# The BBC's plans for  announcement of nuclear war

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 3, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bbcs-plans-for-announcement-of-nuclear-war/736563 "2015-11-03T23:01:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bbcs-plans-for-announcement-of-nuclear-war/736563/21 "2015-11-05T00:25:08Z")

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> [@VarlosZ](#):
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> “These unfortunate people here will be instantly killed. This circle, which I am sad to say _we are in_, will experience a slower, considerably more painful death.”

“No I wouldn’t use the word ‘meltdown’. I prefer the phrase ‘un-requested fission surplus’”

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bbcs-plans-for-announcement-of-nuclear-war/736563/22 "2015-11-05T01:25:32Z")

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> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#):
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> “If you are hearing this broadcast, two things are sure - you have survived the initial blast; and you are highly unlikely to be as fortunate concerning the fallout. Carry on!”

“Keep calm and … oh, bollocks, it doesn’t matter anymore, we’re all dead.”

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**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bbcs-plans-for-announcement-of-nuclear-war/736563/23 "2015-11-05T02:21:28Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> “Close your eyes and think of England. We don’t recommend ever opening them again.”

“How I Dearly Wish I Was Not Here.” or you could take the opposite tack, “[Come, Armageddon! Come!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf6Xwb03jTE)”

Re, the mention of _Threads_ above: is this something you’d really want to live through?

One of the absolute best mismatches of advertising song with product had to be when the NFL Network licensed that song for their commercials. Right up there with M-B and Janis Joplin’s, “_[Mercedes-Benz.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tGuJ34062s)_”

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bbcs-plans-for-announcement-of-nuclear-war/736563/24 "2015-11-05T08:17:51Z")

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I distinctly remember my mother singing along to Tom Lehrer, way back in the 60s:

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs)

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