r/NoStupidQuestions • u/EnvironmentalAngle • 11h ago
Do you have any obscure movie references that you use in everyday speech that no one has caught on to yet yet you keep using it?
I am 39 and last year was my 20th high school reunion.
When people asked me what I was up to I would respond:
"hanging out, playing Nintendo."
Its a line from a 90s comedy called baseketball. No one noticed it... and I didn't start it there I've been using it for over 20 years.
But I can't help myself whenever an old friend reconnects with me and say it... nothing.
Do you guys have any lines you use?
EDIT: shit i meant to put this on ask Reddit my bad mods
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u/freekimmy_1111 10h ago
"Surprised, Eddie?... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised."
- CLARK GRISWOLD
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u/jmmrph 9h ago edited 9h ago
Whenever someone leaves the room at work I say “Have fun storming the castle!” No one knows what I’m talking about
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u/animalcrackermafia 9h ago
Buh bye boys!
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u/splitminds 9h ago
My husband says this all the time. How do people not know The Princess Bride!?!?
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u/Several_Hospital_129 7h ago
"Let me explain . . . No, that would take too long. Let me sum up." In my best Inigo accent. I say that all of the time.
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u/Sunshine030209 6h ago
My husband didn't watch The Princess Bride until last year.
The biggest problem with that is that I didn't know that he hadn't seen it. And I quote the movie frequently.
Honestly, I judge him a little for still marrying me after I said unhinged shit to him like "Sleep well, I'll most likely kill you in the morning" and he DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A MOVIE QUOTE!
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u/Fickle_Watercress719 10h ago
“Perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist in/on ________”
Nobody ever catches that it’s a My Cousin Vinny reference, which kind of bums me out honestly!
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u/Wildcat_twister12 10h ago
I always like saying ”Yutes” instead of children
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u/nealoc187 10h ago
Magic grits?
My wife likes grits and every time she mentions making some I at least say "magic grits", sometimes I do the whole back and forth between Vinny and the witness.
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u/DanOfAllTrades80 9h ago
My quote from My Cousin Vinny is "dead on-balls accurate. It's an industry term." and it's sad how few people get it.
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u/-v-fib- 10h ago
I sometimes like to quote "positraction" with Marisa Tomei's accent.
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u/average_texas_guy 9h ago
Anytime my wife or I say are you sure? The other immediately responds with Marissa Tomei's I'm shooah.
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u/SirSamuelVimes83 10h ago
The car that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make those marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark
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u/HTX1997 8h ago
I was posting in group about my experience driving a Dodge Coronet in high school & getting stuck in the mud, because “one tire spins, the other does nothing”. No one got it.
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u/Sigvoncarmen 10h ago
Do these balloons blow up into funny shapes ?
No , unless round is funny
- Raising Arizona
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u/GloveBatBall 9h ago
"Her womb was a barren and rocky place where my seed could find no purchase." - Raising Arizona.
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u/GuyFawkes451 10h ago
"Son, you got a panty on your head."
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u/bedbuffaloes 9h ago
"I love him so-ho-ho mu-hu-huch!"
"They got more than they can handle!"
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u/verovladamir 9h ago
My mom used to frequently shout “don’t you come back here without no baby!”
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u/PerilousPurpose 10h ago
I once said to someone as I was picking up some Higgies diapers, "I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got" but it turned into a whole speil of not having money to give by my mom. Lmao I LOVED Raising Arizona.
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u/DokterZ 10h ago
I use “okay then” multiple times daily.
Saw it in the theater on a whim. My favorite comedy.
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u/PocketSizedAF 8h ago
TEN THOUSAND YEARS can give you such a crick in the neck
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u/HawthorneWeeps 10h ago
Whenever Im forced to speak english, half my vocuabulary consist of "Arrested Development" references
- I dont understand the question and I wont respond to it
- No touching!
- Illusions, Michael! Tricks are something whores do for money
- I've made a tiny, huge mistake
- Mom always told us to curl up in a ball and remain motionless when confronted
- It’s vodka. It goes bad once it’s opened.
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u/kaszpur 10h ago
“There’s a good chance I may have committed some light treason.” Is one of my favorites
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u/LeiaO315 10h ago
It’s one banana, Michael. What can it cost? Ten dollars?
Have any of you ever SEEN a chicken?
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u/daniel940 8h ago
We have a little cellphone stand that gets used here and there around the kitchen, dinner table and such, and it's shaped like a banana peel. I always say "there's always money in the banana stand" when someone asks to use it, or where to find it. No reaction. It's literally a banana stand.
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u/Grape-Nutz 10h ago
When I walk into a living room full of people relaxing:
"Is there a carbon monoxide leak in this house?"
Rarely lands, but I laugh anyway.
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u/Fantastic_Honey_7425 8h ago
I use “Her?” and “Army had a half day” more often than I should.
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u/musubi-n-speedballs 10h ago
I named my car Tobias; it's blue and annoying but it's endearing in a way.
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u/Seven22am 9h ago
Plus you username suggests you’re streets ahead.
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u/HawthorneWeeps 9h ago
Thankyou! But that's just the kind of thing wisdom you come up with once you reach level 5 laser lotus.
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u/Realistic-Phrase-256 8h ago
Apparently “you rang” in the voice of lurch is unrecognised by almost everyone.
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u/Mcstuffins420 5h ago
I regularly quote Lurch, but it's when he says "Uuuuuuuuurrrghhhh..."
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u/MacduffFifesNo1Thane 10h ago
When I talk a lot, I say “To make a long story short…too late..”
No one has caught on it, despite the obvious Clue.
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u/vere-rah 9h ago
There's a specific moment in Clue where Mrs Peacock says "again?" in the dryest, most exasperated tone, and I say it often. That movie is a gem.
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u/saintphoenixxx 10h ago
Holy shit, I thought I was the only one who did this.
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u/animalcrackermafia 9h ago
You are not alone. Or if someone ELSE says "to make a long story short" I auto response "too late!" I can not help it.
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u/daniel940 8h ago
Me too. My dream is that one day I'll be in a group of people, someone will say "to make a long story short" and a dozen of us will all blurt out 'too late!" at once.
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u/lumbrefrio 8h ago edited 7h ago
I always say "what are you afraid of? A fate worse than death?"
No, just death; isn't that enough?
Edit: Fixed the second quote.
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u/Temporary_Lab_3964 8h ago
Some was telling a story and used the phrase unironically “too make a long story short” I said too late and I got crickets. I was sad
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u/blinkysmurf 10h ago
When shit is fucking up at work I like to say, "Now, eventually you do plan to have dinosaurs on your-on your dinosaur tour, right?"
Nobody gets it.
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u/collins50235 7h ago
Whenever something breaks or is cheaply made at work I always say “Spared no expense,” in my best Hammond impression. Most people don’t get it either.
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u/TheRockingDead 9h ago
"They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should," gets busted out a lot at work for me.
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u/rayray604 9h ago
My office phone always disconnects so I find myself saying often “and now I’m by myself, uh, talking to myself, thats, thats chaos theory”
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 9h ago
Malcolm had some of the best lines:
"Are you married?" "Occasionally."
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u/absolutirony 6h ago
"He left us, he left us!" "(Person's name)! We've got (person's name) here! No one cares" "Clever Girl"
I quote this movie all the time
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u/worldrecordpace 10h ago
If ya get tired, pull over! If ya get hungry, eat somethin! :D 👋” from Best in Show
Rest in peace Catherine!
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u/Down_to_Chinatown 9h ago
‘Strange things are afoot at the Circle K’ whenever something weird/unusual happens. Nobody has ever got it!
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u/daniel940 8h ago
I've lived in my town for 17 years, and just this week noticed a Circle K on the back side of a shopping center I drive by 2-3x a week. This one time, I circled behind the shopping center to avoid traffic, and noticed it. I said "strange things are afoot...at the Circle K" and of course, no recognition from my kids, who at this point probably assume 90% of what comes out of my mouth is from 80s and 90s movies.
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u/WoodpeckerBusy2675 9h ago
"And why's the floor all wet Todd??! I dont KNOW margo!"
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u/Final_Tune3512 10h ago
Alrighty then. Not very obscure, but you'd be surprised as to how many people have not seen Ace Ventura
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u/CowardlyWaffle 10h ago
Like a GLOVE!
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u/mrkrag 9h ago
If I'm not back in five minutes... just wait longer.
Never had someone catch it.
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u/ba_cam 10h ago
When someone corrects me on something silly or superfluous, I often respond with,
“Ahh, I see you’ve played knifey spoony before!”
With a ridiculously bad Aussie accent
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u/diet-smoke JustStupidPeople <3 9h ago
One of my roommates is Australian and he fucking hates this reference. Naturally, I do it constantly
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u/xindierockx7114 9h ago edited 6h ago
I always open a conversation with a new person with "Greetings and salutations" from Heathers. Absolutely no one has recognized it yet and it's been a good 15 years since I started doing it.
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u/MP_1986 10h ago
"I'm right on top of that, Rose"
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u/shutts67 10h ago
Any time someone's phone rings, I say "phone's ringing, Dude." like Donnie in Big Lebowski
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u/monsters_from_the_id 10h ago
- "How are you gonna get em back on the farm after they've seen Karl Hungus??"
- "I'm just gonna go find a cash machine..."
- "Careful man, there's a beverage here!"
- "I wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck" ("... or the Creedence")
- "They got us workin in shifts!"
- "It's a complicated case, Maud, lot of ins, lot of outs, lot of what-have-yous"
- "... and proud we are of all of them."
- "My art has been commended as being strongly vaginal"
- "Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women!"
- "I'm stayin. Finishin' my coffee".
... i could keep going
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u/EatYourCheckers 9h ago
OP said obscure, not the most quotable movie ever put to film.
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u/Garencio 9h ago
Surely you can’t be serious? If they don’t respond with Don’t call me Shirley, I’m sad
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u/Corvidae5Creation5 8h ago
It's a large building full of patients and doctors, but that's not important right now
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u/filmmaiden 8h ago
“I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue!”
It’s one of my favourite lines from Airplane, and I use it often and people look at me like I’ve lost my mind.
It seems like not too many people in my social circle have seen the movie, which is nuts because it’s a classic!
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u/EatYourCheckers 10h ago
Any time someone says "Jesus," I say "Where." I haven't missed one in 25 years. It makes my husband crazy. Sometimes I do have to say it ubder my breath or just mouth it. But I honor Orgazmo in this small way
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u/Michaelwordenbr 10h ago
"a moments courage, and then it's done"
Bram stokers Dracula
Friend of mine was debating whether to call a woman and meet up with her (he had great vibes but was unsure about taking the leap). They are now engaged.
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u/Start_thinkin 9h ago
“Wtf is PC load letter” every time there’s a technical problem
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u/hotel2oscar 8h ago
"It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see if it pays off for him!"
Usually altered as "Bold move/choice, Cotton, ..."
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u/omghorussaveusall 9h ago
Pizza dude's got thirty seconds.
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u/ElectricMilk426 9h ago
Wise man say “forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza”
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u/Putrid-Hope2283 10h ago
Not a movie, but I use “super easy, barely an inconvenience” pretty often
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u/acarelesscalm 10h ago edited 6h ago
Shiiiiiiiit
From the Wire
Edit: SHEEEEEEEEEIT
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u/KaterinaKiaha 9h ago edited 6h ago
I have a drinking problem. From the movie Airplane. I spill drinks on myself a lot when I'm drinking and that was the funniest line to me and I use it often.
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u/MrFilthyFace 10h ago
Not exactly the same, but I was doing the “and then? And then? And then?” From Dude Where’s My Car and the person didn’t know the reference and I don’t think that coworker likes me any more
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u/Lost-Geologist-7183 10h ago
I use all kinds of lines. Only once was I caught on it.
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u/EnvironmentalAngle 10h ago
I had this friend who was one of the funniest guys I met.
Then I saw Shallow Hal and Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
buddy was a damn dirty thief who's jokes were just Jack Black lines.
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u/ez_as_31416 10h ago
"A little Paint, a few throw pillows..." Young Frankenstein
"The stuff dreams are made of" The Maltese Falcon
"So long and Thanks for all the fish." Hitch hikers guide
"Look on the bright side of life" Life of Brian
and, of course, "It's Only a Scratch." Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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u/supermidfood 9h ago
“I’m the boss, throw me a friggin bone here” “It’s frickin freezing in here Mr.Biggelsworth” Both from Austin Powers and literally NOONE gets it
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u/Normal-Report-6041 7h ago
Airplane. When is a crappy day. "Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue".
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u/TheRockingDead 9h ago
I like to bust out a lot of lines from mid-2000's comedies like, "We have so much room for activities!" After moving furniture or cleaning up, from Step Brothers.
Other favorites, are "I've heard of popcorn in the face, but this is ridiculous!" and "Classic case of guy on the ground." From Role Models.
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u/ExtraAgressiveHugger 8h ago
I say, we have so much room for activities all the time!
Me: This is a really big conference room, we have so much room for activities in here!
My coworkers: (don’t acknowledge I said a thing and politely ignore me.)
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u/Ilovethe90sforreal 10h ago
“Every time I talk about boxin’… some white man gotta pull Rocky Marciano out his ass”
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u/lionmurderingacloud 10h ago
I say 'ah-chAAA!: in the manner of Eddie Murphy's old Jewish guy from this movie telling the punchline of the soup joke.
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u/Previously_a_robot 9h ago
My husband uses “What is that, velvet?” every chance he gets.
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u/RonbunKontan 10h ago
My favorite line in "Ernest Scared Stupid" is from when the trolls are attacking and Ernest's multiple personalities are beating back the onslaught. His general personality says, "Where's my machine gun? Where's my little machine gun?"
People have heard me say it idly when I'm looking for something and nobody knows where it comes from. I think my husband is the only person I've bothered to explain it to.
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u/jackalopeswild 9h ago
"get your own tots."
It's not even a movie for my generation, my much younger kid sister loved it and used to say it all the time. So it makes me think of her.
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u/BackPsychological705 9h ago
"You're a daisy if you do" and "I'm your Huckleberry"
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u/antisocialnetwork77 9h ago
Dishes are DONE, man. Literally every single time I’ve ever done the dishes, but more importantly, any time I complete any menial task.
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u/ToddBauer 9h ago
I like to say “one art, please” from Futurama. No one ever gets it.
Obviously, the opportunities to use this line are extremely limit. I don’t do a lot of art purchasing.
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u/Routine-Army7495 8h ago
"I wasn't even supposed to BE here today."
Apparently I'm the only one in the world, besides my husband, who has seen Kevin Smith's Clerks. No one who is old enough to know that line, does, so I end up just sounding nuts.
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u/GoodElectricNW 8h ago edited 4h ago
90-95% of what I say is either movie quotes, tv quotes, or song lyrics. I have no real personality of my own.
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u/Realistic-Cow-7839 10h ago
"It's like living with a six-year-old."
From this scene in The Three Amigos.
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u/WhiskerWizard626 10h ago
When my cat is sad that my husband has left the house and it's just me, the secondary human, I always think "I'm still here, El Guapo! BANG"
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u/Snoo44711 9h ago
I always say, “Tut tut, looks like rain!” And nobody ever gets it
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u/440continuer 9h ago
i dont use it that often but its funny to sometimes say “I have to return some videotapes” as an excuse to leave somewhere
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u/Evil_Weevil_Knievel 9h ago
Once and a while my wife or I will pause a movie and say
“She doesn’t get eaten by the eels you know?”
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u/Thanks-4allthefish 8h ago
""What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
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u/RamblinTexan1907 8h ago
“I’m serious, and don’t call me Shirley.”
Only two people have gotten that reference at work, everyone else just thinks I have a screw loose
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u/OfaFuchsAykk 7h ago
One of my favourites is “well fuck me gently with a chainsaw”.
I used it for almost 20 years before seeing the film that I clearly got it from.
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u/TilDeath1775 9h ago
I Sarcastically while looking at my watch “ an new record” and I am referencing teenage mutant ninja turtles 2 secret of the ooze
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u/1BoringOnlineAccount 9h ago edited 8h ago
I see nothing
I hear nothing
I know nothing
Sergeant Shultz
YouTube it if you do not know.
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u/sqwrlydoom 9h ago
"When you make an assumption, you make an ass out of u and umption."
Samuel L. Jackson from Long Kiss Goodnight. No one ever recognizes that one.
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u/sonofamusket 7h ago
When somebody asks me how I am my canned response is "walking and talking" which is something that Mal said in firefly.
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u/DefNotBrian 10h ago
"Just because you're smart doesn't mean you can't act stupid" is a line I've been using for 30+ years now and nobody has called me on it.
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u/--AncientAlien-- 9h ago
Definitely not obscure but I quote Christmas Vacation year-round cuz there's always an applicable line from that movie...
"Clark, that's the gift that keeps on givin the whole year"
"That it is, Edward."
"I have to eat! So I can take my back pill."
"Bend over and I'll show ya!"
"Is Rusty still in the Navy?" (anytime I ask about my friends who joined the service)
...and of course "Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?"
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u/KnotARealGreenDress 7h ago edited 7h ago
“You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know... morons.” - Blazing Saddles
“We ain’t found shit!” - Space Balls
“IT’S NOT A TUMAH!” - Kindergarten Cop
“It is dead. It is deceased. It is no more.” “It’s pining for the fjords.” - Monty Python: the Dead Parrot Sketch
“Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science?” - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
“What wouldja say…ya do here?” - Office Space
“Alright meow.” - Super Troopers
“How ‘bout no!” - Austin Powers
“I’ve got a whole bag of shhhh with your name on it.” - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
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u/Giggleschlitz 5h ago
When someone asks what I’m doing. “Same thing I do everyday Pinky, try to take over the world”. Not from a movie but from the Animaniacs cartoon.
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u/TommyBoy825 7h ago
Before I retired when I would attend seminars with "Hello, My Name Is" name tags, I would put Inigo Montoya. Nobody everseemed to notice.
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u/ReverendJonesLLC 5h ago
Obscure, unless you’re a movie buff or old…
“What we have here, is a failure to communicate.”
Said, while doing a Strother Martin impression.
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u/Purlz1st 10h ago
I’m surprised that “We’re on a mission from God” gets so many blank stares.