# Minion Community College **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minion-community-college/293873 "2005-03-10T18:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ilike2travel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@ilike2travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ilike2travel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minion-community-college/293873/21 "2005-03-11T12:28:45Z")
i think it’s a great idea ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minion-community-college/293873/22 "2005-03-11T12:54:06Z")
Funny, I always thought of the henchman position as being that of an unskilled laborer type. Outside of _Blazing Saddles_, isn’t the henchman position normally an unpaid position? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minion-community-college/293873/23 "2005-03-11T13:19:20Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > Funny, I always thought of the henchman position as being that of an unskilled laborer type. Outside of _Blazing Saddles_, isn’t the henchman position normally an unpaid position? Not at all! There are excellent wages (those of sin) in the Minion/Lackey Industries. A fine example is the excellent labor practices of [Mr. Hank Scorpio](http://www.frinky.com/globex/). Yes, there’s big money to be made in assisting others towards Total World Domination. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minion-community-college/293873/24 "2005-03-11T13:19:41Z")
> [@Theodore Striker](#): > > **Sean-** You’ve been around here long enough to know that cannon really isn’t an appropriate disposal method. Some suggestions include trebuchet, robot of death, and of course 1920’s style death ray. A trebuchet :smack: . Of course, of course. And if we light him on fire before launch… ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minion-community-college/293873/25 "2005-03-11T13:20:28Z")
It isn’t about the money **Dragwyr**. You hench for the glory of getting in on the ground floor of the New World Order. Maybe we need some Hench Philosophy courses. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minion-community-college/293873/26 "2005-03-12T01:57:13Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > - Hunchback procedures > - “Eye-gore” or “Igor”, which is right for you? It’s “Eee-gor.” Unless you’re wall-eyed. Trust me on this. Vlad/Igor ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minion-community-college/293873/27 "2005-03-12T03:06:07Z")
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