She has your creases and my folds!
I regularly get e-mail announcement from friends who are welcoming a baby in their life. It is to be expected – after all, I am in the *ahem* second half of my thirties and most of my friends are now mothers and, in some cases, expecting a second child.
So when I received an e-mail today which read « Baby Emily has arrived », I thought that it was coming from another happy couple. Boy, did I freak out when I saw that picture of Emily! Everybody knows that a human being is not at his/her most attractive stage when he/she is only a few days old. So why on earth would anybody actually want a doll that looks like a boxer who just came out of the ring and pay 150$ US for it? It is truly creepy, especially when you read on and find this information about the doll:
Handcrafted in Ashton-Drake’s RealTouch� vinyl skin with lifelike creases and folds – the FIRST « So True Real » doll from Ashton-Drake.
Hand-applied hair and eyelashes and carefully designed finger and toenails for incredible realism.
Hospital bracelets are personalized with the doll’s name.
Each comes with six FREE « birth announcements » and a Certificate of Authenticity.
At least the Cabbage Patch Kids didn’t look real! Can you imagine a childless couple buying this doll and sending birth announcements to their friends and family? The thought of this freaks me out. Is it because I’m not a mother? Who knows, but it just seems odd.
I bet you I could walk around town with this doll in a pram and people would say she looks like me. If you say « Actually, she does! », I’ll kill ya.
