# Is this True? Baby in the Microwave???? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 1999, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546 "1999-09-24T16:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546/61 "1999-09-29T02:09:00Z")
Sycorax wrote: > [@](#): > > One expert noted: if she was so disoriented and confused that she could put her baby (instead of the bottle) in a microwave oven, she would also have been too confused to push the right buttons to turn it on. I doubt that. She may have gone through the motions of putting things in the microwave and pressing “start” so often that they were automatic. I know I sometimes go to sleep on top of my quilt, and wake up to find that I’ve not only pulled the quilt over myself in my sleep, but I’ve arranged the corners neatly as well. (NOTE: I can arrange my quilt corners entirely by kicking in the right place underneath them, so I wouldn’t need to sleepwalk to do this.) ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546/62 "1999-09-29T13:52:00Z")
I have no idea whether or not this woman was suffering from an epileptic seizure and if so, what she may or may not have been capable of doing during a seizure. The lady I know was able to strip off her clothes, get a towel, turn on the bathtub, set the drain plug, get in, get scalded, get out, dry off (they found the wet towel hung up smoothly on the rack), walk down the hall into her bedroom, and get into bed. I don’t imagine turning on a microwave would be any more difficult than getting a towel, turning on a bathtub, and setting the drain. * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN Coffee, chocolate, men . . . Some things are just better rich. ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546/63 "1999-09-29T14:06:00Z")
This story will not make you guys feel any better. There’s a woman who “allegedly” threw her 18-month old baby over the Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver. The baby miraculously survived the fall. ## Check it out at [www.globeandmail.com](http://www.globeandmail.com) (I haven’t yet figured out how to post it correctly, sorry about that) Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation or creed. - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546/64 "1999-09-29T18:17:00Z")
That is a truly disturbing link Moosie… I had heard some about that case, but the link you provided paints a much clearer picture than what is making the papers in NB. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546/65 "1999-09-30T04:39:00Z")
Well tracer, I think that what we do when we’re asleep is quite different (actually, I think we wake up briefly and do things but just don’t remember); anyway, Diane’s story seems to refute the experts, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see what comes out of the investigation and trial. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546/66 "1999-10-01T16:50:00Z")
When I was buying a toaster oven about five years ago, I was looking at a double-decker sized one. I asked the saleswoman, “could you fit a baby in there?” and she, with a perfectly straight face, replied, “well, not a WHOLE one.” Now THAT’S a salesperson with the right attitude! ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546/67 "1999-10-18T23:50:00Z")
* * * ## One expert noted: if she was so disoriented and confused that she could put her baby (instead of the bottle) in a microwave oven, she would also have been too confused to push the right buttons to turn it on. Not necessarily. With some microwaves, it is possible to turn them on by pushing a single button. ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546/68 "1999-10-18T23:51:00Z")
Say, doesn’t this belong in GQ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-true-baby-in-the-microwave/2546.md?page=3)