# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/101 "2009-12-21T21:44:19Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > IT IS own possessive case? (it’s = it is. Else we’d have her’s & hi’s) > > Or ITS own possessive case? OAR its own possessive case ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/102 "2009-12-21T23:13:30Z")
> [@bup](#): > > IT’S own possessive case u r dum. Or I r whooshed. 😛 > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > No, I think he had it right the first time. No “think” about it, dear heart. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/103 "2009-12-21T23:17:07Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > No “think” about it, dear heart. 🙂 No, I’m a deer! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/104 "2009-12-21T23:42:50Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > **Marley23** is Big Billy Goat Gruff! > > 😃 "Mods Scoop Steamer. Details at 11… " 😉 ---
**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 22, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/105 "2009-12-22T00:07:13Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > It’s unusual in English, I know, but did you know that the pronoun “who” has its very own possessive case? [sub]I knew that[/sub] :smack: This isn’t my day, is it? No, I couldn’t remember if “whose” was possessive, if it was “who’s”. In my defense, I haven’t been getting much sleep lately. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/106 "2009-12-22T00:11:46Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > Everyone, be kind to **Cleveland Steamer**. Brittany Murphy’s death just caused him to realize that he’s going to die completely alone, completely unmourned, and will be completely forgotten by everyone. So am I…but only because I intend to die last! ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/107 "2009-12-22T03:00:43Z")
I’ll be right back. I need to drop a **Cleveland** … Shit. Potty humor. Oh, crap, I did it again. Well, he won’t be threadshitting anymore. ---
**Author:** ![drgnrdr07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@drgnrdr07](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drgnrdr07)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/108 "2009-12-22T04:11:08Z")
Pffft… 25,000? I can beat that. [http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/fight5?kids=25001](http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/fight5?kids=25001) ---
**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 22, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/109 "2009-12-22T05:21:03Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > So am I…but only because I intend to die last! Great. You can be Cthuhlu’s After Eight mint. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/110 "2009-12-22T05:38:26Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > "Mods Scoop Steamer. Details at 11… " 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/111 "2009-12-22T18:43:26Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Man, I know kids are small and such, but if this Brittany Murphy chick can fight 25,000 of them and not only win, _but kill them_ all? Damn, that’s one badass bitch. Late to the troll-burning and all, but I’m SO going to hell for laughing at this. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/112 "2009-12-22T21:40:31Z")
A 6 year old shot a 5 year old with a gun the parents didn’t know was in their home on Sunday. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime\_courts/122209\_Prosecutors\_Office\_Parents\_of\_5-year-old\_victim\_of\_accidental\_shooting\_unaware\_gun\_was\_in\_their\_home.html](http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/122209_Prosecutors_Office_Parents_of_5-year-old_victim_of_accidental_shooting_unaware_gun_was_in_their_home.html) > [@](#): > > Authorities say they do not believe that either of the parents knew a handgun was present inside the home, above, where Daron Mayes, 5, was accidentally shot and killed. > > The parents of Daron Mayes have not been charged in the shooting death, which occurred when the boy and a 6-year-old relative were playing with a gun they found in a bedroom of a Kearney Street home. > > “We have no reason to believe that either of the parents are aware that a handgun was present inside the home,” said Passaic County Chief Assistant John Latorraca. “At this junction, there are no charges as to them.” > > Another relative, 23-year-old Jalik Jones, illegally purchased a .380 handgun and kept the loaded weapon in a bedroom he shared with Daron. Jones was charged with reckless manslaughter and purchasing an illegal handgun in the death, and police and state records confirmed Tuesday Jones recently served a little more than four months in prison on a theft charge. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/113 "2009-12-22T21:51:22Z")
[Quote=bup] > [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > IT IS own possessive case? (it’s = it is. Else we’d have her’s & hi’s) > > Or ITS own possessive case? OAR its own possessive case [/quote] [One does not need to make a case to possess the sweet down-home jammy sound of OAR.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWkTwcwhLc0&feature=channel) > [@Jack Batty](#): > > … one more joke at this straight line probably couldn’t hurt … Just one more for good measure… > [@Smeghead](#): > > I could easily beat off a couple of hundred children. When did you become a Catholic priest? > [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Originally Posted by msmith537 > So am I…but only because I intend to die last! > > Great. You can be Cthuhlu’s After Eight mint. What makes you think he won’t be my calamari appetizer? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/114 "2009-12-22T21:57:25Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > A 6 year old shot a 5 year old with a gun the parents didn’t know was in their home on Sunday , during an argument about who was mourning Brittany Murphy’s bigger fan. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/115 "2009-12-23T13:16:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Link to the official announcement.](http://www.ehow.com/how_12570_make-sock-puppet.html) Wait a second… are you saying that Cleveland Steamer was really Shari Lewis? Or Señor Wences? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/116 "2009-12-23T14:50:04Z")
I’m going to guess it was a sock of a Chicago suburb that recently departed. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/117 "2009-12-23T14:55:55Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I’m going to guess it was a sock of a Chicago suburb that recently departed. That’s why the name seemed so familiar! ---
**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 23, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/118 "2009-12-23T14:56:13Z")
Why are we talking about Cleveland Steamer getting banned? Since it happened, _41,000 children have died!_ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/119 "2009-12-23T15:38:23Z")
And in the same time period, Brittany Murphy pictures have killed over 70,000 kittens. ---
**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 23, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/120 "2009-12-23T17:05:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Link to the official announcement.](http://www.ehow.com/how_12570_make-sock-puppet.html) Cool! Now I can make my own puppet! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992.md?page=7)