# SarahWitch, the premier expert on American law. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 26, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713 "2017-11-26T00:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/21 "2017-11-26T06:02:54Z")
Better or… worse than… ellipses? Out of curiosity - is this the shortest time from first post to Pitting ever? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/22 "2017-11-26T06:02:56Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > But I was struck by her habit of _highlighting_ random _words_ with italics… I noticed that too. It reminded me of the way words were rendered in the comic books I read as a child, only those were bolded: “So, **Batman** , it looks like you and **Robin** are trapped! And you are in the sights of my **Destructo-Ray**! Say your prayers **now** , because in one minute, you will be … **just a memory**!” Bolding or italics; I cannot help but think of those old comic books when I read **SarahWitch** ’s posts. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/23 "2017-11-26T06:06:42Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Out of curiosity - is this the shortest time from first post to Pitting ever? I’ve been wondering that myself. Does anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/24 "2017-11-26T06:08:00Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Better or… worse than… ellipses? LOL, at least with ellipses, I can get a Captain Kirk vibe going in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/25 "2017-11-26T06:09:15Z")
What’s the old joke about legal strategy? If the law’s on your side, hammer them on the law. If the facts are on your side, hammer them on the facts. And if neither is on your side, hammer the table. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/26 "2017-11-26T06:10:14Z")
If I put a gold fringe on my tv, do I get free cable under Admiralty Law? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/27 "2017-11-26T06:17:02Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Out of curiosity - is this the shortest time from first post to Pitting ever? This isn’t even the first pitting of her. [Check out the Omnibus Trolls R Us Thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20622704&highlight=SarahWitch#post20622704) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/28 "2017-11-26T06:26:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’ve been wondering that myself. Does anybody know? We’ve had posters pitted before they made a single post, just because of their user name. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/29 "2017-11-26T06:30:13Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/30 "2017-11-26T06:34:56Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Wow. Yeah, we’re jerks sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/31 "2017-11-26T06:41:26Z")
She reminds me, a little, of someone who posted on a different forum (assuming it is a she). A person of bovine intransigence who was, oh, ever so much smarter than everyone else, and the absolute Queen of Word Salad. This one seems a little more coherent (night school, perhaps?) but just as stupidly intelligent and comparably brash. If it is the same person, she will be gone ere long. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/32 "2017-11-26T06:43:50Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > We’ve had posters pitted before they made a single post, just because of their user name. Wow indeed. **Miller** , thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/33 "2017-11-26T06:46:36Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > We’ve had posters pitted before they made a single post, just because of their user name. I thought, “How does the pitter know?,” and then I remembered — that “Welcome to our newest members” thingie. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/34 "2017-11-26T07:22:48Z")
Let’s see, I got busted on ellipses use. Too many exclamation marks used. Thank God I didn’t find the semi-colon on the keyboard more useful. Whew, dodged that bullit! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/35 "2017-11-26T07:39:27Z")
“bullet” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/36 "2017-11-26T07:49:37Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > We’ve had posters pitted before they made a single post, just because of their user name. I remember that one. Did Usama ever end up posting, I wonder? (Or was it Osama? One of the variants of the name, anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/37 "2017-11-26T08:23:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “bullet” Now add spelling ( I cannot win for losing ). What was I reading or thinking to make me mis-spell such an easy word? Hmmm? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/38 "2017-11-26T08:34:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Now add spelling ( I cannot win for losing ). What was I reading or thinking to make me mis-spell such an easy word? Hmmm? You were thinking of a Steve McQueen movie, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/39 "2017-11-26T09:54:42Z")
Could be, watched it about a month ago. Who knows? My brain has holes like swiss cheese sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarahwitch-the-premier-expert-on-american-law/802713/40 "2017-11-26T10:23:40Z")
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