# The Teddy Bear People Think the Baby Doll People are Weird.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 22, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teddy-bear-people-think-the-baby-doll-people-are-weird/377398 "2006-10-22T02:30:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teddy-bear-people-think-the-baby-doll-people-are-weird/377398/21 "2007-01-02T01:45:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]  
I just learned of Sue’s latest commission. One of her customers had just lost her infant child to illness, and mom had her cremated and the ashes out into a heart-shaped ceramic urn. So she had Sue create a teddy bear with a pocket in the chest cavity to hold the urn. She also specified that the teddy’s arms be extra-long so they could wrap entirely around the woman’s body.

It’s less morbid than I initially thought as the story came out – I was afraid she was going to describe modeling the dead baby. Still – pretty weird.

dropzone, Google “custom teddy bears” to see what kind of industry (and competition) is out there.  
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not so very odd. last year a couple lost the teddy bear they carried about; their child’s ashes were contained within somehow. it was all over the philly area news, they lost track of the bear around a 69th street theatr. a reward was offered. i don’t seem to remember the arms being x-tra long…

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teddy-bear-people-think-the-baby-doll-people-are-weird/377398/22 "2007-01-02T02:50:32Z")

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[QUOTE=phouka]  
God, I wish I had the kind of money it takes to be that stupid.  
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This is my favorite sentence I’ve read so far this year.

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**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teddy-bear-people-think-the-baby-doll-people-are-weird/377398/23 "2007-01-02T05:01:16Z")

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Yeah that’s pretty weird but you know what’s _really_ weird? The people who customize My Little Ponies. [Look, it’s a My Little Seamonster…thing.](http://cgi.ebay.com/My-Little-Pony-Custom-Dragon-Friend-Mei-Lin_W0QQitemZ230072749115QQihZ013QQcategoryZ47228QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

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