{"id":550,"date":"2007-08-18T16:47:01","date_gmt":"2007-08-18T16:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.95.25.178\/maggie\/2007\/08\/18\/this_may_be_the_creepiest_thing_ever\/"},"modified":"2007-08-18T16:47:01","modified_gmt":"2007-08-18T16:47:01","slug":"this_may_be_the_creepiest_thing_ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/2007\/08\/18\/this_may_be_the_creepiest_thing_ever\/","title":{"rendered":"This may be the creepiest thing <i>ever<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saturday Gazette is the big paper ~ loads of features, and as many flyers and coupon books as they can stuff between the sections. In one such flyer in this morning&#8217;s paper I came across this:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"emmy.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/emmy.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><br \/>\nThis is &#8216;Tiny Miracle Emmy&#8217; and she&#8217;s a doll. Literally.<br \/>\nI believe my exact words were &#8220;ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew!&#8221; Or something to that effect.<br \/>\nBut wait, it gets better.<br \/>\nI went to <a href=\"http:\/\/ca.collectiblestoday.com\/2111\/ashton.shtml\">the website<\/a> to get the photo of Emmy, and discovered that there&#8217;s a whole series of these weird collectibles, including this one:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"hush.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/hush.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><br \/>\nNow, at first glance there does not appear to be anything significantly different between Exhibits A and B&#8230; until you read the description of the second one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHush, Little Baby\u201d is a genuine So Truly Real\u00ae \u201cbreathing\u201d baby doll, designed by Master Doll Artist Waltraud Hanl. A battery-powered mechanism tucked inside the doll raises and lowers her tiny chest in a lifelike breathing pattern that mimics real life, making her a joy to watch. Gently place your hand on her chest, and you can even feel her breathe\u2014such a comforting sensation!<br \/>\nThis baby girl looks and feels so real, from her baby-soft RealTouch\u2122 vinyl skin (our exclusive, patent-pending formula) to her delicate wisps of hand-applied baby hair. She has perfect newborn features, including delicate baby eyelashes and tiny fingernails and toenails. Hold her in your arms, and she feels just like a real infant. She comes to you in delicate floral-print nightgown and matching cap, with ruffled panties and even a little diaper.<br \/>\nAdding to her realism, the \u201cHush, Little Baby\u201d doll is approximately 18&#8243; long. Blanket not included.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Obviously, there&#8217;s no need for them to include the blanket, since you&#8217;ll get more than enough baby bedding at the shower.<br \/>\n<em>ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew! ew!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saturday Gazette is the big paper ~ loads of features, and as many flyers and coupon books as they can stuff between the sections. In one such flyer in this morning&#8217;s paper I came across this: This is &#8216;Tiny Miracle Emmy&#8217; and she&#8217;s a doll. Literally. I believe my exact words were &#8220;ew! ew! &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/2007\/08\/18\/this_may_be_the_creepiest_thing_ever\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This may be the creepiest thing <i>ever<\/i>&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-truth-is-stranger-than-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}