# Over 25,000 children v. Brittany Murphy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992 "2009-12-20T22:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/61 "2009-12-21T05:56:52Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > I am disgusted by your dismissal of the obvious Cthulhu threat. I think that as long as we keep sacrificing 25,000 children a day to him, he’ll remain in his underwater lair. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/62 "2009-12-21T06:23:52Z")
One Hollywood starlet is worth 25,000 of the little buggers. Cthulhu is a starwhore. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/63 "2009-12-21T07:33:12Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Whatever. _gololf clolap_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/64 "2009-12-21T07:45:19Z")
I wanted to ban Brittany Murphy. I did not want to bang any of those kids. Now do you see why one is more important to me? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/65 "2009-12-21T08:08:21Z")
My God! 25,000 kids a _day_? Is that an actual statistic? That’s really, really horrible. Kinda. ---
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/66 "2009-12-21T08:10:49Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I wanted to ban Brittany Murphy. > > I did not want to bang any of those kids. > > Now do you see why one is more important to me? No, I don’t know why you wanted Brittany Murphy banned. Well, whatever your reason, she won’t be coming here to post, so I guess you got your way. No wonder the world hates us. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/67 "2009-12-21T08:20:29Z")
> [@Daffyd](#): > > Well, whatever your reason, she won’t be coming here to post Pity. We could have had an “Ask the Dead Woman” thread. ---
**Author:** ![mecaenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mecaenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mecaenas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/68 "2009-12-21T08:25:20Z")
Well, if you’re that upset about media coverage of Brittany Murphy, then [don’t watch this 4 minute presentation on US media coverage of “news”](http://www.ted.com/talks/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news.html), particularly the bit at 1m 50s. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/69 "2009-12-21T08:28:27Z")
I bet dead Brittany _wishes_ she could get the coverage of dead Anna Nicole. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/70 "2009-12-21T10:40:58Z")
28 which is bullshit. I’m quite sure I wouldn’t have a problem with well over that amount of 5 year olds even if they did travel in packs. Damn, I didn’t know Brittney Murphy was dead. She was hot and I’d have liked to do her. Er, how longs she been dead did you say?.. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/71 "2009-12-21T12:21:51Z")
When one person dies, it’s a tragedy. When 25,000 people die, it’s a statistic. I’d say that fully applies here. P.S. I got 22. Probably because I fight dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/72 "2009-12-21T12:44:27Z")
Who cares about 25,000 kids? They’re just rotting meat. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/73 "2009-12-21T16:02:50Z")
Won’t someone think of the dead children? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/74 "2009-12-21T16:22:05Z")
25 here. That’s bullshit. I’m sure I could at the vey least take on a whole classroom. As it happens, I live right across an elementary school. I’ll come back with empirical data as soon as the holidays are over. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/75 "2009-12-21T16:50:31Z")
Hmm…I could beat 25 five-year-olds, and 31 90-year-olds. Which begs the question – who would win in a fight between 25 five-year-olds and 31 90-year-olds? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/76 "2009-12-21T16:54:12Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Hmm…I could beat 25 five-year-olds, and 31 90-year-olds. Which begs the question – who would win in a fight between 25 five-year-olds and 31 90-year-olds? The fans. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/77 "2009-12-21T17:29:27Z")
I could easily beat off a couple of hundred children. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/78 "2009-12-21T17:35:04Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Who cares about 25,000 kids? They’re just rotting meat. Looks like **Cleveland Steamer** is as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/79 "2009-12-21T17:39:19Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Looks like **Cleveland Steamer** is as well. Got flushed, did he? I don’t yet see a thread about it. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/80 "2009-12-21T17:42:42Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I could easily beat off a couple of hundred children. That’s illegal in most states, I’m pretty sure. Won’t someone think of the children?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992.md?page=5)