What is "if you ask me"

Usage examples of "if you ask me".

Now, if you ask me, I think we should roust those sleeping dudes upstairs and leave for your lodge at dawn or as soon afterward as it stops raining.

The last member of the party was an elf named Longshanks, a definite misnomer if you ask me.

And if you ask me, Mr Hawkins, there are some very queer goings on there.

Best thing to do, if you ask me, is just keep plugging away and wait for it to change.

I've patched up the old ones as good as new--and I do declare, Evelina Bunner, if you ask me another question you'll go and spoil all my pleasure.

Hell of a way to set up a system, if you ask me, but that's the way the Cardies wanted it to work.