SHUT THAT BABY UP!

     Come on! We've all thought about it at one time or another. I don't even have kids yet, but when I hear my sister's kids crying; sometimes I just want to put my hand over their mouths and tell them to stop crying. Well, a nurse in the Philippines took it step further when she muzzled a crying newborn with a strip of tape in a maternity ward in the Philippines. 

     New father, Ryan Noval recently posted photos on Facebook showing his newborn son, Yohannes Noval, sleeping with a strip of what looks like Scotch tape across his upper lip and across both of his cheeks. Another snapshot shows the little boy, at just five days old, wailing away as the Scotch tape began to come off of his face. Am I the only one cracking up here? Yes, this was a mean thing to do, but the ball on this nurse. How can you not laugh at her attempt to shut this crying baby up? I wish I would have thought of it first!

     Noval claimed that his wife, Jasmine, returned to the nursery Friday evening to find the baby gagged with tape at the Cebu City hospital. The furious father wrote on Facebook, "This is not even close to being professional or humane. Jasmine immediately asked the attending nurse, 'why is there tape over his mouth?' The reply that she got from the nurse was 'your baby was TOO NOISY (crying) so I put that over his mouth." That is too funny! I know I'm going to catch a lot of flack for saying that, but come on. They put Scotch tape over the baby's mouth! That's not funny? A gag ball might have been funnier!

     The new mother found the baby had a wet diaper, something the nurse didn't bother to check. Noval said that Jasmine demanded the nurse to remove the tape, but was told "you can go ahead and take it off yourself, ma'am." I can see how this couple might've gotten pissed off now. The service in this hospital was horrible. The nurse eventually relented and took the tape off herself, ripping off some of the child's lip skin as she pulled off the sticky strip of tape. The couple complained about the incident to the information desk, and an investigation into the incident is said to be underway at the Cebu Maternity Hospital. 

     Noval later posted on Facebook with a few pics, "Meet my son, Yohannes Noval! He cannot speak about his horrific experience from the attending nurse's hands inside Maternity Hospital's nursery. So, we have to speak out for him. If you think your newborn babies are safe, think again. Your babies could be silent victims and you will never really know about it." I'm sorry. I do feel bad for this baby and the Noval family, but I still find these pics of the baby with the tape of his mouth hysterical. I can't be the only one. 

NYQUIL ON A PLANE LEADS TO GROPING

Do some of you need that extra accompaniment on a long flight? Some of you might rely on alcohol, while some might rely on thing like Tylenol PM. Well, a recent story came out about a woman who took a spoonful of liquid Nyquil to fall asleep aboard a flight to Hawaii is claiming that a man sexually assaulted her while she was sleeping. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, says that she woke up several times during the flight only to find Luavalu Seuva'ai (thank God I don't have to pronounce that name out loud!) touching and groping her underneath her clothing. Um, why didn't she call for a flight attendant right away if this was true? Nyquil is some strong stuff, but not strong enough to make you incoherent. 

Seuva'ai pleaded not guilty before a federal judge on Monday to charges of abusive sexual contact aboard an aircraft. The incident allegedly took place on August 16 aboard a Hawaiian Airlines Flight from the Philippines to Honolulu. 22-year-old, Seuva'ai, insists that the woman was flirting with him and he was flirting back. I guess flirting where he comes from means groping? Where I come from; flirting is more wordy than touching. 

 The alleged victim says that she did call flight attendants over after she woke up to find Seuva'ai's hand under her bra! I'm sorry! That is kind of hilarious if you can visualize that. Not funny what happened to the poor girl, but the thought of catching some foreign guy with his hand up some woman's shirt is hilarious! Anyway, flight attendants separated the woman and Seuva'ai and quickly notified authorities. He was released into his sister's custody on Monday after paying a bail of $25,000.  

According to the FBI agent on the case, inappropriate conduct on airplanes is apparently common. He says that he's called about four times a month for such cases. Why can't this stuff happen to me? Why can't I get groped on a plane while I'm sleeping? Even if someone did try to grope me while I was sleeping, I would pretend to stay asleep and just enjoy it. Unless, it was some beastly woman or a dude, of course. Seuva'ai's attorney is calling the incident 'a classic case of he said, she said.' What? If the flight attendants caught him in the act, it's clearly not 'he said, she said!' The flight attendants, I am sure, will be called in as witnesses!

Seuva'ai is set to appear in court this September. I'd be interested in the outcome of this trial. He's being charged for abusive sexual contact aboard an aircraft, and carries a maximum sentence of two years in a federal prison. Look on the bright side; at least he wasn't a terrorist!