{"id":9025,"date":"2012-05-22T11:45:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T11:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9025"},"modified":"2012-05-22T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T11:45:41","slug":"darwin-awards-2012-parents-put-baby-in-washer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9025","title":{"rendered":"Darwin Awards 2012: \u201cParents\u201d Put Baby In Washer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at <a title=\"Baby placed in washing machine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2146782\/Couple-SON-washing-machine-prank-turns-sparking-desperate-rescue.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this story<\/a> in the Daily Mail. Someone has posted a link on YouTube to a CCTV video of a man and woman putting their child in a laundromat washing machine, then panicking when they couldn\u2019t get it out as the wash cycle began.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the video:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 520px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9025-1\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/x-flv\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/baby_in_machine1.flv?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/baby_in_machine1.flv\">https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/baby_in_machine1.flv<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>This is only a recent YouTube posting, so I would expect the identities of the two people to become known in due course. One can only hope that the authorities in whatever country is involved (it looks like the USA) conclude rightly that the pair are unfit to be parents, and the child is taken into care for its own safety.<\/p>\n<p>The two people involved are clearly front-runners for this year\u2019s Darwin Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at this story in the Daily Mail. Someone has posted a link on YouTube to a CCTV video of a man and woman putting their child in a laundromat washing machine, then panicking when they couldn\u2019t get it out as the wash cycle began. 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