Those of you who know me know that I have more than one hang up. Never been a big fan of clowns, monkeys, mascots, or midgets. China dolls have always freaked me out. Their freaky eyelashes and glass eyes that roll back in their head. What nightmares are made of. I understand china dolls. They have their place in this universe for little girls or confused little boys to play with.
There is, however, something else I don't understand...
Meet Tommy. He is a timeout doll or a shyback kid as they like to call them across the pond. Good thing you can't see Tommy's face in the picture...because he doesn't have one. What the f*ck?! Whose bright idea was this? Were these created by a parent who wanted their children to model their timeout behavior after one of these cloth and polyfil freaks?! Oh, but it gets better. You can dress these little boogers up! Nascar fan, check. A Pirate, Arrr Matey! Even an Elf for the holidays. The options you see are endless...as are my nightmares.
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hate, hate hate china dolls! Lisa and I both got one (mine blue dress, lisa's red) for Christmas from our Aunt Lessie. I would say i was maybe 8 or 9. Karen told us that if we didn't lock them up at night, they would get us in the middle of the night by scratching our eyes out. Neither me or lisa would keep them in our rooms, and so we made my parents keep them in the top of their closet. They were still there in '99ish when my parents got ready to move out of the house and told us everything we didn't take with us was being thrown out or sold. Now i have mine in the very bottom of my hope chest. It still creeps me out. No way i am taking that thing out EVER. Will post picture of it someday. Creep city.
I'll always suspend the channel surfing when there are monkeys to be seen on TV, but I'm with you on the clowns. I haven't been good with clowns since that clown puppet tried to strangle the little boy in "Poltergeist", but the fear may even predate that.
But on to the dolls. Tommy has a sort of "Blair Witch Project" thing going-on, doesn't he?
P.S. Anne sent me.
Lyle thanks for stopping by! I have always asked the question - what redeeming quality do clowns have? Think about it. Poltergeist, It, Chucky, Bozo (RIP), Ronald McDonald and John Wayne Gacey.
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