# 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:** 9
**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 14, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/161 "2007-03-14T18:37:06Z")
but can she make decent cornbread? ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/162 "2007-03-14T19:08:55Z")
So how long after this thread is declared a joke thread can we expect closure? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/163 "2007-03-14T19:23:54Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] So how long after this thread is declared a joke thread can we expect closure? [/QUOTE] **Get away from this thread, _you BITCH!!!_** ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/164 "2007-03-14T19:28:55Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] **Get away from this thread, _you BITCH!!!_** [/QUOTE] Well that explains it, the UK dopers always were a bit twitchy. ---
**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 14, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/165 "2007-03-14T19:29:34Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] So how long after this thread is declared a joke thread can we expect closure? [/QUOTE] Actually we have come into view of the scout ship Threadspotting. This mission will have to run its course. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/166 "2007-03-14T20:14:03Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] So how long after this thread is declared a joke thread can we expect closure? [/QUOTE] Somebody will have to go out there, take a portable terminal, and post in manually. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/167 "2007-03-14T20:30:38Z")
Oh yeah sure, with those mod things running around? You can count me out! ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/168 "2007-03-14T20:43:03Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] Your’s was a guy! [/QUOTE] Doesn’t matter when it’s Arcturan! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/169 "2007-03-14T21:32:46Z")
[QUOTE=Raguleader] Doesn’t matter when it’s Arcturan! 🆒 [/QUOTE] What if I said I could get you instated as a charter member, and the Reader has agreed to pick up your subscription? ---
**Author:** ![Eltanin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Eltanin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eltanin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/170 "2007-03-14T23:09:32Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Not bad… For a newby. [/QUOTE] That’s a nice pet you got there, **QtM**. ---
**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 15, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/171 "2007-03-15T06:44:58Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] Your’s was a guy! [/QUOTE] Looks like love at first sight to me. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/172 "2007-03-15T08:33:08Z")
If I could go back through all the threads I’ve started in the last 7 years and pick one to be successful enough to make it to 4 pages, well, let’s just say there would be a few in line before this one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/173 "2007-03-15T11:04:24Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] **Get away from this thread, _you BITCH!!!_** [/QUOTE] Heh, not bad for a… member. _gurgling cough_ ---
**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 15, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/174 "2007-03-15T12:18:30Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] If I could go back through all the threads I’ve started in the last 7 years and pick one to be successful enough to make it to 4 pages, well, let’s just say there would be a few in line before this one. 🙂 [/QUOTE] So you are saying that you never expected an SDMB member jokefest? ---
**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 15, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/175 "2007-03-15T15:45:20Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] So you are saying that you never expected an SDMB member jokefest? [/QUOTE] NOBODY EXPECTS AN SDMB JOKEFEST! Our chief weapon is… Shit, wrong thread. Sorry. ---
**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 15, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/176 "2007-03-15T16:06:46Z")
[QUOTE=Zakalwe] Shit, wrong thread. Sorry. [/QUOTE] There’s no need to be sorry, it’s not your fault. Well it is, clearly, but the spirt of the thread demands this respose ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/177 "2007-03-15T16:29:57Z")
[QUOTE=Zakalwe] NOBODY EXPECTS AN SDMB JOKEFEST! Our chief weapon is… Shit, wrong thread. Sorry. [/QUOTE] Secure that shit, **Zakalwe**! ---
**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 15, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/178 "2007-03-15T16:36:42Z")
[QUOTE=Small Clanger] There’s no need to be sorry, it’s not your fault. [/QUOTE] You could see how I could get confused though. I mean, those SDMB Member Jokefests are our very baddest hombres, packing state of the art firepower… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/179 "2007-03-15T17:57:13Z")
[QUOTE=shamrock227] Secure that shit, **Zakalwe**! [/QUOTE] Hey **shamrock** , have you ever been mistaken for a mod? ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440/180 "2007-03-15T18:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] Hey **shamrock** , have you ever been mistaken for a mod? [/QUOTE] No. Have you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-nuke-em-from-orbit-come-from/395440.md?page=10)