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Ridiculously Quotable

posted 11 years ago by miamicane3269
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Wallace: She told me about the letters.
Gilbert Embleton: Letters? What letters?
Wallace: The letters. She told me about them. I know all about the letters. How do you think I know? She told me. That's how I found out.

AND

Hawkins: Spencer, did you flush?
Wallace: I think she's gonna do that, don't you, pal? I'll ask her. Lori!
Hawkins: [Quietly to Daggenhurst] He's talking to her!
Sir Roger Daggenhurst: She's still in the bowl?
Hawkins: Maybe he tried to flush her, but she floated back up!
Sir Roger Daggenhurst: Tell him to flush her! Spencer knows how to deal with floaters.

There's a bunch more! Even though the story is ridiculous, I really enjoyed it when I dragged my dad to see it 15 years ago and it's still funny to me today.

GEEEET AWAY FROM THAT PHONE!

I just love movies where the main character truly doesn't know what's going on or is a guy who takes himself way to seriously, messes up, yet shakes it off like it's nothing a la Johnny English. lol

[–] NotASpeckOfCereal 10 years ago

Loved the film, yes it is underrated, but the one thing I didn't get:

What in the spy world does 'floater' and 'flush' mean? Are we talking disposing of the body with acid in the bathtub or something like that?

Of course, I get the 'floater' and 'flush' toilet references--I'm just wondering what would have been the legit meaning of those terms in the spy world.

Be sure to proof your posts to see if you any words out