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It's A Big Day for Birthdays

For starters, it's Sigmund Freud's birthday (1856). You can find the Little Thinker Freud dall here--they also have a musical version and a Tickle Me version.

It's also the birthday of Orson Welles, Robert Peary, Tony Blair, Willie Mays, Rudolph Valentino, and George Clooney. For all of their accomplishments, these people do not have Little Thinker dolls.

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Gina said…
I love George Clooney so much, I think I might buy a doll of him if there was one! ;)

I mean, how could they not make a doll for the acccomplishment of cinema that was Ocean's 12?


Don't hate me, I'm joking.
10:59 AM
Sassy Sundry said…
Holy crap. That's a lot of birthdays. Sigh... George is a hot one, isn't he?
11:40 AM
Anonymous said…
Freud is a doll? That would have come in handy last term what i was being beseiged by weeks of learning about the sick and twisted soul. Did they bring out a freud's mother as a companion doll or has he finally grown up?
5:23 PM
Maria said…
I want a Jung doll. But, I think I only share my birthday with Bette Davis. I could go for her, except for those eyes might creep me out at night.

Now, that I think about it...I think someone told me that Barbara Bush and I share the same birthday too. Now, I only want THAT one if it comes with pins to stick in it.
7:53 PM
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