If only my parents had done the same.

May 1, 2008 1:24 PM

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)

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