Ripper, in full flight:

"You know when fluoridation began?...1946. 1946, 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, and certainly without any choice. 

That's the way your hard-core Commie works. 

I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love...

Yes, a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed. 

Luckily I-I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence. 

I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. 

Women, er, women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. 

I do not avoid women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence."