Even creepier than Jeff from "Today's Special"

I have this mannequin in my archives. It was donated for a planned nursing alumnae gallery and was greatly appreciated because these things apparently cost a great big chunk of change. I never saw it out of the box and I have the distinct feeling that no one else did either. I put it together today for the first time and this is what I got.

First, the legs were in a rather jaunty pose, but i figured that this was in a store so was to be expected. Then I get the torso on, no problem. Next come the arms. Wait a second, I say to myself, this is just not right. As you see the arms and hands are in a rather odd position. And this is the only position they will go in (ok, i can turn the hands around in the other direction but it is no better).

What on earth would a store use this mannequin for? The attention is on the hands - would it be to sell watches? Is it supposed to be leaning against something? It looks like she is about to get hit in the face and is shielding herself with her hands.

How the hell am I supposed to use this thing? I think, and perhaps you will agree, that it would look a touch out of place with a nurses uniform on or, worse yet, a nun's habit (that is my next step - figuring out how to get a habit on this thing. more pics may follow). The only thing i thought was maybe we could get another mannequin and have this one doing CPR on it - you know pushing down on the other one's chest with its hands but that would mean its feet would have to be hung from the ceiling or something. Plainly, this won't due.

Now it is staring at me from across my office. I think I may have to turn it around or disassemble it or something 'cause it is kinda creepy.

Do you remember Today's Special? I loved that show.

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