# I pit the woman who threw her baby off a 4 story parking structure!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 25, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006 "2011-08-25T04:41:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/202 "2011-09-06T19:08:12Z")
Muffin, I posted too soon without considering the final part of your post. You could be right - the mother may not have been properly trained in helmet selection. My previous post should be amended as follows: > [@](#): > > If the baby was wearing a motorcycle helmet the mom **should** have strapped it to a bike and ran it into a bridge abutment. If the baby was wearing a hockey helmet she **should** have clubbed it with a stick… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/203 "2011-09-06T21:24:09Z")
This thread is almost two weeks old. Do we have an update on the condition of the baby? Is the baby still dead? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/204 "2011-09-07T01:41:49Z")
Can anyone comfirm that Max Headroom just had a baby (Mini Headroom)? Given Max was the result of a collision with a sign at a parking garage, I wonder if . . . ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/205 "2011-09-07T04:12:24Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > Awesome, thanks! > > I’m just surprised no one tried to catch him, because hey, free baby. AND a free helmet. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/206 "2011-09-07T07:07:57Z")
Yes, but what can you do with a baby helmet except throw another baby off another parking ramp? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/207 "2011-09-07T13:30:05Z")
Jimbo, you’re forgetting the huge range of “Throw Things _AT_ The Baby” activities. And (unlike _The Parking Ramp Game_™), the whole family can play. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/208 "2011-09-07T13:33:11Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > This thread is almost two weeks old. Do we have an update on the condition of the baby? Is the baby still dead? Zombie baby apocalypse!!! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/209 "2011-09-07T13:50:03Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > This thread is almost two weeks old. Do we have an update on the condition of the baby? Is the baby still dead? Repair work is stalled— apparently there’s been some difficulty assembling all the king’s horses and all the king’s men. One man and one horse are missing, and there’s whispered rumors they may have run off together. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/210 "2011-09-07T15:54:21Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Jimbo, you’re forgetting the huge range of “Throw Things _AT_ The Baby” activities. And (unlike _The Parking Ramp Game_™), the whole family can play. With enough babies, the whole family CAN play _The Parking Ramp Game_. And, while the helmet would be really good for a game of Jarts, it’s really not very useful for most other throwing games. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/211 "2011-09-07T16:26:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > With enough babies, the whole family CAN play _The Parking Ramp Game_. That’s one good thing about young teen pregancies – lots of babies over the years, so many happy years of family Parking Ramp Games. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006.md?page=10)