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?
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.
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.
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 <g> too bad they eventually had him taken off the market.
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).
Put it in a car seat and its “Hello, HOV lane!”
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.
Well, you could stick it in a big jar full of yellowish liquid and keep it on your porch.
Ah, thank you Francesca, that also explains the “Flappy Jack” incident in an episode of The Family Guy.
Damn, I can actually say that that’s one butt ugly baby…and not offend the parents…
“They broke the mold after Baby Emily was born… literally.”
Hmmmmmm…it looks real enough not to leave in a car on a hot day.
Ok…that was brilliant Buck the Diver !
Thank you for ‘splainin’. Ick.