# Place your Bets: Shirley's Baby Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123 "2000-01-25T15:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/21 "2000-01-26T00:24:00Z")
This’d be easier if I was there and could feel your tummy. Oh well. February 10 11:34 p.m. EST 7 lbs. 11 oz. 20 inches Labor – 3 hours of contractions, 15 minutes of pushing ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/22 "2000-01-26T07:20:00Z")
Date: Feb. 9th, 2000 Time: 3:17pm EST Weight: 7lbs, 4oz Length: 18 1/2" Labor: 6 hours Pushing: 10 minutes * * * The Top 10 Greatest Things About Procrastination: 1. ---
**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/23 "2000-01-26T07:28:00Z")
here goes: Feb. 10 20.5 inches 7 lbs 2 oz. labor : 7 hrs pushing 45 min (i’m rooting for you) But I’m not so sure about naming the baby after the winner. Depending on who it is, Satan or PurpleCrackWhore may not be the best names for making friends as the child grows up. :rolleyes: * * * Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance. – a Celtic motto ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/24 "2000-01-26T08:41:00Z")
Delivery Date: February 16, 2000 at 9:30AM your local time. Baby Weight: 9 lbs. 8 oz. Length: 21 inches Labor length: 11.5 hours (but only at the hospital for 2 hours.) Good Luck!! ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/25 "2000-01-26T14:54:00Z")
9 February (why not, it’s my anniversary) 19 inches 7lb8oz 3 1/2 hour labor …and best to you all. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/26 "2000-01-26T17:05:00Z")
OK, I’ll go with some longshots… Delivery: 2/2/00 (Nothing like a Groundhog Day baby!) 18 1/2" 6#10oz 1/2 hour labor ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/27 "2000-01-26T20:45:00Z")
Actually MrKnowItAll…The labor will be all day, and just as she thinks shes done, she’ll have to start over. 🙂 * * * \>\>Being Chaotic Evil means never having to say your sorry…unless the other guy is bigger than you.\<\< —The dragon observes ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/28 "2000-01-26T23:00:00Z")
I just wonder what happens if the baby comes out and sees its shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/29 "2000-01-26T23:33:00Z")
Hey now, don’t look at me…I had absolutely nothing to do with Shirley’s condition at all. That being said, here is my prediction: Due Date: **February 3, 2000.** Baby Weight: **7 pounds, 1 ounce.** Length: **19 inches.** Labor length: **7 hours.** Pushing length: **20 minutes.** * * * Shadowfox “Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.” - Procrastinator’s motto. [http://www.despair.com](http://www.despair.com) ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/30 "2000-01-27T00:10:00Z")
Date 1-26 Baby Weight/Length 24" Labor length 72 h( as a tie breaker.) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/31 "2000-01-27T04:58:00Z")
Just an update on the next doper… Had a regular ob visit today with the standard cervical exam to it today. I am dialated to about 1.5 ( which a woman can go for days/weeks on and it is no big deal.) Since this afternoon, my belly has been rock hard ( another thing I’m getting use to) but she’s been doing the solo mexican hat dance inside of me all night ( except when I move or take a bath.) No pain or discomfort other than I can’t sleep with all the ruckus. Ahhhh, she’s mellowed since I’ve finally sat down before the computer…in SD no less. An addict already. updates as they warrant. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/32 "2000-01-27T05:05:00Z")
Oh, as for names, if there is a four way tie, her name will be: Satan’s Purple Crack Moo. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/33 "2000-01-27T05:16:00Z")
How 'bout “Satan’s Purple Crack Moo CTP?” She must be awfully damned ambitious if she’s bouncing around in a place that now has no room for such things. Hm. I’m standing by my guess of February 1. * * * “…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage.” ---
**Author:** ![blackwrangler98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@blackwrangler98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blackwrangler98)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/34 "2000-01-27T05:44:00Z")
Hope this isn’t really a trick question and you are actually having twins! My wild guess is… Feb. 13 8lbs. 8oz. 9 hours of labor. a new baby boy. Please don’t name it Michael. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/35 "2000-01-27T06:00:00Z")
BW98 - all indications (ultrasound) point to her being a girl. If she isn’t, then he’s gonna have a mulberry haze colored bedroom. Although, if she is a he, I get to name him, I already called that one. Rights of being a mom. How about " Satan’s Purple Chris Moo"? And the doctor was able to feel her head today…thru the exact way she got in there and the exact way she will get out. If that isn’t borderline wow/yikes, I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123/36 "2000-01-27T06:08:00Z")
Who says Mulberry isn’t MANLY? Delivery DAte: February 14, 2000 Weight: 7#02oz Length 19 inches Labor: 6 hours Pushing: 1/4 hour [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-shirleys-baby-pool/13123.md?page=1)