# Where can "ask the..." threads go? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 19, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345 "2000-12-19T14:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/1 "2000-12-19T14:51:00Z")
We all know that **Esprix** ’ three “Ask the Gay Guy!” threads were in GD. Recently, two “Ask the…” (well, not necessarily called that, but in the same vein) appeared in GQ. **Manhattan** noted that he’d allow these two threads to continue, so long as the questions were factual in nature, but that he “didn’t want to encourage a raft of ‘ask the’ threads.” If I had a legitimate “Ask the…” thread, to which forum should it be posted? The rugby thread started by **RugbyMan** got me thinking about starting a similar thread about cricket, but I had second thoughts after **Manhattan** ’s intervention. There’s not much I can do to prevent other posters from submitting “debate” or “flame” threads. So where should a thread like this be started. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/2 "2000-12-19T14:52:40Z")
Sorry, that last statement is supposed to have been a question. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/3 "2000-12-19T15:00:04Z")
Whatcha planning? “Ask the Yankee who nearly got trapped in the UK”? 😉 If it’s lighthearted, I suggest MPSIMS. Remember, it is not a question in itself. You’re posting this expecting people to have questions. That’s why GQ isn’t the right place. GD? In most cases, no, unless you’re starting a “Ask the Existentialist” thread or something. And in a wicked way, it’s also a reversed IMHO. So, MPSIMS or IMHO it is, if you ask me. Then again, maybe we need a new forum 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/4 "2000-12-19T15:34:22Z")
All you Johnny-come-latelys… 😉 Esprix, the original ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/5 "2000-12-19T20:15:34Z")
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/6 "2000-12-20T01:20:54Z")
Be a man, post it in the BBQ Pit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/7 "2000-12-20T04:01:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Welfy \* > \*\*Be a man, post it in the BBQ Pit. 😃 \*\* Hmm. This “nurturing” advice from someone who’s sponsoring a newbie in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49741](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49741) For shame! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/8 "2000-12-20T09:50:38Z")
OK, so it looks like any forum except GQ–all depending on the subject. GD: “Ask the Reformation Theologian!” IMHO: "Ask the Opinionated Guy! MPSIMS: “Ask the Useless Fact Collector!” Pit: “Ask the Ranter!” Makes sense to me. Actually, I was planning on something like “Your questions about cricket answered here!” I don’t think that would reach three incarnations, somehow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/9 "2000-12-20T14:07:08Z")
So where _am_ I going to post my “Does Saqlain Mushtaq’s mystery ball delivered with an off-spinner’s action _really_ turn from the leg?” question eh **Duke**? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/10 "2000-12-20T14:52:00Z")
**picmr** : even though I’m supposed to be away from the board by now (and working even though it’s my last day here at the Hall) I’ll break my fast for this one. I can assure you that I’ll post a cricket thread at some point after the 26th. (PS I’ve seen Saqqy’s “mystery” delivery when he was bowling for Surrey. I bowl off-spin and can actually do it myself, save for the fact it only turns a quarter-inch and it could pitch just about anywhere. I’ll explain all later.) ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-ask-the-threads-go/46345/11 "2000-12-20T16:49:23Z")
If it’s about cricket, it CERTAINLY belongs in the BBQ pit. Trust me.