The deck name DOES actually have a story...and it's surprisingly unoffensive...though apparently someone has changed it above...wish I'd known.
Dead Baby, Please has a story!
THE STORY OF
DEAD BABY, PLEASE:
While waiting to begin my graduate degree program at Indiana University, I had a few months to kill without much prospect. So, I took a job as an assistant manager of HUGE Halloween shop that opened for the season. The pay was lousy but the job was a riot.
One day a middle aged woman and her best friend come in and buy a pair of baby doll masks (they looked like wooden baby dolls from the turn of the 19th century...painted cheeks, wood chips and all). They also purchased Goldilocks wigs. When put on, the effect was beyond creepy.
As the assistant manager, it was my job to discover new costume ideas, and these two seemed on to something...so I asked what it was about. The first woman then explained that whenever her boyfriend got exasperated with her he'd exclaim "Dead Baby, PLEASE!" said just like a southern stereo-type would say "Honey Child, PLEASE!" and these costumes were in response to that.
I admit I was too timid to ask how her nickname of "Dead Baby" came about, but apparently it had.
Thus ends the sadly-not-offensive the story of the name behind the Dead Baby, Please! Deck.
BTW - Thanks for the multi-quote fix! I didn't realize that was available!
BTW2 - New, speedier version of DBP coming shortly!
