# An anesthesiologist and an ophthalmologist get into a fistfight. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731 "2017-11-04T23:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/1 "2017-11-04T23:58:50Z")
Rand Paul and a neighbor [are on the outs](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/police-arrest-neighbor-in-assault-of-rand-paul-in-kentucky/2017/11/04/8afdf9a4-c1a1-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_randpaul-6pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.044aaca852d6), apparently. Write your own punchlines. I wonder if the guy put Paul in a sleeper hold. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/2 "2017-11-05T00:41:50Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > Paul, a second-term senator, suffered a minor injury when he was assaulted at his Warren County, Ky., home Friday afternoon. Kelsey Cooper, Paul’s Kentucky-based communications director, said in a statement Saturday that the senator “was **blindsided** and the victim of an assault. Undoubtedly if Rand hadn’t been blindsided he would very likely have given his assailant a knockout punch. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/3 "2017-11-05T02:08:41Z")
**An anesthesiologist and an ophthalmologist get into a fistfight. . .** In a gated community, no less. We’re running out of safe spaces. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/4 "2017-11-05T02:21:57Z")
Too bad it wasn’t a hairdresser. Ol’ Rand could use a straightening out. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/5 "2017-11-05T02:29:25Z")
Any word on motive? Is my grad-school-classmate-who-has-gone-hardcore-Tea-Party correct that this is all the fault of The Left, or is she spreading random misinformation on Facebook as per usual? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/6 "2017-11-05T02:54:39Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > Any word on motive? Is my grad-school-classmate-who-has-gone-hardcore-Tea-Party correct that this is all the fault of The Left, or is she spreading random misinformation on Facebook as per usual? They couldn’t see eye-to-eye over a blind taste test. It was a real snooze fest. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/7 "2017-11-05T02:59:25Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > Any word on motive? Is my grad-school-classmate-who-has-gone-hardcore-Tea-Party correct that this is all the fault of The Left, or is she spreading random misinformation on Facebook as per usual? > [@Chefguy](#): > > They couldn’t see eye-to-eye over a blind taste test. It was a real snooze fest. Someone passed gas at a block party. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/8 "2017-11-05T03:10:36Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > **An anesthesiologist and an ophthalmologist get into a fistfight. . .** > > In a gated community, no less. > > We’re running out of safe spaces. ☹ That’s OK. Republicans tend to be opposed to safe spaces. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/9 "2017-11-05T06:38:24Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > Any word on motive? Is my grad-school-classmate-who-has-gone-hardcore-Tea-Party correct that this is all the fault of The Left, or is she spreading random misinformation on Facebook as per usual? Nothing’s been announced. The assailant is a registered Democrat, with anti-Trump stuff on his social media, but of course this may have been personal or just a lunatic act. This is the second time Paul has been attacked this year, by the way. The linked article mentions the would-be assassin at the GOP congressional baseball practice but doesn’t mention that Paul was present there (and presumably would have been one of the victims had the shooter not been stopped). ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/10 "2017-11-05T09:39:14Z")
A neighbor who witnessed the incident reportedly said the two have had an [ongoing feud](http://www.wave3.com/story/36764371/update-rand-paul-assaulted-by-neighbor?utm_content=bufferde3b4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer). Might not have anything to do with politics at all. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/11 "2017-11-06T01:10:02Z")
I have no problem believing that someone went upside Rand Paul’s head. The part I don’t believe is that Rand Paul was mowing his own grass. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anesthesiologist-and-an-ophthalmologist-get-into-a-fistfight/800731/12 "2017-11-06T03:00:39Z")
Five broken ribs and bruises to his lungs. Much worse than was initially reported.