MANNEQUIN IN THE HOUSE
This is the mannequin in my neighbor's window (down the street from my house). He stands there day and night, like he's on guard or something. He wears an orange shirt. Viewing it from the street, I thought it was a poncho, but I can now see that it's not. He also wears a big straw hat and sunglasses. It looks like his arms might be folded across his chest.
I read Brandilyn Collins's blog every day, and she occasionally posts a picture of GG, her name for a "gray gorilla" which sits on her neighbor's porch. When I saw her picture, I thought about this mannequin and decided to take his picture and post it.
So yesterday, I stopped my car in front of the house and snapped a picture from my rolled-down window. But I wasn't close enough to get a good picture. So like a burglar on the stealth, I eased out of my car and made my way up to the house. I snapped two or three pictures and fled back to my car, hoping no one would see me.
Two questions:
1. Does anybody have any suggestions as to why this mannequin is in this person's window?
2. Does anybody have a nifty name for him? I've already thought of one. See if you can guess it. Clue #1: Remember, I write fiction. Which leans me to, Clue #2: Think, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
posted by Kristy Dykes @ 6:51 AM
18 comments
18 Comments:
The first thing that came to mind when thinking about LIW was "manly."
Course, your mannequin isn't--manly, that is. How about "Rock"? Hee hee.
Or "The Watcher". Or "The Guardian".
I just showed my son, and he said to call it "Stump".
Too wierd. I think I'd just have to go up and ask them...or rather, make my husband or one of my kids do it. :)
That IS creepy! I'd have to ask. Just too curious.
Maybe the house belongs to an old woman who lives alone and doesn't want anyone to know she lives alone. Little does she know that everyone can tell it's a dummy. However, this works in her favor because everyone just thinks she's creepy, and therefore stays far, far away.
Hehe. (How do you write the creepy hehe--not heehee?)
Your suggestions as to why the mannequin's there are good. Keep 'em coming.
Your names are good too.
Yes, Eileen, writer that I am, I'm hoping to ask the owners. I see them sitting on their porch occasionally. Don't know them, but maybe I could come up with a good transition sentence from "Hi, how are y'all today?" to "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A DUMMY DOING IN YOUR WINDOW?" LOL
I guess "Pa" always had a hat like that, but the shades and orange shirt are definitely not LIW time period, so you've got me stumped there.
As to why the dummy is in the window? It appears that he's waiting for someone to come home. A long lost romance. Or maybe it's a living mannequin, practicing between gigs... Or a service robot awaiting his next command from the owner.
Sometimes not knowing is more fun than knowing.
Blessings
Okay, now that's officially creepy! Why not just knock on the door and ask about the mannequin? (Just make sure at least four people know where you're going and you have back up in the car –LOL)
I would think the owner would have to know that people don't really think it's a real person. It's a good way to keep people away from your house though. Would you knock on the door with a plate of cookies?
You should put your new "friend" in one of your stories. I'm going with the old woman living alone idea. Kind of makes sense.
I have a new theory. I think the homeowners have a video camera set up somewhere and are taping all the people who sneak up and take pictures of the dummy. Kristy, maybe you'll see yourself on America's Funniest Home Videos sometime. :)
Bwahahahahaha! (evil laugh for Kristy)
I don't have any idea why he's there, but my neighbor has the "leg lamp" ala "A Christmas Story" complete with fishnet tights.
Why, oh why?
Bwahahahaha! Now THAT'S what I was thinking of when I typed hehe.
Vickie, you nailed it, the name I was thinking about with the clue of Laura I.W. "Manly." Laura's husband was Manly. My mannequin (well, not "my;" my neighbor's, officially), with his arms folded across his chest--well, I thought of "Manly." So...Manly Mannequin, will be his name. MM for short.
Hahaha.
Thanks, all, for your comments.
I think he's there just so everyone will ask why he is . . .
That's too weird! I can't help but think, someone who lives there alone and feels protected when people pass her home. Spooky though. I bet if my mom was alive she would have copied the idea because she was always afraid of living alone.
It's an elderly couple. Now that I think of it, I think they have oversized holiday decorations. Something big at Halloween and Christmas. Maybe this is just their idea of fun.
I think it's the son they never had. LOL Hey, I have a life size Kermit the Frog sitting in my entry way, wearing a Mulligan's Pub hat. Maybe I should put him in the window and see who knocks on my door. ;)
Yes, Ane. Try it. It could be fodder for the novels you write!
Hmm . . . how's this . . . the old woman was a window dresser . . . when she retired, instead of a gold watch, her boss let her take home her favorite mannequin. Now, if only someone would buy that orange shirt, so she can create a new display.
Obvious. An editor lives there. You've heard of "scarecrows," haven't you? This is to prevent manuscripts coming in "over the transom." It's a "scare-author."
Pastilla, Dr. Richard, you are both a scream!! You made me laugh. Thanks!
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