I do not like your hat. Good-bye.” 🙂 That’s “Go Dog, Go”, a favorite of mine in my budding years, and the first book I completely read to death. ---
**Author:** ![Rahne\_McCloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rahne\_McCloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rahne_McCloud)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/48 "2011-11-02T19:09:30Z")
When ever someone says “open up a window” the response is always"no, no too many flies, but it hot as hell in Philadelphia" from 1776 ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/49 "2011-11-02T19:14:45Z")
Not quiet the topic but anytime it is appropriate to say “I care”, both my wife and I will do it like the one scene in “Lars and the Real Girl” where Emily Mortimer slips into a British accent. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/50 "2011-11-02T19:23:43Z")
“Wuv, twuu Wuv” is used often in our house, as with numeous **Princess Bride** quotes. If someone says bottle, the response is “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!” or comments about puppies gets the song response “Dead puppies aren’t much fun”. Why yes, I did listen to a little too much Dr. Demento when I was young. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/51 "2011-11-02T19:54:35Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > 🙂 That’s “Go Dog, Go”, a favorite of mine in my budding years, and the first book I completely read to death. Oh, yes! I learned how to read, at age 4, via “Go Dog Go”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/52 "2011-11-02T19:56:51Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > “Wuv, twuu Wuv” is used often in our house, as with numeous **Princess Bride** quotes. My parents attended a wedding a few years back; the bride was the daughter of some friends of theirs. It was a big of a non-traditional wedding, and the officiant wasn’t a traditional minister (I cannot now remember his exact credentials). Anyway, when he went to give the “sermon” in the middle of the service, he began with the word, “Mawwiage.” My parents (and the bride and groom) started laughing, but 95% of the guests seemed to think that the officiant just had some strange speech impediment. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/53 "2011-11-02T21:09:52Z")
In my family, Arnold Schwarzeneggers’ \*\*\*Commando \*\*\*gets quoted a lot. My real first name is John, and in that movie, Arnold plays Colonel John Matrix. His arch-enemy is Bennett, an English guy who looks and sounds like… well, picture the Eighties version of Freddy Mercury after a month-long beer and pizza binge (he STILL has the nerve to wear a muscle shirt.) On my birthday, I can count on getting phone calls from my brothers, who will put on Bennett’s voice and tell me, “You’re getting OLD, John.” When I come home for Christmas or Thanksgiving, I can expect several relatives to greet me, in Bennett’s voice, with “Welcome back, John. So glad you could make it.” And when ANYBODY in the family tells a bad joke that doesn’t get much of a laugh, he’s going to hear “You’re a funny guy. I like you. That’s why I’m going to kill you LAST.” Of course, to switch movies completely, if someone tells a joke that DOES make you laugh… you’re almost automatically going to hear, “What do you mean, I’m funny? What, do I amuse you? Am I like a clown to you? What the $%#& is so funny about me?” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/54 "2011-11-02T21:43:43Z")
One of my poker buddies is named Terry. Whenever he raises, I look him in the eye and say, “You gonna f\*ck with me, Terry?” (James Woods to Jeff Bridges in “Against All Odds.”) He never gets it, but a few of the others at the table always do. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/55 "2011-11-02T23:43:25Z")
Earlier today at a seminar, someone said “Well now you know”. So of course I had to say “And knowing is half the battle”. OK, TV, not movies, close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/56 "2011-11-03T03:17:54Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > My parents attended a wedding a few years back; the bride was the daughter of some friends of theirs. It was a big of a non-traditional wedding, and the officiant wasn’t a traditional minister (I cannot now remember his exact credentials). Anyway, when he went to give the “sermon” in the middle of the service, he began with the word, “Mawwiage.” My parents (and the bride and groom) started laughing, but 95% of the guests seemed to think that the officiant just had some strange speech impediment. I actually performed a wedding several years ago (I became an ordained minister over the internet, even though I’m agnostic), and was specifically ordered not to use “mawwiage.” I did anyway. ---
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> [@Shmendrik](#): > > They aren’t actually consecutive lines, but if someone exclaims “Burma!” I find myself compelled to say “Intercourse the penguin!” > > You may wonder what set of circumstances would cause someone to exclaim “Burma!” (other than if they panic, of course), but this has actually happened when it was the answer to a game show question on TV. My daughter often mentions Burma (she’s got Asian genes, and uses the people’s name for their country), and would be disappointed if I didn’t interrupt with: _ **“They call it Myanmar now, Elaine, but it will always be Burma to me!”** _ In my best _Mr. Peterman_ voice, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/58 "2011-11-03T04:24:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > If anyone says, “To make a long story short.” > > I say, “Too late.” > > Clue. When I was a child, at our dinner table my parents would regale each other with endless boring stories of their respective days at work. Meanwhile us kids were trapped there, with nothing to do but listen until they were finished and dinner was officially over. Around the age of 11 or so I started getting snarky. One evening my father was wrapping up a story with "Anyway, to make a long story short, " and I muttered, just loud enough to be heard, with perfect timing in the pause (at least that’s how I remember it) “Too late.” Fortunately, he had a sense of humor about it. As far as I know, I hadn’t heard this sequence before. This would have been around 1961. Surely I wasn’t the first or only one to say this before that movie came out. It just seems too easy. I don’t do catchphrases any more myself, mostly because everyone I work with is at least 20 years younger than I am, or else they are not the types to have seen and remembered the movies that I did. I’m just too tired of the blank looks I get back. However, on occasion, if someone asks “What is it?” I’ll say “The … stuff that dreams are made of.” Roddy ---
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Any time my wife & I hear “for the greater good” we both drone “the greater good” a la the bad guys in Hot Fuzz ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/60 "2011-11-03T13:41:25Z")
I’ve used “That’ll do pig, that’ll do” many many times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580.md?page=4)