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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
I guess it is just a difference. While I find reasonably appropriate quoting tolerable (though very few who do it, do it well) I don't really ever find it witty. It is just an exercise in memory and no more witty than someone mentioning a topic and being able to remember a Web site that has something interesting to say.
Saying you want to speak only in movie quotes is, to me, like saying you'd like to speak only in domain names or in words that consist of concatenations of element abbreviations (Beryllium-calcium-uranium-selenium Iodine calcium-nitrogen, Iodine americium lanthamum-molybdenum. Iodine tungsten-indium.). An exercise in cleverness perhaps, but not wit.
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Everything we say or do is an exercise in memory, Alex- we utilise our auditory/visual memory all the time, whether we be interacting with others, typing in a comment at a web forum, or even thinking a thought. What you seem to mean is anyone who quotes anything you find boring or dumb or whatever. I've yet to meet a human being who doesn't quote on a regular basis, whether it be Shakespeare, Monty Python or (wince) Rush Limbaugh. It's only painful or annoying when it's not something you 'get', or it's something or someone you dislike.
If it makes you feel any better, I've developed a cunning plan: I have the entire Black Adder series on dvd. I'll start researching some quotes tonight.....
