# Where did "Nuke 'em from orbit" come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440 "2007-03-11T02:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/61 "2007-03-11T23:00:52Z")
It’s a rescue thread, you’ll love it. There’s some juicy lurkers’ daughters we have to rescue from their posting virginity. Heh! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/62 "2007-03-11T23:03:02Z")
14,216…simulated. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/63 "2007-03-11T23:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Hey, Cervaise, did anyone ever mistake you for a man? [/QUOTE] No. Have you? _(Note: The comeback only works properly if the person providing the setup gets the line right.)_ 😛 The cornbread still sucks, too. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/64 "2007-03-12T00:28:12Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 14,216…simulated. [/QUOTE] How many combat posts? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/65 "2007-03-12T00:35:19Z")
At the risk of derailing this by actually answering the OP, [here’s an earlier thread on the topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378879). I feel smarter already. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/66 "2007-03-12T02:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] At the risk of derailing this by actually answering the OP, [here’s an earlier thread on the topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378879). I feel smarter already. [/QUOTE] The truth? You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/67 "2007-03-12T02:05:54Z")
[QUOTE=outlierrn] How many combat posts? [/QUOTE] Um…two. Including this one. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/68 "2007-03-12T05:33:44Z")
It appears that we now have the answer to the question [Is drunk posting allowed?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=408701) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/69 "2007-03-12T06:12:12Z")
[sub](psst, **tom** , you do realize, do you not, that most of the apparently insulting or nonsensical quotes in this thread are quotes from the movie?)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/70 "2007-03-12T06:31:06Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] It appears that we now have the answer to the question [Is drunk posting allowed?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=408701) [/QUOTE] Maybe we could light a fire. Sing some songs. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/71 "2007-03-12T08:02:57Z")
all we need is a deck of cards ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/72 "2007-03-12T08:54:10Z")
17 meters. The mods must have learned. They found an open IP address, an open port. Something we missed. Nine meters. They’re right on us! Eight meters, that’s inside this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/73 "2007-03-12T10:14:57Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Is this gonna be a stand-up fight or just another sock-hunt? Sir. [/QUOTE] Sock hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/74 "2007-03-12T11:54:39Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] With no wit and no training. Right? [/QUOTE] Why don’t you put _her_ in charge? In nineteen minutes, this thread is going to be a cloud of vapor the size of Nebraska. Aliens [it’s just a bunch of quotes strung together.](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aliens) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/75 "2007-03-12T12:02:41Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] Sock hunt. [/QUOTE] Well, there have been unconfirmed reports of a bridge-dwelling entity or cloth footwear lifeforms in the area. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/76 "2007-03-12T12:29:46Z")
[QUOTE=Small Clanger] Aliens [it’s just a bunch of quotes strung together.](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aliens) [/QUOTE] Traitor, don’t give away our secrets. Stop being such a Burke. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/77 "2007-03-12T13:11:22Z")
This thread is on an express elevator to hell… going down! ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/78 "2007-03-12T13:14:34Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] This thread is on an express elevator to hell… going down! [/QUOTE] Nah. We’re in the pipe, five by five. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/79 "2007-03-12T13:17:30Z")
Eat this!! ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/80 "2007-03-12T14:09:10Z")
I know its hot as hell in here, but “it’s a dry heat”. I can’t freakin believe how well I know that movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=5)