# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Eltanin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Eltanin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eltanin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/121 "2007-03-13T03:21:42Z")
Remember you sent some wildcatters out to the middle of nowhere last week, out past the BBQ Pit? Yeah, what? Well, one 'em’s on the net, a mom-and-pop posting team. Says he’s on to something - wants to know if his message will be on it. Why wouldn’t his message be on it? Well, because you sent them out to that particular middle of nowhere on Straight Dope orders, maybe? I don’t know… Christ. Some mod in a cushy office at the Reader says go look at a post reference. We look. They don’t say why, and I don’t ask. I don’t ask because it takes two weeks to get a reply out here and the answer is always _don’t ask._ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/122 "2007-03-13T04:42:00Z")
Did IQ’s just drop sharply while I was away? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/123 "2007-03-13T04:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Did IQ’s just drop sharply while I was away? [/QUOTE] Everything’s fine. We’re in the Pipe, 5 by 5. (Ooops. I see Small Clanger got that one at post #78.) ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/124 "2007-03-13T05:12:44Z")
Not bad, for SDMB posters. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/125 "2007-03-13T05:31:36Z")
I’ve got a bad feeling about this thread. ---
**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, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/126 "2007-03-13T05:33:19Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] I’ve got a bad feeling about this thread. [/QUOTE] You’re always sayin’ that; “I’ve got a bad feeling about this thread.” ---
**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 13, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/127 "2007-03-13T05:41:34Z")
let’s get the hell out of here ---
**Author:** ![WilhelmGefallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@WilhelmGefallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilhelmGefallen)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/128 "2007-03-13T05:44:19Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] Everything’s fine. We’re in the Pipe, 5 by 5. (Ooops. I see Small Clanger got that one at post #78.) [/QUOTE] I thought you never missed **The Sonoran Lizard King** ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/129 "2007-03-13T05:52:51Z")
The mod is on the way…16 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/130 "2007-03-13T05:53:43Z")
_Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal._ _runs_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/131 "2007-03-13T12:04:53Z")
[QUOTE=anamnesis] The mod is gone! The topic is veering off track! Let’s get the fuck outta here! DOPERINES, WE ARE _LEAVING_! [/QUOTE] Thread over, man! THREAD OVER! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/132 "2007-03-13T12:42:36Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Spare us, we’ve already had our psyche evaluations this month. [/QUOTE] Yes, and I’ve read it. You wake up every night, sheets soaking, the same nightmare over and over… ---
**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 13, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/133 "2007-03-13T13:29:28Z")
OK, this thread is secured. ---
**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 13, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/134 "2007-03-13T13:38:22Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] OK, this thread is secured. [/QUOTE] I feel safer already. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/135 "2007-03-13T13:40:30Z")
Hey, the OP’s answered, can the Mods collect magazines from everybody? ---
**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, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/136 "2007-03-13T13:48:42Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] _Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal._ [/QUOTE] Check, please! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/137 "2007-03-13T14:08:13Z")
[QUOTE=Zakalwe] I feel safer already. [/QUOTE] Don’t nobody touch nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/138 "2007-03-13T14:44:33Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] OK, this thread is secured. [/QUOTE] I would say, go to hell. If, I were hu… oh, wait :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/139 "2007-03-13T18:26:48Z")
I dont feel very good… my stomach hurts awful bad… ugh… maybe it was something I ate? The pain, it’s getting worse… eeerrgh… Oh… Oh GOD… AARRRRRRGHHHH. ---
**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, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/140 "2007-03-13T18:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I dont feel very good… my stomach hurts awful bad.. ugh… maybe it was something I ate? The pain, it’s getting worse… eeerrgh… Oh.. Oh GOD.. AARRRRRRGHHHH. [/QUOTE] See post [130](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8349504&postcount=130). Nice knowing you Auto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=8)