# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/101 "2007-03-12T20:54:07Z")
Nightmares again? Do you want something to help you post? ---
**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, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/102 "2007-03-12T20:55:48Z")
[QUOTE=shamrock227] I say we grease this rat-fink son of a bitch right now. [/QUOTE] OK, we Pit him. No offense. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/103 "2007-03-12T21:04:40Z")
OK then! I just need to know one thing - where he is. ---
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/104 "2007-03-12T21:05:57Z")
We’re starting to repeat ourselves, here. Um… you’re all on psychometric probation! ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/105 "2007-03-12T21:16:29Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] OK then! I just need to know one thing - where he is. [/QUOTE] He’s comin’ out of the fuckin’ forums, man! He’s all around us! He - aarghh! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/106 "2007-03-12T21:25:45Z")
(sorry) :o ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/107 "2007-03-12T21:32:39Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] (sorry) :o [/QUOTE] That’s okay, the earlier post didn’t show up on infrared at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/108 "2007-03-12T21:48:47Z")
Please. Kuh-kuh-kill me. ku-kuch-huckchaerghaerghaHAAAAAHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/109 "2007-03-13T00:06:00Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] OK, we Pit him. No offense. [/QUOTE] Come on! Come on! Come and get it, baby! Come on! Let’s go, yeah, come on! Come on! Come and get it you bastards! Come on, you too! Oh, you want some of this? Fuck you! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/110 "2007-03-13T00:07:31Z")
[QUOTE=Ghanima] Please. Kuh-kuh-kill me. ku-kuch-huckchaerghaerghaHAAAAAHH!!! [/QUOTE] Hey. If it comes to that I’ll do us both. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/111 "2007-03-13T00:09:39Z")
Talk to me, JohnT… anamnesis…scissorjack…ghanima…Arnie…Bryan… ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/112 "2007-03-13T00:09:44Z")
[QUOTE=Hoopy Frood] Come on! Come on! Come and get it, baby! Come on! Let’s go, yeah, come on! Come on! Come and get it you bastards! Come on, you too! Oh, you want some of this? Fuck you! [/QUOTE] LET’S ROOOOOOCK! ---
**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 13, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/113 "2007-03-13T00:36:11Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Talk to me, JohnT… anamnesis…scissorjack…ghanima…Arnie…Bryan… [/QUOTE] Say again, all after “incinerators”. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/114 "2007-03-13T00:54:58Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Talk to me, … Arnie… [/QUOTE] Nuh..Noodles. My name’s Noodles. Nobody calls me Arnie, except Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/115 "2007-03-13T01:21:58Z")
[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. 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.** [/QUOTE] \ But do you have _FRESH FRUIT!?_ Now, when a Xenomorph lunges at you with fresh fruit… ---
**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 13, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/116 "2007-03-13T01:45:46Z")
We _done_ loganberries. :rolleyes: ---
**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 13, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/117 "2007-03-13T01:50:28Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] \ But do you have _FRESH FRUIT!?_ Now, when a Xenomorph lunges at you with fresh fruit… [/QUOTE] --------/------------- -------/…–… ------/…10..TONS… -----/… ----/--------------------. —/\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\ … **MacTech** ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/118 "2007-03-13T02:03:29Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Talk to me, anamnesis… [/QUOTE] The mod is gone! The topic is veering off track! Let’s get the fuck outta here! DOPERINES, WE ARE _LEAVING_! ---
**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 13, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/119 "2007-03-13T02:05:52Z")
[QUOTE=anamnesis] The mod is gone! [/QUOTE] I thought there was nothing they can’t handle. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/120 "2007-03-13T03:05:46Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] Now, when a Xenomorph lunges at you with fresh fruit… [/QUOTE] Excuse me, **MacTech** - a, a _what?_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=7)