# I think it's a love doll... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985 "2004-06-01T00:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![look\_hergo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@look\_hergo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_hergo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/1 "2004-06-01T00:46:41Z")
“Oh, I love my Rosie child She got the way to make me happy You and me, we go in style Cracklin’ Rosie you’re a **store-bought woman** You make me sing like a guitar hummin’ So hang on to me, girl Our song keeps runnin’ on…” _Neil Diamond, Cracklin’ Rosie_ What do you think a “store-bought woman” is? ---
**Author:** ![Wasabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@Wasabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wasabee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/2 "2004-06-01T00:51:53Z")
…it’s a guitar dude. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/3 "2004-06-01T00:52:37Z")
Bottle of cheap wine. ---
**Author:** ![Wasabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@Wasabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wasabee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/4 "2004-06-01T00:53:04Z")
…or not. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/5 "2004-06-01T00:55:30Z")
Love your knickname, lady! Very cool! 🆒🆒 **Wasabee** ’s idea seems doubtful, as a guitar is referenced earlier in the song. Some rural types use the term “store bought” as a term for “fine quality” or “superior”, as opposed to home-made–makeshift. ---
**Author:** ![Wasabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@Wasabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wasabee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/6 "2004-06-01T01:15:13Z")
I’m sure Mr. Blue Sky is right. I honestly meant to type wine but since I had just read the guitar line of the song… I typed guitar. I am dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/7 "2004-06-01T01:18:11Z")
> [@Wasabee](#): > > I’m sure Mr. Blue Sky is right. > > I honestly meant to type wine but since I had just read the guitar line of the song… I typed guitar. I am dumb. That’s okay. Go out and get yourself a bottle of cheap guitar. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/8 "2004-06-01T01:26:06Z")
I always got the impression she was a woman who bought nice clothes/dressed up/liked nice things rather than making her own stuff/being the down home type… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/9 "2004-06-01T01:27:53Z")
Darn it, how come I can’t go to the store and buy a woman around where _ **I** _ live? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/10 "2004-06-01T02:21:53Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > Darn it, how come I can’t go to the store and buy a woman around where _ **I** _ live? Hm, Silicon Valley? They make spare parts there, though, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/11 "2004-06-01T03:50:10Z")
> [@look@hergo!](#): > > What do you think a “store-bought woman” is? $69.95…give her a try! ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-a-love-doll/247985/12 "2004-06-01T10:24:04Z")
IIRC the Rosie referred to was Lancer’s Rose(sorry, can’t do the accent mark) wine. The bottle was a brownish-red, crude pottery vessel.