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.