# "Help My Baby Live" (ROish) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086 "2007-06-23T02:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/21 "2007-06-23T11:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Dumb, either way. [/QUOTE] Dumb like a fox. Dumb all the way to the bank. We’ve done this before. Remember the chick who needed to raise a similar amount because she went on a foolish shopping spree? Dumb as hell, yeah. But she got reimbursed by thousands of well-meaning netizens. Plenty of RO was raised about her, but as I recall, the “dumb” chick was the one who ended up with all the cash. Donate or don’t, up to you, but this topic fills me with little else than meh. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/22 "2007-06-23T12:20:17Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Oral Roberts. He claimed God would ‘call him home’ if he didn’t raise eight megabucks. [/QUOTE] And there were bumper stickers that read _Send Oral to Heaven in '87_, which is how I can remember when he did it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/23 "2007-06-23T12:22:45Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Dumb like a fox. Dumb all the way to the bank. [/QUOTE] Also true. I meant more “tasteless” or “not funny”, I guess, assuming the point was the message not the cash.. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/24 "2007-06-23T13:43:22Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] … ozobs\* … [/QUOTE] Since you didn’t actually provide your footnote, is this “mixed up bozos”? I GOTTA KNOW! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/25 "2007-06-23T13:52:59Z")
How about donating for sterilization? Tubal ligation and a vasectomy have to be a lot cheaper than $50,000 right? And then we won’t have to worry about them pulling the scam again later. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/26 "2007-06-23T14:27:56Z")
Weird - it’s still $7100 and still 85 days left. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/27 "2007-06-23T14:44:33Z")
Heh. This shtick [again.](http://usera.imagecave.com/Scruloose/7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/28 "2007-06-23T15:01:34Z")
[QUOTE=Scruloose] Heh. This shtick [again.](http://usera.imagecave.com/Scruloose/7.jpg) [/QUOTE] Damn, I just popped in to post that! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/29 "2007-06-23T15:58:57Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] It seems to me like an elaborate hypocrisy-sting by some pro-choicers, or else a performance art piece. Dumb, either way. [/QUOTE] My guess would be that it’s a pro-life person, not a pro-choice person. They are trying to make it look like pro-choice people are venal and shallow, that they would make life-altering decisions based on popular opinion and cold, hard cash, that their morals are for sale, etc. I would bet a dollar that the person behind it is pro-life. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/30 "2007-06-23T16:19:37Z")
[QUOTE=Scruloose] Heh. This shtick [again.](http://usera.imagecave.com/Scruloose/7.jpg) [/QUOTE] We saw something similar on “Robot Chicken” last week - everyone ended up dead, except the guy who came in later to pick up his rented monkey. That’s what happens when people get trigger-happy, man. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/31 "2007-06-23T16:48:05Z")
[QUOTE=Scruloose] Heh. This shtick [again.](http://usera.imagecave.com/Scruloose/7.jpg) [/QUOTE] Didn’t even need to click the link to know what was on the other side, heh heh… ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/32 "2007-06-23T16:48:19Z")
The original: [http://www.savetoby.com/](http://www.savetoby.com/) The Snopes on it: > **[Donations To Save Rabbit](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/save-toby/)** > > Is a fellow threatening to eat his pet rabbit unless he receives $50,000 in donations? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/33 "2007-06-23T18:08:10Z")
My first throught was, “so [Karyn’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Karyn) having a kid, eh?” ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/34 "2007-06-23T18:57:53Z")
Y’know, I knew somebody IRL who really did open a website in order to ask for donations for her husband, who had cancer (mesothelioma). They received some money, too, from people online and from friends/church. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/35 "2007-06-23T19:20:33Z")
Even assuming this isn’t all made up, anyone else think they are probably beefing up the alleged donations so far, to try and make it seem legit? I have my doubts they will make it to 50k. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/36 "2007-06-23T20:02:54Z")
> [@](#): > > **What happens to the money if you end up aborting?** - If we have an abortion, we will donate 100% of the money we receive to a national, recognized, legit charity dedicated to helping people in our situation out. Probably a pro-life group. So it’s okay for YOU to have an abortion, even though you are pro-life? The only moral abortion is your abortion. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/37 "2007-06-23T20:36:44Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] Y’know, I knew somebody IRL who really did open a website in order to ask for donations for her husband, who had cancer (mesothelioma). They received some money, too, from people online and from friends/church. [/QUOTE] Knitwear designer [Annie Modesitt](http://www.anniemodesitt.com/patterns/rcc.html) is doing this right now. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/38 "2007-06-23T20:50:39Z")
Those are the worst fucking idiots I have ever heard of. I am so pissed off right now, I am shaking. I can’t believe the nerve of some people. My wife and I can’t have kids of our own, so we have to adopt. Financially, we can’t do it right now. I know you get the money back, but you have to pay the fees up front. Then these two fuckheads threaten to kill a potential child that my wife and I could raise unless we PAY them. I would pay for that sorry fuck’s public castration! I would pay to see that stupid cunt have her womb immolated. At times like this I really wish there was a hell so these two assholes could be sent there for eternity. I know it is probably not real, but how the fuck could anybody think this is a good idea? \*\*FUCK!!! \*\* Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/39 "2007-06-23T22:04:51Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] Knitwear designer [Annie Modesitt](http://www.anniemodesitt.com/patterns/rcc.html) is doing this right now. [/QUOTE] She’s also tied her drive to a free downloadable pretty awesome pattern, though. I like that she’s trying to make it some sort of exchange. I get the feeling that she’ll pay the kindness on when she can. (I hate talking about my charitable donations… I sent her some money but I’ll probably never knit the pattern because the damn yarn costs a fortune!!) ---
**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 24, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086/40 "2007-06-24T04:56:26Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] Can I donate for the abortion instead? I’m going to aitch-ee-double-hockey-sticks for that one. [/QUOTE] This is the Pit. You are allowed to vent in a more colorful fashion. I will adjust your remark accordingly: > [@](#): > > I’m going to Cleveland for that one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-baby-live-roish/409086.md?page=3)