# What would be your "Ask The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_" thread?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/61 "2002-12-25T02:05:38Z")

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Ask the Starbucks barista.

I actually have a section of my website dedicated to that, and I’ve seriously considered opening an Ask the Barista thread here because I get so many questions (and Starbucks’s marketing department makes things so confusing). But then I usually figure there’s too many Ask The threads anyways. 🙂

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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/62 "2002-12-26T04:39:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Fnoonf \*  
> \*\*Ask the Icelandic Guy. Though I’m not so sure “Icelandic” hasn’t become kind of a bad word around here. \*\*

Personally, I wouldn’t consider it a bad word; then again, I’m half Icelandic and proud of it. I think I’ve have to counter that thread with an “Ask the American child of an immigrant from Iceland.” My childhood was certainly more colourful because of the strong influence of my heritage… I like being the “black sheep” amongst “regular” Americans. It makes life a little more fun, and for some reason I never get tired of laughing at the stupid questions people ask me when they hear I’ve been to Iceland several times.

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**Author:** ![the\_duke\_69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@the\_duke\_69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_duke_69)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/63 "2002-12-26T06:22:23Z")

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Mine would be ask the high school drop out that makes more money than a highschool graduate.

or maybe as the high school drop out that was a genius in desguise and only droped out because it was easier than fighting the school bored about beliefs…

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**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-your-ask-the-_______-thread/144488/64 "2002-12-26T22:30:54Z")

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Ask the Immigration Paralegal (I’ve actually thought about starting that one, but always decide against it for some reason).

Ask the Slavophile/Caucasophile (what’s the word for aficionados of the Caucasus? I guess I just made one up. Hope you like it.)

And secondarily, Ask the Xenophile

Ask the Woman who Cooks Too Much

Ask the Loser Jew

Ask the Wannabe Ethnomusicologist

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