I’ve thought about starting a thread about managing your money. Mostly as a reaction to the stupid ways I see people spending their hard-earned money. (And complaining about not having any.)
But I can’t word it without coming across as a preachy arsehole.
Oh, I filter my filthy, filthy mind long before it contaminates the SDMB. Just thank your lucky stars.
I want to reply in about half of these nonexistent threads. sigh
Lob, you know I didn’t mean to give you a jelly-bean of the month membership instead of the 80’ speakers. I WANTED TO!
Every now and then I think about starting a thread called “Ask the Cancer Survivor” but I never do. It’s not that I chicken out in the sense that I’m afraid of the response. I’m just worried that I won’t have the energy or time to keep up with it.
Oh I am way too curious.
I want to start a thread in Cafe Society about Asian actors and why you don’t see them very much in typical Hollywood movies except in perhaps martial-arts films. But, I’m not really sure what to say and I’m afraid I’ll come off as an idiot because of that.
I’ve only had one–during the EP-3/China incident several years ago, I was dying to start an “Ask the EP-3 guy” thread to answer questions and kill some of the painfully wrong theories and information being tossed around. But I knew it’d look silly because I’m so limited as to what I can say. It would have been like “Ask the EP-3 guy – I’ll answer anything” as long as it’s not remotely classified, which really leaves almost nothing for me to talk about.
Atkins is Stupid and I Wish It Would Go Away
(See, I even feel like I’m gonna get flamed just for saying I thought about it . . .)
Here’s one I really wish I could have started… my father is the project scientist for the Spitzer Space Telescope, and I really wanted to start a “Ask the Project Scientist for the Spitzer Space Telescope” thread, if I could talk my dad into either joining as a guest, or answering questions I forwarded to him. I figured the SDMB is the kind of place that would find the workings of a multi-million-dollar decades-long NASA project fascinating, and I know that my dad feels that part of his job is to communicate to the tax-paying public the benefits of what those dollars have built.
Sadly, he’s a busy guy, and I couldn’t talk him into it…
What we need is a virtual OP exchange. Everybody who’s posted they were too chicken to start a thread, choose somebody else’s from here that you think you can handle and post on their behalf.
Ooooh! Ooooh! Can I start “What The Fuck Is Your Problem?” Pleeeeeezzzeee? 
Technically I should probably let Shirley start it, but tough!
Simple story. Spent a whole weekend helping a casual acquaintance move her belongings to a new apartment (after all her friends “disappeared”). She was in a serious bind due to the timing. Her car broke down in the middle of everything, and (being a gentlemen) I loaned her mine while I fixed it. When it was all over, she said something like, “Since you’ve already put the bed together…”
And of course, a gentleman should never refuse a request by a lady…
I still don’t have the guts to start the thread, though.
Hey, I saw a movie like that once. But I had to keep putting in quarters.
I’ve wanted to start a Ask the OP who never comes back to the thread, but I wouldn’t come back to read the responses.
I’ve been wanting to Pit a certain poster so badly. For a little white, it looked like it was going to be a non-issue, but now, I’m not so sure. Either way, I probably won’t do it because it would not go well.
Favorite enema recipes?
I’d be the first to respond with “Give me carbs, or give me death.” I agree with you.
Now look here, little missy! You’re blatent (yet oh so subtle) posts against me have been going on too long, and I just will not stand for it!
Examples include:
I happen to despise raisins, and feel I have made that quite clear. But apparantly, you take it upon yourself to shove your love of raisins and the misrepresentation of them in the media in my face!
I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but I don’t have any thumbs! Us “Four and Fours” really hate it when you people flaunt your opposable digits in our face! “Oh, look at me, I thumbed through a book!” Well good for you for mastering such a hard skill! You want a freakin’ medal, or something’?
Ever try index fingering your way through a book? Or, God-forbid, pinkying your way through? Let me tell you something, girly…it ain’t easy!
Lastly, there’s this gem:
You know what? I happen to be Frnech. What’s your problem, you’re too good to learn my native people’s language? Is it beneth you in some way? Oh, English is all fine and good, everyone should speak it. Well Fuck you! My ancestors would like to have a word with you. A French word.
if you’ve got a problem with me you can say it to my face!
In case my previous post wasn’t clear, my idea for a thread would be one where everyone fake “pits” each other. However, there’s a good possibilty some real pitting would go on, so I stood clear.
Yes, bouv, you are the Doper I so want to Pit. Since it’s all out in the open, it just won’t be any fun to pit your sorry ass now. Thanks a whole lot for ruining my fun, Pierre.