General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you
realize that in addition to fluoridating
water, why, there are studies underway to
fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup,
sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream,
Mandrake, children's ice cream.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.

General Jack D. Ripper: You know when
fluoridation first began?

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I
don't, Jack.

General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and
forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How
does that coincide with your post-war Commie
conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious,
isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced
into our precious bodily fluids without the
knowledge of the individual. Certainly
without any choice. That's the way your hard-
core Commie works.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack,
listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you
first... become... well, develop this theory?

General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I...
I... first became aware of it, Mandrake,
during the physical act of love.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.

General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a
profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of
emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able
to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss
of essence.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.

General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it
has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh...
women sense my power and they seek the life
essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women,
Mandrake.

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.

General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny
them my essence.