# What's your "Ask The \[blank\]"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/121 "2003-03-28T17:57:18Z")

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•\_Ask the psychiatric inmates’ liberation front representative  
• Ask the male Feminist Studies student  
• Ask the FileMaker Pro database geek  
• Ask the heterosexual sissy guy

and of course:

• Ask the SDMB board addict 🙂

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**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/122 "2003-03-28T17:59:57Z")

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[quote]  
_Originally posted by NurseCarmen_  
**what the hell is a Melungeon?** [/qoute]

> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \*  
> \*\*I second this.
> 
> We, the uninformed, wish to [be] illuminated. \*\*

Wait 'till Easter, and all will be revealed!

.:Nichol:.

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**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/123 "2003-03-28T18:26:58Z")

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Ask the…  
**Rabid Madonna Fan**  
**Non-evil redheaded academically inclined lesbian witch** It’s all true, I swear  
**Contemporary dancer/choreographer**

~kfl,  
On pins and needles waiting for the new Madonna CD, out April 22

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/124 "2003-03-28T18:53:33Z")

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Forgot one…Ask the former altar boy

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/125 "2003-03-28T19:04:41Z")

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\*\*Since no one will ever ask \*\*

Ask the…

Former Travel Agent  
Former Video Store Clerk  
Movie fan  
Mom of two kids  
Psuedo Farmer  
semi-comedian  
romance writer  
lackidaisical housekeeper & cook  
SDMB addict  
Mom who volunteered to make 19 scrapbooks for her son’s preschool class and I’m into scrapbooking, yet strangely, I’m not panicking either.  
How to pack your luggage.  
Frank Sinatra & Big Band Sound  
Classical music lover who couldn’t tell you poop about what it is or what \*it all means \* but it sure sounds purty.  
Woman who can drive a stick shift and a farm tractor. Some times at the same time.  
Who writes the funniest Xmas brag letter you will ever receive.

and my greatest contribution to society:  
ThreadKiller.

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**Author:** ![Nuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea666f/32.png) [@Nuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuke)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/126 "2003-03-28T19:27:06Z")

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Ask the nuclear engineer  
Ask the guy who married a Peruvian  
Ask the soon-to-be father of triplets  
Ask the guy who drives a Camaro 😃

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/127 "2003-03-28T19:39:21Z")

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Ask the… adoptee  
Ask the… single mom of one very stubborn little girl  
Ask the… college drop out  
Ask the… tattoo fanatic  
Ask the… chick who gets along wonderfully with her ex  
Ask the… flautist  
Ask the… former headbanger  
Ask the… pointless trivia person  
Ask the… gubbermint worker  
Ask the… jigsaw puzzle master  
Ask the… needlepoint person  
Ask the… part time vegan  
Ask the… woman with polycystic kidney disease  
Ask the… person who has never lived more than 40 miles away from where she grew up  
Ask the… chick who worked at an “adult entertainment” store

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**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/128 "2003-03-29T01:58:55Z")

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Ask me about…

being a DJ  
being a traffic reporter  
living in Key West in the 80s  
working on the same novel for 10 years (actually, don’t ask about that.)  
living in DC now  
being on 8 kinds of allergy meds  
mixing a great martini

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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/129 "2003-03-29T02:21:53Z")

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Ask the:

- 5 time undefeated Jeopardy! champion with winnings fo $50,703 and a 2002 Chevy Tahoe
- public notary
- guy who went to Catholic schools for 12 years, and now doesn’t believe any of that nonsense
- guy who works for a cool not-for-profit organization
- the guy who spends way too much time on the **SDMB**
- the guy who has never been Pitted, yet. Well actually nobody pays much attention to his posts, so maybe he should become a troll so someone might recognize him
- 5 time undefeated Jeopardy! champion who crashed and burned in the Tournament of Champions

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**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/130 "2003-03-29T07:48:16Z")

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[ul]  
[li]Ask Bobby Dylan[/li][li]Ask the Beatles[/li][li]Ask Timothy Leary[/li][li]Couldn’t help me either.[/ul][/li]Well, it **had** to be said.

Maybe it should be:  
[list]  
Ask The Guy Who Turns Everything Into A Joke To Cover The Existential Pain of Living In A Harsh And Godless Universe With A Headcold.[/bold]

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**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/131 "2003-03-29T07:49:56Z")

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While we’re at it, ask the guy who didn’t preview his post.  
Sigh.

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**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/132 "2003-03-29T15:15:56Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by kung fu lola \*  
> **Rabid Madonna Fan**

:eek:

> [@](#):
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> **Non-evil redheaded academically inclined lesbian witch** It’s all true, I swear  
> **Contemporary dancer/choreographer**

I’d make a joke, but she’d probably kick my ass, turn me into a newt, stomp on me, then dance on my grave. 😉

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/133 "2003-03-29T19:40:36Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Davebear \*  
> \*\*:eek:  
> I’d make a joke, but she’d probably kick my ass, turn me into a newt, stomp on me, then dance on my grave. 😉 \*\*

Whilst eating pie.  
😃

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**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/134 "2003-03-30T03:09:32Z")

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**Davebear** and **Shirley** , you are both adorable nuts.

And what’s so :eek: about being a Madonna fan? Huh? HUH?!?

fingertips crackling with blue lightning, eyes turning black

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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/135 "2003-04-20T06:12:49Z")

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Ask the Intern (which I’ve done. A couple of years ago I did Ask the Medical Student. I guess in a few months I have to do Ask the Upper-Level Resident.)  
Ask the Magician (he won’t tell you anything, but you can ask 🙂 )  
Ask the Phish Enthusiast

Probably more, but those are the most unique.  
Dr. J

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**Author:** ![kree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac8455/32.png) [@kree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kree)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/136 "2003-04-20T06:50:31Z")

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Ask the non-expert willing to opine on any subject.  
Except politics (yawn)

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**Author:** ![Qcoatl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f6c823/32.png) [@Qcoatl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qcoatl)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/137 "2003-10-29T19:37:11Z")

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- Ask the woman who has seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show  
287 times and played everyone in the cast, except Rocky.

- Ask the woman who prefers Miller Lite to any other beverage.

\*Ask the Buffy the Vampire Slayer freak

\*Ask the woman who has been registered with a talent agency  
for 3 years and only gotten 3 jobs.

\*Ask the woman who is obsessed with Halloween

“Tree Good, Fire Bad”

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/138 "2003-10-29T21:41:39Z")

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“Ask the Doorman at the Bar That Almost Exclusively Served Underaged Kids.”

“Ask the Coxswain.”

“Ask the Guy That Lost 45 Pounds in 27 Days.”

“Ask the Hitchhiker”

“Ask the Hard-partying New Orleans Resident.”

I will actually do these if someone asks.

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**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/139 "2003-10-29T23:17:42Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Happy Scrappy Hero Pup \*  
> \*\*
> 
> “Ask the Guy That Lost 45 Pounds in 27 Days.”  
> \*\*

That’s awesome, **Happy**! I’d like to see this thread as it took me 5 months to lose 45 lbs.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-ask-the-blank/163098/140 "2003-10-29T23:42:24Z")

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No, it’s not awesome. I went from 160 to 115 in less than a month to race in a regatta, and I did it by starving myself. But I will post if asked more.

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