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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 9:37:46 GMT
Off the back of something that was going around twitter at the weekend, and my comment in another thread about a line from 'The Frogs' I say all the time:
What lines from plays or musicals do you say in everyday life all the time?
My examples:
Commenting on pictures of actors that are clearly out of date "we don't look like that anymore" (from The Frogs)
"It was an editorial you" (when I'm being a pissy bastard, from Angels)
"What kind of homosexual are you?" (also Angels)
I'm sure I have many more that will come to me...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 9:50:19 GMT
I know when you see a single magpie, you're meant to say "good morning, Mister Magpie". But more often than not, I'll shout "when sorrows come, they come NOT single spies, but in BATTALIONS", just so the single solitary magpie knows that neither I nor Billy Shakespeare hold any truck with superstition.
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Post by andrew on Sept 18, 2018 10:00:47 GMT
I've been known to use "shuffle off this mortal coil" at work on several occasions, which is often met with confusion.
And anytime anyone talks about getting their hat, buying a hat, losing a hat, I cannot help but ask
"Does anyone, still wear, a hat?"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 10:14:44 GMT
I have to applaud those choices!
Whenever anyone says 'suspense' I have to supress the urge to say (imitating very specifically Mary Louise Parker) 'The suspense Mr Lies, is killing me'
Also heaven help anyone I meet named Joey because I really can't help saying 'Joooeeeey' at them.
This one is proper niche but if someone says 'moo' I say 'Moo Darling moo' which was a line Gillian Anderson had in 'What the Night it for' an utter lifetime ago.
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Post by peelee on Sept 18, 2018 10:16:30 GMT
"Does anyone, still wear, a hat?"
Hat's Entertainment
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 10:39:41 GMT
Like the late Sir Peter Hall in 'Uncle Vanya', I can often be found shouting "No, please stop now" at any number of productions in London's glitzy West End.
I'll drink to that. Oh there's another one.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 18, 2018 10:45:55 GMT
Off the back of something that was going around twitter at the weekend, and my comment in another thread about a line from 'The Frogs' I say all the time: What lines from plays or musicals do you say in everyday life all the time? My examples: Commenting on pictures of actors that are clearly out of date "we don't look like that anymore" (from The Frogs) "It was an editorial you" (when I'm being a pissy bastard, from Angels) "What kind of homosexual are you?" (also Angels) I'm sure I have many more that will come to me... Well, frankly Emi, I am shocked that 'f*** you I'm a prophet!' is not mentioned here. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 10:50:37 GMT
Off the back of something that was going around twitter at the weekend, and my comment in another thread about a line from 'The Frogs' I say all the time: What lines from plays or musicals do you say in everyday life all the time? My examples: Commenting on pictures of actors that are clearly out of date "we don't look like that anymore" (from The Frogs) "It was an editorial you" (when I'm being a pissy bastard, from Angels) "What kind of homosexual are you?" (also Angels) I'm sure I have many more that will come to me... Well, frankly Emi, I am shocked that 'f*** you I'm a prophet!' is not mentioned here. It's one that's difficult to work into polite conversation!! Tangental story, I was on a skype call with my producer the other week, when mid conversation he stopped and said 'I've just noticed the mug on your shelf' which was indeed my 'f*** you I'm a prophet' mug. I really have considered passive-aggressively drinking out of it in our meetings previously. (Ok I also deliberately put 'prior' into sentences I write) |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 18, 2018 11:19:10 GMT
Pfft, polite conversation is overrated!
I don't *think* that I drop quotes into everyday conversation, but I have a feeling I probably do it sometimes without quite realising. Some things just kinda seep into your brain!
I *was* genuinely thrilled the first time I got to make a 'room where it happens' reference to someone who recognised it - most people I know IRL weren't aware of Hamilton, so there was just no point. I waited months for that opportunity!
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Post by Sam on Sept 18, 2018 11:32:54 GMT
"I washed my face and hands before I come I did"
Largely to my mum when we've wiped the dog's faces, or washed their paws.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 12:45:46 GMT
Oh another one 'Make tidy oop' from The Producers. Mum frequently says it 'I'm going to have to make tidy oop before so-and-so comes'
Also from The Producers, 'They find me, they come here they find me' for whenever a particularly annoying person sits nearby in the theatre and/or because total nut-jobs seem also to be attracted to me.
I'm claiming it, because it might well be in the musical but 'Lights, lights would be good here' to myself whenever driving in the dark (Pretty Woman).
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Post by lynette on Sept 18, 2018 12:50:03 GMT
I quote extensively from the script of "Glengarry Glen Ross" much of the time. I know what you mean. |
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Post by harrietcraig on Sept 18, 2018 13:15:20 GMT
Whenever a doctor's office gives me an appointment for some time like 2:15, I say to myself, "She thinks to intimidate me by the use of quarter hours" (from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 13:21:36 GMT
I can't help but sing "he had it comin'" from Chicago if the situation fits, which is often.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 18, 2018 18:31:16 GMT
Not even a quotation, but where I volunteer, very few people seem interested in cinema or theatre though a few are really keen. Today I overheard 2 colleagues apparently talking about a character from a play so I called out excitedly "The Crucible" only to discover that the person in question (Bessie Proctor) was from Coronation Street.
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Post by david on Sept 18, 2018 18:44:22 GMT
I did use “The great work begins” once with some work colleagues. All I got back was a look of bewilderment and the comment “ok, what drugs have you taken?”. I have never felt so deflated. I no longer bother as the humour is totally wasted on them.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 18, 2018 18:47:51 GMT
I have to been known to sing ‘you gotta get a Strallen’ to myself to the tune of ‘you gotta get a gimmick’ from Gypsy when I see a musical casting announcement featuring one of the clan.
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Post by kimbahorel on Sept 18, 2018 19:58:59 GMT
I don't use quotes from shows for things but... If I get a feed line I can't help but sing (in my head 😂) the rest of it.
Example every time I hear someone say "At the end of the day" I can't help but go "you get nothing for nothing". Or if someone says "on my own" no matter the context "pretending he's beside me". No matter how hard I try I keep doing it.
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Post by alece10 on Sept 18, 2018 20:36:51 GMT
I'm always "shuffling off to Buffalo"
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Post by lynette on Sept 18, 2018 20:46:12 GMT
You can’t take the truth - one of mine from A Few Good Men.
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Post by mistressjojo on Sept 19, 2018 2:35:20 GMT
Whenever talking about crime I tend to drop in 'Them she lived with would have killed her for a hatpin,let alone a hat.'
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Post by theatrefan77 on Sept 19, 2018 7:59:57 GMT
When a friend offers to buy me a drink at a fancy restaurant, I tend to unleash my inner Vera Charles and respond: 'Well, maybe just a tiny triple!'
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Post by Deal J on Sept 19, 2018 11:25:16 GMT
My most common offences are currently "Mischief! Mischief!" and "Times 'is 'ard"... and if the occasion calls for it, "Owwww, I'm a good girl, I am!". How very.  |
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Post by stuartww on Sept 19, 2018 12:07:37 GMT
When my husband passes me something (dinner plate, remote control, a drink...anything) i quote Norma Desmond and "Thank you.....thank you, Joe.....thank you". Would work even better if he wasn't called Steve...
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Post by daisy24601 on Sept 19, 2018 12:46:33 GMT
I find there is a Les Mis quote for every occasion and it's a daily struggle to not quote the shows I'm familiar with at any opportunity.
I sing "Don't think about it, Marius" in my head when I'm worrying about something.
Getting out a packed train, "Freedom is mine!"
You get the picture.
Edit: Forgot also, when I'd seen Kinky Boots a few times I couldn't say "Yeah" without saying it three times in increasing levels of enthusiasm. Thank goodness I've got passed that one.
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