A baby is born that is nothing but a head (Bear with me, this isn’t Matt, from Rue DeDay’s joke
). The parents are of course depressed by this, but they vow to do anything in their power to keep their little Bob as happy as they can.
Years pass, and Bob has as normal a life as a kid who is only a head can possibly have. The two parents, frazzled after almost a decade of caring for a head, decide to take a cruise.
On the cruise, they meet a surgion who tells them that their child’s condition is not unique, only very rare. “Furthermore,” he says, “It can be treated, but the cost is high and there is some risk. This is far from a conventional treatment.” Of course, the parents readily agree to take Bob to the surgions hospital to have the treatment, cost be damned.
For the next few months, they save their money, sacrificing luxeries like beans to have enough to give thier son a body in time for Christmas. On Christmas day, they proudly come up to Bob, who’s seated on his head pillow.
“Guess what we’ve gotten you for Christmas, Bob!” they cry out.
Bob replies “Oh, fuck! Not another hat!”