“Don't you know that General Ripper went as mad as a bloody March...” – Gp Capt. Mandrake, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ... Movie Quotes Database

Gp Capt. Mandrake

Don't you know that General Ripper went as mad as a bloody March Hare, and sent the whole wing over to attack the Soviets? Don't you know that?!

Col. Guano

What are you talkin' about?

Gp Capt. Mandrake

I'll tell you what I'm talking about. I'm going to pick up this red telephone, which is connected directly to SAC, and I hope-- [tries but the phone is dead] --blast. Blast! Shot away, I expect, by one of your men during this ridiculous fighting! Right! [picks up another phone only to discover the cord connecting it to the receiver has been severed]

Col. Guano

All right, Charlie. I've been wastin' too much time on you. I got a lot of wounded men outside. Start walkin'.

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