The "Ask the..." Anthology Version 2.0

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Well, since it’s just about a year ago since I first made this, I figured it needed some updating. So what I did was use the handy-dandy feature that only brings up topics new/made in the last year and added all the new ones since the first list, which were probably around 30 or 40 or so.

This time I widened my horizons a bit and included any/every topic as long as it had more than TEN replies (as opposed to 19 in the first making).
And again, this list is composed of “Ask the…” threads from all over. MPSIMS, IMHO, CS, GD, and even some from the Pit.

Happy reading. May you find your “Ask the” topic here if you made one…and may you enjoy reading all the info and input these experts have told us about if you’re just a curious browser.

Age/Time Specific

Ask the Other Teenager*
Ask the 50’s Dad
Ask the 50’s Mom
Ask the American Teen*
Ask the Australian Teenage Guy…
Ask the Canadian Teenager…*
Ask the five year old child Ask the male teenager*
Ask the nomadic Mormon teenager
Ask the other teenage guy!*
Ask the pimply teenage fast food worker
Ask the Teenager!*

Jokes, Parodies and “Teh funny”

Ask Hulk
Ask a Moron!
Ask that Hindenburg Annoucer Guy
Ask the ‘time traveler from the future’*
Ask the Apathetic Guy.
Ask the Average Guy!
Ask the Cat*
Ask the Cat*
Ask the Chronic Procrastinator
Ask the Dalek
Ask the Dead Chipmunk
aSK THE DRUNK GUY!*
Ask the emu!
Ask the Easily Bored Person
Ask the Evil Overlord*
Ask the Evil SuperVillian*
Ask the evil villian who is about to kill you once and for all!*
Ask the Extraterrestial
Ask the Felcher
Ask the guy who claims he’s 4000+ years old
Ask the guy who doesn’t have any answers!
Ask the Guy Who Doesn’t Like to Answer Questions
Ask the Guy who has become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds
Ask the guy who just lost a bet to the devil!
Ask the guy who just saw Goblet of Fire
Ask the guy who knows very little about Puff Daddy
Ask the guy who misunderstands followup posts
Ask the guy who say TROY!
Ask the guy who will reply in image
Ask the Guy Who Won’t Reply to Any Questions
Ask the guy who’s got a lot of time on his hands and enjoys talking about himself
Ask the man who’s having a religious experience RIGHT NOW!
Ask the guy with all the answers
Ask the hamsterette!
Ask the hung-over, department-store Santa
Ask the kid who doesn’t know much of anything
Ask the King of Awsomeness!
Ask the Living Avatar of GURTHEK, Lord of All He Purveys and Pretender to the Flown
Ask the PMSing Woman
Ask the person who has seen Mel Gibson’s THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (spoilers likely)
Ask the polydimensionally motile intergalactic alien.
Ask the Psychic*
Ask the Psychic*
Ask the Putz!
Ask the Raving Lunatic
Ask the Supreme Leader
Ask the Time Traveler*
Ask the Toaster!
Ask…YOUR MOM!

Member Specific

Ask Miss Nym
Ask Qadrop’s Kid!
Ask SPOOFE!
Ask Superdude!
Ask the Governor
Ask Torgo!
Ask Winston’s Co-Workers
Misc

Ask A Short Fused Pyromaniac With Issues Gal!
Ask the AI
Ask the bandwagon-hopping #3 chick
Ask the former stripper/current housewife( and mother)/raving bitch.
ask the guy taking a third sick day on a monday with a bag of frozen peas between his legs
Ask the guy who’s downloaded at the Retrosheet baseball data into a database.
Ask the Iditarodaholic…also restaraunt manger…
Ask the magic 8 ball*
Ask the Magic 8 Ball*
Ask the Magic Crystal Ball!
Ask the girl with the makeshift Ouija board
Ask the straight, white, married, employed guy
Ask the Wacky American Chick Who Watched the Soviet Union Collapse
Ask the white, male, upper middle class, somewhat conservative, taxpayer

Nationality, Race, Religion, or Location Specific

Ask the (atheist) Hindu
Ask the Aid Worker in Iraq
Ask the Alaskian Guy…
Ask the American ExPat™ who lives in Brazil
Ask Another Muslim Guy*
Ask the Arab Guy
Ask the Asocial Korean Teenager Living in Guatemala…
Ask the Baha’i Woman
Ask the Black Guy*
Ask the Black Guy*
Ask the BLACK WOMAN!!! nothing is too ignorant…i hope…
Ask the Brit bloke*
Ask a Catholic*
Ask the Catholic Guy
Ask the Canadian, eh?
Ask the chick from/living in Missouri!
Ask the Doper who lived in the Boonies
Ask Eritrean Guy
Ask the ex-Morman
Ask the Ex-Pat (a Yank living in South Africa)
Ask the fairly average British bloke*
Ask the Gora Sikah
Ask the Guy From Montana
Ask the guy in Bagdad
Ask the Guy in Mosul, Iraq
Ask the Guy in Saudi Arabia
Ask the guy in Tbilisi, Georgia
Ask the guy who went to the Episcopal General Convention
Ask the Hindu/Indian Guy*
Ask the Hindu*
Ask the Iraqi Information Minister
Ask the Irish Bloke*
Ask the Irish Guy?*
Ask the Islamic Guys
Ask the Isreali Guy.
Ask the Jewish settler
Ask the Kiwi bloke
Ask the Melungeon!
Ask a Methodist!
Ask the Mexican Guy!
Ask the Middle Class White Guy
Ask the Mormon*
Ask the Mormon Gal!
Ask a muslim*
Ask a muslim man
Ask the New Orleans Guy About Mardi Gras
Ask a non-practicing Catholic
Ask the Northern Irish Person
Ask the Orthodox Christian
Ask the person from a small town in Southeast Kansas!
Ask the Pseudo-Norwegian Chick
Ask the Shi`a Nizari Ismaili Muslim Woman
Ask the Singaporean guy!
Ask the Swedish-born Egyptian guy living in California
Ask the Swedish Chick!
Ask the Turk
Ask the WI guy!
Askin’ the Alaskan*
Opinions and Thoughts

Ask the Anarcho Capitalist
Ask the atheist, 15 year old, male Hoosier.*
Ask the Atheist*
Ask the Atheist Guy*
Ask the atheists
Ask the Commie Bastard!
Ask the Conservative Christian Theologian!
Ask the Conservative Evangelical Christian Hopeful Universalist
Ask the Crazy Chick Who Believes in the Mythos
Ask the Creationist
Ask the Former Creationist/Biblical Literalist
Ask the female Pagan college student…
Ask the former John Bircher…
Ask the Grammar Harpy
Ask a guy about abortion
Ask the guy raised in an Orgone-energy-believing household
Ask the Guy with the Greatest Lawn Care Advice Anywhere! Got issues? Check in here!
ask the guy who wants to help you listen to better music
Ask the Guys who are in Love with Techchick
Ask the Horsewoman
Ask the Libertarian*
Ask the Libertarian Objectivist Christian
Ask the Neo-Con!
Ask the Neo-Pagan Guy
Ask the Nihilistic Anarchist with unpopular ideas about the world
Ask the person who knows a lot about Irish traditional music.
Ask the Practical Libertarian
Ask the quiet gal!
Ask the Randi $1M challenge applicant
Ask the Seminary Student
Ask the surrealist!

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Sexual Preference/Gender Based

Ask a black gay guy!
Ask “The Straight Eye for the Gay Guy”
Ask Bi Guy, (or ‘Cheffie takes one more step out of the closet’)*
Ask the bisexual male teenager*
Ask the child raised by two gay men
Ask the closeted bisexual guy!
Ask the Gay Guy’s Housemates
Ask the Bi Guy; and, The Great Bisexual FAQ (Part 1)*
Ask the gay guy*
Ask the Gay KID
Ask the Lesbian!
Ask the Not A Guy
Ask the straight guy*
Ask the “straight” guy*
Ask the Straight Guy
Ask the Transgendered Person

Talents. Hobbies, and Groups

Ask the (returned) Peace Corps Volunteer
Ask the (sort of) Linguist Guy
Ask the Americorps member
Ask the Australian Gun Owner
Ask the bloke who’s forgotten more about cricket than you’ll ever know
Ask the British History Geek
Ask the BDSM Guy
Ask the Chief Resident
Ask the Dairy Farmer’s Daugher.
Ask the DDR Player
Ask the Disney Freak!
Ask the E3 Guy*
Ask the E3 Guy*
Ask the ex-Furry (please don’t spit on me)
Ask the Freemason
Ask the Geography Maven
Ask the guy who’s just read Lord of the Rings
Ask the guy who knows way too much about Futurama
Ask the guy who knows way too much about the tsunami
Ask the guy who lives in a pro-dominatrix dungeon
Ask the guy who plays too much Guild Wars…
Ask the Harry Potter Nut
Ask the hockey guy
Ask the irritated E3 guy.
Ask the NASCAR fan
Ask the nudist
Ask the paintball player
Ask the pro poker player.
Ask the Recumbent Bike Rider
Ask the SAHM. Please. I need to talk to grown ups.
Ask the Soft Paws User (Kitty-Related Thread)
Ask the Straight Dope Frat Boy! ™
Ask the Street Fighter Master
Ask the Terrible Advice Fairy
Ask the Unitarian Universalist*
Ask the Unitarian Universalist (aka the liberal wacko)*
The Things That Make Us Different (but not any less of a great person!)

Ask the Anosmic
Ask the Aspie
Ask the autistic person
Ask the chick with dreadlocks
Ask the Color Blind Dude…*
Ask the crappy eater
Ask the Deaf Person
Ask the Diabetic (possible TMI)
Ask the drunk guy
Ask the girl with bipolar disorder
Ask the girl with glasses
Ask the fat guy!
Ask the guy in Eyeliner!
Ask the guy on dialysis
Ask the guy who doesn’t make blood!
Ask the guy who’s severely color-blind*
Ask the guy with a really small dick
Ask the Highly Sensitive Person
Ask the hydrophobe!
Ask the learning disabled student.
Ask the man with one testicle
Ask the Paralyzed Guy
Ask the Poor Girl
Ask the right handed guy
Ask the Self-Injurer
Ask the Synesthetes
Ask the Twin

Threads in a Series/Has Sequels

Ask the comic book guy
Ask the comic book guy 2
Ask an Elf on Summer Vacation
Ask an Elf Just Back on the Job
Ask the Muslim Guy*
Ask the Muslim Guy, Part Deux
Ask Michael Ellis (Parte Dos)
Ask Michael Ellis
Ask the teenager!*
Ask the Teenager II !
Ask the Gay Guy!
Ask the Gay Guy II!
Ask the Gay Guy III!
Ask the Gay Guy IV!

True Stories, Stunning Feats, and Impressive Achievements

Ask the 8+ month pregnant lady…or just entertain her with your horror stories.
Ask a transplant recipient
Ask the (soon-to-be) Bone Marrow Doner*
Ask the about-to-be-married chick or ACK only a few hours left of my singlehood
Ask the almost journalist who wants to ask the journalist
Ask the Bariatric (weight loss) surgery Guy.
Ask the Bone Marrow Courier*
Ask the Cancer Survivor
Ask the Celebrity Bartender
Ask The Columbia Shuttle Recovery Guy
Ask the convicted felon
Ask the dopers who have gone through fertility treatments.
Ask the Drug Addict
Ask the Former Lurker!
Ask the former state Class A chess champion
Ask the gal who just had Bariatric Lap Band installation
Ask the Gastric Bypass Patient Who Tried Everyting Else Before Resorting to Surgery
Ask the girl who just spent 2.5 weeks in China
Ask the girl whose house burnt down
Ask the Graveyard Shift Worker!
Ask the Guy Who Stared at Bill Walton’s Back for Three Hours
Ask the guy…with a hundred boomerangs
Ask the guy in the Jeopardy! UToC
Ask the guy on steriods
Ask the Guy Who Got an Early View of “Deep Sea 3D” [w/ spoiler boxes]
Ask The Guy who just had an Emergency Appendectomy!
Ask the guy who just had LASIK surgery*
Ask the Guy who just saw Goblet of Fire
Ask the guy who used to frequent hookers!
Ask the Guy Who Was Banned for an Hour!
Ask the guy who’s rereading all of Heinlein
Ask the guy whose seen almost all of the James Bond movies.
Ask the hetrosexual virgin!
Ask the lucid dreamer
Ask the Medi Marijuana Patient
Ask the Ohio provisional voter!
Ask the psychotropic drug guy?
Ask the rape survivor
Ask the Recreational Drug User!
Ask the single-sex high school girl!
Ask the Undertaker’s Daughter!
Ask the Unemployment guy

Work Specific

Ask the not-for-profit employee

Animal, Cultural, Enviormental and Literature

Ask the Artist!
Ask the Children’s Book Editor
Ask the Environmental Psychologist…
Ask the guy who just finished writing a book.
Ask the guy who works with marine mammals
Ask the Service Dog Handler/Trainer…!

Customer Relations, Service, and Dealing with People

Ask the (big chain) Video Store Clerk
Ask The Barista… (Coffee girl, to you)
Ask the Bartender!
Ask the Bookseller
Ask a Bra Professional…
Ask the Cab Driver
Ask a car salesman
Ask the Direct Marketing (Call Center, Telemarketing, Junk Mail) Professional!
Ask the ex phone sex operator
Ask the fast food manager!
Ask the Former Phone Psychic
Ask the LensCrafters eyeglasses consultant
Ask the person who works in the adult industry thread.
Ask the Pest Control Guy!*
Ask the (former) Professional “Psychic”.
Ask the Remodeler
Ask the Server
Ask the Sunglass Consultant!
Ask the Termite and Pest Control Guy, Part II*
Ask the Theme Park Character
Ask the Underwear Sales Girl!
Ask/Talk To the Hotel Night Clerk
Ask a waiter!
Ask the waitress!

Entertainment/Media

Ask the (not quite) starving Opera Singer!
Ask the (word) puzzle editor!
Ask the aging rock star
Ask the ballerina!
Ask the Blackjack Dealer!
Ask the Broadcast Professionals (or what would you like to know about advertising)
Ask the former news reporter!
Ask a Poker Dealer…the floor is open.
Ask the pornographer
Ask the Pro-Wrestler
Ask the Professional Belly Dancer
Ask the Radio Host
Ask the technical theatre guy
Ask the TV News Guy

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Law enforcement/Military/Government

Ask a former prison guard.
Ask the 911 Dispatcher
Ask the Air Force Guy, again
Ask the cop
Ask the Debt Collector (Ouch, stop hitting me!)*
Ask the Draft Board member
Ask the firefighter!
Ask the (hopefully) future Peace Corps volunteer
Ask the Internet Abuse/Fraud Investigator
Ask the lawyer about tort reform laws
Ask the maximum security prison physician
Ask the Militia Guy!
Ask the murder trial juror!
Ask the Newbie Politician
Ask the Private Investigator
Ask the reformed debt collector*
Ask the tax lawyer!
Ask the U. S. Air Force guy!*

Medical

Ask the doctor with first-hand SARS experience
Ask the emergency vet tech
Ask the forensic pathologist - or, Last chance to pontificate
Ask the Guy who makes Adult Spaces FUN!
Ask the Medical Billing Specialist
Ask the Medical Student!
Ask the Optician…

Music based

Ask a Drummer. aka Ask a semi-successful musician.
Ask a singer

Product/Office/Software/Construction

Ask the Copy Editor!
Ask the Graphic Designer
Ask the IT Guy
Ask The Product Standards and ISO Guy
Ask a Software Engineer/Developer
Ask the Structional Engineer!
Relationships/Dealing with people

Ask Dr aha, sex therapist

School based/Scientific

Ask the (student) Vet
Ask the Anime Student
Ask the Biologist!
Ask the Bored Virologist!
Ask the Culinary School Student!
Ask the English teacher living in a foreign country.
Ask the exhausted grad student
Ask the Middle School Teacher
Ask the Peace Corps Volunteer/TEFL teacher in Bulgaria.

Transportation

Ask the Airline Pilot who just switched from Passengers to Cargo
Ask (or vent to) your Fed-Ex guy!
Ask the freight train conductor
Ask the guy who works on an oil rig
Ask the high-performance driving instructor
Ask the small airplane pilot
Ask the trainee traindriver.

Ask the ______ Threads You’d Like to See
*Denotes two or more topics/variations were made by different members

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Thank you thank you thank you Idle Thoughts.

I love these threads, and it’s great that you take your time to organize them for all of us who may not always get to see them when they first appear. This very issue came up for me just a month ago and some nice Dopers linked your (then) newest collection.

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Wow, very nice. Unbelievable that I actually have a couple of ask the threads, including the nfp one which I’d forgotten about. Thanks, Idle Thoughts!

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Thanks for the update Idle Thoughts. Another great job.

Jim

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oh man I feel really small :frowning:

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I’m transportation??? I’d get mad, but I have three flights to catch tomorrow :smiley:

9

Woo. I’m gonna be busy.

Goodbye, productivity!

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Idle Thoughts: ask the guy with too much time on his hands. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Funny, I was thinking something similar. “Aww… I should have done an IT thread. click Oh, that’s my thread?”

Thanks for the list!

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There will be a new version of this coming out November 1st or 2nd or 3rd, just like this one was exactly a year later from the first one.

This is because when searching the all the forums for the topics to add to this list, I’m able to set the “Show thread” default at “All from the last year” and I won’t get any “Ask the…” threads that I’ve already included, yet I won’t miss any that were started the day after this version was made. :slight_smile:

So yeah, look for that in about three weeks. In the meantime, here’s this one to enjoy again for anyone who hasn’t seen it. I hope the mods and powers that be don’t mind me bumping it up.

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Thank you, your efforts are appreciated.

Really, this is a pretty cool thing you do.

:slight_smile:

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Wow, lots of fun reading in there…linky to the pseudo norwegian girls is broken, though.

And my Ask the…isn’t there :frowning:

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How did you search these? I thought the engine wouldn’t take words with three or fewer letters.

Anyhow, you left one off:
Ask the Internet Oracle Priest

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Wow, awesome job!

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They are mainly in MPSIMS and you can sort the forum by title which clumps all the Ask the titles to the top. This trick slightly simplifies the wonderful job that Idle has taken to doing annually for the rest of us.

Jim

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Sort by thread title, of course.

The simple solutions are often the best. Nice job, at any rate.

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I just reread one of my old threads. My little brother was a philosophical genius!

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Wow - a great job, and an invaluable reference help. Many thanks, Idle Thoughts!