# If you had to create an "Ask The \_\_\_" thread, what would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400 "2008-03-31T16:53:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/21 "2008-03-31T19:22:57Z")
I wouldn’t mind opening an “Ask the dealership service advisor”, thread, just to give all those people who have suffered at the hands of car mechanics and dodgy dealers a chance to hear what really goes on behind the counter. (Hint, it is far less unscrupulous than you might think) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/22 "2008-03-31T19:27:27Z")
I’d do Ask the Public Defender, but I don’t want it getting back to the folks at work. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/23 "2008-03-31T19:33:05Z")
Ask the Certified Sociopath. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/24 "2008-03-31T19:35:04Z")
I’d really like to see an “Ask the practicing Buddhist” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/25 "2008-03-31T19:37:32Z")
Ask the mechanical designer/CAD monkey. Ask the southern cook. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/26 "2008-03-31T19:39:27Z")
Well… ask the Thundercats fan ask the conlanger (person who makes up languages) ask the college student ask the girl who’s financially supporting her older sister ask the virgin ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/27 "2008-03-31T20:07:24Z")
I’ve actually thought about this, too. I’ve got a few that come to mind. However, the one that I think might be able to fight the most ignorance is one I doubt would get much interest: **- Ask the Strategist** The reason I suspect it wouldn’t get much interest is probably the same reason it could be used to fight ignorance: _ **Everybody thinks they can do it!** _ 🙂 As a trained professional (“back off man - he’s knows strategy and is not afraid to use it!”), I spend more time helping folks get past what they _think_ they know about strategy vs. actually doing strategic analysis, planning and exeution - and yeah, if you don’t execute the strategy, it doesn’t count! So it would be more about the craft of strategy - regardless of the field it is being applied in (in my case business - but we study war strategy, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/28 "2008-03-31T20:10:11Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Ooh! Do this one! With pix! Me – I did “Ask the puzzle editor” – it would all be downhill from there. [/QUOTE] I may just do that! In the meantime, here are my pix of some Pro / Amateur contests that I had participated in. Keep in mind that very few pictures are of my stuff. (The Split - was my 2007 Entry) The pix are somewhat large so you may not want to go there if you have a slow connection. The pros are fantastic. I’m pretty much a beginner, and you can tell by my location that a trip to the beach is a very rare occasion. [South Padre Contest Pix](http://www.flickr.com/photos/89237206@N00/sets/) I’ll be on the beach sometime in early May. After that,if I get the time I’ll create a SD section in the flickr page and start an ask the gritty guy thread. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/29 "2008-03-31T20:10:35Z")
Hmm. You know, and I don’t mean to be insulting, it seems to me that there are quite a few posters whose individual aspects IMHO aren’t interesting enough to warrant an entire “Ask the…” thread each but who could make quite an interesting one if the thread was instead “Ask [username]” with all of the potentially interesting facets of that poster listed in the op for questioning. I could really get behind that. I generally find individual people much more interesting than who they are piecemeal. Anyone else feel the same way? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/30 "2008-03-31T20:21:09Z")
Well… if anyone were interested, I could do: Ask the muni court magistrate Ask the former Civil War reenactor Ask the father of three boys Ask the former prosecutor Ask the guy with two middle names 😃 With the help of a fine metallic fellow, I already did “Ask the Protocol Droid,” my only “Ask the…” thread to date. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/31 "2008-03-31T20:30:35Z")
Ask the person whose cool thread idea was stolen by someone else. 🙂 Ask the (former) stage father Ask the microprogrammer Ask the integrated circuit/computer designer/ test person Ask the conference program chair Ask the person with way too many sf books and magazines ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/32 "2008-03-31T20:33:30Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Well… if anyone were interested, I could do: Ask the guy with two middle names 😃 [/QUOTE] I could join that one! ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/33 "2008-03-31T20:33:43Z")
Well I don’t really have one that is interesting which is why I haven’t done a thread. But how about: Ask the Ex-college football player Ask the Drilling Engineer/Petroleum Engineer Ask the big guy Like I said not that interesting. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/34 "2008-03-31T20:39:44Z")
Ask the guy sneaking up behind you with a knife. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/35 "2008-03-31T20:44:50Z")
Ask the high school dropout. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/36 "2008-03-31T20:49:28Z")
Ask the archaeologist. Ask the triathlete. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/37 "2008-03-31T21:12:51Z")
Ask the Firefighter’s wife. Ask the rescue dog foster mom. Ask the sister of a cancer survivor (twice). ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/38 "2008-03-31T21:14:12Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] Ask the person who grew up in Accrington. [/QUOTE] My sympathies to you. 😉 I grew up in Burnley I’ve done one in the past – “Ask the Shi’a Imami Ismaili Muslim Girl”, though I guess I could also do “Ask the X-ray and radio astrophysicist” ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/39 "2008-03-31T21:15:28Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] I’d do Ask the Public Defender, but I don’t want it getting back to the folks at work. [/QUOTE] Yeah… I’m going to have to wait for retirement before I can do mine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400/40 "2008-03-31T21:28:32Z")
Ask the guy who moved INTO Michigan Ask the tall guy (did it 5+ years ago) Ask the homebrewer (probably would have a little help there :)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-create-an-ask-the-___-thread-what-would-it-be/443400.md?page=3)