Are we to assume that “stuffed humans” are stuffed humans in the same sense that stuffed bears are stuffed bears? In other words, just dolls? If so, stuffed humans are already sold in toy stores everywhere, and aren’t particularly creepy (well, some are in certain contexts).
When I submitted this, I mentioned to Bill that it may only be creepy to me, because last month I read a book in which a [not quite sane, to say the least] taxidermist set up an entire Nativity set with . . . taxidermied humans. So my mind went right to that, not even THINKING about ‘stuffed humans’ in the way that teddy bears are ‘stuffed bears’. My own take, and my bad. G
It’s good to get other perspectives . . . Come for the comics, stay for the comments!
Or you can go there:
No worries, Andréa, and my mind is twisted enough to go there too… I just wasn’t sure if I was missing something in the comic that implied actual stuffed humans. The comic does seem to be drawn with a creepy tone – the trees, the darkness, etc. The way it’s drawn, it doesn’t feel like a carnival at all, but an abandoned, overgrown amusement park that a lone bear happened to find.
But still, the joke itself reads as a standard “species swap” joke, IMO. Even the stuffed humans in the background look like ordinary manufactured dolls (to me).
@ Andréa – That URL is inaccessible from Germany, but all I wanted to know is whether the list included “Glen Echo“.
Not in this list, but there are several others – google ‘abandoned amusement parks’ and see what comes up.
Probably because it is no longer ‘abandoned and haunted’.
Andréa, most of the tags we use here are completely subjective (which is why I like to use “submitted by” whenever possible), and therefore don’t need to be at all justified.
Justified, no. ‘Splained, yes. And now you all know what kind of creepy books I read (sometimes).
Yes, I should have used “explained.”
Ever have one of those days when your language skills have completely left the building and are probably skiing up in Vermont or something?
Mine would be in the Caribbean on the beach.
Yeah, I should have said that. I don’t even ski.
See what I mean?
Andréa, that link was great. I would love to visit some of those.
These are clickbait, but I do like looking thru those, and abandoned asylums, etc. Yes, I’d love to visit these places, too . . .
A doll? You mean like the classic carnival Kewpie dolls?
The comic itself didn’t do much for me.
Oh great! Now the teddy bear village in our house has decided that they will put in a games section with small human dolls as prizes. They are going to take the booth set up for ski and sled rental in cold weather and sodas and honey juice purchase in hot weather and add in games to play for prizes in fall and spring. And do you know who will have to make these games for them to play – me!
(Yes, we know that they are just bear figurines and toys, but they do seem to have a life of their own.)
Husband is currently figuring out how to make the booth for the bears to knock over tiny bottles with a ball and win people (dolls) as prizes. Gee, I thought adding a bear accountant to prepare taxes for the other bears was strange enough.
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Are we to assume that “stuffed humans” are stuffed humans in the same sense that stuffed bears are stuffed bears? In other words, just dolls? If so, stuffed humans are already sold in toy stores everywhere, and aren’t particularly creepy (well, some are in certain contexts).
When I submitted this, I mentioned to Bill that it may only be creepy to me, because last month I read a book in which a [not quite sane, to say the least] taxidermist set up an entire Nativity set with . . . taxidermied humans. So my mind went right to that, not even THINKING about ‘stuffed humans’ in the way that teddy bears are ‘stuffed bears’. My own take, and my bad. G
It’s good to get other perspectives . . . Come for the comics, stay for the comments!
Or you can go there:
No worries, Andréa, and my mind is twisted enough to go there too… I just wasn’t sure if I was missing something in the comic that implied actual stuffed humans. The comic does seem to be drawn with a creepy tone – the trees, the darkness, etc. The way it’s drawn, it doesn’t feel like a carnival at all, but an abandoned, overgrown amusement park that a lone bear happened to find.
But still, the joke itself reads as a standard “species swap” joke, IMO. Even the stuffed humans in the background look like ordinary manufactured dolls (to me).
‘. . . , but an abandoned, overgrown amusement park that a lone bear happened to find.’
Like these . . . http://www.destinationamerica.com/thehauntist/10-eerie-abandoned-amusement-parks/
@ Andréa – That URL is inaccessible from Germany, but all I wanted to know is whether the list included “Glen Echo“.
Not in this list, but there are several others – google ‘abandoned amusement parks’ and see what comes up.
Probably because it is no longer ‘abandoned and haunted’.
Andréa, most of the tags we use here are completely subjective (which is why I like to use “submitted by” whenever possible), and therefore don’t need to be at all justified.
Justified, no. ‘Splained, yes. And now you all know what kind of creepy books I read (sometimes).
Yes, I should have used “explained.”
Ever have one of those days when your language skills have completely left the building and are probably skiing up in Vermont or something?
Mine would be in the Caribbean on the beach.
Yeah, I should have said that. I don’t even ski.
See what I mean?
Andréa, that link was great. I would love to visit some of those.
These are clickbait, but I do like looking thru those, and abandoned asylums, etc. Yes, I’d love to visit these places, too . . .
A doll? You mean like the classic carnival Kewpie dolls?
The comic itself didn’t do much for me.
Oh great! Now the teddy bear village in our house has decided that they will put in a games section with small human dolls as prizes. They are going to take the booth set up for ski and sled rental in cold weather and sodas and honey juice purchase in hot weather and add in games to play for prizes in fall and spring. And do you know who will have to make these games for them to play – me!
(Yes, we know that they are just bear figurines and toys, but they do seem to have a life of their own.)
Husband is currently figuring out how to make the booth for the bears to knock over tiny bottles with a ball and win people (dolls) as prizes. Gee, I thought adding a bear accountant to prepare taxes for the other bears was strange enough.