If only my parents had done the same.
May 1, 2008 1:24 PM   Subscribe

Indian baby dropping ritual (embedded Reuters video). "Muslims in western India have been observing a bizarre ritual - they've been throwing their young children off a tall building to improve their health. The faithful have been observing the ritual for more than five hundred years."
posted by zardoz (19 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: drop me baby one more time -- cortex



 
With a long enough timeline, eventually natural selection will create winged babies.
posted by mullingitover at 1:27 PM on May 1, 2008 [2 favorites]


?
posted by oddman at 1:27 PM on May 1, 2008


And metafilter has been observing it for nearly four days.
posted by rusty at 1:27 PM on May 1, 2008


oops! I forgot via.
posted by zardoz at 1:28 PM on May 1, 2008


You know how when you propose something outrageous to your friends as a joke and they somehow all get on board with it. If you did it a long enough time ago, it's now a sacred tradition.
posted by Kattullus at 1:28 PM on May 1, 2008 [1 favorite]


It's a bouncing baby boy!
(I'm glad they bounced and didn't splat.)
posted by rmless at 1:29 PM on May 1, 2008 [1 favorite]


The fact that this continues unabated is proof that being dropped on your head as a child impairs brain function.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 1:29 PM on May 1, 2008


oh, crap, didn't see that. But...it's CNN vs. Reuters...enough of a difference? No? Ok, fine. Delete away, mods.

*pouts, walks away in a huff*
posted by zardoz at 1:30 PM on May 1, 2008


True, Kattulls. I blame practical joking time travelers.
posted by Dr-Baa at 1:30 PM on May 1, 2008


oops! I forgot via.

No you forgot via.

Ha!
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 1:31 PM on May 1, 2008


Bounced twice
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:31 PM on May 1, 2008


And metafilter has been observing it for nearly four days.

It's a bouncing baby boy!

And he bounced right back to the blue!
posted by ericb at 1:32 PM on May 1, 2008


insert Micheal Jackson joke here
posted by tkchrist at 1:32 PM on May 1, 2008


Rebound
posted by IndpMed at 1:33 PM on May 1, 2008


HOW IS DOUBLE FORMED
posted by kittens for breakfast at 1:40 PM on May 1, 2008 [1 favorite]


And metafilter has been observing it for nearly four days.

Is there a term for cryptic doubles?
posted by Artw at 1:41 PM on May 1, 2008


ouble-de.
posted by abulafa at 1:42 PM on May 1, 2008


insert Micheal Jackson joke here

Naw, insert it here.
posted by flotson at 1:42 PM on May 1, 2008


Well, zardoz tossed it out there...here's hoping the admins catch it.
posted by carsonb at 1:46 PM on May 1, 2008


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