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<p>Did you see the video??? This isn’t a college freshman. The guy is middle-aged and this isn’t a fraternity prank.</p>
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<p>And now we have a reference to a early '90s movie which was itself a reference to a Jane Austen novel…</p>
<p>cobrat, really, give it up, ok? Are you trying to derail yet another thread?</p>
<p>The mannequin guy isn’t the only weird person around, that’s for sure. </p>
<p>Agreed, mathmom. Most folks grow out of their HS and college years. </p>
<p>I can believe PG saw the man w/doll in person, and I also can see reasons why Cobrat could be suspicious of the thread.</p>
<p>Here’s a round of virtual nog for everyone!</p>
<p>I never set foot in a sorority house in college, and I, too, would have been very visually drawn to this man. I totally see that it’s “harmless,” but come on, it’s extremely strange and not something one would usually see in a lifetime.</p>
<p>Maybe there’s a nice mannequin out there for your tastes, Cobrat.</p>
<p>There’s a well-known local figure in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, who I saw pushing a mannequin around in a baby stroller. She wasn’t riding like a baby, though–she was lying sideways on top of the stroller’s canopy. The man is mentally challenged but he is harmless and respected by the shopkeepers, who give him odd jobs (like window washing) to do when they can. Apparently he has more than one special “friend.”</p>
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<p>Actually, there’s so many weirder and/or more interesting things happening in NYC on such a regular basis that this phenomenon isn’t likely to register as weird or even worthy of much notice to most native New Yorkers or many who lives near colleges with well-known rowdy fraternity/sorority or similar such campus groups. </p>
<p>Yes, it makes sense, given my posting history on CC, that if I reported seeing this unusual sight, I was really part of a ring of people who had given this guy a bet that he lost and consequently we were forcing him to carry a mannequin in public, and mentioning it on CC was part of the joke. Especially when there was a video of this very same man on Jerry Springer showing his relationship with the mannequin. Yep, that’s a logical flow there.</p>
<p>Here’s a concept, cobrat - take people at face value. And I’m really sick and tired of being some kind of standard-bearer for “sorority alums.” I was in a sorority in college, just like thousands of other women. Big freaking deal. It doesn’t “inform” what I do in my life today other than than I’m still friendly with them. Why you seem to think it pervades every move that I make is your own projection, but cut it out. Now. </p>
<p>You completely missed oldfort’s sarcasm. </p>
<p>“You completely missed oldfort’s sarcasm.”</p>
<p>I thought oldfort’s sarcastic comment was funny, because it’s so true that in NY, the common reaction to seeing this guy and his mannequin walking down the street would probably be: “hey, you with the doll, watch where you’re going.” </p>
<p>Cobrat missing the sarcasm was the icing. </p>
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<p>And if it were Philly, it would be “yo, you with the doll.”</p>
<p>I finally got the courage to look up photos of them at the zoo and “she” is actually quite well turned out, as my mother would say. She has appropriate accessories and changes of clothes. He even bought her a stuffed giraffe! The whole thing is definitely odd but he doesn’t look scary. Hmmmmm, other than he being a mannequin they look pretty normal. </p>
<p>This is the best line in this thread:</p>
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<p>Look at the video. That’s all I have to say. Google dollman Jerry Springer and it comes up. This is the guy I saw, and he was rubbing / patting her face just like he does in the opening part of the video. </p>
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<p>My H had an odd co-worker who bought a bride from China. The woman was youngish and very sweet, but it truly was sick. She seemed to have no more rights in the household than a minor-aged child. The whole thing smacked of a weird guy who wanted a housekeeper/cook by day and bed-partner at night. Furthermore, he was a guy who wanted someone who he was certain could never leave him. </p>
<p>H and I did just watch the Springer video and it was shocking how delusional he is. He’s taken something truly bizarre and has attempted to normalize it…like some guy with multiple wives or some person involved with some other taboo behavior. I found it extremely unnerving the way he kept touching its hair and kissing it. At one point, I thought he was going to mount it. And yes, it is an IT, it isn’t a female. </p>
<p>Acting like something is normal doesn’t make it normal. If this were an adult woman who always wanted children so she began dressing, bathing, diapering and carrying around a faux-baby, would we really think that is harmless? I don’t think so. I would be worried that at some point, the doll wouldn’t be enough and some real baby might get taken. </p>
<p>There is something seriously wrong with this man. I would be interested in learning what his history is…was he married before? Did he have trouble with REAL relationships? Does he have any platonic friends? What relationship does he have with his birth family? And, most of all, why does he prefer a faux-partner over a real one? </p>
<p>This is a control issue. Real people leave, real people express differing opinions, real people want their voices heard, and real people want some control over their destiny. By having this faux-relationship with an inanimate object, he remains in total control. </p>
<p>True, but better “her” than someone else. Let’s just home she continues to satisfy him. I’m kind of too creeped out to watch the video.</p>