# I'd like to see all the 'ask the ----' threads, but you can't pull em up in Search **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 29, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112 "2005-09-29T22:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/1 "2005-09-29T22:47:14Z")
Can one of you guys pull up the list? If you search for ‘ask’ and ‘the’ in Advanced Search, they are too small words to perform a search. Even the specific phrase “ask the” doesn’t work. And yep, I specified MPSIMS as the forum to search. That’d be great to compile the entire thread list of all the 'ask the —'s, kinda like I can pull up all the sequential thread title threads in Search and bookmark that page if I so please. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/2 "2005-09-29T23:47:03Z")
In the future, people creating these threads should type in "Assk the … " instead of "Ask the … " to enhance searchability. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/3 "2005-09-30T00:00:24Z")
That would just attract the interest of giants snakes, and scientists. Perhaps the best route is simply to hyperlink to as many as possible. [Ask the 1950’s Dad…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335904) [Ask the Guy in Saudi Arabia](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324734) [Ask a black gay guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299717) [Ask the Shi`a Nizari Ismaili Muslim Woman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299927) P.S. Odd. I typed in the search term "homosexual, then spend quite a lot of time looking, but I didn’t find “Ask a gay guy!” ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/4 "2005-09-30T01:03:36Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > P.S. Odd. I typed in the search term "homosexual, then spend quite a lot of time looking, but I didn’t find “Ask a gay guy!” [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23047) [Ask the Gay Guy II!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24008) [Ask the Gay Guy III!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39308) [Ask the Gay Guy IV!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=68530) (I searched on threads started by **Esprix** more than a year ago in Great Debates, and found ATGG IV. Links to the others were in the OP of that thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/5 "2005-09-30T02:06:41Z")
> [@](#): > > I’d like to see all the ‘ask the ----’ threads _All_ of them? There are hundreds, maybe maybe a thousand of them. But to get you started, here are a few: [Ask the “Great Books College” student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=275093) [Ask the ‘time traveller from the future’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=222477) [Ask the (not quite) starving Opera Singer!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=20124) [Ask the (soon-to-be) Bone Marrow Doner.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289271) [Ask the (sort of) Linguist Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171156) [Ask The (student) Vet](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177170) [Ask the (word) puzzle editor!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=213460) [Ask The _Other_ Teenager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=196225) [Ask the 20 year old college boy at the prime of his life](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155480) [Ask the 50’s Anti-Communist Crusader…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337020) [Ask the 50’s Dad…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335904) [Ask the 50’s Mom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336542) [Ask the 911 dispatcher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243174) [Ask the about-to-be-married chick or ACK only a few hours left of my singlehood](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91400) [Ask the aging rock star](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28413) [Ask the Aid Worker in Iraq](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=247567) [Ask the Airline Pilot who just switched from Passengers to Cargo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=325490) [Ask the almost 30 year old schlep in Louisville,KY](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=154382) [Ask the almost journalist who wants to ask the journalist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242900) [Ask the Americorps member](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258508) [Ask the Amish guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=218128) [Ask the Apathetic Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=32238) [Ask the Arab Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255835) [Ask the artist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28555) [Ask the Artist!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290731) [Ask the Aspie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=206153) [Ask the atheist, 15 year old, male Hoosier.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307900) [Ask the Atheist.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=285902) [Ask the attention starved sycophant!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=19921) [Ask the attention starved sycophant!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=19935) [Ask the autistic person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256453) [Ask the Average Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=221960) Not to mention these two: [“Ask the \_\_\_\_\_” threads I hope to never see](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151710) [“Ask the…” threads you would like to see](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=194704) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/6 "2005-09-30T02:08:02Z")
> [@Santos L Halper](#): > > maybe maybe a thousand of them. Oops, that should be "maybe **even** a thousnad of them. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/7 "2005-09-30T02:13:55Z")
[Ask the black guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=67952) [Ask the Baha’i woman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272680&highlight=bahai) [Ask the bisexual male teenager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=196077&highlight=teenager) (one of several versions of ask the teen) ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/8 "2005-09-30T02:16:26Z")
[Ask the guy asking about the “ask the” threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337525) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/9 "2005-09-30T02:16:58Z")
> [@Santos L Halper](#): > > Oops, that should be "maybe **even** a thousnad of them. GAH! **thousand**! I give up. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/10 "2005-09-30T02:39:56Z")
Three of my favourites: [Ask the guy who’s just read Lord of the Rings](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334492) [Ask the guy who’s got a lot of time on his hands and enjoys talking about himself](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299956) [Ask the bloke who’s forgotten more about cricket than you’ll ever know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304929) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/11 "2005-09-30T03:32:52Z")
If you want to look at more of them, go to one of the forums (the majority of the “Ask the…” threads are in MPSIMS and IMHO), then down on the bottom left side of the page select: Sorted By - Thread Title Sort Order - Ascending From the - Beginning Then it’s pretty easy to find them all together. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/12 "2005-09-30T03:55:46Z")
In case **AndyPolley** doesn’t make it in here himself to add it, [Ask the guy who’s severely color-blind](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300083&highlight=colorblind) ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/13 "2005-09-30T04:03:38Z")
> [@Moe](#): > > In case **AndyPolley** doesn’t make it in here himself to add it, > > [Ask the guy who’s severely color-blind](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300083&highlight=colorblind) Man, he was just imitatin’: [Ask the Color-Blind Dude…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=172192) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/14 "2005-09-30T07:10:56Z")
Sorry, did you want to ask something? 😉 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/15 "2005-09-30T07:31:11Z")
> [@Santos L Halper](#): > > If you want to look at more of them, go to one of the forums (the majority of the “Ask the…” threads are in MPSIMS and IMHO), then down on the bottom left side of the page select: > > Sorted By - Thread Title > Sort Order - Ascending > From the - Beginning > > Then it’s pretty easy to find them all together. They start [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=4&page=141&sort=title&order=asc&pp=50&daysprune=-1), and go through page 168. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/16 "2005-09-30T19:19:31Z")
The search engines keep timing out so I can’t see how well it works, but something like this should pull them up: ```auto *Ask the* ``` If anyone can get that through, let us know! ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/17 "2005-09-30T20:40:24Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Man, he was just imitatin’: > > [Ask the Color-Blind Dude…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=172192) Well **Skip** , mine was about being _severely_ color-blind. Although, I do consider myself a dude. I just read your thread…great stuff. ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/18 "2005-10-01T00:08:02Z")
> [@Garfield226](#): > > They start [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=4&page=141&sort=title&order=asc&pp=50&daysprune=-1), and go through page 168. Did you mean 148? It goes from that page you link to 146- over 250 of them (50 threads a page x 5 pages)! If you read them all, you can start a thread about ‘ask the guy who’s read all the ‘ask the’ threads.’ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/19 "2005-10-01T03:35:10Z")
This one was almost [Ask the Cyborg](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298525) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-see-all-the-ask-the-threads-but-you-cant-pull-em-up-in-search/324112/20 "2005-10-02T14:54:51Z")
[Ask the comic guy…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155200)