January 31, 2009

The Troll.

The Troll

27 comments:

Wince said...

Oh, so that's what "Michael" looks like.

Meade said...

The original Cabbage Patch dolls/ Beanie Babies.

Daddio said...

In keeping with my comment on the fat/skinny thread; look at the size of that thing's head. What is it with us and big heads?

Joe said...

Daddio, the big-head Troll's favorites:

Favorite band: Big Head Todd and the Monsters.

Favorite album: Colossal Head, Los Lobos

Favorite vacation spot: Easter Island

chickelit said...

That's not exactly color blind profiling.

Rose said...

Need some scissors, and some felt to make him a little cave-man outfit. 'Member that?

SteveR said...

AJD

Bissage said...

My troll was a size or two larger and had purple hair.

It was wearing a pirate outfit complete with ragged pants, eye patch and sword.

My father gave it to me when I was a little kid.

He got it from his union rep.

I was too young to get the irony.

Freeman Hunt said...

Those were so popular when I was a kid. I hated them.

David said...

A redhead. I love redheads. Nice photo too.

In other news, take a look at the photo of Obama up on Drudge. The Pres. does not look well to me. I continue to think that he may have undisclosed health issues. Hope not. Joe Biden is obviously in the peak of health.

I know. Groundless speculation. Just a feeling.

Anonymous said...

I love them. I use one as one of my avatars.

dean in waukesha

Tibore said...

Ahhh... so she dyed her hair red now, huh?

;)

Wince said...

David said...

In other news, take a look at the photo of Obama up on Drudge. The Pres. does not look well to me.


To me the photo looks like the statue of Lincoln is pissing on the back of Obama's chair.

Wince said...

I wonder if I could get an NEA "stimulus" grant for a derivative work?

I'll call it... Piss Lincoln.

Roberto said...

DAvid - "I know. Groundless speculation. Just a feeling."

Get your hands out of your pants and see if it goes away.

Duh.

Rick Lee said...

Wow... that takes me back. We all had troll dolls back in the late 60s. But my best memory of troll dolls was in the 80s when I was shooting catalogs for a company that sold them. As I was carefully styling the hair of a troll doll, I turned to the art director and said "We're getting paid good money for this".

George M. Spencer said...

Word is that if you bury one of those in your yard, face up, the world economy will start to grow in the 3rd quarter of '09.

Pass it on.

Ann Althouse said...

This is an original troll doll from the early 1960s, with sheepskin hair. I'm sure my doll has the best hair!

Rick Lee said...

Wow... I'm impressed that you still have your 60's era troll doll! I remember one that I had with orange hair. I'm sure it's in a landfill somewhere.

The Dude said...

I dated a lot of redheads, not an airplane redhead in the bunch.

I'm Full of Soup said...

Althouse said:
"This is an original troll doll from the early 1960s, with sheepskin hair. I'm sure my doll has the best hair!"

No wonder you never sold your big house- you could not part with all your stuff!

Meade said...

You're right, AJ. Her entire third floor is dedicated as a troll museum. She has 100's of them. It's only a matter of time before she adds a mummified Doyle, Mary, Michael and Maxine.

Fr Martin Fox said...

Ann:

I had no idea you played bingo!

A celebrity endorsement for my parish's bingo would be a real coup--would you be a sweetie and do a blurb?

Anonymous said...

The troll is harmless and yet the shadow of the troll is terrifying.

Fred4Pres said...

Is it a rule that every blog site must have two or three of them?

Anonymous said...

See what I'm saying!!

It's like he's at the window with a knife.

former law student said...

look at the size of that thing's head. What is it with us and big heads?

One theory is that we are genetically programmed to be attracted to babies, whose heads are large in proportion to their bodies.