# What would your "Ask the..." thread be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463 "2006-02-21T13:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/1 "2006-02-21T13:54:53Z")
I have tried to search on this, but find my SDMB search-fu to be sorely lacking - since the words “ask” and “the” get filtered out as too common, I don’t know how to check how many “ask the” threads there have been… So if there are one or more threads like this out there, please forgive me and mods, shut this thread down… So, without further ado: If you were to start an “Ask the…” thread - what would it be on? When I was filling out the thread on the SDMB Community Poll, I realized that I _may_ be relatively uncommon on the thread in that I am an executive for my company - report to the CEO, attend Board of Directors meetings, yada yada yada. So I suppose one I might consider would be “ask the executive” in case some Dopers out there want to ask questions of an exec-type in a relatively safe environment. Having said that, I fear that putting myself out there as an executive would come across as snooty (NOT my intent), or, even worse, no one would want to “ask the executive” thankyouverymuch - either way, it could end up a bad thing, so I refrain and instead come at the topic from this angle. So - how about you? What do you think your “ask the…” thread might be about? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/2 "2006-02-21T13:59:01Z")
Mine would probably be “Ask the Incredibly Handsome, Brilliant, Well-Endowed Guy” I keep it to myself for fear of becoming too inaccessible to my readers. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/3 "2006-02-21T14:05:59Z")
Ask the Guy Who Never Opened an “Ask the …” Thread. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/4 "2006-02-21T14:14:35Z")
Ask the Houseboy. Of all the things I’ve done in my life, those two years living with 60 women in a Berkeley sorority still get the most inquiries (and that was almost 30 years ago). ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/5 "2006-02-21T14:17:15Z")
“Ask the guy that never posts in the ‘Ask the…’ threads” ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/6 "2006-02-21T14:20:24Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I have tried to search on this, but find my SDMB search-fu to be sorely lacking - since the words “ask” and “the” get filtered out as too common, I don’t know how to check how many “ask the” threads there have been… > > So if there are one or more threads like this out there, please forgive me and mods, shut this thread down… > > So, without further ado: > > If you were to start an “Ask the…” thread - what would it be on? > > When I was filling out the thread on the SDMB Community Poll, I realized that I _may_ be relatively uncommon on the thread in that I am an executive for my company - report to the CEO, attend Board of Directors meetings, yada yada yada. So I suppose one I might consider would be “ask the executive” in case some Dopers out there want to ask questions of an exec-type in a relatively safe environment. Having said that, I fear that putting myself out there as an executive would come across as snooty (NOT my intent), or, even worse, no one would want to “ask the executive” thankyouverymuch - either way, it could end up a bad thing, so I refrain and instead come at the topic from this angle. > > So - how about you? What do you think your “ask the…” thread might be about? Ask the Gastric Bypass Patient Ask the Formerly Really Fat Woman What It’s Like to Lose 152 Pounds And _Still_ Be Considered a Freak at 5’10" and Size 14 😃 Ask The Woman Who Went Into Victoria’s Secret Yesterday Only To Be Told In Hushed, Shocked Tones That Size 42D Bras Are Only Available On-Line Or In The Catalogue And _Never_ In The Store For Some Nebulous Reason 😃 Issues today? Yeah - I got a few I’m workin’ on 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/7 "2006-02-21T14:36:50Z")
Ask the Music Major Ask the (Kinda Gay) Asexual ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/8 "2006-02-21T15:21:21Z")
Ask the 31 Year Old Virgin. Ask the Guy Who Grew Up on a Midwest Farm. Ask the Guy Who Owns the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/9 "2006-02-21T15:43:03Z")
Well, I already did one about my extensive knowledge about Futurama, but I could do more: Ask the guy who grew up in Vermont. Ask the biomedical technician. (I wager most questions will be along the lines of “what the Hell is a biomedical technician.”) Ask the guy who lived in the coldest city in the lower 48 states. ---
**Author:** ![Dryfreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dryfreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryfreeze)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/10 "2006-02-21T15:44:25Z")
I, about two years ago, was this: [Ask the guy in Mosul, Iraq](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231186) Now, Ask the guy in Tikrit, Iraq would be better . .arg . . How about Ask the guy who was stopped lossed for an extra eight months in a backdoor draft =) ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/11 "2006-02-21T15:44:48Z")
Ask the secretary. On second thought, DON’T - there are far too many people who ask me stuff - really dumb stuff - ALL DARN DAY LONG!!! Yes - I’m having one of those days… ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/12 "2006-02-21T15:57:19Z")
Ask the former Lolita. Ask the future doctor. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/13 "2006-02-21T15:57:33Z")
Ask the homeschooling Mormon librarian! Actually, now I want to know about the General Lee. What the hey? ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/14 "2006-02-21T16:00:56Z")
Ask the Italian Guy. I actually thought of it, then realized it wouldn’t have been very interesting for the Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/15 "2006-02-21T16:18:39Z")
I believe **Idle Thoughts** compiled a list of these threads fairly recently - I haven’t time right now, but you may want to search through his (?) threads - should turn it up. Mine would probably be “Ask the croquet player”. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/16 "2006-02-21T18:44:03Z")
Ask the Californian. or Ask the Atheist ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/17 "2006-02-21T18:53:28Z")
Ask the Disneyland geek ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/18 "2006-02-21T19:05:01Z")
Ask the broadcaster or Ask the record collector / restoration engineer ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/19 "2006-02-21T19:04:58Z")
[Ask the atheist, 15 year old, male Hoosier.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307900) But I’m 16 now. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/20 "2006-02-21T19:09:33Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > Ask the former Lolita. Heh. heh. Inquiring minds… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463.md?page=2)