# A pitting for Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 19, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791 "2021-07-19T01:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/301 "2021-10-21T23:37:24Z")
> [@Paul Was In Saudi is Pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-was-in-saudi-is-pitted/952796/16): > > > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > > Umm, who exactly is the local affiliate of Team Woke? > > And what is the mascot? > > I can hear the (we don’t really) fight song: > > Win Win Team Woke > Unless we don’t > Crush the visitors > Only if they don’t mind > And don’t be mean about it > Fairness for all! > Ties are great > We’re all winners here Be woke, Dopers Woke, woke, woke!! Demonstrate our P.C. skill Though they’re wearing MAGA hats Nonetheless we have the will How we shall celebrate our victory We’ll cast Republicans into the sea (How jolly!) Pit that dumbass, he’s a joke And woke, woke, woke!! (with apologies to Tom Lehrer) ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/302 "2021-10-27T01:22:42Z")
Since the title has already been changed once, is it too late to change it to “Paul was in Saudi, now is pitted” or “Paul: from Saudi to Pitted”? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/303 "2021-10-27T13:58:46Z")
Well, I’m going to have that tune stuck in my head all day, thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/304 "2021-11-15T16:12:20Z")
> [@The Women's Medical Fund has Renamed Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388): > > [-=Linky=-](https://billypenn.com/2021/11/15/pennsylvania-abortion-liberation-womens-medical-fund-new-name/) Here in Pennsylvania, the Woman’s Medical Fund provides financial aid to people who want to have an abortion. Cool. They have just renamed themselves the Abortion Liberation Fund of Pennsylvania. OK, I can dig it. But why the name change? For inclusivity. “We worry that if somebody is trans or gender-nonconforming and they get pregnant, they won’t even know that there is financial support out there for them to get an abortion,” Elicia Gonzales, executive director of ALF-PA, told Bi… Here’s the latest offering from that egregious piece of shit. I got half way through the post thinking that he actually had some humanity before it turned into thinly veiled anti-Trans hate. All of those years living is an oppressive society have made his brain so socially and intellectually atrophied and stunted that I’m surprised that it works at all. ---
**Author:** ![Bashorian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bashorian/32/3546_2.png) [@Bashorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bashorian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/305 "2021-11-17T04:06:10Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.” > > –Bertrand Russell SDMB lol ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/306 "2021-12-29T20:37:16Z")
> [@Well, I'm retiring. But still working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-im-retiring-but-still-working/956777/29): > > Thank you very much for your words. You’re the one who made an assertion of fact. Back it up, you stupid fucking clown. Your experience is way to narrow to to give anyone advice on anything other that how to be an addle brained ass kisser in a repressive regime. @Paul_was_in_Saudi ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/307 "2022-05-25T05:03:08Z")
From [Uvalde, Texas school shooting - the political thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-the-political-thread/965036) : > [@Uvalde, Texas school shooting - the political thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-the-political-thread/965036/58): > > Is that the case? _ **It is not my area of special interest** _, but on the face of it, your statement seems unlikely. Really? No “special interest”? > [@Mass Killings in the United States (2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2022/957844): > > Mass killings in the United States, 2022 Four or more dead (Suicides Indicated by an asterisk) By a single killer (The killer is charged, or would have been charged had he lived.) By any criminal means ==2022== 3 January 2022 near Columbia MO, 4\* killed (reckless driving) ([https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article257034362.html](https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article257034362.html)) 5 January 2022 Philadelphia PA, 12 killed (arson) ([Christmas tree ignited by young child probed as source of Fairmount house fire; vigil held to s…](https://www.inquirer.com/news/live/philadelphia-fire-fairmount-victims-cause-pha-updates-20220106.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=android&utm_campaign=app_android_article_share&utm_content=Q6PGDDWTFFCABLSCSVKADONNQQ) > [@Mass Killings in the United States (2021)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2021/931469): > > Mass killings in the United States, 2021 Four or more dead (Suicides Indicated by an asterisk) By a single killer (The killer is charged, or would have been charged had he lived.) By any criminal means ==2021== 9 January 2021 Dallas TX, 4 killed (reckless driving) ([Woman likely to face charges after crash that killed 2 adults, 2 children on I-35E in Red Bird](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/01/09/woman-facing-criminal-charges-after-crash-on-rl-thornton-freeway-that-killed-2-adults-2-children/)) 23 Janury 2021 Mathis TX 5\* killed (reckless driving) ([Fatal car crash near Mathis | kiiitv.com](https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/dps-5-people-dead-4-hospitalized-after-fatal-car-crash-near-mathis/503-b6f5ca7f-c00a-4158-bfc6-21d4f1708ba3)) Before 24 January 2021 West … > [@Mass Killings in the United States, 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2020/846611): > > Mass killings in the United States, 2020. Four or more dead (Suicides Indicated by an asterisk) By a single killer (The killer is charged, or would have been charged had he lived.) By any criminal means ==2020== 11 January 2020 Liberty County GA 4\* killed (vehicular homicide) ([Head-on collision kills 4 in Liberty County, including Fort Stewart soldier](https://www.savannahnow.com/news/20200111/head-on-collision-kills-4-in-liberty-county-including-fort-stewart-soldier)) 13 January 2020 Celebration FL 4 killed (not reported) ([https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-dead-florida-home-person-custody-682667…](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-dead-florida-home-person-custody-68266784) > [@Mass Killings in the United States 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2019/828304): > > Mass killings in the United States, 2019. Four or more dead (Suicides Indicated by an asterisk) By a single killer By any criminal means ==2019== 6 January 2019 Lexington KY 6\* killed (DWI/vehicular homicide) ([https://lex18.com/breaking-news-emails/2019/01/06/i-75-closed-after-fiery-crash/](https://lex18.com/breaking-news-emails/2019/01/06/i-75-closed-after-fiery-crash/)) 20 January 2019 Woodburn WA 4 killed (axe) ([Man Accused of Murdering Four Family Members in Rural Oregon Shot Dead by Cops](https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-accused-of-murdering-four-family-members-in-rural-oregon-shot-dead-by-cops?ref=home)) 23 January 2019 Sebring FL 5 killed (shot) ([Sebring, FL - Police: 5 Fat…](https://www.vosizneias.com/315048/2019/01/23/sebring-fl-police-5-fatally-shot-inside-florida-bank-suspect-in-custody-after-swat-negotiation/) > [@2018 Mass Killings in the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-mass-killings-in-the-united-states/807029/): > > Mass killings in the United States. Four or more dead (including suicides) By a single killer By any criminal means ==2018== 5 January 2018, Santa Clarita CA, 4 killed (shot) ([4 killed, including young boy, in shooting at Santa Clarita home](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-clarita-shooting-20180105-story.html)) 8 January 2018 Galveston TX, 4 killed (shot) ([Mom suspected of shooting sons, husband before killing herself at San Luis Resort - ABC13 Houston](http://abc13.com/murder-suicide-at-san-luis-resort-leaves-family-of-4-dead/2912398/)) 18 January 2018 Calhoun County AL, 4 killed (shot) ([Calhoun Co. man kills children, daughter's fiance befor…](http://www.wbrc.com/story/37299290/calhoun-co-man-kills-children-daughters-fiance-before-killing-himself) > [@2017 Mass Killings in the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-mass-killings-in-the-united-states/776508/): > > This list is the tenth of the series. I have usually posted it on Reddit and elsewhere. It is, I think unique and might even be important. I shall update it throughout the year. 2017 Mass Killings in USA 4 or more killed, including suicides One killer By any criminal means In one emotional event 1 January 2017, Lexington County, SC 4 killed (shot) ([http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/authorities-killed-home-apparent-murder-suicide-44509341](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/authorities-killed-home-apparent-murder-suicide-44509341)) 6 January 2017 Fort Lauderdale. FL 5 killed (… I assume there is more but I lack the enthusiasm for searching through callous and grotesque threads and user name changes to find them. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/308 "2022-05-25T14:30:38Z")
I’m confused on his feigned “not my area of special interest” as well. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/309 "2022-05-25T15:31:47Z")
I’m not confused. He’s a disingenuous sack of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/310 "2022-05-25T16:25:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > not confused. He’s a disingenuous sack of shit. Yeah, but in such an obvious, easily verified way? He’s a _feeblemindedly_ disingenuous sack of shit. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/311 "2022-05-25T18:32:45Z")
I’m getting more and more confused with every reply of his. He has no interest in mass shootings. But he does track mass killings. How does he think most mass killings come about? > [@Uvalde, Texas school shooting - the political thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-the-political-thread/965036/219): > > > [@Uvalde, Texas school shooting - the political thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-the-political-thread/965036/76): > > > > I didn’t realize you are the “mass shooting guy” on this board. > > I am not. I have no interest in mass shootings. I track spree killings. (That is to say killings of four or more people in a single emotional event by a single killer in a single emotional event.) It is possible to shift through a list of mass killings and get all the mass school or other shootings that result in more than four deaths, but that is not my interest. > > But mass school shootings would (I suppose) be those were four or more people were hit (not killed) in a school in session. They are very rare events. > > It is simply sad that in our modern America we have as many names for killings as the Inuit (supposedly) have for snow. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/312 "2022-05-25T18:38:26Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > How does he think most mass killings come about? Mass peoplings. Because guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/313 "2022-05-25T18:51:54Z")
Shouldn’t that be mass _de_peoplings? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/314 "2022-05-25T18:53:59Z")
People, sheeple. They’re all tasty with fava beans and a nice Chianti. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/315 "2022-05-25T19:21:08Z")
What kind of crass, Hollywood-addled psychopath would serve Chianti with fava beans and liver; a true gastronome and oenophile would clearly pair this entrée with an Amarone della Valpolicella. Even fake Italian Jordan Schlansky would know that, jeez. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/316 "2022-05-25T20:35:58Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Even fake Italian Jordan Schlansky would know that, jeez. Just don’t touch his Lego Millennium Falcon. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/317 "2022-06-03T21:15:32Z")
I assume you know that in the book “Silence of the Lambs”, the wine of choice _was_ “a nice Amarone” (it was dumbed down to Chianti for the movie). ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/318 "2022-11-17T16:01:00Z")
> [@Can we discuss recent trends in moderation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-discuss-recent-trends-in-moderation/975048/39): > > And yet, if the posts upstream are to be believed, in this modern era we would not allow him to make Blazing Saddles. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/319 "2022-11-17T16:24:15Z")
Ah, shit. Someone’s gotta go back and get a whole bag full of dimes! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/320 "2022-11-17T16:26:00Z")
Maybe Paul\_is\_a\_Shithead has a point. There would be a smartphone ap now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791.md?page=17)