# The time is coming. Join while you can. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632 "2001-11-21T18:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dragon\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/121 "2001-12-04T10:09:18Z")
:wanders in: is there anything special i have to do before i pass these silvery gun-detectors? ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/122 "2001-12-04T15:35:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragon Shadow \* > \*\*:wanders in: > is there anything special i have to do before i pass these silvery gun-detectors? \*\* Just pick a position. We are apparently looking for a Construction minister, but anything will do. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/123 "2001-12-04T19:06:17Z")
I haven’t read through all the posts. I have no answers on why cats can’t fire ray guns. But I would like to apply for the Department of Physhic Canine Research. It runs on a modest budget of $650,000 yearly. No scandals will ever be attached to it, unless there is some kind of slush fund investigation. Then we know nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dragon\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/124 "2001-12-05T09:00:21Z")
**Head of all flying creatures**. how’s that? do these uniforms cover my wings? ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/125 "2001-12-05T09:03:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragon Shadow \* > \*\ ***Head of all flying creatures**. how’s that? > do these uniforms cover my wings? \*\* Hey, Dragon, can ya send some birds over my way, then? Nice, plump, juicy ones? Huh? Can ya? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dragon\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/126 "2001-12-05T09:09:52Z")
you have to start pursuading birds to join, and i have to start protecting those who do . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/127 "2001-12-05T09:11:15Z")
Ah phooey… ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/128 "2003-08-27T12:07:37Z")
I’d like to be the Minister of Information, because it sounds cool, and then maybe I can make radio not suck as much. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/129 "2003-08-27T12:07:37Z")
I’d like to be the Minister of Information, because it sounds cool, and then maybe I can make radio not suck as much. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/130 "2003-08-27T12:34:03Z")
I’m thinking you will probably need an Ambassador of warm sunny peaceful places. Someone needs to represent your Kingdom to those places where meetings take place on beaches and umbrella drinks are a compulsory negotiating tool. It’s a tough job but someone has to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/131 "2003-08-27T19:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Driftwood \* > We still need to find a “Minister of Genetic Messing About”. > It’s a temporary position, just long enough to figure out how to give thumbs to cats, so Minister Cougarfang can work the raygun easily. I will make that the first item on my list as **Mad Scientist General** if granted the post, although **cougarfang** is more than clever enough to work out a way to use them anyway (or to charm someone else into doing it for her). ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632/132 "2003-08-27T19:40:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \* > \*\* We’ve got to keep the Midori. But only for margaritas and jello shots. \*\* [/QUOTE] And you can’t make a good Squashed Frog without Midori. Anyways, I would like to nominate myself for the post of Minister for the Blindingly Obvious. I would frequently state the blindingly obvious and spend vast amounts of money researching the blindingly obvious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-coming-join-while-you-can/94632.md?page=6)