# Britney carted off to the crazy house. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267 "2008-01-04T14:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sprockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sprockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sprockets)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/21 "2008-01-04T15:37:31Z")
Joke: Who’s a better parent - Britney Spears or Kevin Federline? Answer: A rock. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/22 "2008-01-04T15:38:52Z")
“In addition to multiple officers, fire trucks, two ambulance and a police helicopter were all on the scene as the drama unfolded.” All that for a simple problem of a drunken/drugged mom refusing a custody/access exchange. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/23 "2008-01-04T15:43:55Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] How 'bout **crazy bin** or **loony house**? 😃 [/QUOTE] Booby hatch? Laughing academy? Rubber room? Those are all fun, too. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/24 "2008-01-04T15:51:28Z")
I hate myself for reading Britney gossip, but I’m weak. Those poor kids, if they saw their mom freak out, and what was she like before Fed’s flunky got there? Wasn’t she dating a paparazzi who’s been staying at her house? Where was he, I wonder? [QUOTE=vetbridge] Um, just want to say that **crazy house** is extremely un-PC. It is now referred to as the **loony bin**. [/QUOTE] Or the Funnyfarm! > [@](#): > > I’m on my way, I can feel it coming on > My brain’s been strained of all reality > I’m on my way, to the funnyfarm > > … ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/25 "2008-01-04T15:52:02Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Miskatonic] You read ‘Lio’ this morning, didn’t you? [/QUOTE] Never heard of it. Do I need to sue somebody for stealing my material? ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/26 "2008-01-04T16:00:26Z")
I admit that I had to chuckle at the line in the linked article: “The Toxic singer filed for divorce in November 2006, with the split becoming official in July.” Yeah, I’m sure the double entendre was unintentional. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/27 "2008-01-04T16:00:28Z")
If you’re going to gossip, get it right. Cedars-Sinai for a mental health evaluation does not equal “crazy house,” “looney bin,” etc. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/28 "2008-01-04T16:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=Commonsense] Joke: Who’s a better parent - Britney Spears or Kevin Federline? Answer: A rock. [/QUOTE] I dunno – the odd thing is, K-Fed is finding his reputation burnished by all of this; he comes across as sane and genuinely concerned about his kids. Who’da thunk? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/29 "2008-01-04T16:08:46Z")
[QUOTE=Shoshana] If you’re going to gossip, get it right. Cedars-Sinai for a mental health evaluation does not equal “crazy house,” “looney bin,” etc. [/QUOTE] No, I will not “get it right”. I will make my gossip as sensational sounding as I possibly can. Oh yeah and you’re right. There’s a HUUUGGGEEE difference between going to a hospital for an involuntary psych evaluation and going to the crazy house. Big. Gigantic, even. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/30 "2008-01-04T16:09:57Z")
Wee Bairn: > [@](#): > > what do his employees do? They sew “I was married to Britney Spears and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt and custody of two kids” T-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/31 "2008-01-04T16:14:48Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] … the odd thing is, K-Fed is finding his reputation burnished by all of this; he comes across as sane and genuinely concerned about his kids. [/QUOTE] In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/32 "2008-01-04T16:25:47Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] No, I will not “get it right”. I will make my gossip as sensational sounding as I possibly can. Oh yeah and you’re right. There’s a HUUUGGGEEE difference between going to a hospital for an involuntary psych evaluation and going to the crazy house. Big. Gigantic, even. [/QUOTE] The difference being that presently she is only auditioning for the crazy house. At least this is one act for which she has the requisite talent and experience. To bad she never had to audition for the role of mother. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/33 "2008-01-04T16:27:30Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Um, just want to say that **crazy house** is extremely un-PC. It is now referred to as the **loony bin**. [/QUOTE] From the great _Homicide_: > [@](#): > > CROSETTI: No, no, no. But he…spent a little time in Spring Grove. > > LEWIS: Spring Grove? Insane asylum. > > CROSETTI: You don’t say insane anymore, Meldrick. You say, mental health disorder. > > LEWIS: Yeah, yeah, yeah. > > CROSETTI: And you don’t say asylum anymore, you say…uh, you say, diagnostic center. > > LEWIS: The nutcase has done time in a loony bin. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/34 "2008-01-04T16:28:06Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] Booby hatch? Laughing academy? Rubber room? Those are all fun, too. [/QUOTE] How about **bug house**? Yes, I read above that she hasn’t been committed. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/35 "2008-01-04T16:42:55Z")
Surely where Brittney will spend time will be the Booby Hatch? I mean, it only makes sense, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/36 "2008-01-04T17:06:24Z")
Latest gossip is that her toxicology tests were clean. I’m betting on manic episode, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/37 "2008-01-04T17:09:03Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] Latest gossip is that her toxicology tests were clean. I’m betting on manic episode, personally. [/QUOTE] Well that just makes all this much more interesting. I will be staying tuned. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/38 "2008-01-04T17:10:06Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] Latest gossip is that her toxicology tests were clean. I’m betting on manic episode, personally. [/QUOTE] I really think she has needed help for Post Partum issues for a long time. I also really hate myself for knowing this, but it was reported by [InTouch Magazine](http://intouchweekly.hollywood.com/2007/11/exclusive_britneys_pregnant_an.php) that she is pregnant again. I need to go open a GD link, just so I can respect myself again. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/39 "2008-01-04T17:13:51Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] it was reported by [InTouch Magazine](http://intouchweekly.hollywood.com/2007/11/exclusive_britneys_pregnant_an.php) that she is pregnant again. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > For all her recent troubles, she seems convinced that having another baby will turn her life around Ummm… ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267/40 "2008-01-04T17:20:00Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] “Mental stress and anguish” are in quotes because what they really mean is drugs and alcohol. [/QUOTE] Well, _shit_. I sure wish drugs and alcohol made **me** lose weight. That’s quite a trick. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-carted-off-to-the-crazy-house/432267.md?page=3)