# Wait, who was the good-looking black chick doper from NYC, since it's not Askia? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609 "2005-09-01T18:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609/81 "2005-09-04T03:44:16Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Ahh, yes. Apparently invisible to the naked eye, since my join date of May 2001! Eh? Somebody say somethin’? I swear this forum echoes like a duck’s quack… ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609/82 "2005-09-04T05:39:21Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > You _have_ seen my picture and read my posts, haven’t you? Uh huh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609/83 "2005-09-08T12:58:36Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > That’s been since birth. Yeah, America. The only unquestioned men’s names ending in -a are Bubba and Joshua. What about Ira? And, ironically enough (not that he isn’t a man, but he does have teh gay), **esprix** ’s SCA name is Joshua… ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609/84 "2005-09-08T18:22:55Z")
If you spell “Ira” in all caps, people think it’s Individual Retirement Accounts. JOSHUA and BUBBA work either way. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609/85 "2005-09-08T23:08:16Z")
I’ve never met a female Asa, and the only Theada I ever met was male. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609/86 "2005-09-09T04:52:29Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > What about Ira? There are three men’s names ending in -a. One is Joshua. All the others end in -gry. What are the other two? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609/87 "2005-09-09T13:18:21Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > There are three men’s names ending in -a. One is Joshua. All the others end in -gry. What are the other two? I’m going to \*kill \* you. Seriously, pretty clever. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609/88 "2005-09-09T13:44:51Z")
> [@auntie em](#): > > You and me both. > > I explain _myself_ as a long-haired, kinda-dirty, semi-stoned southern White teenaged boy (not particularly hot, but lovable), ca. 1974, stuck in the body of a 30something Black woman, ca. 2005. > > Free Bird rules. > > 😃 Fill my eyes with that \< Foreigner mode, stolen from Evil Captor \> double vision \< /Foreigner mode \> [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-who-was-the-good-looking-black-chick-doper-from-nyc-since-its-not-askia/319609.md?page=4)