Where did "Nuke 'em from orbit" come from?

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.

Did IQ’s just drop sharply while I was away?

Everything’s fine. We’re in the Pipe, 5 by 5.
(Ooops. I see Small Clanger got that one at post #78.)

Not bad, for SDMB posters.

I’ve got a bad feeling about this thread.

You’re always sayin’ that; “I’ve got a bad feeling about this thread.”

let’s get the hell out of here

I thought you never missed The Sonoran Lizard King

The mod is on the way…16 minutes.

Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal.

runs

Thread over, man! THREAD OVER!

Yes, and I’ve read it. You wake up every night, sheets soaking, the same nightmare over and over…

OK, this thread is secured.

I feel safer already.

Hey, the OP’s answered, can the Mods collect magazines from everybody?

Check, please!

Don’t nobody touch nuthin’.

I would say, go to hell. If, I were hu… oh, wait :smack:

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.

See post 130.

Nice knowing you Auto.