# Engaged to Paul In Qatar **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209 "2010-09-27T13:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SkyBlueKayak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@SkyBlueKayak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBlueKayak)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/1 "2010-09-27T13:19:08Z")
Hello all, I am Kathy–recently engaged to “Paul in Qatar” and I thank you for your well- wishes and notes of congratulations. Paul had been the proverbial “one-who-got-away,” but after tracking him down on Facebook, we have had a whirlwind of a time re-igniting those old flames. We are planning a July 2011 wedding in Maryland. I live and work in the states, so our relationship is rather blackberry and email dependent for now. We both live in anticipation of the next visit–December can’t get here soon enough. I am enjoying the message boards and I look forward to getting to know you. Truly yours, Kathy ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/2 "2010-09-27T13:38:57Z")
Hi! Welcome! And many years of happiness for both of you! ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/3 "2010-09-27T13:53:40Z")
Welcome, Kathy! And congratulations to you both! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/4 "2010-09-27T13:59:52Z")
Hello **SkyBlueKayak**. Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/5 "2010-09-27T14:00:44Z")
Welcome, and congratulations. He seems like a catch. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/6 "2010-09-27T14:18:16Z")
Hi and congrats, wishing you many happy years together. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/7 "2010-09-27T14:20:37Z")
Hello there! **Paul** , you’re a brave man for introducing her to this board. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/8 "2010-09-27T14:22:48Z")
Welcome! Can we do Squid and lube as a welcome gift/wedding present? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/9 "2010-09-27T14:34:20Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Welcome! > Can we do Squid and lube as a welcome gift/wedding present? The squid is naturally slippery. Of course that doesn’t actually protect you from the horr… Sorry, sometimes I forget we shouldn’t give details before the initia… ehhh… welcome party is finished. Welcome aboard **SkyBlueKayak**! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/10 "2010-09-27T16:50:24Z")
I’m not sure what a Sky Blue Kayak will do in Quatar - unless you are a sea kayak and you live on the coast… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/11 "2010-09-27T16:58:23Z")
I guess the question is… have you read all his posts on the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/12 "2010-09-27T17:00:17Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I guess the question is… have you read all his posts on the SDMB? Don’t go there… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/13 "2010-09-27T17:02:31Z")
It’s always so awkward bringing the girlfriend home to meet the message board… ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/14 "2010-09-27T17:27:27Z")
Unlucky ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/15 "2010-09-27T17:31:14Z")
Wishing you much happiness! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/16 "2010-09-27T17:35:29Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > I’m not sure what a Sky Blue Kayak will do in Quatar - unless you are a sea kayak and you live on the coast… Qatar (no U) IS on the coast. It’s a peninsula with a short southeast land border with Saudi Arabia and otherwise surrounded by the Persian Guf. And welcome to the Dope, **Sky Blue Kayak**. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/17 "2010-09-27T17:40:54Z")
Congratulations! Ever since the witness relocation group moved him and changed his name from Paul in Saudi to Paul in Qatar (after opting not to be Paul in Peoria), he has become a changed man. Most likely he is more suitable marriage material now, especially since he no longer uses pies to [Note: Rest of this message deleted by Homeland Security and the Estate of Soupy Sales.] ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/18 "2010-09-27T17:47:11Z")
That is an impressively long-distance relationship. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/19 "2010-09-27T18:14:22Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Most likely he is more suitable marriage material now, especially since he no longer Does he still need the special…? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209/20 "2010-09-27T18:54:51Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > > [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > > > I’m not sure what a Sky Blue Kayak will do in Quatar - unless you are a sea kayak and you live on the coast… > > Qatar (no U) IS on the coast. It’s a peninsula with a short southeast land border with Saudi Arabia and otherwise surrounded by the Persian Guf. > > And welcome to the Dope, **Sky Blue Kayak**. _grumble, grumble_ Is it all coast, or are there inland areas? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engaged-to-paul-in-qatar/555209.md?page=2)