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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964 — 第 17 / 20 章 · 2'56" · B2

Mandrake Shoots the Coke Machine, Explained：hopping mad

Mandrake needs coins for a call to the President, so he orders a reluctant officer to blast open a Coca-Cola machine. "Colonel, that Coca-Cola machine. I want you to shoot the lock off it." The punchline flips the threat: the man doing the shooting is warned he'll have to "answer to the Coca-Cola company."

あらすじ

At Burpelson Air Force Base, Group Captain Mandrake is trying to phone the President, but the line needs coins and he has none. He orders Colonel Guano to shoot the lock off a Coca-Cola machine to get the change inside. Guano objects that it is private property, so Mandrake threatens him with the consequences of blocking a call to the President.

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注目の表現

hopping madloose changeshoot the lock offanswer to

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このシーンの表現

hopping mad

furious

In the War Room Stains reports that the Soviet premier is on the line again and furious.

Dad was hopping mad when he saw the scratch on the car.

このシーンの他の表現

  • loose change

    coins in your pocket

  • shoot the lock off

    shoot the lock away

  • answer to

    be accountable to

  • station-to-station call

    a station-to-station call

  • over and out

    radio sign-off

このシーンのメモ一覧

34 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · B1accept a call

take the call

Just one second, operator. They won't accept the call.
表現 · B2go into combat

go to war

You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do you?
表現 · B1loose change

coins in your pocket

Asked for coins for the pay phone, Guano asks whether he would carry loose change into combat.

You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do you?
文法 · B2don't think I'd

negation transfer: The not belongs to the idea after think, not to thinking itself.

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

Let the th of with glide into loose.

You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do you?
表現 · B1is it possible to ...

can we possibly

Is it possible to make this an ordinary-- ordinary trunk call?
表現 · B2a station-to-station call

a station-to-station call

Mandrake fumbles for the phone term and finally lands on station-to-station.

Well, what do you call it? You know, um-- Oh, uh, station-to-station.
発音what do you call

What do you blurs into waddaya in fast speech.

Well, what do you call it? You know, um-- Oh, uh, station-to-station.
表現 · A2hold on

wait a moment

Operator, hold on. I shan't keep you a second.
表現 · B1keep someone a second

detain you briefly

Operator, hold on. I shan't keep you a second.
スラング · B2shan't

shall not — Old-fashioned British; rare in American speech.

Operator, hold on. I shan't keep you a second.
表現 · B1shoot something off

shoot the lock away

Short of coins, Mandrake tells Guano to shoot the lock off the Coke machine.

Colonel, that Coca-Cola machine. I want you to shoot the lock off it.
文法 · B1I want you to shoot

object complement: Want someone to do something links a request to the person who must act.

Colonel, that Coca-Cola machine. I want you to shoot the lock off it.
発音shoot the lock

Link shoot, the and lock so the phrase runs together.

Colonel, that Coca-Cola machine. I want you to shoot the lock off it.
表現 · B1private property

private property

That's private property.
表現 · C1obstruct a phone call

block a call

When they learn that you have obstructed a phone call to the president of the United States?
文法 · C1When they learn that you have obstructed

time clause: A when-clause frames the moment, and a that-clause spells out what they learn.

When they learn that you have obstructed a phone call to the president of the United States?
表現 · B1what something is for

what it is meant for

Shoot with the gun! That's what the bullets are for, you twit!
スラング · B1twit

a mild British insult — British and casual; fine among friends, not in formal talk.

Shoot with the gun! That's what the bullets are for, you twit!
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.

Okay, I'm gonna get your money for you.
表現 · B2answer to someone

be accountable to

Guano agrees to fetch the coins but warns that a failed call means answering to the soda company.

You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.
発音answer to

Stress answer and weaken to into tuh.

You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.
表現 · B2the recall code

the recall code

The recall code o.P.E....
表現 · B2over and out

radio sign-off

After listing the recall and the losses, SAC control signs off with over and out.

This is sac communications control. Over and out.
発音Over and out

Run over, and and out together as one unit.

This is sac communications control. Over and out.
スラング · B2Over and out

radio sign-off — Radio jargon; do not use it in ordinary talk.

This is sac communications control. Over and out.
表現 · C1see fit to do something

choose to do

You have seen fit to deliver us from the forces of evil-- Excuse me, sir.
表現 · B2be hopping mad

furious

In the War Room Stains reports that the Soviet premier is on the line again and furious.

Premier kissoff's calling again and he's hopping mad.

「Mandrake Shoots the Coke Machine」を読み解く

What's really going on

The comedy is in the mismatch of stakes. Mandrake is racing to stop a nuclear war, and he is stuck because a vending machine wants a coin. Guano, meanwhile, treats the machine as sacred: "That's private property." Mandrake answers by inflating the threat, warning that Guano could be blamed for obstructing a phone call to the President of the United States. The reversal lands when Guano finally agrees but issues his own absurd warning — if the call fails, Mandrake will have to "answer to the Coca-Cola company." The joke is that private property and corporate rules keep their authority even at the edge of doomsday.

Theme

AbsurdityThe world races toward nuclear war while two men argue about a vending machine and private property.
SatireCorporate rules are defended as seriously as the chain of command, even in a nuclear crisis.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A pay phone can turn a colonel into a burglar.
  • The comedy hides inside a perfectly deadpan threat.
  • Radio jargon cools down a room full of panic.
  • British insults sound almost polite until you hear them.

発音のポイント

  • with loose — Let the th of with glide into loose.
  • what do you call — What do you blurs into waddaya in fast speech.
  • shoot the lock — Link shoot, the and lock so the phrase runs together.
  • answer to — Stress answer and weaken to into tuh.
You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do you?

Mandrake's excuse for having no coins: a soldier on combat duty wouldn't carry loose change.

Colonel, that Coca-Cola machine. I want you to shoot the lock off it.

He orders Guano to open the machine by force so he can get coins for the phone.

Shoot with the gun! That's what the bullets are for, you twit!

Mandrake loses patience: the officer has a gun but refuses to use it on the lock.

You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.

The punchline: Guano threatens Mandrake with the only authority he respects — the soda company.

This is sac communications control. Over and out.

A radio sign-off from SAC communications, confirming the recall code has been acknowledged.

Premier kissoff's calling again and he's hopping mad.

An aide reports that the Soviet premier is furious and calling again.

このシーンについての質問

Why can't Mandrake just make the phone call?

The phone needs coins, and Mandrake has none. Guano also controls the room, so Mandrake cannot simply force his way to the line.

Why does Guano refuse to shoot the Coke machine?

He keeps insisting it is private property. Even in a nuclear emergency, he treats damaging the machine as a serious offense.

Why does Mandrake threaten Guano with the President?

He has no authority to order Guano around, so he raises the stakes: blocking a call to the President of the United States will be blamed on Guano.

Why is the Coca-Cola line funny?

After being pressured about the President and the fate of the world, Guano's real worry is the soda company. The joke is that corporate authority feels as real to him as the government's.

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