# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/41 "2003-03-22T02:51:27Z")
Ask the: [ul] [li]former live radio drama director[/li][li]Madison, Wisconsin resident[/li][li]returning to college after dropping out 20 years ago guy[/li][li]WWII aircraft buff[/li][li]guy who’s completely lost touch with popular culture since 1980[/li][li]guy who can make a whole room full of people laugh but couldn;t write a joke if his life depended on it[/li][li]Steely Dan fan[/li][li]lonely guy[/li][li]general knowledge specialist[/li][li]bullshit artist[/li][li]guy who has little technical training but can get just about anything working[/li][li]office productivity software expert operator[/li][li]the guy who admits to more flaws anf mistakes than he needs to[/li][li]guy whose diet consists mainly of peanut butter[/li][li]guy who hasn’t used a stove or oven for at least 10 years[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/42 "2003-03-22T03:03:02Z")
- Ask the person who was just about to start a thread about what people’s areas of “ask the \_\_\_” expertise where but was beaten to the punch by **brainfizz**. - Ask the person who’s never been to Australia but loves vegemite. - Ask the person who learned to speak a foreign language just by taking classes. ---
**Author:** ![Looking\_Land](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Looking\_Land](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Looking_Land)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/43 "2003-03-22T04:14:07Z")
Ask the Jack the Ripper freak. Ask the Toilets in History freak. Ask the Bizarre 19th Century Sexual Sciences freak. …Hmmm, this thread is making me look fetishy. I think I’ll move on… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheCheshireCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TheCheshireCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCheshireCat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/44 "2003-03-22T04:30:53Z")
fun! \*Ask the mother of 3 \*Ask the legal secretary (to the lawyers here … grrr) \*Ask the mother of 3, legal secretary in her mid-thirties who wants to go back to college. 🙂 \*Ask the Traditional Roman Catholic \*Ask the person who really wants to learn Latin \*Ask the person who enjoys gardening \*Ask the person who enjoys music ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/45 "2003-03-22T04:38:41Z")
Ask the telemark skier. Ask the paddler. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/46 "2003-03-22T04:40:56Z")
Ask The [ul] [li]Fraud Analyst[/li][li]Wrestling Expert[/li][li]Former Online Columnist[/li][li]Punk Rock Girly Girl[/li][li]Sometimes snarky bitch[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/47 "2003-03-22T04:42:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racer72 \* > \*\*Collector of skunks . . . > > Maker of the worlds best hamburger and sausage gravies. \*\* Interesting secret ingredient. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/48 "2003-03-22T05:49:00Z")
Ask the interior designer. Ask the former New Waver. Ask the wannabe criminologist/ serial killer expert. Ask the woman with 3 cats and two dogs how to get pet hair off furniture. (it’s not easy!!) Ask the Jane Austin freak. Ask the amateur psychologist. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/49 "2003-03-22T06:01:09Z")
Ask the middle school teacher Ask the former bass clarinetist Ask the Barbara Hambly fan ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/50 "2003-03-22T06:29:23Z")
Hmm… Ask the lesbian Ask the computer network geek Ask the self-employed nerd Ask the volleyball nut Ask the uni dropout That’ll do for now 😉 Max. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/51 "2003-03-22T06:56:37Z")
Ask the gamer who’s marrying her (former) ST. Ask the Animorphs fan. Ask the AP/National Merit chick. Ask the Buffy fan. Ask the Wiccan at a conservative Lutheran university. ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/52 "2003-03-22T07:03:22Z")
Ask the idiot rooming with 2 other idiots (not you, **AotL** , the other two! Ask the BPD sufferer Ask the inspring but not getting far writer Ask the MUDs addict ([www.mudconnector.com](http://www.mudconnector.com)) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/53 "2003-03-22T07:24:05Z")
Ask the Japanese guy Ask the recumbent bike rider Ask the astronomer I guess that’s about it… There are better astronomers on this board though (or astronomers who are better at explaining things, which is all I know about them) so I wouldn’t dream of doing it myself. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/54 "2003-03-22T12:53:58Z")
I already had mine early on: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28711](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28711) Wow. Was that really almost three years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/55 "2003-03-22T13:23:58Z")
Ask The [ul] [li]canuck (yeah I’m sure I’m the only one (; )[/li][li]high school dropout[/li][li]girl who grew up in a house with a crazy mother, a drug dealer and 10 cats[/li][li]the worlds biggest **Friends** fan[/li][li]cashier[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/56 "2003-03-22T15:14:52Z")
Ask the Salt Marsh Ecologist ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/57 "2003-03-22T15:21:29Z")
Ask the bookie’s daughter Ask the stalking victim Ask the polymer clay artist Ask the editorial writer Ask the public school reform activist Ask the attention deficit disorder chick (but be tolerant if she forgets to answer) Ask the reformed nailbiter Ask the Saturn driver Ask the desktop publishing lady Ask the jobhopper Ask the amateur photographer Ask the severely nearsighted person Ask the Tarot card reader Ask the compulsive sorter Ask the bad 70s pop music fan Ask the EBay seller Ask the smoker Ask the anti-gun extremist Ask the Mastiff owner (or the cat lady, or the rat lady) Ask the flatchested woman Ask the fag hag Ask the Yankee Candle addict Ask the soapmaker Ask the waitress Ask the Mommy ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/58 "2003-03-22T16:06:51Z")
Ask the loser ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/59 "2003-03-22T16:10:43Z")
Ask the just-out-of-the-closet bisexual! Ask the redhead! Ask the depressed guy! Ask the aspiring graphic novelist! Ask the green socialist libertarian! Ask me! Anything! ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/60 "2003-03-22T16:11:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angel of the Lord \* > **Ask the Animorphs fan.** Them’s was good readin’. Are they still being written, or is the series over? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098.md?page=4)