# Dr Strangelove and his precious bodily fluids **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047 "2017-01-13T17:03:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/41 "2017-01-15T12:52:09Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious… service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature. I must admit, you have an astonishingly good idea there. ---
**Author:** ![JHBoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JHBoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHBoom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/42 "2017-01-15T18:08:19Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Hey, the deed was done, and the tanker had places to be and people to see, amirite? Indeed! After all, the boom operator’s catch-phrase is “Your hole is my goal”… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/43 "2017-01-15T19:05:52Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > It’s called the “Situation Room”. Which sound like a bit of 80’s PC. Was there any need for a “War Room” during WW II ? Of course not much has been revealed on what the Pentagon has, but somehow many do think that the War Room room was in the White House, but when one sees the movie it is clear that the War Room in the movie is located in the **Pentagon.** ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/44 "2017-01-16T00:05:45Z")
The pie fight will never be seen. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/45 "2017-01-17T18:31:18Z")
“I’m calling about the bomb, Dmitri… the bomb, Dmitri… the _hydrogen_ bomb…” > [@Melbourne](#): > > It’s called the “Situation Room”. Which sound like a bit of 80’s PC. Was there any need for a “War Room” during WW II ? Churchill and Roosevelt both had versions of them. > **[Churchill War Rooms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_War_Rooms)** > > The Churchill War Rooms is a museum in London and one of the five branches of the Imperial War Museum. The museum comprises the Cabinet War Rooms, a historic underground complex that housed a British government command centre throughout the Second World War, and the Churchill Museum, a biographical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill. > Construction of the Cabinet War Rooms, located beneath the Treasury building in the Whitehall area of Westminster, began in 1938. ... > **[Map Room (White House)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Room_(White_House))** > > The Map Room is a room on the ground floor of the White House, the official home of the president of the United States. > The Map Room takes its name from its use during World War II, when Franklin Roosevelt used it as a situation room where maps were consulted to track the war's progress (for such purposes, it was later replaced by the West Wing Situation Room). The room was originally finished as part of the extensive renovation of the White House designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mea... Modern U.S. versions: > **[Situation Room](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Situation_Room)** > > The Situation Room is an intelligence management complex on the ground floor of the West Wing of the White House. While the name suggests it is a single room, it is in fact a 5,000 square feet (460 m2) operations suite consisting of a duty watch station and three secure conference rooms. It is run by about 130 National Security Council staff for the use of the president of the United States, chief of staff, national security advisor, homeland security advisor, and other senior advisors for mo... [National Military Command Center - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Military_Command_Center) (and a picture: [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/images/nmcc6.jpg](http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/images/nmcc6.jpg)) [NORAD - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/46 "2017-01-18T02:58:12Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > As you know, the Premier loves surprises. > I love the two planes making [sweet, gentle love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs7EikHQGlA) during the opening credits. Yeah that’s…hey, _James Earl Jones_ is listed in the credits! I forgot he was in it! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/47 "2017-01-18T03:33:44Z")
Ooh, Jones wrote an article about the making of the movie. It was his first part. _[A Bombardier’s Reflection on Dr. Strangelove](http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB110055719231074627)_ There’s an ad, but you can close it and read. Good writing, Mr. Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/48 "2017-01-18T04:03:40Z")
Back in college, some friends and I got the idea to do pleas for our campus radio station’s pledge drive as parodies of _Strangelove_: “Now then, Dmitri, you know how we’ve always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the radio station. The radio station, Dmitri. The community radio station. Well now, what happened is, uh, one of our listeners, he had a sort of - Well, he went a little funny in the head. You know. Just a little funny. And uh, he went and did a silly thing. Well, I’ll tell you what he did. He listened to the station…without supporting it.” “Subscriber kit contents check. One K-A-O-S bumper sticker. One combination Roosian phrasebook and programming guide…” That sort of thing. We never got around to doing it, but I still like the idea. > [@Sailboat](#): > > Ooh, Jones wrote an article about the making of the movie. It was his first part. > > _[A Bombardier’s Reflection on Dr. Strangelove](http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB110055719231074627)_ > > There’s an ad, but you can close it and read. Good writing, Mr. Jones. Hmm, it won’t let me close the ad, which is annoying because I’d really love to read what he had to say about that movie. I remember wondering about actors whose best movie was the very first (or at least, very early) in their careers, and James Earl Jones is a perfect example. Think about that, he went on to be in some damn good movies, but his first is still the best. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/49 "2017-01-18T13:07:52Z")
“Mandrake, come over here and feed me this belt, boy!” “I’d love to Jack, but you see the problem is, the string in my leg is gone.” Also, in case no one else has mentioned it yet, the music playing over the opening credits is “Try A Little Tenderness”. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/50 "2017-01-18T13:16:13Z")
I saw the movie when I was 13. I thought it was the best movie I’d ever seen. I’ve seen a lot of movies since then, and it’s still near the top. And I’m amazed that I thought that so young. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/51 "2017-01-18T13:43:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmm, it won’t let me close the ad, which is annoying because I’d really love to read what he had to say about that movie. [Maybe try this one.](https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/rec.aviation.military/pX3EODieX5k/xUB1Yzzg5BMJ) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/52 "2017-01-18T20:00:27Z")
Great name for the air force base: Burpleson. And the sign outside: “Peace Is Our Profession”. “I’m sorry too, Dimitri. I’m very sorry. Alright! You’re sorrier than I am! But I am sorry as well. I am as sorry as you are, Dimitri. Don’t say that you are more sorry than I am, because I am capable of being just as sorry as you are. So we’re both sorry, alright? Alright.” Interesting draft - a whole lotta stuff here that sure didn’t end up in the final cut: [http://scifiscripts.com/scripts/strangelove.txt](http://scifiscripts.com/scripts/strangelove.txt) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/53 "2017-01-18T22:48:14Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > And the sign outside: “Peace Is Our Profession”. You understand, of course, that “Peace Is Our Profession” [really WAS the slogan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-471941.html)of the Strategic Air Command. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/54 "2017-01-19T01:26:27Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > You understand, of course, that “Peace Is Our Profession” [really WAS the slogan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-471941.html)of the Strategic Air Command. Ah I see…Ignorance tolchocked. In the yarbles. Two films later. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/55 "2017-01-19T17:57:25Z")
Ignorance tolchocked with an antelope bone. It was redrum, in a world of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047/56 "2017-01-19T23:24:59Z")
That’s some very _large talk_ behind my sleeping back, oh me droogie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047.md?page=2)