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A Fandango Ate My Baby!

Thanks to the magic of Fandango.com the wife and I already have our tickets for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, coming out a week from today. Do you have yours?

After writing the title for this post… I wondered where that “A dingo ate my baby” quote comes from. I did quite a bit of searching but couldn’t find anything. I’ve seen the quote used all over the place, but does anyone know the origin? The Internet Movie Database says the movie A Cry in the Dark contained the quote, but I don’t know if that’s where the mainstream quote comes from. Oh well.

And Elaine said it on that episode of Sienfeld…at the friend’s party out in the suburbs.

But I don’t know if that’s what brought it to the mainstream, or if she was just quoting whatever did bring it to the front…

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-112/epid-2267/
Elaine was goofing on a story about a woman in Australia whose infant went missing while her family was camping in the bush.

As I recall, the cops were all over her, saying that the camping trip was just an alibi/cover-up for her to ditch a baby she didn’t want.

She countered all interrogation by sticking to a story about how a dingo came into camp and carried the baby off.

the comment, “A dingo Ate mY Baby!” is from ” a cry in the dark” The woman’s name was lindy chamberlain, it happened in australia in 1980.The couple was convicted of murder I think. The body was never found, nor concrete evidence.

Here’s the whole story of the Azaria Chamberlain case:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000922.html

On August 17, 1980, nine-week old Azaria Chamberlain disappeared from her family’s tent near the giant monolith, Uluru (Ayer’s Rock), the sacred aboriginal site at the dead heart of the Australian continent. Her little body was never found, but the state prosecution produced evidence - torn clothing and bloodstains from the Chamberlain’s car - that, with the right experts on the witness stand, led to the conviction of the baby’s mother, Lindy, on a charge of murder. Her explanation that she had seen a native dog slinking out of their camping tent with something in its mouth, seemed absurd. Lindy’s cry of distress, “A dingo’s got my baby,” entered into mocking folk-lore.

I’ve just finished a huge case study on this and theres so much or info that I could put but dont want to bore you all, so if you wanna know more e-mail me on: homer_20@hotmail.com
Cheers
Luke

This quote is from a really sad true story about a woman who went camping in the australian bush i think about 20 years ago and her baby went missing while they were camping, and they said that a dingo may have taken the baby. The authorties strongly suspected her. it was a huge case and she was eventually proven innocent. The movie “A Cry in the Dark” is based on this story. I know the family personally.

Actually, she was never “proven innocent”, although her conviction was overturned. There can be not enough proof that you are guilty but that doesn’t mean you didn’t do it. There’s just not near enough proof to say she did it for sure. Personally I think its 50-50 whether she killed her baby and I’m glad her conviction was overturned since the government didnt make its case.