# Yet another "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361 "2013-02-15T03:08:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/81 "2013-02-15T20:34:36Z")
I remember \*real \*birds, not pictures. Mary’s bleeding stopped. She slept alone. David’s master stroke also proved mortal. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/82 "2013-02-15T20:36:09Z")
Graft his tongue to the stump. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/83 "2013-02-15T20:36:57Z")
Mary’s bleeding stopped…as did she. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/84 "2013-02-15T20:37:40Z")
Tasting the flesh, his anguish erupted. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/85 "2013-02-15T20:41:15Z")
Disappointed, she said “Is that all?” ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/86 "2013-02-15T20:48:11Z")
You won’t need eyes to plead. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/87 "2013-02-15T21:02:56Z")
The most evocative 6 word story, to me anyways: “For Sale. Baby Crib. Never used.” J. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/88 "2013-02-15T21:07:43Z")
Thread point, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/89 "2013-02-15T21:09:50Z")
With heaven closed, good was irrevelant. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/90 "2013-02-15T21:11:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Pardon, are you using that gun? > [@TruCelt](#): > > Pardon, are you using that: > > toothpick? > > ticket? > > cane? > > tourniquet? Yes. You see what I mean. (And tourniquet gives you a nice insight into the speaker.) But I keep thinking that there’s something perfect out there that I’m just not remembering. I considered thumbscrew, but decided that was trite. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/91 "2013-02-15T21:18:03Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > But I keep thinking that there’s something perfect out there that I’m just not remembering. garotte? stake? army? casket? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/92 "2013-02-15T22:02:35Z")
No, there is no other woman. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/93 "2013-02-15T22:15:08Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Yes. You see what I mean. (And tourniquet gives you a nice insight into the speaker.) But I keep thinking that there’s something perfect out there that I’m just not remembering. > > I considered thumbscrew, but decided that was trite. Pickaxe? ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/94 "2013-02-15T22:15:16Z")
Your screams can’t wake the children. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/95 "2013-02-15T23:35:45Z")
As babies went, it was tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/96 "2013-02-15T23:44:20Z")
Lived. Laughed, learned, loved, lamented. Left. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/97 "2013-02-15T23:48:12Z")
“Why?” she sobbed. “Because” he mumbled. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/98 "2013-02-16T00:54:18Z")
I’ve done horror, mystery, and western. So now a six word SF. Aliens invade Earth. Mankind fights back. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/99 "2013-02-16T01:22:52Z")
“Baby Missing” read her newsprint shroud. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361/100 "2013-02-16T01:35:12Z")
My head hurt as I stood up. Her only contraction was in May. He realized the parachute was damaged. She saw a brand new color. The locks were not enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-for-sale-baby-shoes-never-worn-thread/650361.md?page=6)