# I hope your baby burns her eyes out **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551 "2010-04-01T09:21:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/61 "2010-04-01T15:39:14Z")
Wow! My very own (proposed) meme! šŸ˜ƒ I dunno thoughā€¦ sounds like a 70s dance move. ā€œDo the Wecta Funkiā€? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/62 "2010-04-01T15:56:29Z")
> [@SoulFrost](#): > > ā€œDo the Wecta Funkiā€? Not since I started eating better. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/63 "2010-04-01T15:59:22Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Heh heh. The dark sense oā€™ humor is showing. I like it šŸ˜ƒ He isnā€™t kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/64 "2010-04-01T16:00:54Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I agree that he should have spoken to you before saying anything to, let alone touching, your kid. Yay. > [@](#): > > But if you think itā€™s okay for your kid to jump on the couch in the waiting room unless someone explicitly says itā€™s inappropriate and bothersome, then yes, youā€™re one of those asshole ā€œas long as itā€™s not bothering MEā€ parents. The antecedent of that conditional definitely doesnā€™t support the consequent. In any case, in this situation, it was reasonable for me to allow the jumping to occur. Go ahead and assert otherwise again, if youā€™d like. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/65 "2010-04-01T16:01:59Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > while your kid was being an obnxious hellion _Hilarious!_ ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/66 "2010-04-01T16:05:23Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > In any case, **in this situation** , it was reasonable for me to allow the jumping to occur. Go ahead and assert otherwise again, if youā€™d like. Iā€™d like to hear THAT explanation. Were you taking the hellion to see the doctor for ants in the pants or sumptin? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/67 "2010-04-01T16:08:32Z")
Guys, remember what day it is. No chance heā€™s being serious! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/68 "2010-04-01T16:09:56Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Go ahead and assert otherwise again, if youā€™d like. I will, unless youā€™d care to explain why it was appropriate in that case for your child to jump up and down on a piece of furniture that doesnā€™t belong to either him or you, in a public space where his behavior was likely bothersome. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/69 "2010-04-01T16:14:27Z")
Guys. Iā€™m not going to explain anything, because we all know how these conversations go. No one convinced everyone and nobody wins. My point was that I wondered if I should have let the guy grab my kid and speak sternly and loudly an inch and a half away from his face. Somehow the OP confirmed to me that itā€™s okay to express frustration at such behavior towards my childrenā€“_even if there was something wrong with what my kids were doing._ It appears that when it comes to _that_ claim, there is general agreement. We shouldnā€™t be grabbing other peopleā€™s kids because we donā€™t like what theyā€™re doing. Right. Thatā€™s what I thought. So do most of you, it appears. It just so happens, irrelevantly, that there was nothing wrong with what my kids were doing in the case I mentioned. But that is entirely beside the point. I am not going to explain or justify that sentence because Iā€™ve seen far too many such threads on the SDMB to do anything so stupid. Iā€™m simply going to make the assertion, and leave it at that. No, this should not convince youā€“but _nothing_ will convince you, so that is no concern of mine. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/70 "2010-04-01T16:17:40Z")
Bah ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/71 "2010-04-01T16:20:54Z")
Deleted as post responding to was deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/72 "2010-04-01T16:22:16Z")
Sheesh. And here I always try to be understanding towards parents with their kids acting up, knowing kids arenā€™t always easily controlled. But there will always be parents who think their kids rule the world. Iā€™m going to assume that this is an April Foolā€™s Day joke and move on. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/73 "2010-04-01T16:31:13Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Sheesh. And here I always try to be understanding towards parents with their kids acting up, knowing kids arenā€™t always easily controlled. But there will always be parents who think their kids rule the world. Didnā€™t I mention the sign over the couch that said in bright red letters ā€œTHIS COUCH IS FOR JUMPING! JUMP JUMP JUMP!ā€ And also, did I forget the part about how I was helping someone elseā€™s poor kid who was bleeding to death all over the floor? Oh wait, I guess I didnā€™t tell you guys, did I, that the waiting room in question is owned by my wife, the furniture belongs to me, and the guy in question had just walked in. There was the part of the story where I was filling out paperwork over at the counter and didnā€™t have my eyes directly on my kid for a minute, as he typically just sits in the corner and reads when we go to such offices. Did I not say that? I mean, I guess I could clarify that while I said ā€œjumpingā€ it was very much a controlled bounce as he was testing with some wonder and amazement the physical properties of the couch in question, and I was allowing this safe, non-damaging activity for a very brief period because I wanted to go ahead and let him feel out the experience, _briefly_, (ten seconds say) before I explained itā€™s not typically okay to jump on furniture in a public place. Or I could clarify that my kid has a certified, diagnosed hormonal disorder that makes him unable to control his behavior nearly as easily as other kids his age, and I was in the corner weeping uncontrollably at the possibility that I may have to give the kid up for adoption or something because heā€™s just such a hellion, which doesnā€™t justify my behavior, but maybe at least lets you see me as a more sympathetic character rather than a parent who ā€œjust doesnā€™t careā€. None of the above is true of course. I still assert that what went on was reasonable. No explanations shall be forthcoming! Do you continue to post at me sirrah? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/74 "2010-04-01T16:34:21Z")
Forget it, guys. Itā€™s **Frylock** town. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/75 "2010-04-01T16:35:49Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > . > > It just so happens, irrelevantly, that there was nothing wrong with what my kids were doing in the case I mentioned. But that is entirely beside the point. > > . Then WHY THE HELL did you make a POINT of telling us it was okay in that circumstance then? You just want the upside (there was nothing wrong with it, trust me!) without the downside (no, in those circumstances, we still think you and the kid were a tool). Donā€™t bring up a point to make youself look good and then declare its off limits. Thats a real pansy move if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/76 "2010-04-01T16:54:20Z")
Iā€™m quite disappointed - I thought the Frylock episode would unleash a shitstorm of fury which I was looking forward to watching from the bleachers, as well as adding my two cents. For shame - bring up something this potentially inflammatory and then bail on it. If it was an April Foolā€™s gag it was lame from that perspective too. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/77 "2010-04-01T17:02:28Z")
Itā€™s a recurring exercise: assert something that any fool would know isnā€™t true, and then proceed to demonstrate that youā€™re not just any fool. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/78 "2010-04-01T17:06:12Z")
I do have to support **Frylock** a little here. A friend of mine once was in a hospital cafeteria with her 2-year-old, getting something to eat between appointments. The 2-year-old picked something and, after starting to eat, started crying his head off and fussing. She then got him ice cream and he was quiet. Shameful, right? Someone nearby made a comment to her about teaching her kid that tantrums = getting what you want and also told the boy that he should be ashamed of himself for fussing like that. What that person did not know is that her son had hand, foot, and mouth disease, which resulted in ulcers all over the roof of his mouth and his throat. He hadnā€™t eaten in days because everything hurt. Getting him to eat anything was a major accomplishment and ice cream soothed the pain of the sores. Sometimes you donā€™t know the full story. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/79 "2010-04-01T17:07:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Who the hell sends a toddler to get them condiments at a barbecue? I thought that was why people had kids. That and the tax break. > [@Frylock](#): > > And also, did I forget the part about how I was helping someone elseā€™s poor kid who was bleeding to death all over the floor? One little monkey jumping on the bedā€¦ ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551/80 "2010-04-01T17:11:25Z")
Guys, youā€™re getting off track. Tabasco sauce was not involved in Frylockā€™s kidā€™s case. This is for Tabasco sauce related child endangerment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551.md?page=5)