I received an email today from Erica.

This is Erica, in case you don’t know her. Yeah, she still wears her hair like that.

Anyway, she wanted to make sure everyone knew what she wanted for her birthday when it comes up next April. So, check it out and put in your orders now… I’m sure these are going to be hot sellers.

LONDON (Reuters) - He fits in a car’s glove box, appears at a flick of a switch and when a woman has finished using him, she can just pull the plug and he deflates.

He’s the “Buddy on Demand,” a blow-up man launched on Tuesday with the aim of making solo female motorists feel less nervous about driving at night.

According to research by the inflatable friend’s creator, insurer Sheilas’ Wheels, 82 percent of women feel safer with someone sitting in the car beside them and nearly a half don’t like driving alone in the dark.

“We’re not saying that an inflatable man is the only answer but we do hope it will give women extra confidence and make journeys in the dark less fearful,” said Jacky Brown, the spokeswoman for Sheilas’ Wheels.

Ok, really. Who is going to drive by this and honestly think that is a real person in the car? I’d drive by, laugh, and wonder why this woman has a blowup doll in her front seat and figure she lost a bet or something. Give me a break….