Smokin’ baby
MySpace video of child smoking lands woman in jail:
I’ve always said that MySpace was the trailer park of the internet and it seems that I wasn’t far off. 33-year-old Sandra Venery of Virginia Beach, Va. was arrested after she posted a video on MySpace of a two-year-old trying to smoke a cigarette.
Police said that the video also showed the child using profanity at the prompting of an adult female family member. The depiction of smoking and use of profanity apparently was modeled after a popular comedy skit the suspect had seen on television.
I guess I’m not watching the ‘right’ shows. Does anybody know what show they’re talking about? Not that it matters, the kid will probably be smoking filterless Luckies by the time he’s 13 anyway unless he gets out of that environment.
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6 opinions for Smokin’ baby
BelchSpeak
Dec 20, 2007 at 5:34 pm
They were talking about the Pearl video on Funny or die with Will Ferrell. Note that the 2 year old did not actually smoke, and they put the woman in jail without bond.
dave
Dec 31, 2007 at 7:41 pm
did you read that New England Journal of Medicine article that said 2 minutes of cigarette smoke created irreperable harm. The parent was clearly wrong, but jail– come on.
louise walker
Mar 3, 2008 at 9:01 pm
well i dont think this child smoke either it was something done that they thought was cute stupid judment but they also should not pay people millions to do as funny skit on tv with kid
margo
Mar 7, 2008 at 9:16 am
ahhhhhhh!
margo
Mar 7, 2008 at 3:35 pm
some people shouldn’t reproduce,most people are looking at this as a very bad parenting,i agree,she shouldn’t be in jail but should be watched closely,how would you feel if next week you read in the paper that this same child had serious burns from playing with a lighter.grow up people.this is no joke!
Inzanity
May 17, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I think she should have to pay fines and such. But come on, even jail is horrid. But if the child continued to be injured or prompted to smoke then social services should step in and take the child.
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