# What Saddam Should Have Said **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402 "2003-12-16T21:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/1 "2003-12-16T21:47:19Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=229426), they are discussing what Saddam said upon being discovered in his spider hole (“I am President Saddam Hussein, and I am willing to negotiate”). Saddam should have said, “These aren’t the droids you want”, or “I have been evicted from my hole in the ground - I will have to go live in the lake”.\* So far, IMO, **Bryan Eckers** has come up with the best line that the soldiers **should** have responded with (“All your base are belong to us”). I would have simply began humming the theme from Cops as I cuffed him. Of course, I have very little imagination. What say you? What would **you** have said in response to Saddam? Regards, Shodan \*Bonus points if you recognize the reference. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/2 "2003-12-16T21:52:44Z")
“I got your Saddam hangin’ right here.” ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/3 "2003-12-16T22:01:07Z")
The Bruce Willis response: _BLAM_ Anybody else want to negotiate? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/4 "2003-12-16T22:04:51Z")
“Looks like six more weeks of winter.” By the way, your last question and title are juxtopo… juxtappos… mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/5 "2003-12-16T22:06:29Z")
“You mean you wish to surrender to me? Very well i accept” ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/6 "2003-12-17T00:17:51Z")
“I wish to register a complaint!” ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/7 "2003-12-17T00:42:10Z")
GOTCHA YA ! ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/8 "2003-12-17T00:51:56Z")
Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Death Rays.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/9 "2003-12-17T01:05:17Z")
“F\*cko Off!” ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/10 "2003-12-17T01:08:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kakkerlak \* > \*\*GOTCHA YA ! \*\* This is definitely the winner. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/11 "2003-12-17T01:10:10Z")
Or how about “You are now the newest contestant on Survivor!” ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/12 "2003-12-17T01:59:58Z")
The official result of the World Hide-and-Seek, Mr Don Roberrs from Hinckley, Leicestershire, 11 years, 2 months, 26 days, 9 hours, 3 minutes, 27 seconds. Mr Saddam Hussein, Tikrit, 11 years, a months, 26 days, 9 hours, 3 minutes, 27 seconds. The result - a tie. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/13 "2003-12-17T02:15:01Z")
“The tribe has spoken. You’ve been voted off…the planet.” ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/14 "2003-12-17T02:19:25Z")
“Hi! Are you the man of the hole? Wonderful! May I interest you in some wonderful summer timeshares in Mosul? Maybe somewhere on the coast of al-Bubiyan?” Tripler Knowing me, I would have thrown my rifle over my shoulder ala “Hacksaw Jim Duggan”, flipped a thumbs up, and screamed “HOOOOOOOOO!” ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/15 "2003-12-17T02:25:59Z")
Hey guys, do you think that I can win the Theodore Kaczynski lookalike contest? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/16 "2003-12-17T02:56:01Z")
“Where is John Connor?” ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/17 "2003-12-17T03:15:36Z")
_To Greensleeves_ “Oh where, oh where has my WMD gone? Oh where, oh where could it be???” Either that or he should have poked his head out of the hole and said “I _knew_ I should have made that left turn at Albuqurqe(SP?)!” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/18 "2003-12-17T04:13:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scuba\_Ben \* > \*\*The Bruce Willis response: > > _BLAM_ Anybody else want to negotiate? \*\* I’ve been thinking the exact same thing ever since I heard that. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/19 "2003-12-17T04:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Call me Frank \* > \*\* “I _knew_ I should have made that left turn at Albuqurqe(SP?)!” \*\* Reply: “Eehh, what’s up, dork?” ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402/20 "2003-12-17T04:49:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kakkerlak \* > \*\*GOTCHA YA ! \*\* 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-saddam-should-have-said/219402.md?page=2)