# 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:** 5
**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, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/81 "2007-03-12T14:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Stop being such a Burke. [/QUOTE] Quietly switches off the security monitor leaving **What Exit?** trapped in the thread with a couple of facehuggers. ---
**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, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/82 "2007-03-12T14:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Traitor, don’t give away our secrets. Stop being such a Burke. [/QUOTE] Isn’t that more correctly spelled “Berk?” Or is “Berkshire” now spelled “Burkeshire?” 😃 ---
**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, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/83 "2007-03-12T14:45:57Z")
[QUOTE=Small Clanger] Quietly switches off the security monitor leaving **What Exit?** trapped in the thread with a couple of facehuggers. [/QUOTE] **CLANGER** , come back here you bastard! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/84 "2007-03-12T15:49:46Z")
Alright posters, I want this thing to go smooth, and by the numbers. I was TCS and tactical messageboard administration by 0-8-30. Ordinance loading, weapons strip and drop ship prep detail in seven hours. Now let’s post, people, post! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/85 "2007-03-12T16:26:44Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] Alright posters, I want this thing to go smooth, and by the numbers. I was TCS and tactical messageboard administration by 0-8-30. Ordinance loading, weapons strip and drop ship prep detail in seven hours. Now let’s post, people, post! [/QUOTE] Assholes and elbows! I love this movie. It is one of my all tirme favorites. ---
**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, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/86 "2007-03-12T16:38:08Z")
Agreed. One of the very few sequels actually better than the first movie, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/87 "2007-03-12T16:59:12Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] Alright posters, I want this thing to go smooth, and by the numbers. I was TCS and tactical messageboard administration by 0-8-30. Ordinance loading, weapons strip and drop ship prep detail in seven hours. Now let’s post, people, post! [/QUOTE] Spare us, we’ve already had our psyche evaluations this month. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/88 "2007-03-12T17:01:16Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Agreed. One of the very few sequels actually better than the first movie, IMHO. [/QUOTE] When I first saw it, I thought _Rambo In Outer Space_. I watched it again yesterday, and I still think it’s not as good as the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/89 "2007-03-12T17:05:42Z")
I’m ready, man, check it out. I am the ultimate bad-ass! State-of-the-bad-ass-art! You do not want to fuck with me. Check it out. Hey, SDMB posters, don’t worry. Me and my squad of ultimate bad-asses will protect you. Check it out. Independently targeting particle-beam phalanx. Whap! Fry half the forum with this puppy! We got tactical smart missiles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPG’s… we got Sonic Electronic Ball-Breakers! We got 1920s style ‘Death Rays’. We got nukes. We got knives, sharp sticks. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/90 "2007-03-12T17:15:59Z")
[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] Not bad. For a mod. ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/91 "2007-03-12T19:12:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hogwash] I’m ready, man, check it out. I am the ultimate bad-ass! State-of-the-bad-ass-art! You do not want to fuck with me. Check it out. Hey, SDMB posters, don’t worry. [/QUOTE] What are we supposed to use, harsh language? ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/92 "2007-03-12T19:14:15Z")
Knock it off, Hogwash! ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/93 "2007-03-12T19:46:20Z")
[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] I say we grease this rat-fink son of a bitch right now. ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/94 "2007-03-12T20:09:02Z")
**tomndebb** figured he could get a non-related post in the thread, if one of us wasn’t looking. The only way he could do it is if he were to sabotage certain accounts in the thread, namely yours. Then he could ban them and make up any story he wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/95 "2007-03-12T20:11:19Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Is this gonna be a stand-up fight or just another sock-hunt? Sir. [/QUOTE] Look into my eye. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/96 "2007-03-12T20:18:30Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] When I first saw it, I thought _Rambo In Outer Space_. I watched it again yesterday, and I still think it’s not as good as the first one. [/QUOTE] You always was an asshole, Johnny. No, not really. It’s from the movie. I’m putting this little note here in case a mod wants to ban me from orbit, just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/97 "2007-03-12T20:29:38Z")
Look man! I only need to know one thing: where they are. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/98 "2007-03-12T20:36:44Z")
[QUOTE=MonkeyMensch] Look man! I only need to know one thing: where they are. [/QUOTE] Not … bad … for … an … SDMBer. _cough_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/99 "2007-03-12T20:39:49Z")
[QUOTE=Hogwash] The weirdo posters mostly come out at night. Mostly. [/QUOTE] Dude, you owe me a 1. New Monitor 2. New Keyboard 3. Hi Opal! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/100 "2007-03-12T20:46:58Z")
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