# I just got a truly disturbing piece of spam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240 "2003-08-23T23:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/21 "2003-08-25T03:08:09Z")
Well, could it be similiar to that “Baby Think It Over”, that’s supposed to be used in home ec classes where students get a doll that you have to feed and change? ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/22 "2003-08-25T04:47:17Z")
Ok, well, this is coming from a girl who screams every time the Snuggles bear comes on TV (he’s creeepy), but I think that thing is horrifying! Life like vinyl skin?? Gak! Oh gosh, and the Trainspotting comment just about did me in. ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/23 "2003-08-25T14:31:44Z")
This is creepy. Period. Can you imagine going to someone’s house for the first time and walking into a collection of lifelike babies all around you. Dressed in newborn clothes here, sailor suit there. All with little cribs and silver rattles. Sheesh, I would seriously wonder about the sanity of the person who collected these. It seems like the set up to a Stephen King novel. And the lady would caution you that you had better not wake the babies!! Seriously, I was a member of a baby message board back when I was pregnant with my second. We were a tight know group talking about things like labor and delivery, breast versus bottle, etc. There was a girl on there that seemed . . . weird somehow. Finally it came out that the baby she had been sharing her experiences with was actually a realistic baby doll. She claimed she even breast fed it!! :eek: smilie depicts jaw-dropping surprise \*\*NOT \*\*a hungry baby She also claimed to have Aspergers. I don’t know if that all was true or what but from her posts you could tell there was something way off there. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/24 "2003-08-25T16:43:04Z")
I didn’t find the doll creepy. So what if it is lifelike. There are many people that collect dolls and look for these features. I remember when I was purchasing dolls for my daughter I was always looking for the ones that looked closer to real life. I particularly liked “Baby Joey” who came with all his parts \ too bad they eventually had him taken off the market. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/25 "2003-08-25T17:19:19Z")
Would anyone care to stop shuddering long enough to please explain the “Trainspotting” reference, in a spoiler box if possible (sparing anyone who may not want to know or has not seen the movie). I don’t get the reference, not yet having seen the movie (not likely to, in my case). ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/26 "2003-08-25T18:27:00Z")
Put it in a car seat and its “Hello, HOV lane!” ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/27 "2003-08-25T18:52:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\*Would anyone care to stop shuddering long enough to please explain the “Trainspotting” reference, in a spoiler box if possible (sparing anyone who may not want to know or has not seen the movie). I don’t get the reference, not yet having seen the movie (not likely to, in my case). \*\* In the book, and the film, one of the heroin addicts has a baby that dies (due to the neglect of the addict mother). In a withdrawal-induced hallucination, Renton (the main character) sees this dead baby crawling accross the ceiling and then turing it’s head 180 degrees (Excorcist-style) to look at him, before dropping down onto his bed. It’s pretty freaky. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/28 "2003-08-25T20:53:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Single Serving Friend \* > **Can anyone come up with a genuine use for these dolls for the general public?** Well, you could stick it in a big jar full of yellowish liquid and keep it on your porch. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/29 "2003-08-25T23:15:53Z")
Ah, thank you **Francesca** , that also explains the “Flappy Jack” incident in an episode of _The Family Guy_. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/30 "2003-08-25T23:38:56Z")
Damn, I can actually say that that’s one butt ugly baby…and not offend the parents… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/31 "2003-08-25T23:56:56Z")
“They broke the mold after Baby Emily was born… literally.” ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/32 "2003-08-26T00:06:49Z")
Hmmmmmm…it looks real enough not to leave in a car on a hot day. ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/33 "2003-08-26T04:05:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Put it in a car seat and its “Hello, HOV lane!” Ok…that was brilliant **Buck the Diver**!😃 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240/34 "2003-08-26T10:35:18Z")
Thank you for ‘splainin’. Ick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-truly-disturbing-piece-of-spam/197240.md?page=1)