# What's your "Ask The \[blank\]"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098 "2003-03-21T14:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hambone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@Hambone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hambone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/21 "2003-03-21T18:22:17Z")
Ask the merchant mariner. Ask the guy who can’t hold an intelligent conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/22 "2003-03-21T18:55:50Z")
Ask the Diabetic Ask the SCA member Ask the Recorder player Ask the ex-Tuba player Ask the expatriot Californian living in the Twin Cities Ask the guy who’s studied lots of different martial arts, but not very much of them, except for Shotokan, which he hasn’t studied for a while so it kinda doesn’t count any more. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/23 "2003-03-21T19:01:26Z")
Ask the Archaeologist. Ask the (ex) Phonologist. Ask the guy who flunked out of college and still made it into grad school. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/24 "2003-03-21T19:16:18Z")
Ask the in-line Roman Catholic Ask the law student Ask the comic book reader Ask the Star Wars nut …wait, how DID you flunk college and still make grad school? ---
**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:** [March 21, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/25 "2003-03-21T19:44:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ResIpsaLoquitor \* > \*\* > …wait, how DID you flunk college and still make grad school? \*\* In a nutshell… Flunked out at 18. Travelled, worked, partied, and played for the next five years. Started over at community college. Eventually transferred and graduated from ol’ state university (some nine years after originally flunking out). Applied to a bunch of programs and got in to about half. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/26 "2003-03-21T19:46:33Z")
Ask the fat guy Ask the old guy Ask the fat old guy Ask the fat old guy with diabetes Ask the fat old guy with diabetes and high blood pressure Ask the fat old guy with diabetes, high blood pressure and…Aaaaargh! ::falls to the floor:: ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/27 "2003-03-21T19:54:06Z")
OK, I’ll play: - Ask the former telemarketing manager - Ask the survivor of 12 years of Catholic school - Ask the woman that does not want children - EVER - Ask the sports-addicted chick who never gets her sports opinions taken seriously by guys ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/28 "2003-03-21T20:01:34Z")
Welll… The nice but boring ones would be: Ask the psychologist Ask the girl who worked as field-botanist Ask the civil servant …TTT and I could fight over who best represents the Dutch point of view…at least until Coldfire comes back to dwarf us with his dazzling eloquence The slightly embarassing, and kinda childish but more interesting ones would be: Ask the girl who had liposuction (and find out if its for you!) Ask the girl who tried psychedelics (and who can say more about it then “well it was, you know, kinda cool”) ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/29 "2003-03-21T20:04:20Z")
Ask the blonde with big breasts Ask the fledgling guitarist/ex-flutist Ask the Direct Marketing Specialist Ask the Bulldog Owner Ask the girl who knows tons of useless trivia ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/30 "2003-03-21T20:18:38Z")
Ask the guy who watched Fellowship of the Rings eight times Ask the guy who have forgotten how many times he had watched the Two Towers (defintely more than eight, probably more than 10, but I can’t be sure). Ask the guy who have to convince non-geek friends to play role-playing games. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/31 "2003-03-21T20:59:20Z")
Ask the medievalist. Ask the Disney nut. Ask the college English teacher. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/32 "2003-03-21T21:17:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winnie \* > \*\*Ask the blonde with big breasts > \*\* nahhh… better not. 😃 Ask the Natural Insemination Team Captain! :dubious: SS ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/33 "2003-03-21T21:38:21Z")
It coould have been ask the guy who [ul] [li]spends too much money on his bicycle[/li][li]collects corkscrews[/li][li]lives with two gay guys (but is straight)[/li][li]thinks he knows something about wine[/li][/ul] but then someone here asked me are you the guy who works on an oil rig? I’m nearly onto my second page \ ---
**Author:** ![Labor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labor)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/34 "2003-03-21T21:39:21Z")
\*Ask the heterosexual married white guy who works for the government. \*Ask the former band director. \*Ask the tuba player. \*Ask the guy who likes really cold weather. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/35 "2003-03-21T21:45:27Z")
Ask the person who lived in Israel. Ask the person who lived in Israel during a US attack on Iraq (yeah, we were a little nervous). Ask the Californian who voluntarily up and moved to Michigan. Ask the … not very interesting person. Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/36 "2003-03-21T22:00:29Z")
- Ask the Microbiologist - Ask the Dog Trainer - Ask the wife of a Marine Corps Reservist who was activated six weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/37 "2003-03-21T22:55:07Z")
-ask the hockey fanatic -ask the hockey goaltender expert -ask the guy who hates hot weather -ask the Danger Mouse and Looney Toon cartoon junkie (those were great) -ask the software developer -ask the guy with the most beautiful wife and son in the world -ask the guy that is so caught up with learning new things that he doesn’t have time to put knowledge into practice. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/38 "2003-03-21T23:57:27Z")
-Ask the theatre (theater) guy. -Ask the guy who can’t seem to live in one state for longer than 8 months. -Ask the guy who knows random, boring facts about unimportant things. ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/39 "2003-03-22T02:24:07Z")
[ul][li] Ask the parliamentarian[/li][li] Ask the theologian[/li][li] Ask the lawyer[/li][li] Ask the grammar nut[/li][li] Ask the association president[/li] Ask the Latinist[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/40 "2003-03-22T02:41:26Z")
Ask the: Functional test technician that is employed by a large US commercial aircraft manufacturer. Former stock car driver. Collector of auto racing memorbilia. (had to do something when I quit driving.) Collector of skunks, Crayola crayons, and empty AOL CD cases. Maker of the worlds best hamburger and sausage gravies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098.md?page=3)