# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/21 "2006-02-21T19:12:06Z")
Ask The Guy Who Worked As A Private Investigator. Also, Ask The Guy Who’s Held A Security Clearance, but it’s been done, sort of, and there’s not much I could answer. 🙂 ---
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/22 "2006-02-21T19:19:28Z")
> [@Club 33](#): > > Ask the Disneyland geek Why would I ask myself questions? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/23 "2006-02-21T19:22:52Z")
Ask the guy who won’t guarentee you like the response anything you want. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/24 "2006-02-21T19:31:07Z")
I want to do an “Ask the software engineer” thread, but I just haven’t had the time lately. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/25 "2006-02-21T19:39:09Z")
Ask the convert to Judaism. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/26 "2006-02-21T19:45:21Z")
Mine would be “Ask the amateur magician/mentalist”, but it would die a quick death as I refused to actually reveal the way the tricks are done. ---
**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, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/27 "2006-02-21T20:07:04Z")
oo, oo… Ask the Silicon Valley Homeowner. yeah ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/28 "2006-02-21T20:10:43Z")
Standardized testing and No Child Left Behind Act come up every now and then in SDMB threads. Ask the standardized est person. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/29 "2006-02-21T20:42:34Z")
Ask the Gibraltarian; Ask the former life model; 😃😉 Ask the aid worker; Ask the Dominican Republic expat; and several others guaranteed to cure insomnia. :o ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/30 "2006-02-21T21:25:58Z")
Ask the bird owner Ask the expert rubber band flinger ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/31 "2006-02-21T21:38:14Z")
Ask the medical technologist. But please wait till June so I can pass my certification exam and make it legit. Ask the French-Canadian chick. Ask the woman in a long-distance relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/32 "2006-02-21T22:12:13Z")
Ask the guy with the dirtiest car in the parking lot. Ask the guy who hopes no one claims the Ipod in the lost and found. Ask the guy who’s tired of fighting with his wife. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/33 "2006-02-21T22:22:44Z")
Ask the Caretaker. Ask the Baker. Ask the Former Middle School Teacher. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/34 "2006-02-21T22:33:11Z")
Ask the guy who just ate 4 grams of Shrooms. Kidding! Just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Becky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Becky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/35 "2006-02-21T23:30:46Z")
Ask the chocoholic biostatistician. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/36 "2006-02-21T23:45:18Z")
Ask the amateur cinematographer. Ask the liberal midwesterner. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/37 "2006-02-22T00:08:11Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Ask the standardized est person. 10 points off for misspelling “test.” 😃 As for me… Ask the mildly bipolar girl. Ask the Dune fan(atic). Ask the fraternal twin. Ask the unmarried 31 year old educated atheist woman. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/38 "2006-02-22T00:13:37Z")
Ask the bummed-out slacker. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/39 "2006-02-22T00:33:26Z")
Ask the guy who’s road-tripped National Parks and Monuments from Acadia to Zion. ---
**Author:** ![samm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@samm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ask-the-thread-be/345463/40 "2006-02-22T00:36:39Z")
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