As seen in: Mutually Assured Destruction #
Robert Oppenheimer: Well, gentlemen, there we have it. The first nuclear bomb: “Little Boy.” And the second: “Fat Man.”
(The janitor, Edgar, looks up from a box of a dozen donuts; he has already eaten half by himself. He has another donut in his mouth.)
Edgar: Hrmf?
Oppenheimer: I’m sorry: The nuclear bomb will be called “Fat Man.”
(Edgar swallows.)
Edgar: This bomb, why does it look so much like me?
Oppenheimer: Simple geometry. It’s the ideal shape for a maximally reactive nuclear core.
Edgar: My cheeks are not that round.
Oppenheimer: They have to be that round, for the extra plutonium reserves.
Edgar: Okay.
Oppenheimer: Would you prefer we call the bomb “Edgar”?
Edgar: No. That feels worse.