# What would be your "Ask The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_" thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488 "2002-12-23T04:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/21 "2002-12-23T14:42:38Z")
“Ask the Bakery Gal!” …er, then again, don’t. I’m liable to throw a fit because this is the time of year when the idea of becoming a shepherd or joining a cloister is vastly appealing…😃 or… “Ask the Former English Teacher!” or… "Ask the Gal Who’s Hideously Overeducated in Correlation to What She Does for a Living!: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/22 "2002-12-23T14:47:18Z")
Ask the old, tired, disillusioned, cast-off, clinically-depressed guy. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/23 "2002-12-23T15:01:53Z")
Ask the apathetic… oh, what the hell. ---
**Author:** ![Shah\_Jehan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shah\_Jehan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shah_Jehan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/24 "2002-12-23T15:07:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medievalist2 \* > \*\*“Ask the medieval literature specialist” > > “Ask the English major” > \*\* That was me just seven years ago. Now it’s “ask the Certified Public Accountant”. See what you have to look forward to? ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/25 "2002-12-23T15:33:10Z")
Ask the 28 year old who’s never dated (sad, sad, sad) Ask the woman who is a walking talking advertisement for weight watchers Ask the woman who knows she will be a crazy cat lady when she gets old Ask the soapmaker/crocheter Susan ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/26 "2002-12-23T15:40:51Z")
I already did “Ask the pseudo-Norwegian chick”. So how about “Ask the cunning linguist”? ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/27 "2002-12-23T16:07:23Z")
Ask the wife of a funeral home employee Ask a former video store manager Ask the short chick who knows wing-chun kung fu Ask the person with a sleep disorder ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/28 "2002-12-23T16:29:28Z")
Ask the guy who doesn’t quite get the gist of your question. Ask the guy who has his tongue stuck on a frozen lamp post. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/29 "2002-12-23T16:37:15Z")
“Ask the (occasionally unmotivated) college student” “Ask the Pagan” (This is essentially what I do when I table once a week up at college) “Ask the person who’s had too many friends with bizarre problems all at once” “Ask the Renfaire fanatic” “Ask the quasi-social activist prototype” “Ask the person with mildly OCD nervous tendencies (who also happens to have a roommate with a couple of OCD-type phobias)” There are probably plenty more, but well, let’s not get into any of the odd ones that happen to revolve around sex. -Indigo- ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/30 "2002-12-23T16:37:34Z")
Ask the frumpy overweight suburban soccer-mom-to-be Ask the still-bitter former grad student who finally earned her degree Ask the bitch who likes to talk out her ass about everything Ask the girl who brought that dish that one time to that thing those people threw for that holiday ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/31 "2002-12-23T16:39:44Z")
Ask the layman Ask the cheeky bastard Ask the guy who works for a Broadband ISP Ask the guy who makes the best mashed potatoes Ask the guy who has watched a lot of tv ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/32 "2002-12-23T17:03:50Z")
Ask the person who makes it up if she doesn’t know the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![Fnoonf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/33 "2002-12-23T17:53:54Z")
Ask the Icelandic Guy. Though I’m not so sure “Icelandic” hasn’t become kind of a bad word around here. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/34 "2002-12-23T18:05:30Z")
Ask the guy who’s had sex Ask the dead guy (actually, John Edward based a show around this) Ask the gay Catholic conjoined-twin Native American porn star Ask the guy who still believes in spontaneous generation Ask the shadow government employee Ask the reincarnation of Ethel Merman Ask the professional Rutherford B. Hayes impersonator (My favorite ONION column series: the Ask the Faulknerian Idiot Manchild advice column) ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/35 "2002-12-23T18:25:03Z")
Ask the girl who can touch her own epiglotis. ---
**Author:** ![MONTY2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MONTY2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MONTY2)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/36 "2002-12-23T21:04:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by susan\_foster \* > \*\*Ask the 28 year old who’s never dated (sad, sad, sad) > > Ask the woman who is a walking talking advertisement for weight watchers > > Ask the woman who knows she will be a crazy cat lady when she gets old > > Ask the soapmaker/crocheter > > Susan \*\* Hi Susan, Except for the soapmaker/crocheter title, I could be you - or you could be me. We could start a “Ask us” thread, answer the same questions and compare answers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/37 "2002-12-23T21:35:46Z")
Ask the retail buyer. Ask the 30 year old who still gets carded for cigarettes. Ask the chick with the folk art collection. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/38 "2002-12-23T22:15:31Z")
Ask the dashingly handsome archaeologist. ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/39 "2002-12-24T00:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XJETGIRLX \* > **Ask the wife of a funeral home employee** That might actually be a pretty interesting one, especially if she’s pretty knowledgeable about hubby’s job or if she could get him to play along. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/40 "2002-12-24T00:34:45Z")
Ask the guy from Saskatchewan. Ask the guy with way too much ear hair for being twenty-two. Ask the community radio host. Ask the brother of a jazz musician. Ask the guy who’s drinking ginger ale as we speak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488.md?page=3)