# Where can I go for an archive of all the "Ask The..." threads?

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**Created:** [September 5, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-go-for-an-archive-of-all-the-ask-the-threads/508997 "2009-09-05T22:49:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-go-for-an-archive-of-all-the-ask-the-threads/508997/1 "2009-09-05T22:49:57Z")

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I’ve always liked Ask The threads, and was wondering where I could find them. Also, are there any other sites with similar Ask The… discussions?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-go-for-an-archive-of-all-the-ask-the-threads/508997/2 "2009-09-05T22:58:33Z")

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Whoops. The title is supposed to be “Where can I go for an archive of all the “Ask The…” threads?”

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-go-for-an-archive-of-all-the-ask-the-threads/508997/3 "2009-09-05T23:00:16Z")

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[Here you go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491080)

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-go-for-an-archive-of-all-the-ask-the-threads/508997/4 "2009-09-05T23:02:18Z")

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There is also [Google](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=site%3Aboards.straightdope.com+%22ask+the%22&btnG=Google+Search&fp=ccccd4b13f00c79a). It comes up with almost 2,000 hits though. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-go-for-an-archive-of-all-the-ask-the-threads/508997/5 "2009-09-05T23:14:35Z")

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> [@Captain\_Socks](#):
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> Whoops. The title is supposed to be “Where can I go for an archive of all the “Ask The…” threads?”

[moderating]  
okey-dokey. Fixed it for you.  
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-go-for-an-archive-of-all-the-ask-the-threads/508997/6 "2009-09-05T23:41:01Z")

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> [@Maastricht](#):
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> [Here you go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491080)

There’s probably been a few since then. (I know of at least one, since I started it.) **Idle Thoughts** promised an updated list in November.

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**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-go-for-an-archive-of-all-the-ask-the-threads/508997/7 "2009-09-06T01:16:32Z")

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One thing you can do is go to one of the forums (the majority of the “Ask the…” threads are in MPSIMS and IMHO), then down on the bottom left side of the page select:

Sorted By - Thread Title  
Sort Order - Ascending  
From the - Beginning

Then it’s pretty easy to find them all together.
