# What If: The Reign of the Straight Dope

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-reign-of-the-straight-dope/569068>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 26, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-reign-of-the-straight-dope/569068 "2011-01-26T17:44:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-reign-of-the-straight-dope/569068/41 "2011-01-29T04:59:24Z")

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I think some country tried this once, but only for 20 minutes. I can’t remember what decade it was though…

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-reign-of-the-straight-dope/569068/42 "2011-01-29T05:25:14Z")

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I, for one, welcome our new Doper overlords!  
I was gonna do the Marianas Trench joke, but I was one post too late…

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