# I pit the woman who threw her baby off a 4 story parking structure!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006>\
**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:** 20\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/21 "2011-08-25T12:58:51Z")

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> [@Giraffe](#):
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> Killing babies is bad.

Hey, take it to IMHO!

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/22 "2011-08-25T13:05:15Z")

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How awful. That baby could have landed on another baby.

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/23 "2011-08-25T13:46:08Z")

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Yeah, I’d pit her too!

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=orange%2Bcounty%2B455%2BS.%2BMain%2BSt&hl=en&ll=33.780396,-117.865491&spn=0.000009,0.009538&sll=33.669497,-114.752197&sspn=6.717872,9.766846&vpsrc=0&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.78026,-117.865744&panoid=XGKjiI3CcD6MUwys6W_o3Q&cbp=12,202.25,,0,-11.14

It clearly looks like she’s got at least one more level to work with.

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/24 "2011-08-25T13:47:10Z")

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> [@lieu](#):
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> How awful. That baby could have landed on another baby.

Won’t someone think of the ch…  
Um, never mind.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/25 "2011-08-25T13:55:09Z")

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> [@Giraffe](#):
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> Killing babies is bad.

Well aren’t you a one trick pony. Always siding with the babies. Sheesh.

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/26 "2011-08-25T14:38:47Z")

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> [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> _Are_ bad. I can’t tell you how many killing babies I’ve had to fight off in the last few days. Headshots seem to work, which is good, because of their disproportionately large heads.

However, if you fight the good fight, someone will set up a statue commemmorating it.

> **[Just a statue of man fighting babies](https://9gag.com/gag/177431)**
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> 1,240 points • 1 comments

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**Author:** ![markm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@markm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markm)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/27 "2011-08-25T14:51:46Z")

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> [@Giraffe](#):
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> Killing babies is bad.

Let’s not be so hasty in making such a blanket statement.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/28 "2011-08-25T14:51:59Z")

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Prevented a person from hitting Medicare and costing money. In 65 years, he would have been a big drain. It was an economic decision.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/29 "2011-08-25T14:59:49Z")

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> [@Giraffe](#):
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> Killing babies is bad.

> [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> _Are_ bad.

Grammar correction FAIL.

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/30 "2011-08-25T15:02:30Z")

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> [@Omar\_Little](#):
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> Grammar correction FAIL.

Not if they’re pirate babies.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/31 "2011-08-25T15:06:08Z")

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> [@Omar\_Little](#):
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> Grammar correction FAIL.

What’s the proper punctuation for “whoosh”? Colon preceding? Capitalized? I can never remember.

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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/32 "2011-08-25T15:12:59Z")

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Pfffphhtt, she could at least have found a car park that overlooked a lake or stream. Tosser.

Enjoy,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/33 "2011-08-25T16:32:56Z")

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> [@Omar\_Little](#):
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> Grammar correction FAIL.

\*\*AClockworkMelon’s \*\*joke was funny, but I laughed harder at this.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/34 "2011-08-25T16:49:27Z")

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> [@Mtgman](#):
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> Pfffphhtt, she could at least have found a car park that overlooked a lake or stream.

Poor little denatured baby.

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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/35 "2011-08-25T16:50:07Z")

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Poor woman…she heard someone talking about a “bouncing baby boy” and got confused.

I couldn’t help it…I’m so sorry.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/36 "2011-08-25T16:51:12Z")

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> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> What’s the proper punctuation for “whoosh”? Colon preceding? Capitalized? I can never remember.

The appropriate double whoosh is bold italics font size 4.

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**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:** [August 25, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/37 "2011-08-25T17:15:42Z")

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How do we know that baby wasn’t going to grow up to be the next Hitler?

Just sayin’

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/38 "2011-08-25T17:37:15Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Prevented a person from hitting Medicare and costing money. In 65 years, he would have been a big drain. It was an economic decision.

He was a big strain already. We need more courageous people like this woman to think about the economy and new and inventive ways to bring about its recovery.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/39 "2011-08-25T17:49:54Z")

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It’s hilarious that an infant was murdered and died in agony over an extended period of time.

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**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/40 "2011-08-25T18:03:41Z")

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> [@Ogre](#):
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> It’s hilarious that an infant was murdered and died in agony over an extended period of time.

I know right?!

It does make it harder to explain to your coworkers why you’re laughing though…

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