# SDMB directory of expertise. "If you need help or have questions about \_\_\_, ask \_\_\_" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284 "2008-11-12T01:54:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/61 "2008-11-13T22:28:46Z")
Comparative study of religion (I studied lots of theory and a lot of different religions. My focus is mainly on Hinduism & Indian religion and philosophy) Classical Indian Music (history, theory, and practice. And I play tabla) Sanskrit Artsy European film ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/62 "2008-11-14T02:02:59Z")
eh, I can’t claim to be an expert on anything except my profession, which is clinical psychology. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/63 "2008-11-14T03:13:33Z")
I’ll put myself forth as the Straight Dope expert on the tv show “Friends”, Mennonite cooking, and gardening in Zone 3. It ain’t much, but it’s about all I got. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/64 "2008-11-14T03:33:08Z")
I am the straightdope expert in being a stay at home dad. Also, I might have some kind of a degree in chemistry. I think my wife might have the same degree. I’m still trying to figure out how to pronounce “Missourah” and when to say “yall”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/65 "2008-11-14T03:48:47Z")
I’m a dilettante. I am your go-to girl for grammar, a journeyman at Tolkien knowledge, becoming quickly more educated on tailoring techniques and medieval and Renaissance clothing of Western Europe. I can also give advice on billing and account policy for World of Warcraft and I can anecdote happily about the early days of City of Heroes. I can tell you lots of things about Austin and more than your average bear about Shakespearean imagery. I know Latin and I once knew ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. I can answer ANY question about the Discworld. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/66 "2008-11-14T03:52:34Z")
> [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](#): > > I can answer ANY question about the Discworld. 🆒 What was Vimes’ preferred booze when he was a drunk? (Hint: He still keeps a bottle of it in his desk drawer.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/67 "2008-11-14T06:37:57Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > \ > I’m still trying to figure out how to pronounce “Missourah” and when to say “yall”. You just throw them in randomly, y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/68 "2008-11-14T07:08:12Z")
Let’s xee — I can answer questions about daily newspapers in small towns and schmooze about radio in Oregon and Washington since the mid-1960s. Worked with Quark Xpress daily for nearly 20 years, since version 1.0, but the company has been stuck in Quark 4 since it came out, so that’s not much of a help. Writing a local business column (17 years in January) At one time I thought I was a Heinlein geek, but on this board I’m merely meh-level. Pretty decent on Travis Magee, though. Smattering of numismatics, but nowhere near pros like **Samclem**. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284/69 "2008-11-14T14:19:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What was Vimes’ preferred booze when he was a drunk? (Hint: He still keeps a bottle of it in his desk drawer.) (Jimkin) Bearhugger’s Old Peculiar. It’s a whisky and it sounds pretty good. That’s straight off the top of my head. ETA: There was also the very nice whisky that the villain in Feet of Clay snuck into his desk to frame him for the Patrician’s not-murder. He ended up breaking the bottle, soaking his carpet in the whisky and making the office smell like Christmas. Now he’s haunted by the presence of departed spirits. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-directory-of-expertise-if-you-need-help-or-have-questions-about-___-ask-___/472284.md?page=3)