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Funniest line.

posted 18 years ago by Recessive_Genius
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The line I like the most is Wendell's comment on espresso = mud bath. Whenever one of my friends orders an espresso, I have to think and talk about the movie.

[–] nick_mcdougall 18 years ago

When America deports you they do it in style

the water is perfectly transparent
so are you buddy!

little girl? she's built like a japanese wrestler

[–] david-2990 18 years ago

When do you sleep?
In the winter!

This is not like America. At lunchtime we make our pasta, we sprinkle our Parmigano, we drink our wine, we make our love.
What do you do in the evening?
We go home to our wives!

Classic.

[–] marcgiu 18 years ago

We were woken by a terrible noise

The car was mashed...........

The 2 - they are dead........

She was holding him lika this.........

On the radio was playing....Hello Dolly

I think that is very touching........

[–] derek-168 18 years ago

JJ Blodgett " I don't mind these foreigners speaking a foreign language, I just wish they would all speak the same damn foreign language"

[–] stevenvh 15 years ago

"Anyway, the maid. She's Sicilian, you know. She got a gun and shot him, just like that. Bam, bam, bam. Three bullets right through the photographs."

--
I never make mistakes. Once I thought I did, but I was wrong.

[–] nosnojsirhc 15 years ago

"Now you know why I want the job with the Sheraton."

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[–] gmiriello 14 years ago

"Is that what you call Italian justice?"

"What about Sacco and Vanzetti?"

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[–] MissSugarKane 13 years ago

"If I don't get him back to Baltimore on Tuesday, there's going to be *such a scandal*!"

"Ask fat ass if she wants a ride."

"No thank you. I've brought my dinner..."
[she pulls out a single apple and puts in on her plate]

I love this film!! I feel the urge to watch it again and I shall do this weekend. And I've got to kid myself flatly that I am not at all jealous of Juliet in the kissing scene on the scales. Nope, not at all.

Marilyn Monroe: I don't want to be rich. I just want to be wonderful.

[–] MissSugarKane 13 years ago

Carlucci: [over the phone to Wendall] "Did Miss Piggott enjoy her kippers?!....No, no, no! That's not why I called."

lol

Marilyn Monroe: I don't want to be rich. I just want to be wonderful.

[–] pikrodafni 13 years ago

"That's a lotta Trottas."

[–] raymondoedwards 11 years ago

Not the funniest but an often missed classic;

'.... extinguish your seat belts and fasten uour cigarettes....'

Or it might me the other way round.

[–] bindas_nimesh 11 years ago

Lemmon: What would I do without you?

Carlucci: I have often wondered
about that.

[–] vicci0606 10 years ago

That mud business... does it really help?
I assure you, after one bath... you will have the acidity of a man of twenty.