SFist: Take Me Baby Or Leave Me

Greg

Fri, 23 May 2008 14:36:32 -0800

I remember walking by the fire station over here one day and seeing that sign, and thinking that would be one of the things that would freak out someone from like, the 1920s who gets teleported ahead 80 years into the future or something.

Deborah

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:18:20 -0800

Yeah, Brock. You'll never be anyone's godfather! Not with a sense of humor like that. Just kidding. Are you available for baptisms?

Incandenza

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:12:28 -0800

What do the dalmatians do, anyway?

Brock Keeling

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:11:25 -0800

we will miss you, jennatortue. thanks for reading!

JennaTorture

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:07:49 -0800

I have read you religiously through my google reader feed for a very long time. But this article led me to unsubscribe. Your humor is vile, your respect for the mother, the child and the poor person who found the baby's body was non-existent. This was beyond poor judgement, it was elitist and cruel. I am sad to lose the many things I like about your site, but your advertisers deserve to know that readership declines because of posts like this.

Beth Spotswood

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:35:21 -0800

I think dead baby jokes are in better taste than using a frowny face to express disapproval at dead baby jokes...

miss mess

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:22:06 -0800

"We think firefighters now use them instead of dalmatians." call me old fashioned, but i don't think the dead baby post is the place for jokes... just bad taste... :(

The Angry Young Man

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:21:33 -0800

Why are we assuming that the kind of crack ho chickenhead who'd birth then dump a baby would have enough wits about her to pay attention to blue signs announcing "Hey you! Dump your baby here!" I mean, the word "surrender" has three syllables in it. That's way too difficult a word for like 75% of the American public to even begin to comprehend.

bluecanary

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:57:15 -0800

On the serious, I truly don't understand why someone would do this, particularly in a state where surrender sites are everywhere. Maybe more PSAs on Channel One are needed.

bluecanary

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:55:38 -0800

Won't they take teenagers, too? If not, bah, they are of no use to me.

megang

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:36:21 -0800

There is no excuse for this. None.

Brock Keeling

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:33:43 -0800

ideally, yes.

mariconsoy

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:32:57 -0800

Does the baby have to be yours to surrender it?