
This one struck me as funny partly because it reminded me of an ex-employee who’s father-in-law lived in an apartment in the equipment shed behind her house. He bought a life size doll that resembled his ex-wife. It came with a “birth certificate”. He got to choose the name and he named it after his ex.
His son and daughter-in-law didn’t know he had it until he brought it to their house for breakfast and expected them to let him sit it at the breakfast table like it was a person. Their 8 year old son thought it was funny. Her husband was used to this sort of craziness from his dad (and a little off himself) so he went on with his breakfast. Daughter-in-law exploded. Made him take it back to his apartment and never bring it back to her house. He was offended and upset his girlfriend wasn’t welcome to breakfast, but complied.
I met the father-in-law once. First thing he said was “I’m not nearly as bad as she makes out.” Told him I wasn’t either. Had to ask him how his ex-wife’s replacement was working out. He happily said she was much better than the original. The new one never yelled at him and at an initial cost of $2000 plus some ongoing cost for new outfits, was a lot cheaper than the original.
I don’t know what all he did with it. I didn’t ask him if it was one of those “anatomically correct” things. His son and daughter-in-law didn’t either. I don’t think they wanted to know.