Replying to a message of Danny Ceppa to Bob Ackley:

 DC> -> On 26 Jan 07  23:42:06, Bob Ackley got back to Andy Ball 
 DC> -> Re: births  was: Teething

 BA>> And not just for the mother, there was a recent story where a woman
 BA>> was induced to deliver a couple of weeks early because her hubby had
 BA>> Super Bowl tickets and she (they) didn't want a little thing like
 BA>> childbirth to interfere with the really important stuff like a
 BA>> football game. 

 DC> Now that is really a crass thing to do.  What did they do next season?

Dunno.  Next season is next year.  The event happened within the past week 
or two.
 
 DC> Use the kid as a football to recreate the good plays they just
 DC> watched?  

I doubt they'd go that far.  It's a cinch that the kid will be brought up 
worshipping that ovate pigskin, though.

FWIW, years ago I worked in a hospital.  The maternity ward had its own
guarded entrance (which was also the after-hours entrance/exit for employees).
On my way in to work one night (about 2145) I saw a crowd of about 20 kids
(male and female, ages about 15-19, apparently) hanging around that entrance.
It was fairly obvious even from a distance that they wanted to go in and the
guard wasn't going to open the door.  Rather than try to go in that way and risk
them forcing their way through the doors after they were opened for me, I went
down into the underground doctor's parking lot and was buzzed in from there.  On
talking with the guard several hours later it seems that one of their 16 year old
friends was delivering an infant and they all wanted to watch; I guess they thought
the birthing rooms were huge and had bleachers for the cheering fans.

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