RIVERVIEW, Fla. - The 5-year-old twins knew something was wrong when the
earth swallowed the baby. The adults knew something was wrong when the
twins started screaming.
Two-year-old Isiaha Gatwood had stepped into the opening to a septic
tank, dropping into 4 feet of effluent.
James Scofield, who stays with Isiaha's parents, and neighbor Perry
Portee ran to the back yard of Portee's home to find out why Portee's
daughter was screaming.
"The baby fell in the poopy hole," 5-year-old Tori Portee told them. By
then, her twin sister, Taylor, was screaming, too.
Scofield, using a sledgehammer, broke open the hole, which was no bigger
than a basketball. Portee jumped into the sludge, felt around for Isiaha
and fished him out, Scofield said.
Paramedics arrived and worked on Isiaha until he started to breathe and
cry. "When he cried that was the best thing that could have happened,"
Scofield said. Isiaha was taken to a hospital where he was listed in
critical condition.
- St. Petersburg Times
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:17:04 GMT
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In article ,
John Starrett wrote:
> "The baby fell in the poopy hole," 5-year-old Tori Portee told them. By
> then, her twin sister, Taylor, was screaming, too.
Good, he got started early. It'll toughen him up for when it keeps
happening at regular intervals for the REST OF HIS LIFE.
--
HellPope Huey
If I whacked my forehead and went "D'OH!"
for every mistake I'd made,
I could rest a beer can in the hollow
I have never made but one prayer to God,
a very short one:
"O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous."
And God granted it.
- Voltaire
I may be a living legend,
but that sure don't help
when I've got to change a flat tire.
- Roy Orbison
Correspondent:: König Prüße, GfbAEV Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:06:17 GMT
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jstarret wrote:
>http://www.q59.com/script/headline_newsmanager.php?id=387827&pagecontent=weirdnews&feed_id=64
>
>Baby Falls into Septic Tank
>
>RIVERVIEW, Fla. - The 5-year-old twins knew something was wrong when the
>earth swallowed the baby. The adults knew something was wrong when the
>twins started screaming.
>
>Two-year-old Isiaha Gatwood had stepped into the opening to a septic
>tank, dropping into 4 feet of effluent.
>
>James Scofield, who stays with Isiaha's parents, and neighbor Perry
>Portee ran to the back yard of Portee's home to find out why Portee's
>daughter was screaming.
>
>"The baby fell in the poopy hole," 5-year-old Tori Portee told them. By
>then, her twin sister, Taylor, was screaming, too.
>
>Scofield, using a sledgehammer, broke open the hole, which was no bigger
>than a basketball. Portee jumped into the sludge, felt around for Isiaha
>and fished him out, Scofield said.
>
>Paramedics arrived and worked on Isiaha until he started to breathe and
>cry. "When he cried that was the best thing that could have happened,"
>Scofield said. Isiaha was taken to a hospital where he was listed in
>critical condition.
>
>- St. Petersburg Times
Brit Pub Song
A mother was washing her baby one night;
The youngest of ten and a delicate mite.
The mother was poor and the baby was thin;
'Twas naught but a skeleton covered with skin.
The mother turned 'round for a soap off the rack.
She was only a moment but when she turned back
Her baby had gone, and in anguish she cried,
"Oh, where has my baby gone?" The angels replied:
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole.
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug.
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin,
He should have been washed in a jug, in a jug.
Your baby is perfectly happy;
He won't need a bath anymore.
He's a-muckin' about with the angels above,
Not lost but gone before.
Correspondent:: nenslo Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:56:57 -0800
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John Starrett wrote:
>
> "When he cried that was the best thing that could have happened,"
Story of my life.
Correspondent:: Pope Phil Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:36:44 +0000 (UTC)
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get Used to it kid - that's what life's like
John Starrett wrote:
> http://www.q59.com/script/headline_newsmanager.php?id=387827&pagecontent=weirdnews&feed_id=64
>
>
> Baby Falls into Septic Tank
>
> RIVERVIEW, Fla. - The 5-year-old twins knew something was wrong when the
> earth swallowed the baby. The adults knew something was wrong when the
> twins started screaming.
>
> Two-year-old Isiaha Gatwood had stepped into the opening to a septic
> tank, dropping into 4 feet of effluent.
>
> James Scofield, who stays with Isiaha's parents, and neighbor Perry
> Portee ran to the back yard of Portee's home to find out why Portee's
> daughter was screaming.
>
> "The baby fell in the poopy hole," 5-year-old Tori Portee told them. By
> then, her twin sister, Taylor, was screaming, too.
>
> Scofield, using a sledgehammer, broke open the hole, which was no bigger
> than a basketball. Portee jumped into the sludge, felt around for Isiaha
> and fished him out, Scofield said.
>
> Paramedics arrived and worked on Isiaha until he started to breathe and
> cry. "When he cried that was the best thing that could have happened,"
> Scofield said. Isiaha was taken to a hospital where he was listed in
> critical condition.
>
> - St. Petersburg Times
Correspondent:: Ued Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:33:41 -0500
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In article , jstarret@sdc.org says...
>
> Baby Falls into Septic Tank
Excellent training for having to deal with the IRS as an adult.
Correspondent:: Artemia Salina Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:32:47 -0500
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:35:32 -0700, John Starrett wrote:
> Isiaha was taken to a hospital where he was listed in
> critical condition.
Paramedic #1: "Quick! Get the baby into the ambulance!!"
Paramedic #2: "PFOPF!! Hit him with a garden hose first!"
Paramedic #2: "Ok!"
Paramedic #1: "Quick! Get the baby into the ambulance!!"
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:42:51 GMT
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I fell in the poopy hole too, but fortunately, "Bob" was there to look
down into it and say "Its alright, I nabbed your wallet before you
tipped over."
--
HellPope Huey
Trying to shake the snapping cur of Society
offa my pants cuff since 1959
"This will be our reply to violence:
to make music more intensely,
more beautifully,
more devotedly than ever before. "
- Leonard Bernstein
"Magic is the cheat codes for the world.
Sending a signal
to reality's operating system, see?"
- Warren Ellis, "Planetary"