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Tanuki

(14,920 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 04:01 PM Mar 2020

Missouri woman gives birth in toilet paper aisle at Walmart.

https://www.wkrn.com/community/health/coronavirus/woman-gives-birth-in-toilet-paper-aisle-at-walmart/

"Amid the empty shelves and store closures, a Springfield, Missouri, Walmart had its own commotion goingWednesday afternoon.

A baby was born in the toilet paper aisle.

“We were like, oh my gosh, is this actually going to happen,” said store manager Jessica Hinkle.

Hinkle said the woman warned store associates that her last child came in just 30 minutes. When the woman’s water broke in the toilet paper aisle, she was prepared to go into labor right then and there.

“We were like, what do we do now?” she said. ......(more)

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Missouri woman gives birth in toilet paper aisle at Walmart. (Original Post) Tanuki Mar 2020 OP
Mazeltov! superpatriotman Mar 2020 #1
Will she name the baby Corona? n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #2
Charmin or Scott lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #5
Lol. Charmin for girl, Scott for boy. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #6
I just hope it's not "Cottonelle". nt Ilsa Mar 2020 #11
How about Cotton Nell? n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #12
A girl: Coton Elle Ilsa Mar 2020 #13
That headline makes perfect sense these days renate Mar 2020 #3
That is the most Wal-Mart headline in the history of Wal-Mart. Aristus Mar 2020 #4
At least it was an empty part of the store . . . Journeyman Mar 2020 #7
That woman should get toilet paper for life. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #8
Some people will do anything to get their hands on TP. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #9
Over 45 years ago customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #10
The store had a one package per person limit. nilram Mar 2020 #14
There was a movie about a baby born in a Wal-Mart. Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #15
Where the Heart Is nt Meowmee Mar 2020 #16
Good movie. Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #17
Yep Meowmee Mar 2020 #18

Aristus

(66,436 posts)
4. That is the most Wal-Mart headline in the history of Wal-Mart.
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 04:03 PM
Mar 2020

Let me guess: She and her husband got married in Wal-Mart?

The child was conceived in Wal-Mart?

The baby shower was at Wal-Mart?

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
10. Over 45 years ago
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 04:53 PM
Mar 2020

one of my college friends went into labor at the supermarket. Her water broke in the condiments section, and she promptly picked a jar of pickles off the shelf, then dropped it on the floor for "cover".

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