Baby's an It (call of the obstetrician?)

[Wilson Gray]

And then the parents say, "Here, you take him / her!" And you're
immediately off the hook. Word, Mark!

-Wilson

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm perfectly comfortable calling any baby "cute". The parents are never
> offended, and I'm always sincere.
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> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> At 9/13/2008 08:44 AM, David Bowie wrote:
>> >>"He saw
>> >>the baby was sleeping peacefully, he touched it on the cheek, and her
>> >>eyes opened. Cute little baby." '  (Sexism rampant, of
>> >>course.)  Apparently for Detective Anderson babies are neuter until
>> >>personal contact is established.
>> >
>> >To verify sexism in this, you'd have to show that the same thing
>> >wouldn't have been said for a baby boy.
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>> For an infant boy left on a doorstep, and were I a policeman, I would
>> have said "handsome little tyke."
>>
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