# The "Ask The...." Anthology (Or, a list of EVERY major "Ask the..." thread that was ever made)

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**Created:** [December 9, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575 "2011-12-09T01:39:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/1 "2011-12-09T01:39:59Z")

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Okay, so…this is now version 5.0. I’ve made this topic five times now.  
Well, really, I made it in 2005 originally and have just updated it since then with all the new “Ask the…” topics.  
Still, this took hours. Not just one or two hours either, I’m talking about 5-7 hours over a few days. So please go easy on me if you see mistakes.  
The last updated version was in 2008. I have added all of the “Ask the…” threads from/made in the last three years to the grand list, so the list is fully updated now.  
It has ALMOST every “Ask The…” topic since the beginning to, well, yesterday, **although a few aren’t here**. Basically in order to get onto this list the topic must have **gotten at least 10 replies.** So if you don’t see your topic here, you may want to think back to if it garnered that many responses.

If anyone notices any links that link to the wrong topic or that are broken, just let me know and I’ll fix them next year.

Have fun reading!

(This will take multiple posts in a row to post in full)

**Age/Time Specific**

[Ask the _Other_ Teenager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=196225)\*  
[Ask the 1950s style ex-Teddy boy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461013)  
[Ask the 35 Year Old who has for a year now (and counting) been Dating a Teenager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574888)  
[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 60-yr-old guy who hiked out of Grand Canyon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563441)  
[Ask the American Teen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=71759)\*  
[Ask the Australian Teenage Guy…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91939)  
[Ask the Australian Teenager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=560201)  
[Ask the Canadian Teenager…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307123)\*  
[Ask the Cougar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540849)  
[Ask the five year old child](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239597)  
[Ask the former teenage mother who gave her baby up for adoption](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=519779)  
[Ask the guy who engaged in adult behaviors and got beatdowns in middleschool & Didn’t feel bullied.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611759)  
[Ask the male teenager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=170127)  
[Ask the Middle Aged Curmudgeon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570438)  
[Ask the nomadic Mormon teenager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151489)  
[Ask The Old (Late 60’s-Early 70’s) DJ Something](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545461)  
[Ask the old fart learning to play piano!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556748)  
[Ask the old Fart who is finally just learning to play hockey](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542409)  
[Ask the other teenage guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=175969)\*  
[Ask the pimply teenage fast food worker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362522)  
[Ask the Teenager!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=133457)\*

**Jokes, Parodies and “Teh funny”**

[Ask Charlie Sheen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599448)  
[Ask Hulk](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160373)  
[Ask a Moron!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=308073)  
[Ask that Hindenburg Annoucer Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28738)  
[Ask the ‘time traveler from the future’](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=222477)\*  
[Ask the Apathetic Guy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=32238)  
[Ask the attention whore who loves talking about himself](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558170)  
[Ask the Average Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=221960)  
[Ask the Cat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300768)\*  
[Ask the Cat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362833)\*  
[Ask the Chronic Procrastinator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91883)  
[Ask the Complete and Total Asshole!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436283)  
[Ask the Cranky Old Malcontent](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=401988)  
[Ask the criminal mastermind about to take over the world.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=537936)  
[Ask the Dalek](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=159393)  
[Ask the Dead Chipmunk](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28939)  
[Ask the Devil’s Advocate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475193)  
[aSK THE DRUNK GUY!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=76403)\*  
[Ask the emu!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300107)  
[Ask the Easily Bored Person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=344679)  
[Ask the Evil Overlord](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=30467)\*  
[Ask the Evil SuperVillian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=190909)\*  
[Ask the evil villian who is about to kill you once and for all!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=222482)\*  
[Ask the Extraterrestial](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=387924)  
[Ask the Felcher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28739)  
[Ask the guy who claims he’s 4000+ years old](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171767)  
[Ask the guy who doesn’t have any answers!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=211730)  
[Ask the Guy Who Doesn’t Like to Answer Questions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=134728)  
[Ask the Guy who has become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=210326)  
[Ask the guy who hasn’t yet blown his hand off in a drunken 4th of July accident](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=614642)  
[Ask the guy who holds humanity in contempt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632277)  
[Ask the guy who is hiding in your bushes.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576576)  
[Ask the guy who is NOT a pedophile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551672)  
[Ask the guy who is not a Scientologist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544654)  
[Ask the guy who just lost a bet to the devil!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=44193)  
[Ask the guy who just saw Goblet of Fire](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345235)  
[Ask the guy who knows everything about everything](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553685)  
[Ask the guy who knows very little about Puff Daddy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293796)  
[Ask the guy who misunderstands followup posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=179141)  
[Ask the guy who say TROY!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255218)  
[Ask the guy who will answer the “ask the guy” questions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545051)  
[Ask the guy who will reply in image](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=202616)  
[Ask the Guy Who Won’t Reply to Any Questions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=159718)  
[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 man who’s having a religious experience RIGHT NOW!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360850)  
[Ask the guy who’s sick of all the “Ask The \<insert topic\>?” threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551528)  
[Ask the guy with all the answers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=382553)  
[Ask the hamsterette!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=150932)  
[Ask the handsome fellow](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551857)  
[Ask the hung-over, department-store Santa](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226066)  
[Ask the kid who doesn’t know much of anything](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28621)  
[Ask the King of Awsomeness!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=187035)  
[Ask the Living Avatar of GURTHEK, Lord of All He Purveys and Pretender to the Flown](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=370164)  
[Ask the Mycon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=433154)  
[Ask the Passive Aggressive Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=439430)  
[Ask the PMSing Woman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91408)  
[Ask the person who has seen Mel Gibson’s THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (spoilers likely)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=228226)  
[Ask the polydimensionally motile intergalactic alien.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306524)  
[Ask the Psychic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=212694)\*  
[Ask the Psychic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369710)\*  
[Ask the Putz!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=29011)  
[Ask the Raving Lunatic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91166)  
[Ask Supernova!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=468195)  
[Ask the Supreme Leader](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=76057)  
[Ask the Time Traveler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=222291)\*  
[Ask the Toaster!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=222533)  
[Ask the viciously rich Super Bowl pedophile!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551336)  
[Ask…YOUR MOM!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=220525)  
[Ask the anti-Cecil](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=452507)  
[Ask the argumentative bastard](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460805)  
[Ask the Devil’s Advocate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475193)  
[Ask the Member of an Internet Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484640)  
[Ask the Messiah. No really he came here to answer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451485)  
[Ask the person channeling Hillary Clinton](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462587)  
[Ask the Protocol Droid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=442894)  
[Ask the Stanist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460639)

**Member Specific**

[Ask Dr. Happy O. Lendervedder, leader & leadership authority](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=469895)  
[Ask Inigo Montoya](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422131)  
[Ask Miss Nym](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=79840)  
[Ask Q.E.D anything!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454649)  
[Ask Qadrop’s Kid!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=254028)  
[Ask SPOOFE!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=93495)  
[Ask Superdude!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=89543)  
[Ask the Governor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301843)  
[Ask the Intergalactic Gladiator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540179)  
[Ask the…well, me!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511614)  
[Ask Torgo!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28605)  
[Ask Winston’s Co-Workers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348573)  
**Misc**

[Ask A Short Fused Pyromaniac With Issues Gal!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=96192)  
[Ask the AI](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=148876)  
[Ask the bandwagon-hopping #3 chick](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=159991)  
[Ask the fellow who bought an iPad on launch day](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558459)  
[Ask the former stripper/current housewife( and mother)/raving bitch.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28836)  
[ask the guy taking a third sick day on a monday with a bag of frozen peas between his legs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260265)  
[Ask the guy who lives around the corner and just likes to say things…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416486)  
[Ask the guy who hasn’t lost his wallet, but doesn’t know where it is.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551389)  
[Ask the guy who’s downloaded at the Retrosheet baseball data into a database.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340199)  
[Ask the guy typing answers on an iTouch.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551359)  
[Ask the guy who just picked up thirty CD Jewel Cases off the floor.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=583179)  
[Ask the guy who’s been an SDMB board member for 10 years today](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578325)  
[Ask the guy who’s having frozen corn dogs for dinner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577841)  
[Ask the guy whose Ambien is finally kicking in](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551371)  
[Ask the guy with $186.00 in his wallet.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551353)  
[Ask the guy with 17 currencies in his wallet](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551358)  
[Ask the guy with a really bad headache](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=532005)  
[Ask the “Household Guide or Domestic Cyclopedia” c1900](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564257)  
[Ask the Iditarodaholic…also restaraunt manger…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389236)  
[Ask the Internet Oracle Priest.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284858)  
[Ask the Jack-In-The-Box](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573696)  
[Ask the Lord](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436347)  
[Ask the magic 8 ball](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=134109)\*  
[Ask the Magic 8 Ball](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=218020)\*  
[Ask the Magic Crystal Ball!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=147342)  
[Ask the Mythbusters!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413759)  
[Ask the girl with the makeshift Ouija board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346373)  
[Ask the pathological liar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558048)  
[Ask the person who just clipped his toenails](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576194)  
[Ask the straight, white, married, employed guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=67940)  
[Ask the Wacky American Chick Who Watched the Soviet Union Collapse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380640)  
[Ask the white, male, upper middle class, somewhat conservative, taxpayer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=22836)  
[Ask The Woman That’s Currently PMSing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553934)

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**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/2 "2011-12-09T01:41:00Z")

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**Nationality, Race, Religion, or Location Specific**

[Ask the (atheist) Hindu](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320943)  
[Ask the Aid Worker in Iraq](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=247567)  
[Ask the Alaskian Guy…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=89389)  
[Ask the American ExPat™ who lives in Brazil](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151511)  
[Ask Another Muslim Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384340)\*  
[Ask the Arab Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255835)  
[Ask the Asocial Korean Teenager Living in Guatemala…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=90927)  
[sk The Atheist Raised As A Jehovah’s Witness…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504694)  
[Ask The Australian Gun Owner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365550)  
[Ask the Baha’i Woman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272680)  
[Ask the Black Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=90649)\*  
[Ask the Black Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=67952)\*  
[Ask the BLACK WOMAN!!! nothing is too ignorant…i hope…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=90611)  
[Ask the Brit bloke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28301)\*  
[Ask the Buddhist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=549629)  
[Ask a Catholic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=146621)\*  
[Ask the Catholic Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=98862)  
[Ask the Canadian, eh?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28683)  
[Ask the chick from/living in Missouri!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151554)  
[Ask the convert to (Conservative) Judism](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436307)  
[Ask the “crazy” settler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578385)  
[Ask the Doper who lived in the Boonies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=390234)  
[Ask the Drunken Irishman.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441190)  
[Ask the Dutch Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=560058)  
[Ask Eritrean Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=101273)  
[Ask the ex-Morman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384571)  
[Ask the Ex-Pat (a Yank living in South Africa)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329232)  
[Ask the fairly average British bloke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=72792)\*  
[Ask the former Cuban Communist!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=410197)  
[Ask the former fundamentalist who was exposed to (and accepted) evolution](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=560789)  
[Ask the (former) Fundy Preacher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599530)  
[Ask the former Mormon missionary (and current atheist)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=505211)  
[Ask the gal who just had a full immersion baptism](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554010)  
[Ask the girl who’s moving back home to Ohio after 5 years in SoCal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=559908)  
[Ask the Gora Sikah](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343023)  
[Ask the guy from El Salvador](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=601744)  
[Ask the Guy From Montana](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151371)  
[Ask the Guy From Northern Ontario](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=565262)  
[Ask the guy in Bagdad](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365124)  
[Ask the Guy in Mosul, Iraq](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231186)  
[Ask the Guy in Saudi Arabia](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324734)  
[Ask the guy in Tbilisi, Georgia](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=211586)  
[Ask the Guy Who Claims to be from Delaware.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413773)  
[Ask the guy who lived in Liberia.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599343)  
[Ask the guy who went to the Episcopal General Convention](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=376678)  
[Ask the guy who’s fasting for Ramadan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576059)  
[Ask the Hindu/Indian Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=92168)\*  
[Ask the Hindu](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=204626)\*  
[Ask the Indian living in India](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436388)  
[Ask the Iraqi Information Minister](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=178110)  
[Ask the Irish Bloke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28480)\*  
[Ask the Irish Guy?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=169172)\*  
[Ask the Islamic Guys](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=32920)  
[Ask the Israeli/American](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578820)  
[Ask the Isreali Guy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318337)  
[Ask the Jew Who’s Reading the “Left Behind” Series](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436610)  
[Ask the Jewish settler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=189548)  
[Ask the Kiwi bloke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28756)  
[Ask the Man in Japan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434881)  
[Ask the Melungeon!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=178221)  
[Ask a Methodist!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=149450)  
[Ask the Mexican Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=109040)  
[Ask the Middle Class White Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=358389)  
[Ask the Mormon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171366)\*  
[Ask the Mormon Gal!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=27968)  
[Ask a muslim](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=149768)\*  
[Ask a muslim man](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298943)  
[Ask a new Baha’i](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575084)  
[Ask the New Orleans Guy About Mardi Gras](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360027)  
[Ask a non-practicing Catholic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299441)  
[Ask the Northern Irish Person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309194)  
[Ask the Ohio provisional voter!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284536)  
[Ask the Orthodox Christian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=174984)  
[Ask the Orthodox Jew/ Amateur theologian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514004)  
[Ask the Pakistani Guy…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449845)  
[Ask the Pakistani Lawyer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555702)  
[Ask The Patriotic American Intellectual Conservative Christian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551366)  
[Ask the person from a small town in Southeast Kansas!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=152023)  
[Ask the resident of the 14th most miserable city in the US](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552804)  
[Ask the Satanist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460583)  
[Ask the Shi`a Nizari Ismaili Muslim Woman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299927)  
[Ask the Singaporean guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253253)  
[Ask the Soldier in Afghanistan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582580)  
[Ask me anything about St Louis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=606719)  
[Ask the Swedish-born Egyptian guy living in California](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91659)  
[Ask the Swedish Chick!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=30818)  
[Ask a traditional Catholic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470061)\*  
[Ask the Turk](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91168)  
[Ask the volunteer in Camaroon.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403179)  
[Ask the white chick who has only ever dated black dudes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=520125)  
[ask the White guy who is married to the Black Woman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553071)  
[Ask the White Male Black Lesbian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530526)  
[Ask the WI guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=25899)  
[Askin’ the Alaskan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=212407)\*  
[Ask the (white) African](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=471430)  
[Ask the American](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484629)  
[Ask the British Asian-Indian guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482862)  
[Ask the Finn](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484608)  
[Ask the guy in Dubai!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449305)  
[Ask the Islandic dude](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482338)  
[Ask the Los Angeles Native](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484649)  
[Ask the Pakistani Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449845)  
[Ask the Swedish Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484446)

**Opinions and Thoughts**

[Ask me about my abortion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=607513)  
[Ask the Anarcho Capitalist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269547)  
[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 Atheist Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=89018)\*  
[Ask the atheists](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151719)  
[Ask the Commie Bastard!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28364)  
[Ask the Conservative Christian Theologian!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312436)  
[Ask the Conservative Evangelical Christian Hopeful Universalist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=148442)  
[Ask the Crazy Chick Who Believes in the Mythos](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304384)  
[Ask the Creationist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316250)  
[Ask the Dude Who can Explain David Blaine’s Magic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574684)  
[Ask the Former Creationist/Biblical Literalist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=385590)  
[Ask the female Pagan college student…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=175454)  
[Ask the former John Bircher…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299930)  
[Ask the girl who switched to Dvorak keyboard](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605882)  
[Ask the Grammar Harpy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28432)  
[Ask a guy about abortion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364384)  
[Ask the guy raised in an Orgone-energy-believing household](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=174960)  
[Ask the guy wearing a nice pair of brown wing-tips about love, life and his outfit](http://http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436264)  
[Ask the Guy with the Greatest Lawn Care Advice Anywhere! Got issues? Check in here!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=122905)  
[Ask the guy who’s just read Lord of the Rings](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334492)  
[Ask the Guy Who Just Reread Neil Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle for the Third Time](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491157)  
[ask the guy who wants to help you listen to better music](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270677)  
[Ask the Guys who are in Love with Techchick](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=31528)  
[Ask the guy who’s rereading all of Heinlein](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381565)  
[Ask the Horsewoman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272023)  
[Ask the Libertarian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151575)\*  
[Ask the Libertarian Objectivist Christian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28304)  
[Ask the lifelong Michael Jackson fanatic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522425)  
[Ask the Neo-Con!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=268701)  
[Ask the Neo-Pagan Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=68538)  
[Ask the Nihilistic Anarchist with unpopular ideas about the world](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=70605)  
[Ask the OneNote Power User](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=606004)  
[Ask the organizer of the Ottawa Panhandlers’ Union](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=526595)  
[Ask the person openly bearing various prejudices](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=406400)  
[Ask the person who just read the Twilight series](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582205)  
[Ask the person who knows a lot about Irish traditional music.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296685)  
[Ask the person who’s seen a lot of movies this year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573078)  
[Ask the Practical Libertarian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=163958)  
[Ask the quiet gal!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91460)  
[Ask the Randi $1M challenge applicant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=394028)  
[Ask the Seminary Student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=358133)  
[Ask the Socialist candidate for the European Parliament election](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=519493)  
[Ask the Spouse of a Disabled Person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544595)  
[Ask the surrealist!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=234079)  
[Ask the weirdo going No-Poo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=505808)  
[Ask the widow of an alcoholic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502989)  
[Ask the Woman Who Had an Abortion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=399621)  
[Ask the woman who just finished Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=512896)  
[Ask the woman who put a child up for adoption](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436257)  
[Ask the Woman Whose Kid Has Exotic Pets](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=500427)  
[Ask the guy who’s about to radically alter his appearance (long intro)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460090)  
[Ask the homeschooler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461402)  
**Sexual Preference/Gender Based**

[Ask the (former) Asexual](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=443208)  
[Ask a black gay guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299717)  
[Ask “The Straight Eye for the Gay Guy”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=197992)  
[Ask Bi Guy, (or ‘Cheffie takes one more step out of the closet’)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=68566)\*  
[Ask the bisexual male teenager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=196077)\*  
[Ask the child raised by two gay men](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=141126)  
[Ask the closeted bisexual guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=23013)  
[Ask the crossdresser](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504806)  
[Ask the Gay Guy’s Housemates](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=88988)  
[Ask the Bi Guy; and, The Great Bisexual FAQ (Part 1)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=185105)\*  
[Ask the gay guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383022)\*  
[Ask the Gay KID](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=189893)  
[Ask the Lesbian!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=184958)  
[Ask a Man](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436548)  
[Ask the Not A Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=89467)  
[Ask the straight guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=117202)\*  
[Ask the “straight” guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=22767)\*  
[Ask the Straight Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361944)  
[Ask the straight married turned lesbian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405548)  
[Ask the transsexual! (FtM)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=537742)  
[Ask the Transgendered Person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=67415)  
[Ask the Uber Hetro-Male](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405817)

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/3 "2011-12-09T01:41:33Z")

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**Talents. Hobbies, and Groups**

[Ask the (returned) Peace Corps Volunteer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=174471)  
[Ask the (sort of) Linguist Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171156)  
[Ask the alleged Workaholic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=608929)  
[Ask the Americorps member](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258508)  
[Ask the Australian Gun Owner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365550)  
[Ask the bloke who’s forgotten more about cricket than you’ll ever know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304929)  
[Ask the British History Geek](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28582)  
[Ask the BDSM Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=103355)  
[Ask the Celticist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553996)  
[Ask the Chief Resident](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91405)  
[Ask the Dairy Farmer’s Daugher.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=376186)  
[Ask the DDR Player](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=194346)  
[Ask the Disney Freak!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=156859)  
[Ask the E3 Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317857)\*  
[Ask the E3 Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=371761)\*  
[Ask the Elk](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556466)  
[Ask the ex-Furry (please don’t spit on me)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369086)  
[Ask the Firearms Historian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=399722)  
[Ask the Former Restroom-Sex Afficionado (in light of the Sen. Craig scandal)](http://http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434662)  
[Ask the Freemason](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=391621)  
[Ask the Freemason](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556325)  
[Ask the Geography Maven](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=30184)  
[Ask the girl who knows a lot about makeup](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=560357)  
[Ask a Gun Enthusiast](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508672)  
[Ask the guy attending the network upfronts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563806)  
[Ask the guy in a perpetual state of readiness… for almost anything.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578074)  
[Ask the guy organizing a charity tea event!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=591577)  
[Ask the guy that lives full time in a motor home.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569854)  
[Ask the guy who has no idea what he is doing at an comedy club’s Open Mic night](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568896)  
[Ask the guy who is pretty good at SF Story Identification](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482118)  
[Ask the guy who just built a Fedora desktop](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=606380)  
[Ask the guy who knows way too much about Futurama](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267797)  
[Ask the guy who knows way too much about the tsunami](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348623)  
[Ask the guy who lives in a pro-dominatrix dungeon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378227)  
[Ask the guy who plays too much Guild Wars…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373861)  
[Ask the guy with a Facebook profile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577317)  
[Ask the guy with a Zune](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421294)  
[Ask the Harry Potter Nut](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346171)  
[Ask the hockey guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=321907)  
[Ask the Horse Person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436630)  
[Ask the Hydroponic Gardener](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=583696)  
[Ask the Icebear (aka guy who visits brothels)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=625497)  
[Ask the irritated E3 guy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=371752)  
[Ask the kimono (and other Japanese stuff) girl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=614128)  
[Ask the Linguist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=415560)  
[Ask the Middle-Class Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551164)  
[Ask the NASCAR fan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384380)  
[Ask the nude sleeper anything!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582028)  
[Ask the nudist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28744)  
[Ask the paintball player](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=92726)  
[Ask the people who buy milk in bags…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551143)  
[Ask the Person on Food Stamps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545293)  
[Ask the person with the Sous Vide Supreme](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=559902)  
[Ask the pro poker player.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362377)  
[Ask the Recumbent Bike Rider](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=173934)  
[Ask the SAHM. Please. I need to talk to grown ups.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91477)  
[Ask the SCA Noob](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=581522)  
[Ask the Soft Paws User (Kitty-Related Thread)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=205339)  
[Ask the Straight Dope Frat Boy! ™](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=197997)  
[Ask the Street Fighter Master](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=386014)  
[Ask the Terrible Advice Fairy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=163688)  
[Ask the Unitarian Universalist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=89333)\*  
[Ask the Unitarian Universalist (aka the liberal wacko)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=125679)\*  
[Ask the breastfeeding mom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470354)  
[Ask the Bulwer-Lytton contest judge](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=477654)  
[Ask the Cyber Dom/Sadist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460951)  
[Ask the diplobrat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=472518)  
[Ask the guy who is pretty good at SF Story Identification](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482118)  
[Ask the guy who just went to an Obama rally…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489102)  
[Ask the Juror](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465052)  
[Ask the Nude Beach Enthusiast](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453247)  
[Ask the Poolhall Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446719)  
[Ask the Sadist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460943)  
[Ask the Sociolinguist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=473076)  
[Ask the United Church of Christ Member](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470222)  
[Ask the Wannabe Nun](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=471558)  
[Ask the Wife who also happens to be a 24/7 sex slave (TMI possible)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460770)  
[Ask a Wikipedian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=606136)

**The Things That Make Us Different (but not any less of a great person!)**  
[Ask the adoptee(s)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436251)  
[Ask the Anosmic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=379205)  
[Ask the Aspie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=206153)  
[Ask the autistic person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256453)  
[Ask the chick with dreadlocks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151122)  
[Ask the Color Blind Dude…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=172192)\*  
[Ask the crappy eater](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384471)  
[Ask the Deaf Person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317333)  
[Ask the depressed person…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=437721)  
[Ask the Diabetic (possible TMI)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316037)  
[Ask the Doper with herpes (TMI probable)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=607038)  
[Ask the drunk guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=22898)  
[Ask the fertility patient.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=404811)  
[Ask the girl with bipolar disorder](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=204780)  
[Ask the girl with glasses](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377874)  
[Ask the fat guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=90015)  
[Ask the girl who is doing an Intrauterine Insemination](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=594528)  
[Ask the guy being treated for anxiety and OCD…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440878)  
[Ask the guy getting a new wheelchair](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580127)  
[Ask the guy in Eyeliner!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378808)  
[Ask the guy in the 99.9th %ile for height](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632447)  
[Ask the guy on dialysis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323399)  
[Ask the guy who doesn’t make blood!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=233953)  
[Ask the guy who has Pica](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543385)  
[Ask the guy who has whooping cough!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575841)  
[Ask the guy who’s severely color-blind](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300083)\*  
[Ask the guy with a really small dick](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252551)  
[Ask The Guy With Early Onset Alzheimer’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=517175)  
[Ask the guy with Exploding Head Syndrome](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582329)  
[Ask the guy with Locked In Syndrome](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539322)  
[Ask the Highly Sensitive Person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339447)  
[Ask the hydrophobe!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=370592)  
[Ask the learning disabled student.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=152047)  
[Ask the man with one testicle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=159781)  
[Ask the only child](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=404436)  
[Ask the Paralyzed Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=68558)  
[Ask the person with an anxiety disorder.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=438014)  
[Ask the person who lived in nursing homes for 4 years](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577271)  
[Ask the (mostly reformed) psycho](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546149)  
[Ask the Poor Girl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=163527)  
[Ask the Prosopagnosia](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542932)  
[Ask the right handed guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151559)  
[Ask the Self-Injurer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=379360)  
[Ask the Synesthetes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=387422)  
[Ask the Synesthetes (reprise)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=415432)  
[Ask the Twin](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=136233)  
[Ask the woman receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=615284)  
[Ask the woman with schizoid personality disorder](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=583244)  
[Ask the Dwarf (or little person, or any other term you want to use)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449350)  
[Ask the High Functioning Autistic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=472090)  
[Ask the recovered from an anxiety disorder person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=442749)  
**Threads in a Series/Has Sequels**

[Ask the comic book guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155200)  
[Ask the comic book guy 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=195813)  
[Ask the Cancer Patient](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475811)  
[Ask the Cancer Patient (again)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573946)  
[Ask the Chick Who’s One Month Pregnant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=549544)  
[Ask the Chick Who’s Two Months Pregnant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553815)  
[Ask the Chick Who’s Three Months Pregnant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558248)  
[Ask the Chick Who Was Recently Four, is Currently Five, and is Soon-to-be Six Months Pregnant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=567403)  
[Ask the Chick Who’s Six Months Pregnant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570233)  
[Ask the Chick Who’s Seven Months Pregnant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574909)  
[Ask the Chicken Who’s Eight Months Pregnant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576908)  
[Ask an Elf on Summer Vacation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=68056)  
[Ask an Elf Just Back on the Job](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=96550)  
[Ask The Guy Who Owned an Exotic Pet Store.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=500446)  
[Ask the Exotic Pet Guy: Part 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542695)  
[Ask the hugely pregnant chick](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599419)  
[Ask the new mom (formerly the hugely pregnant chick)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610854)  
[Ask the Man Who Had a Colonoscopy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416276)  
[Ask the Man Who Had a Colonoscopy - the Sequel](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575251)  
[Ask the Muslim Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=87474)\*  
[Ask the Muslim Guy, Part Deux](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=92968)  
[Ask Michael Ellis (Parte Dos)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151514)  
[Ask Michael Ellis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203393)  
[Ask the Paramedic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=472326)  
[Ask the Paramedic II](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503926)  
[Ask the teenager!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28214)\*  
[Ask the Teenager II !](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=66824)  
[Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=23047)  
[Ask the Gay Guy II!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=24008)  
[Ask the Gay Guy III!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=39308)  
[Ask the Gay Guy IV!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=68530)  
[Ask the guy who works in a chain restaurant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405157)  
[Ask the chain restaurant worker, part: the two!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=443408)  
[Ask a Starbucks bartista anything!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447313)  
[Ask the Starbucks barista anything! (Part Deux)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496818)

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**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/4 "2011-12-09T01:41:57Z")

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**True Stories, Stunning Feats, and Impressive Achievements**

[Ask me about my Brazilian Blowout on The Hair From Hell (aka THFH)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612721)  
[Ask the 8+ month pregnant lady…or just entertain her with your horror stories.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363744)  
[Ask the 9/11 Survivor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577566)  
[Ask a transplant recipient](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244309)  
[Ask the (soon-to-be) Bone Marrow Doner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289271)\*  
[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 Adult Child of a Hoarder/Clutterer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449241)  
[Ask the almost journalist who wants to ask the journalist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242900)  
[Ask the Bariatric (weight loss) surgery Guy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=107363)  
[Ask the Bone Marrow Courier](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=183809)\*  
[Ask the Cancer Survivor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=379201)  
[Ask the Celebrity Bartender](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300532)  
[Ask the chick who did the HCG diet (non-homeopathic)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627888)  
[Ask the child of money](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551065)  
[Ask The Columbia Shuttle Recovery Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171811)  
[Ask the convicted felon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=150066)  
[Ask the Currently Incarcerated](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543890)  
[Ask the dad who’s adopting (long OP)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=616244)  
[Ask the doper who remarried her husband](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470548)  
[Ask the dopers who have gone through fertility treatments.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=182002)  
[Ask the Drug Addict](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=90705)  
[Ask the Father of Three Young Boys](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576796)  
[Ask the father who was abused as a child](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630357)  
[Ask the [former] acidhead](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506653)  
[Ask the former group home resident](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403395)  
[Ask the Former Lurker!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226436)  
[Ask the former state Class A chess champion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=164643)  
[Ask the former teenage drug dealer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423910)  
[Ask the former teenage runaway.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425373)  
[Ask the gal who just had Bariatric Lap Band installation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337669)  
[Ask the gal who just had total knee replacement surgery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=424034)  
[Ask the Gastric Bypass Patient Who Tried Everyting Else Before Resorting to Surgery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307848)  
[Ask the girl who has gone from squalor to show home](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577973)  
[Ask the girl who just got her first epliator!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=523394)  
[Ask the girl who just spent 2.5 weeks in China](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345505)  
[Ask the Girl Who Lived Through a Tornado](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=607291)  
[Ask the girl who was in the hospital](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405730)  
[Ask the girl whose house burnt down](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=358664)  
[Ask the Graveyard Shift Worker!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=187625)  
[Ask a guy currently on an airplane!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510716)  
[Ask the guy with 8 kids](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=615749)  
[Ask the guy who just ate some 20-year-old canned vegetables](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564201)  
[Ask the guy who spent a week surviving in the desert with no food.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522891)  
[Ask the Guy Who Stared at Bill Walton’s Back for Three Hours](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363502)  
[Ask the Guy Who Survived an IRS Audit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536876)  
[Ask the guy who’s getting married in 146.5 hours](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=410902)  
[Ask the guy…with a hundred boomerangs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266986)  
[Ask the guy with the contact lenses surgically implanted in his eyes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405615)  
[Ask the guy in the Jeopardy! UToC](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304601)  
[Ask the guy on steriods](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245961)  
[Ask the guy recovering from a vasectomy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627208)  
[Ask the Guy Who Got an Early View of “Deep Sea 3D” [w/ spoiler boxes]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361049)  
[Ask the guy that just finished his first Ironman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578364)  
[Ask the guy that’s about to get foreclosed on.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562654)  
[Ask the guy who is adopting internationally.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522364)  
[Ask the guy who just ate some hakarl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=601001)  
[Ask the guy who just got a vasectomy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572935)  
[Ask The Guy who just had an Emergency Appendectomy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258442)  
[Ask the guy who just had an MRI](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422191)  
[Ask the guy who just had emergency bypass surgery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571458)  
[Ask the guy who just had LASIK surgery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237771)\*  
[Ask the Guy who just read all seven HP books back to back. (Probable Spoilers)](http://http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434063)  
[Ask the Guy who just saw Goblet of Fire](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=345235)  
[Ask the guy who used to frequent hookers!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=161233)  
[Ask the Guy Who Was Banned for an Hour!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=228504)  
[Ask the guy who’s doing a medically supervised fast](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558266)  
[Ask the guy who’s rereading all of Heinlein](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381565)  
[Ask the guy whose seen almost all of the James Bond movies.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351691)  
[Ask a guy with a Medical Marijuana card anything](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=604534)  
[Ask the hetrosexual virgin!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=22667)  
[Ask the high school graduate.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425533)  
[Ask the Jew Who’s reading the “Left Behind” Series](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436610)  
[Ask the lucid dreamer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=165574)  
[Ask the man who can play a whole damn Baroque guitar suite! Oh yeah.](http://http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405802)  
[Ask the Medi Marijuana Patient](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383757)  
[Ask the Mom of a Preemie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=439491)  
[Ask the New Father (with pictures!)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429494)  
[Ask the Ohio provisional voter!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284536)  
[Ask the “Other Woman”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=549859)  
[Ask the Person Who Did Win Something Like the Lottery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578286)  
[Ask the Person who Hasn’t had Running Water for Four Days](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575864)  
[Ask the person whose spouse just got on the transplant list…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570187)  
[Ask me any pre-Grad Student Studies Math Question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=512982)  
[Ask the psychotropic drug guy?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=19971)  
[Ask the rape survivor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=76180)  
[Ask the Rape Victim](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578566)  
[Ask the Recreational Drug User!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=39356)  
[Ask the single-sex high school girl!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155089)  
[Ask somebody who actually stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night anything!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456894)  
[Ask the straight-A student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436481)  
[Ask the Study Abroad Student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=412969)  
[Ask the Undertaker’s Daughter!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=45949)  
[Ask the woman who had a BMI of 36, had gastric bypass surgery a year ago and is thrilled about it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=619485)  
[Ask the woman who is getting Essure](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=584463)  
[Ask the Woman who just had Lip Augmentation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578183)  
[Ask the woman who just potty-trained her 3rd and final kid.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557495)  
[Ask yesterday’s colonoscopy recipient](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=515410)  
[Ask the young guy who just had open heart surgery.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=424078)  
[Ask the (former) crackhead](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475312)  
[Ask the Adult Child of a Hoarder/Clutterer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449241)  
[Ask the cancer patient(s)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475811)  
[Ask the Chick who just got an EEE PC](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460437)  
[Ask the Doper who remarried her husband](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470548)  
[Ask the EXCEL guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398567)  
[Ask the former prisoner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484608)  
[Ask the gaijin that just spent $600 on kimono](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470340)  
[Ask the Gal who just saw the Pope at Yankee Stadium!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464751)  
[Ask the girl who just had an ablation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456945)  
[Ask the girl who’s read…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449842)  
[Ask the guy that had LASIK 24 hours ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=450917)  
[Ask the guy who just did the stupidest, or maybe smartest, thing he’s ever done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467128)  
[Ask the guy who just had a colonsocopy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466228)  
[Ask the guy watched a full season of 24 in one day](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460807)  
[Ask the guy who lost his virginity](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445777)  
[Ask the guy who’s hiking the Appalachian Trail](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456720)  
[Ask the guy who has seen every episode of the Dukes of Hazzard](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482163)  
[Ask the guy who just saw “Memento” again (OPEN SPOILERS)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=486388)  
[Ask the guy who uses Paragon CRT Instead of Lasik surgery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=452218)  
[Ask the Hearing Daughter of Deaf Parents](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460810)  
[Ask the reformed criminal.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574658)  
[Ask the resident alien](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462588)  
[Ask the surrogate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470854)  
[Ask me what it’s like to be poor!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550998)  
[Ask me what it’s like to be rich](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551009)  
[Ask the girl who just had lipo, breast lift, and breast implants](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445986)  
[Ask the woman who nursed a 4 year old](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446912)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/5 "2011-12-09T01:42:32Z")

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**Work Specific**

[Ask the interviewer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552055)  
[Ask the job recruiter](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=582902)  
[Ask the not-for-profit employee](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383162)  
[Ask the unemployed guy who’s giving up looking](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576253)  
[Ask the Unemployment guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=146949)

_Animal, Cultural, Enviormental and Literature_

[Ask the Artist!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290731)  
[Ask the Certified Floodplain Manager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432277)  
[Ask the chicken person](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436727)  
[Ask the Children’s Author](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554729)  
[Ask the Children’s Book Editor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=156147)  
[Ask the Conservator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=479362)  
[Ask the Dutch botanic/field biologist (and psychologist on the side)](http://http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436649)  
[Ask the Environmental Psychologist…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=185674)  
[Ask a farmer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599350)  
[Ask the Guide Dog Puppy Raiser.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409303)  
[Ask the guy with a book deal.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=437529)  
[Ask the guy who just finished writing a book.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=163879)  
[Ask the guy who works with marine mammals](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389897)  
[Ask the Librarian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576914)  
[Ask the Museum Girl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=395830)  
[Ask the Pastured Poultry Farmer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611174)  
[Ask the professional indexer.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630379)  
[Ask the Service Dog Handler/Trainer…!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360198)  
[Ask the Show/Pet Rat Breeder](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=615047)  
[Ask the Tall Ship Sailor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491579)  
[Ask the Travel Writer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531537)  
[Ask the Zoo Educator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599438)

_Athletics and Sports_

[Ask the (ex) wrestler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=438668)  
[Ask the rollergirl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=534902)  
[Ask the Wrestler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=523753)

_Customer Relations, Service, Dealing with People and Cuisine_

[Ask the 911 Calltaker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484927)  
[Ask the apartment maintenance technician](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=400856)  
[Ask the Auto Finance Manager/Car Sales (wo)man](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=412750)  
[Ask the (big chain) Video Store Clerk](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=136512)  
[Ask The Barista… (Coffee girl, to you)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=29026)  
[Ask the Bartender!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171458)  
[Ask the beauty school student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=529324)  
[Ask the Bicycle Mechanic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407231)  
[Ask the Bookseller](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=133667)  
[Ask a Bra Professional…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=189444)  
[Ask the Cab Driver](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=161014)  
[Ask a car salesman](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=385098)  
[Ask the College Dining Hall Employee](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441209)  
[Ask the corporate bank manager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=415004)  
[Ask the Direct Marketing (Call Center, Telemarketing, Junk Mail) Professional!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=191223)  
[Ask the Enology Student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436136)  
[Ask the ex phone sex operator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=286032)  
[Ask the fast food manager!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=173150)  
[Ask the foreclosure lawyer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=584093)  
[Ask the former fast food GM](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613149)  
[Ask the (former) Interpreter](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430098)  
[Ask the Former Phone Psychic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306061)  
[Ask the (former) ticket scalper.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555498)  
[Ask the fortune teller](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=528597)  
[Ask the Health and Life Insurance Agent](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=512203)  
[Ask the Health Inspector](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546846)  
[Ask the housecleaner who specializes in squalor recovery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545210)  
[Ask the Insurance Operations Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428051)  
[Ask the Italian chef](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551176)  
[Ask the LensCrafters eyeglasses consultant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365649)  
[Ask the Liquor Store Clerk!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=433544)  
[Ask the painting contractor chick](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617968)  
[Ask the person who works in the adult industry thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=182478)  
[Ask the Pest Control Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171371)  
[Ask the Professional Chef](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543908)  
[Ask the Professional Cooks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=585091)  
[Ask the (former) Professional “Psychic”.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=372952)  
[Ask the professional snow removal guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630784)  
[Ask the Remodeler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=385078)  
[Ask the Resume Screener](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609791)  
[Ask the satellite tv tech](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553070)  
[Ask the Server](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226998)  
[Ask the Sunglass Consultant!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244028)  
[Ask the Termite and Pest Control Guy, Part II](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=247620)\*  
[Ask the Theme Park Character](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=194834)  
[Ask the Ticket Broker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402741)  
[Ask the Underwear Sales Girl!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=338466)  
[Ask/Talk To the Hotel Night Clerk](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=126190)  
[Ask the village shop owner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427890)  
[Ask a waiter!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260095)  
[Ask the waitress!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151408)  
[Ask the (wedding) Photographer.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436611)  
[Ask the Patent Examiner (in training)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481778)  
[Ask the psychiatrists’ receptionist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=462463)  
[Ask the Certified Floodplain Manager](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432277)  
[Ask the Mod](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=468862)

_Entertainment/Media_

[Ask the (not quite) starving Opera Singer!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=20124)  
[Ask the (word) puzzle editor!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=213460)  
[Ask the aging rock star](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28413)  
[Ask the ballerina!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=291310)  
[Ask the Blackjack Dealer!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381635)  
[Ask the Broadcast Professionals (or what would you like to know about advertising)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388725)  
[Ask the casino dealer…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=444697)  
[Ask the Former Kilgore Rangerette](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543931)  
[Ask the former news reporter!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=169337)  
[Ask the guy with a book coming out in five days](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507414)  
[Ask the guy who’s about to make his Off-Broadway conducting debut](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=628952)  
[Ask the Improv Theatre House Manager?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=401745)  
[Ask the Local TV News Videographer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=614214)  
[Ask the nightclub guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=444505)  
[Ask the Opera Singer(s)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=471848)  
[Ask a Poker Dealer…the floor is open.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354243)  
[Ask the pornographer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=105888)\*  
[Ask the pornographer (solo and GG stuff, no hetro, sorry)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=417727)\*  
[Ask the Pro-Wrestler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=154361)  
[Ask the Professional Belly Dancer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=153966)  
[Ask the Professional Voice Over Talent](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521112)  
[Ask the Pyrotechnician](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545901)  
[Ask the Radio Host](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246233)  
[Ask a Roller Coaster Operator Anything!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631572)  
[Ask the (former) stagehand/stagemanager, director and all around theatrical jack of all trades](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599332)  
[Ask the Stripper!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423735)  
[Ask the technical theatre guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266822)  
[Ask the TV News Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=194847)  
[Ask the Vaudevillian](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=437877)  
[Ask the Freelancer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467162)  
[Ask the guy who used to work at a major daily newspaper](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484288)  
_Law enforcement/Military/Government_

[Ask a former prison guard.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=161530)  
[Ask the 911 Dispatcher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243174)  
[Ask the Air Force Guy, again](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=146072)  
[Ask the cop](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=147494)  
[Ask the Debt Collector (Ouch, stop hitting me!)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=188409)\*  
[Ask the Diplomat!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=424637)  
[Ask the Draft Board member](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=311516)  
[Ask the firefighter!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=189267)  
[Ask the (hopefully) future Peace Corps volunteer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=359470)  
[Ask the girl who deals with tax protesters everyday!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=425925)  
[Ask the Guy who is Running for Office](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=559408)  
[Ask the guy who just served on a jury for two weeks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=583246)  
[Ask the incarcerated former lawyer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550384)  
[Ask the Internet Abuse/Fraud Investigator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=250627)  
[Ask the lawyer about tort reform laws](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296776)  
[Ask a Juror](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624256)  
[Ask the maximum security prison physician](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=150626)  
[Ask the Military Recruiter](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436563)  
[Ask the Militia Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151573)  
[Ask the murder trial juror!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=80053)  
[Ask the Newbie Politician](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381108)  
[Ask the Peace Corps Volunteer/TEFL teacher in Bulgaria](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389938)  
[Ask The Person Who Just Finished Serving on a Jury](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=581029)  
[Ask the presiding judge (election)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561844)  
[Ask the Prison Guard](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436213)  
[Ask the Private Investigator](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=183025)  
[Ask the reformed debt collector](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300694)  
[Ask the returned Peace Corps Volunteer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627487)  
[Ask the tax lawyer!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151472)  
[Ask the U. S. Air Force guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=95289)\*  
[Ask the former TSA screener](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461680)  
[Ask the guy who’s entering EOD (Bomb Squad) School](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=479220)  
[Ask the occasional German lay assessor judge (Schöffe)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449110)

_Medical_

[Ask the 2nd year Pharmacy Student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521587)  
[Ask the 911 Calltaker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=484927)  
[Ask the Audiologist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=433367)  
[Ask the Dermatological Medical Assistant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435783)  
[Ask the Doctor of Optometry [formerly student]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590662)  
[Ask the doctor with first-hand SARS experience](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=180729)  
[Ask the emergency vet tech](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=169003)  
[Ask the ER Doctor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538605)  
[Ask the first year medical student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441070)  
[Ask the forensic pathologist - or, Last chance to pontificate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365327)  
[Ask the Guy who makes Adult Spaces FUN!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245610)  
[Ask a Male Nurse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538671)  
[Ask the Medical Billing Specialist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300140)  
[Ask The Doper Who Works At A Medical Marijuana Clinic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=604585)  
[Ask the Massage Therapist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540779)  
[Ask the Medical Student!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28552)  
[Ask the medical technologist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461649)  
[Ask the Nurse who works with Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540049)  
[Ask the Optician…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244369)  
[Ask the Planned Parenthood Nurse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=437744)  
[Ask the wildland firefighter](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504093)  
[Ask the Dermatological Medical Assistant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435783)  
[Ask the medical technologist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461649)  
[Ask someone who works in an emergency room](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551556)

_Music based_

[Ask a Drummer. aka Ask a semi-successful musician.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=262567)\*  
[Ask the Drummer!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436177)\*  
[Ask the guy who’s touring with a Broadway show.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407342)  
[Ask the Music Director](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=437084)  
[Ask the percussionist/drummer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436280)  
[Ask a singer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=382642)  
_Product/Office/Software/Construction/Inventing_

[Ask the Architect](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451977)  
[Ask the AV Engineer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=585434)  
[Ask the bastard from IT](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571085)  
[Ask the Copy Editor!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=132694)  
[Ask the entrepreneur who is starting a small business in Shanghai](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=616730)  
[Ask the EXCEL Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398567)  
[Ask the guy who works on an oil rig](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171254)  
[Ask the Graphic Designer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158636)  
[Ask the IT Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383625)  
[Ask the Microsoft Employee](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428709)  
[Ask The Product Standards and ISO Guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155532)  
[Ask a Software Engineer/Developer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=150395)  
[Ask the Structional Engineer!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=185157)  
[Ask the Wall Street Trader](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551609)  
[Ask the Web Designer/Web Host](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=406168)  
_Relationships/Dealing with people_

[Ask the child support officer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506494)  
[Ask Dr aha, sex therapist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=50867)  
[Ask the guy who gets paid to have sex](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=601832)  
[Ask the real, live pimp a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621268)  
[Ask the substance abuse counselor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423855)

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/6 "2011-12-09T01:42:47Z")

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_School based/Scientific_

[Ask the 7th Grade Public School Teacher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576763)  
[Ask the (student) Vet](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177170)  
[Ask the Academic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402134)  
[Ask the Anime Student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317485)  
[Ask the Biologist!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=222713)  
[Ask the Bored Virologist!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=159636)  
[Ask the Culinary School Student!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28711)  
[Ask the English teacher living in a foreign country.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=382583)  
[Ask the English teacher(s) in Japan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587532)  
[Ask the English Teacher in Japan - Autolycus Edition!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598390)  
[Ask the exhausted grad student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=91712)  
[Ask the experimentalist.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=581938)  
[Ask the Girl Who Just Finished Law School](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=517584)  
[Ask the guy who worked in Antarctica](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=505271)  
[Ask the guy working in the himalayas](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554567)  
[Ask a Mathematician](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416205)  
[Ask the Middle School Teacher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=386089)  
[Ask the Multi-Instrumentalist…high school student](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556502)  
[Ask a nuclear submariner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441363)  
[Ask the particle physicist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544864)  
[Ask the Peace Corps Volunteer/TEFL teacher in Bulgaria.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389938)  
[Ask the violin teacher](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=493917)

_Transportation_

[Ask the Airline Pilot who just switched from Passengers to Cargo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=325490)  
[Ask (or vent to) your Fed-Ex guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=383369)  
[Ask the Flight Instructor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=524785)  
[Ask the freight train conductor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=349991)  
[Ask the frequent business traveler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564091)  
[Ask the Frequent Flyer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612388)  
[Ask the guy who worked on a cruise ship in Hawaii for a year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503680)  
[Ask the high-performance driving instructor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369540)  
[Ask the railroader](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=443535)  
[Ask the small airplane pilot](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252846)  
[Ask the trainee traindriver.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=386372)

[Ask the -blank-](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=436343)

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/7 "2011-12-09T01:43:03Z")

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Wheeeew!

Enjoy.

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**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/8 "2011-12-09T02:00:19Z")

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Holy crap, this is the best thread ever.

Thank you, Idle Thoughts. I have a lot of reading to do. Shame this board doesn’t use a rep feature!

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/9 "2011-12-09T02:07:50Z")

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Hadn’t realised there were quite so many. Thanks for compiling them Idle Thoughts!

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/10 "2011-12-09T02:12:45Z")

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excellent

thanks

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/11 "2011-12-09T03:05:15Z")

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Wow! Nice work!

What does the asterisk on the end of some titles mean?

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/12 "2011-12-09T03:24:55Z")

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Originally it meant topics of the same kind (or even the exact same title) that were made by different members, but I didn’t decide to do that to the newest additions this time around (or even include that footnote). I was too lazy to delete all of the asterisks, though. : p

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/13 "2011-12-09T03:36:05Z")

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Amazing work, **Idle Thoughts**!

Something to consider for your next such project: a directory of all those “great threads” and “funny threads” and such that we’ve been collecting the past few days.

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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/14 "2011-12-09T04:04:47Z")

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Fairly certain I said this last time too but thanks! You’re truly awesome (and dedicated - holy hell!!)

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/15 "2011-12-09T05:30:35Z")

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Holy crap, dude. You’re comprehensive. You even have my **“Ask Supernova!”** thread in there! I forgot all about that.

Nice work. Get some sleep! 😉

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/16 "2011-12-09T05:44:42Z")

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Whoops! You forgot my Ask the [Lawyer who Defends Jail Inmates](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632392) thread.

No problem–I’m sure it just slipped between the cracks. 🙂 Great job!

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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/17 "2011-12-09T05:51:32Z")

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What really impresses me is that you can’t search for either “ask” or “the” or especially “ask the” which would have made this search much easier.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/18 "2011-12-09T05:54:33Z")

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Yeah, I had to put all the titles in order alphabetically…and then skip over any made in 2008 or before (because those would already be in the list).

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/19 "2011-12-09T06:48:23Z")

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You missed a parody thread I started:

[Ask the dumbass.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299685)

To be fair, it was closed pretty quickly, much to my chagrin. Nonetheless there are, in fact, 10 replies.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology-or-a-list-of-every-major-ask-the-thread-that-was-ever-made/605575/20 "2011-12-09T06:57:57Z")

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Oops, sorry about that. : S

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