“Just one second, op-operator. They won't accept the call. Have you...” – Gp Capt. Mandrake, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ... Movie Quotes Database

Gp Capt. Mandrake

[Gp Capt. Mandrake discovers he doesn't have enough change to call the President directly, and unsuccessfully tries to make his phone call a collect call]

Just one second, op-operator. [to Col. "Bat" Guano] They won't accept the call. Have you got fifty-five cents?

Col. Guano

What, you don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?

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