# So you've conquered the Earth.  What next?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-conquered-the-earth-what-next/321906>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-conquered-the-earth-what-next/321906 "2005-09-16T02:03:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-conquered-the-earth-what-next/321906/61 "2005-09-17T07:07:50Z")

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> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#):
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> Also, we find that is imperitive that young, hot women be allowed to not wear shirts if they so choose (however if old, or unattractive women did this, they would be punished by, say, eight years in a gulag).

And then shot.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-conquered-the-earth-what-next/321906/62 "2005-09-17T07:57:41Z")

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> [@E-Diddy](#):
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> As a corollary, mustard will be outlawed, and pickles may not be placed on the same plate as any other food.

Bah. In my Empire, all who refuse to admit the primacy of mustard shall be skinned and forced to bathe in it !

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-conquered-the-earth-what-next/321906/63 "2005-09-17T08:58:53Z")

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> [@RandMcnally](#):
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> -Everyone will be Catholic. Anyone refusing, will be sent to a “happy” camp.
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> -Everyone will speak both Engish and Latin. Anyone not fluent in five years time will be sent to a “happy” camp.
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I like the Latin bit, but I’ll only be catholic if I get my own alter boy(Hey, you walked into that).

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-conquered-the-earth-what-next/321906/64 "2005-09-17T09:00:51Z")

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> [@Beware of Doug](#):
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> - De-subsidize jet travel and interstate trucking in favor of maglev trains, turbo-zeppelins, and huge cargo-hauling ground-effect aircraft.  
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Anyone making zepplins a primary form of tranport will always get my vote.

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-conquered-the-earth-what-next/321906/65 "2005-09-17T09:22:48Z")

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> [@HPL](#):
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> I like the Latin bit, but I’ll only be catholic if I get my own alter boy(Hey, you walked into that).

What’s sad is I can’t think of a response.

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youve-conquered-the-earth-what-next/321906/66 "2005-09-17T14:53:46Z")

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> [@HPL](#):
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> Anyone making zepplins a primary form of tranport will always get my vote.

_Turbo_ zeppelins. Lighter than air, faster than prune juice. Made of carbon fiber so they don’t _Akron_ on you.

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