# What kind of "Ask the" threads are you hoping for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813 "2007-09-11T18:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/81 "2007-09-12T17:08:40Z")
Oh! I’d love for **Paul in Saudi** to do a thread about what that weird country of Saudi-Arabia is like nowadays, outside of the expat-compounds. Do they still have the religious police walking around, beating with sticks women who show too much of their hair stepping in or ouot of their chauffeur-driven Bentley? How do people cope with every third guy being a Royal Prince? ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/82 "2007-09-12T17:09:12Z")
Oh! I’d love for **Paul in Saudi** to do a thread about what that weird country of Saudi-Arabia is like nowadays, outside of the expat-compounds. Do they still have the religious police walking around, beating with sticks women who show too much of their hair while stepping in or out of their chauffeur-driven Bentley? How do people cope with every third guy being a Royal Prince? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/83 "2007-09-12T17:09:25Z")
I’d love to see a “Ask the prison doctor from Minnesota” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/84 "2007-09-12T17:14:09Z")
**Ask the Borderline Personality** Alternatively, “Ask the SO/Parent of a Borderline.” I just find it really compelling. **Ask the BDSM "slave"** A friend of mine (no, really) who has a recent interest in this world has had more than a few people ask to become his personal slave via the Internet. I’d love some insight into this kind of thing and to hear some stories. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/85 "2007-09-12T17:26:58Z")
[QUOTE=Maastricht] Oh! I’d love for **Paul in Saudi** to do a thread about what that weird country of Saudi-Arabia is like nowadays, [/QUOTE] Oops! [Already done, I see.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324734) ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/86 "2007-09-12T17:29:05Z")
I’ve thought about doing an “Ask the convert to Judaism” thread, if anybody’s interested. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/87 "2007-09-12T17:34:54Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] **Ask the Academic**. [/QUOTE] There are tons of people on here who could contribute to that. I feel like there’s been an “ask the college professor” but I can’t remember who might have started it. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/88 "2007-09-12T18:06:07Z")
I’d enjoy an **Ask Autolycus’s friend Rob** thread. Of course every question has the same answer… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/89 "2007-09-12T18:12:03Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] **Ask the person who works in a brewery** would be a fun thread. SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] Swampbear works in a brewery … I’m sure he would be happy to answer questions! Jahdra had a thread about living in a group home, which is akin to being a foster child. I’ll search for a link. I’m an expert in just about nothing. Ask the public television writer would be pretty ho-hum. Ask the working mother with a shoe addiction …? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/90 "2007-09-12T18:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=Soul] I’ve always wanted to see an “Ask the Military Recruiter” thread, as well as an “Ask the Intersex Person” thread. I imagine serious problems with both, though. [/QUOTE] We have several current or former recruiters on the boards, and at least one transgendered Doper (male –\> female). They’ve all been very forthcoming and frank in the past; I bet we could get threads started if you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/91 "2007-09-12T18:18:31Z")
[Ask the former group home resident](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403395) ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/92 "2007-09-12T18:21:19Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] You haven’t been in a library recently have you? No one shushes anymore. [/QUOTE] I saw some jackass loudly talking on his cell phone in the library yesterday :(. Where can I sign a petition to reinstate the Global Library Shush Rule? Oh, also, I’ve been thinking about starting an “Ask the apprentice falconer” thread, but it’s kind of an obscure hobby and I don’t know how many folks would be interested. ---
**Author:** ![Shryn\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Shryn\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shryn_King)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/93 "2007-09-12T18:47:58Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] [Ask the former group home resident](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403395) [/QUOTE] Ellen, thank you for the link! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/94 "2007-09-12T19:32:30Z")
[QUOTE=rhythmonly] “Ask the Roadie” [/QUOTE] Hmm, I have a few friends who were/are roadies (one is doing the American Idol tour right now; one toured with John Hiatt for years, as well as Foreigner and Yngwie Malmsteen and a buncha others), but they aren’t big message board users and I don’t think me playing middleman would work… too bad - some pretty funny stories that I can’t do justice trying to tell myself… ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/95 "2007-09-12T19:41:15Z")
Ask the woman who loves group sex ---
**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:** [September 12, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/96 "2007-09-12T19:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville] I’ve thought about doing an “Ask the convert to Judaism” thread, if anybody’s interested. [/QUOTE] I would be interested in this thread if you start it. As tonight is the New Year, it would seem extra appropriate if you started a thread. Anyone interested in a Ask The Green Republican Thread? I seem to be a rather odd contradiction here. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/97 "2007-09-12T19:58:20Z")
I’d like to see “ **Ask the Illegal Alien** ” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/98 "2007-09-12T19:59:20Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] **Ask the person who works in a brewery** would be a fun thread. [/QUOTE] I think **Swampbear** works in a brewery now, although it could just be that he smells like a brewery and I’ve confused the two. and if there is an “Ask Jesus” thread, I hope that He has enough sense of humor to title it “What Would Jesus Say?”\* \*Or “Ask the Christ Guy” ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/99 "2007-09-12T19:59:25Z")
Ask the travelling backpacker. Ask the Peace Corps volunteer. Ask the astronaut. Ask the time traveller. Ask the professional model. These all look like ones that would gain interest. What **abby** does doesn’t count for the pro model thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813/100 "2007-09-12T20:09:31Z")
You’re welcome Shryn. I would LOVE John Hiatt stories, Wordman. Please press them for details. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-ask-the-threads-are-you-hoping-for/418813.md?page=6)