I'm so old I Remember when:

[Sally PB]

My sister had a Chatty Cathy. I remember one phrase she would say:
"Cookie all gone!"

 

[Sally PB]

Since trends go around in cycles... are we doomed to see shag carpeting again in my lifetime?

 

[notabitail]

Since trends go around in cycles... are we doomed to see shag carpeting again in my lifetime?

yes

 

[Sally PB]

I will walk sock-footed on someone else's shag carpet. I will NEVER have any in my house.

Unless I end up as rich as one of the girls in my high school class. She can afford to pay someone to clean her carpet every day.

(She's a billionaire. For real.)

 

[R2elk]

I will walk sock-footed on someone else's shag carpet. I will NEVER have any in my house.

Imagine stepping on a jack hiding in shag carpet.

 

[Evadig]

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I saw one in the antique store. She didn’t work though.

Are they preprogrammed to say certain phrases?

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I saw one in the antique store. She didn’t work though.

Are they preprogrammed to say certain phrases?

Yes. Her repertoire changed over the years but she said things like
I love you, please take me with you, let's play school, I hurt myself, and may I have a cookie?

 

[notabitail]

Yes. Her repertoire changed over the years but she said things like
I love you, please take me with you, let's play school, I hurt myself, and may I have a cookie?

That seems creepy. And no, she can only collect essential cookies.

 

[R2elk]

I saw one in the antique store. She didn’t work though.

Are they preprogrammed to say certain phrases?

Not programmed but yes it was able to say certain phrases as you pulled the cord.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes. Her repertoire changed over the years but she said things like
I love you, please take me with you, let's play school, I hurt myself, and may I have a cookie?

I had a doll that cried if you turned her upside down and shook her (who wouldn’t?). That was as high tech as my dolls ever got.
Prior to that the most high tech I had was one whose eyelids moved so she could close her eyes. Now that really was creepy.
In truth I was more into animals and they were reliably low tech.