That line made me laugh my ass off.

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koffeenkreame41-1 — 11 years ago(October 27, 2014 08:18 AM)

I honestly think that it's the greatest movie quote ever. I think it has a lot to do with Walter Matthau's delivery.
Agreed, perfect delivery.
My favorite quote from him in the film too LOL
"I'm the ultimate badass,you do NOT wanna f-ck wit me!"Hudson,Aliens

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stevenvh — 15 years ago(April 03, 2011 07:09 AM)

Actually he says "figure out" instead of "realize", which (at least to me) sounds even funnier.
Rome. By all means, Rome.

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jaddjamar — 14 years ago(July 25, 2011 01:44 PM)

Best line in a movie of memorable lines.
Do you understand the words that I am saying to you?

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novastar_6 — 14 years ago(December 07, 2011 11:06 PM)

That's the best part of this whole movie. Unfortunately something went wrong with the delivery of the lines and it's funnier to read the play this was based on than to actually see the film.

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Amry0217 — 12 years ago(August 18, 2013 02:21 PM)

When I was transcribing doctors office notes, he wrote "Patient will FU in six weeks." What??? That's no approved abbreviation, so I asked him what he meant by it. "Follow up" of course, but for a while I thought the stressors of the job had caused him to finally snap.

He lifts me clear to the sky, you know he taught me to fly.

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Kawada_Kira — 12 years ago(March 16, 2014 05:02 PM)

I was laughing through this whole movie but that was without a doubt the funniest line. I was laughing so hard I had to pause the movie until I could stop.
"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor."

• Voltaire

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Sonatine97 — 12 years ago(March 24, 2014 12:10 PM)

Such a simple line brilliantly executed, with hysterical results!
I've seen some comedies that strive to be funny with complicated set-ups or cheap knockdowns that never work. And yet here we have our beloved Walter deliver such an awesome line that lives on to this day and still makes people laugh out loud!
Script-writers take note of the old saying: "keep it simple, stupid!"
"One must first get behind someone, in order to stab them in the back!"

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jbartelone — 11 years ago(April 03, 2014 03:19 PM)

A poster above thought there was something wrong with the delivery of that line. I disagree, and think it is brilliant! One of the funniest lines in the movie!
Joe

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darryl-tahirali — 11 years ago(July 30, 2014 02:40 PM)

It took me 3 hours to realize that FU was Felix Unger! - danegem
Yepmy favorite line!
It's the setup that makes it great: "'Oscar, we're out of milk. FU.'" Oscar probably spent the first hour fuming that Felix was blaming him for it and then insulting him about it.
"We hear very little, and we understand even less." - Refugee in Casablanca

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Four_Door_Cinema_Club — 11 years ago(August 10, 2014 10:14 PM)

He says they are out if cornflakes not milk

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vinceb-3 — 11 years ago(January 06, 2015 10:40 AM)

That line was brilliant, but I found it even funnier when Oscar says, "I don't know, I thought the gravy comes when you cook the meat."

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practicepiano — 10 years ago(February 17, 2016 07:07 PM)

The hilarity of the "FU" line is a combination of the line and Matthau's delivery.
Two other favorites of mine are mostly funny due to Matthau's New-York accented delivery (which I tried to reproduce I do know how to spell, honest!):
"Now it's Gawwbage."
"I know him. He'll kill himself just to spite me. Then his ghost will come back, following me around the apartment, hawwnting and cleaning, hawwnting and cleaning, hawwnting and cleaning."

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almostfm-1 — 10 years ago(February 18, 2016 01:36 AM)

The "FU" line is a great example of something called a "self cleaning" joke. Even back then, you could get away with all kinds of stuff if the next line made it clear that any dirty interpretation is all in your mind.