# The "Ask the..." Anthology **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873 "2005-11-20T02:41:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/21 "2005-11-21T04:26:44Z")
Very cool. One question: in the past, when I’ve attempted searches, a three letter word is kicked back, so how did you work with “ask the” in the search pane? ---
**Author:** ![andrewdt85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/22 "2005-11-21T05:44:27Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Very cool. One question: in the past, when I’ve attempted searches, a three letter word is kicked back, so how did you work with “ask the” in the search pane? _ask the_ ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/23 "2005-11-21T06:03:14Z")
Another poster started [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272361), which didn’t start out as an “ask the…” thread, but it also became one. If you get time, maybe have a look and see if you think it belongs on your list. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/24 "2005-11-21T06:36:01Z")
Very cool thread. Agreed - should be sticky. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/25 "2005-11-21T16:57:27Z")
Ahhhhhh, the ‘emu’ thread. Fun times. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/26 "2005-11-21T17:09:30Z")
**Idle Thoughts** is the devil’s link workshop. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/27 "2005-11-21T17:46:55Z")
Oh, wow, this is great! Thanks, **Idle Thoughts**! A couple times I sort of wondered, “Gee, do ya 'spose anyone ever wrote an ask the [whatever I was thinking about at the time] thread?” but I was always too lazy to search it out. This is perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/28 "2005-11-21T18:33:11Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Another thread, though, that I am planning to do in a couple days is a 101 Top SDMB threads of all time topic, where people would link to threads they think are among the best ever on here. Topics like “Sex with sheep is fun” “Ewe Sluts” “The Horror of Blimps” “Pan Fried Semen” “Who are you?” and all other topics that were really memorable. Cool idea. You could start a thread inviting people to name memorable threads and then compile a compact OP like you did here. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/29 "2005-11-21T21:56:11Z")
I will either later today or tomorrow (I’ve been planning on that thread for the last week anyway). As for this one, I’ll, after a couple of months or so, update it with a new reply adding any others made since then, the linked to ones in here, and, who knows? Maybe even all the ones below 18 posts (with a warning, of course, that the thread you click on may only have 2 or 3 replies. Heh). ---
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/30 "2005-11-21T21:58:22Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > _ask the_ That doesn’t work so far as I’ve tried. Me, I just put the topics in each forum in Alphabetical order (from the beginning and in acending order), and then found the page in each forum that “Ask the” started on. Took just a bit, but not that much. The thing that took the longest was just linking to them all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/31 "2005-11-22T02:41:48Z")
What about, instead of or in addition to stickying this, change the title or insert a phrase that ITSELF is searchable. Like…hmmmm… TheAskThe Anthology Thank me later 😉 (wanders off, wondering if thread will now be picked up just by this post) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/32 "2005-11-22T02:44:51Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > What about, instead of or in addition to stickying this, change the title or insert a phrase that ITSELF is searchable. > > Like…hmmmm… > > TheAskThe Anthology > > Thank me later 😉 > > (wanders off, wondering if thread will now be picked up just by this post) Works perfectly. Good idea! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/33 "2005-11-22T03:06:34Z")
So I haven’t seen any mods wondering in, is it appropriate to use the Notify Mods Button to request a “stickificiation”? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/34 "2005-11-22T03:13:17Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > So I haven’t seen any mods wondering in, is it appropriate to use the Notify Mods Button to request a “stickificiation”? Sure, why not? I did. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/35 "2005-11-22T03:23:11Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Sure, why not? I did. Thanks, I did so. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/36 "2005-11-22T04:21:30Z")
Geez…I know it’s a good topic and all, but I don’t think it’s “sticky” good. : p If they want to do it, well, that’s fine…but my personal opinion is, well, it’s not really all THAT important. It was just a time waster I did when I was bored. 😛 Really, what would they say? “Oh yes, we’ll sticky it cause it’s something EVERYONE should see!” Ha. While I could understand that if it was constantly something asked about,…I’ve only seen it asked about here and there. Not enough, IMO, to need to be up on topic of the boards as a sticky. However, don’t get me wrong. I’m very flattered you’d all think it was worthy of it, and again, if it ever is, that’s fine… …but I just don’t see it as being as important as stickies usually are. : p _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/37 "2005-11-22T08:03:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Ask the Dalek This is my favorite of all of them. Inspired silliness. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/38 "2005-11-22T13:33:35Z")
My "Ask the Naked Guy Who’s Wearing Clothes"must have been lost during the Winter of Our Lost Content. Oh, well. Come Spring, I’ll try it again. Service is my middle name. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/39 "2005-11-22T14:57:45Z")
Outstanding work. I’m a newbie who didn’t know about these “Ask the” posts. I’ll be reading these for the rest of the week. Thank you, honey bunny! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873/40 "2005-11-22T16:29:20Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Geez…I know it’s a good topic and all, but I don’t think it’s “sticky” good. : p You underestimate yourself. 🆒 > [@](#): > > Another thread, though, that I am planning to do in a couple days is a 101 Top SDMB threads of all time topic, where people would link to threads they think are among the best ever on here. Topics like “Sex with sheep is fun” “Ewe Sluts” “The Horror of Blimps” “Pan Fried Semen” “Who are you?” and all other topics that were really memorable. > \ > Thing is, I don’t know if it’d be allowed or not. The mods and admins may frown on it, just limit it to “good times/things” and not dredge up the past like the Melin, TubaDiva, Phadarus, december, satan, troll wars, Left Behind, JDT, all sort of other controversies that have gone on. If it turns out they have a problem with it, you could always submit it to the [Teeming Millions Homepage](http://teemingmillions.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&bid=38&btitle=Classic%20Posts&mid=4&ceid=21). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ask-the-anthology/331873.md?page=3)