# If you were a toy, what toy would you be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232 "2001-08-26T22:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/1 "2001-08-26T22:22:40Z")
I’d be a Slinky. ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/2 "2001-08-26T22:29:06Z")
I saw this thread title and thought “Slinky!” immediatly, but you beat me to it. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/3 "2001-08-26T22:31:58Z")
Right now I think I’d be one of those remote controlled kitties… with dead batteries. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/4 "2001-08-26T22:37:15Z")
A teddybear, of course. 🙂 jayjay ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/5 "2001-08-26T22:40:15Z")
legos. ohh, the legos. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/6 "2001-08-26T22:43:57Z")
rubber duckie. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/7 "2001-08-26T23:16:56Z")
Vibrator. What other answer could there be? Okay, maybe a teddy bear or other beloved stuffty if we need to be less graphic. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/8 "2001-08-26T23:24:37Z")
A Mr. Potato Head doll. “Don’t forget your angry eyes!” ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/9 "2001-08-27T00:35:13Z")
I’d be a balloon. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/10 "2001-08-27T00:39:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wishbone \* > \*\*I’d be a balloon. \*\* Hey! No begging for straight lines! 😃 jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/11 "2001-08-27T00:40:57Z")
I’d be a Barbie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/12 "2001-08-27T00:46:50Z")
But, I _am_ a toy. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/13 "2001-08-27T01:03:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kittie \* > \*\*I’d be a Barbie 🙂 \*\* Nooooooo! That is an unattainable goal, and destructive to little girls’ self image. Me? I’d be “The Incredible Hulk”. Peace, mangeorge ---
**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 27, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/14 "2001-08-27T01:08:36Z")
My collector Titanic Portrait Doll from the Franklin Mint. ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/15 "2001-08-27T01:22:09Z")
Let’s see, I’m rather quiet until I get to know people, then you can’t shut me up. I desire cuddling, but when I want to be alone, I want to be ALONE! I could sleep for days at a time, only getting up to shower or eat, if I actually had the chance. Crap…I just described a Furby. ---
**Author:** ![Darqangelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Darqangelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darqangelle)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/16 "2001-08-27T01:32:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Kittie \* > > \*\*I’d be a Barbie 🙂 \*\* > > Nooooooo! > That is an unattainable goal, and destructive to little girls’ self image.\*\* Maybe, but ya got admit (just like the t-shirt says) that bitch has everything! ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/17 "2001-08-27T01:39:36Z")
An old fashioned long hair teddy bear, gently worn in all the right places. ---
**Author:** ![kylen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@kylen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kylen)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/18 "2001-08-27T01:42:18Z")
Army men, and lots of them. Especially the kind that you could order from the back of a comic book, before comic books cost you $10 each… ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/19 "2001-08-27T01:43:05Z")
I’d want to be a kazoo, so that every time people put me to their mouths and both hummed and blew, they’d be making music. 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232/20 "2001-08-27T01:48:01Z")
I’d be a Koosh Ball. Everyone loves a Koosh Ball. Everyone loves to handle, play with, and otherwise fondle a Koosh Ball. 😃 Plus, they make people happy, so they’re just like me! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-toy-what-toy-would-you-be/78232.md?page=2)