# Words or phrases that you hear a lot more in movies than the real world **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720 "2011-08-31T03:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/61 "2011-08-31T23:33:12Z")
Guy walks into a bar he’s not a regular at and says to the bartender who he doesn’t know “A beer.” The bartender draws him a beer and never asks “What kind?” or even “Draft or bottle?” or anything else you’d think relevant. Same goes for whiskey. I’d like to see a movie or TV show where he does this and after the customer takes a swig the bartender says “That’ll be $28.50” because he gave him a specialty Norwegian beer only available in that one pub and kept in reserve or poured him a shot of Johnnie Walker Blue (or some other very high end whiskey). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/62 "2011-08-31T23:34:58Z")
[QUOTE=Novelty Bobble] Now I’m pretty sure that “it’s quiet…too quiet” has been said to me personally far more often than it has ever been uttered in the movies. [/QUOTE] What about the variant 1: “Listen…” 2: “I don’t hear anything.” 1: “That’s what I’m talking about…” ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/63 "2011-08-31T23:50:24Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > now Now I’m pretty sure that “it’s quiet…too quiet” has been said to me personally far more often than it has ever been uttered in the movies. Heh, anyone who has kids has said this at least a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/64 "2011-09-01T00:03:48Z")
“Nobody puts baby in a corner” and all of it’s variations. It get’s used in movies all the time (as a joke clearly referencing Dirty Dancing) but I’m not sure I’ve heard it more then once or twice in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/65 "2011-09-01T00:10:05Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I’m from across the 8th dimension and I don’t talk like John Bigboote. That’s Big-boo-tay!!! ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/66 "2011-09-01T01:51:17Z")
“You have the right to remain silent.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/67 "2011-09-01T03:22:21Z")
“He’s standing behind me, isn’t he?” “Follow that Car!” “I’ve got some Good News; and some Bad News” “You’re off the Case. Turn in your Badge.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/68 "2011-09-01T21:23:38Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I have never seen anyone take off their glasses and give a dramatic stare. Had a prof do that to me once, actually. Was pretty intimidating for a college freshman. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/69 "2011-09-01T21:30:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “I’ve got some Good News; and some Bad News.” “I lied, there is no Good News.” ---
**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:** [September 1, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/70 "2011-09-01T22:55:44Z")
Two more: “Yes, anonymous stranger that I just met, I’d love to go somewhere and engage in anonymous sex with you.” “Here’s the money I owe you.” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/71 "2011-09-01T22:59:43Z")
“Save yourself!”… in the movies… “Help me, Help me!”…in real life…what a bunch of weiners… ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/72 "2011-09-01T23:04:26Z")
We have to out run that magma! Curses! Foiled Again! Pretty much any evil laugh. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/73 "2011-09-02T08:08:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Two more: > > “Yes, anonymous stranger that I just met, I’d love to go somewhere and engage in anonymous sex with you.” > > “Here’s the money I owe you.” Are these quotes from the same movies? ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/74 "2011-09-02T13:55:06Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > “Save yourself!”… in the movies… > > “Help me, Help me!”…in real life…what a bunch of weiners… I actually got to use that once! We were white water rafting, and a bump knocked me out of the raft. A friend caught my leg, but was going to be dragged into the water himself. We did the full “Go! Save yourself!” “We all go home, or no one goes home!” exchange before I kicked off into the water. He was courteous enough to scream “NOOOOOOOOOO!” ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/75 "2011-09-02T14:08:07Z")
“I’m in!” said in a hacking context. If someone in real life did say that they are doing it ironically. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/76 "2011-09-02T18:20:48Z")
“I’m not a [type of bad guy] really, you can ask my parole officer if you don’t beleive me…just kidding it was a joke, lighten up.” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/77 "2011-09-02T18:23:11Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > “I’m in!” said in a hacking context. If someone in real life did say that they are doing it ironically. Reminds me of the scene in Office Space where they load the program they wrote onto the network and then mention that it wasn’t as dramatic as they thought it would be. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/78 "2011-09-02T19:53:28Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > “People only talk like \*this \*in the movies, **Sampiro**. Only in the movies.” I act out a lot of these cliches with my kids: “Hey, Sam…” Pause with hand on doorknob. “Stay safe…” Open door, walk through door. Then pause, look back over shoulder. “_Real._.. safe…” ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/79 "2011-09-02T21:02:22Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “I’ve got some Good News; and some Bad News” You’ve never had anyone say that to you? Or said it yourself? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720/80 "2011-09-02T21:13:17Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > You’ve never had anyone say that to you? Or said it yourself? Only when I’m obviously imitating a movie or TV show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-that-you-hear-a-lot-more-in-movies-than-the-real-world/594720.md?page=5)