# Who the hell uses their baby as a weapon?? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023 "2006-10-11T03:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/41 "2006-10-11T21:33:56Z")
In my day people knew that cats make far better weapons than babies, what do they teach in schools these days. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/42 "2006-10-11T21:40:39Z")
[QUOTE=Bippy the Beardless] In my day people knew that cats make far better weapons than babies, what do they teach in schools these days. [/QUOTE] Yeah, no kidding. As Calvin once pointed out, cats (and tigers) are pointy on five of their six ends. Much better weapons! Babies area all soft and squishy and stuff. At four months, they don’t even have teeth yet. (Okay, where do I sit? Are there any windows left?) ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/43 "2006-10-11T21:43:02Z")
Chyrotia. Don’t they have a seven-day treatment for that at the drug store? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/44 "2006-10-11T22:14:34Z")
[QUOTE=monstro] Chyrotia. Don’t they have a seven-day treatment for that at the drug store? [/QUOTE] Yeh, it’s two aisles down from the Lemonjello. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/45 "2006-10-11T22:23:00Z")
So, is it K-i-ro-tee-ya? Or Chee-rosha? Or do I want to know? ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/46 "2006-10-11T23:43:18Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] So, is it K-i-ro-tee-ya? Or Chee-rosha? Or do I want to know? [/QUOTE] Maybe it’s pronounced “Shi - thead”. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/47 "2006-10-11T23:51:52Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] So, is it K-i-ro-tee-ya? Or Chee-rosha? Or do I want to know? [/QUOTE] I was going with “Chy-roh-tee-ya”. All permutations sound like some kind of disease. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/48 "2006-10-12T00:05:30Z")
Baby got backhand! Hey, open the bus door, willya? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/49 "2006-10-12T00:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=monstro] I was going with “Chy-roh-tee-ya”. All permutations sound like some kind of disease. [/QUOTE] No it’s a combination of cromagnon and yetti. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/50 "2006-10-12T00:28:37Z")
Cut her some slack, people. She’d been drinking. Heck, she’s no worse than a congressman. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/51 "2006-10-12T00:42:12Z")
No, no, no, people! They were both low on blood sugar. In fact, they were discussing dinner plans. **Her:** What should we do for dinner? **Him:** (singing) I want my babybackbabybackbabyback… _ **thwack!** _ …dammit, bitch, I was going to say _ribs!__ **pow!** _ ::knock::knock:: Can I get on? Thanks. Where do I sit? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/52 "2006-10-12T00:56:54Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] This _is_ the time and place. Twit. [/QUOTE] :eek: All right, **Excalibre**! I’m actually \*cheering \*you! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/53 "2006-10-12T01:05:04Z")
[QUOTE=The King of Soup] **He:** Oh, sure. _Throw that in my face_. [/QUOTE] So, where’s this bus headed again? And **Malacandra**? Go take a pill. Granted, this has been a tasteless hijack, but frankly I think there are times that if you can’t laugh, you won’t be able to stop crying. This is one of them. That fucking cunt of a woman deserves… well, I’m not sure what. It should be bad, though. Mistake, my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Plastic\_Jesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@Plastic\_Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plastic_Jesus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/54 "2006-10-12T03:09:48Z")
Just to clarify…the baby was only four weeks old, not four months. Poor kid. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/55 "2006-10-12T03:41:34Z")
Man this bus is getting crowded. At least I got myself a front seat before it got too full. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/56 "2006-10-12T03:44:26Z")
[QUOTE=Farmwoman] Or boil it. [/QUOTE] Boilings no good. They just fall apart when you fling them. [QUOTE=EJsGirl] Granted, this has been a tasteless hijack, but frankly I think there are times that if you can’t laugh, you won’t be able to stop crying. This is one of them. [/QUOTE] Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/57 "2006-10-12T05:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Chyrotia Graham, 27, of Erie, told police she had been drinking when an argument with the child’s father turned violent early Sunday morning, according to an affidavit filed to support Graham’s arrest. > > Graham said she “snapped” and began grabbing things and throwing them at Deangelo Troop, 20, not realizing she had picked up her 4-week-old son, Jarron Troop, telling police she held the child by his legs and swung him at his father. Police had said they believed the woman held the baby by the midsection when she hit the man. > > Police said Troop punched Graham in the eye after she put the baby down, and police photos later showed her eye blackened and swollen shut. The Aristocrats! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/58 "2006-10-12T08:20:41Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Why are you only picking on Eve? Other people made jokes. [/QUOTE] Pick one: [ol]It was the end of a long day and I didn’t read to the end of the thread before posting (much like I’m doing now), instead just snapping when I saw **Eve** apparently indulging her fantasy of being the secret love-child of Dorothy Parker and Oscar Wilde, or [li]I’m a known **Eve** -basher and follow her around from thread to thread looking for stuff to complain about, or[/li][li]…naah, not gonna do the gag[/ol][/li] Now, don’t you have a schedule to keep or something? ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/59 "2006-10-12T08:53:40Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Pick one: [ol]It was the end of a long day and I didn’t read to the end of the thread before posting (much like I’m doing now), instead just snapping when I saw **Eve** apparently indulging her fantasy of being the secret love-child of Dorothy Parker and Oscar Wilde, or [li]I’m a known **Eve** -basher and follow her around from thread to thread looking for stuff to complain about, or[/li][li]…naah, not gonna do the gag[/ol][/li] Now, don’t you have a schedule to keep or something? [/QUOTE] Hey **Mal** , calm down, will ya? No need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Uh oh… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023/60 "2006-10-12T09:18:16Z")
Well it’s been lovely knowing you all, I’ll meet you at the Gates of Hell soon enough (I’ll lead the bus in my turbo-charged sports car, coz I started this mess) and show you your new quarters. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-uses-their-baby-as-a-weapon/376023.md?page=4)