# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/82 "2011-08-25T21:43:52Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > This thread is about _babies_ being hurled from great heights. Please stay on topic. Onto hard surfaces, too. Much more visually gratifying. I mean, the puppies were merely drowned. Totally. I’m with you. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/83 "2011-08-25T22:00:24Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > On a more serious note, this is why every pediatric exam room at our medical clinic has a notice about the signs of post-partum depression and related problems, with the indication that these are serious conditions that need to be treated as medical emergencies. It is a significant cause of infant death, is my understanding. Allow me to reference my earlier post. Postpartum _depression_ is common and mothers with that are not a big risk to their children. They are to themselves much more often. Postpartum _psychosis_, often associated with bipolar illness, is uncommon, but those mothers are at significant risk of harming their babies. We (pediatricians) should screen for postpartum mental illness during the first few months. Our job is to identify, demystify, and refer. See [here](http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/19/4/128.extract) for a review on the pediatrician’s role in that process. IF this mother had postpartum psychosis, then this case possibly provides some testimony to the need for better screening and better services. The Pitting then would be best aimed at the system that failed to identify and/or adequately treat her and to recognize the risk that the child was in. ---
**Author:** ![BaconAndEggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/84 "2011-08-25T22:01:58Z")
I’m taking this thread in an new direction. This woman was here illegally. They won’t even give her a bail, because she’s here illegally. DEPORT HER ASS! She was cited for driving without insurance and registration in 2008, and she was still driving as of Monday. She’s on suicide watch too! Hope the bitch kills herself. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/85 "2011-08-25T22:18:10Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Onto hard surfaces, too. Much more visually gratifying. I mean, the puppies were merely drowned. Totally. I’m with you. What’s funnier than a dead baby? A dead baby in a clown costume. Why did the dead baby cross the road? It was chained to the bumper. What’s the difference between a bagel and a dead baby? You put a bagel in a toaster but a dead baby will only fit in an oven. What’s the difference between an onion and a dead baby? You don’t cry when you chop up a dead baby. What’s worse than finding seven dead babies in a trash can? Finding a dead baby in seven trash cans. ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/86 "2011-08-25T22:19:23Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > What’s funnier than a dead baby? You forgot my personal favorite: What’s the difference between a truckload of bowling balls and a truckload of dead babies? You can’t unload a truckload of bowling balls with a pitchfork. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/87 "2011-08-25T22:28:27Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > You forgot my personal favorite: > > What’s the difference between a truckload of bowling balls and a truckload of dead babies? > You can’t unload a truckload of bowling balls with a pitchfork. That’s fucking sick. I approve. ---
**Author:** ![Soliloquy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soliloquy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/88 "2011-08-25T22:35:28Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > You forgot my personal favorite: > > What’s the difference between a truckload of bowling balls and a truckload of dead babies? > You can’t unload a truckload of bowling balls with a pitchfork. I almost goinked my Jamba Juice. I should not drink while reading posts like this. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/89 "2011-08-25T22:35:37Z")
> [@BaconAndEggs](#): > > … She’s on suicide watch too! Hope the bitch kills herself. You know, I can understand the black humor and the mocking of a RO op. Even the recalling the “dead baby jokes” of second grade. This post though is pretty damn sad and disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/90 "2011-08-25T22:47:34Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > This post though is pretty damn sad and disgusting. You got that right. Driving an uninsured motor vehicle is very irresponsible. Now we are hearing that she’s one of those illegal alien types, too. (And I thought all this talk about “anchor babies” was just a bunch of political hype…) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/91 "2011-08-25T23:01:22Z")
> [@BaconAndEggs](#): > > I’m taking this thread in an new direction. This woman was here illegally. They won’t even give her a bail, because she’s here illegally. DEPORT HER ASS! She was cited for driving without insurance and registration in 2008, and she was still driving as of Monday. > > She’s on suicide watch too! Hope the bitch kills herself. never mind. bad taste. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/92 "2011-08-25T23:08:27Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > never mind. bad taste. Dead babies? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/93 "2011-08-25T23:13:44Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > This really is a tragic waste. That baby could’ve fed a starving family in Africa for days! Not after a four story fall . . . anything more than three ruins the texture of the meat! > [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > … Slow roasted on a spit, that’s the ticket! Recipe? CMC fnord! Up next; _Hitler, what a fucking bastard!_ ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/94 "2011-08-25T23:27:06Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > What’s funnier than a dead baby? > A dead baby in a clown costume. > > Why did the dead baby cross the road? > It was chained to the bumper. > > What’s the difference between a bagel and a dead baby? > You put a bagel in a toaster but a dead baby will only fit in an oven. > > What’s the difference between an onion and a dead baby? > You don’t cry when you chop up a dead baby. > > What’s worse than finding seven dead babies in a trash can? > Finding a dead baby in seven trash cans. Damn right. Dead babies are awesome. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/95 "2011-08-25T23:30:16Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > No further condemnation of baby-murdering will be tolerated. Sock murdering, on the other hand,… ---
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/96 "2011-08-25T23:32:42Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > You got that right. Driving an uninsured motor vehicle is very irresponsible. I wonder if she had an appropriate child seat in the uninsured car. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/97 "2011-08-25T23:34:39Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Damn right. Dead babies are awesome. I’m glad you’re seeing the light. ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/98 "2011-08-25T23:43:13Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’m glad you’re seeing the light. Dude, I’ve been on board since the beginning. I still wonder if he could whimper through the ruined remains of his face, though. I bet the PICU staff were laughing their asses off. High-larious. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/99 "2011-08-25T23:53:19Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I still wonder if he could whimper through the ruined remains of his face, though. Are you referring to his twisted neck and flat head or the injuries he received from the fall? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/100 "2011-08-25T23:58:38Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > While I have participated in the black humor, I can’t help but wonder what would the response be if someone threw a kitten off a parking garage. Depends – was it stapled to the baby? **Ogre** , my father’s a funeral director. You should hear some of the jokes he’s made\*. Just…shut up. What do you want people to do? Rend their clothes and cover themselves in sac cloth and ashes? Yes, it’s horrible, it’s tragic. The child suffered terribly. And that’s awful. BUT…sometimes you get all “outraged out”. You get tired of hearing about people beating their kids, torturing small animals, abusing their spouses, etc. The only thing you can do is joke about it. It’s the only way to make it through the day without losing your shit. I can’t imagine how my dad does what he does for a living, but he doesn’t come home and wail and cry for every single corpse he buries. You’d go insane if you did that. So I hope this bitch gets what she deserves. But at the same time, I’m not going to give up “gallows humor”. Sometimes, that’s the way people DEAL with grief. We were joking at my grandmother’s funeral for crissakes. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006/101 "2011-08-26T00:02:57Z")
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