# How to start WWIII

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-wwiii/332627>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 24, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-wwiii/332627 "2005-11-24T23:26:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-wwiii/332627/1 "2005-11-24T23:26:37Z")

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A flock of geese as described in [Cecil’s column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_435.html) may not do it. Still, if you believe Nena, 99 red balloons will do it.

I wonder if a flock of seagulls…

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**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-wwiii/332627/2 "2005-11-25T08:54:39Z")

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> [@Mathochist](#):
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> I wonder if a flock of seagulls…

Nah. I mean, they were _bad,_ but not worth-starting-a-nuclear-holocaust-over bad.