You answered your own question. Think of THEM as silent testimonials to Dr Sweeny's Traveling Road Show, Featuring Sweeny's Patented Miracle Cure-ALL TONIC! Cures warts, boils, dyspepsia, piles, vapers, rashes and diseases of the flesh!
It was amazing to me how pitiful 2 of the 3 looked - smiling and proud, but not allowed to speak, as a sob story was said about each of them. And they smile and wave. What's up with that?
I've had some hard knocks and some good times too, it would never occur to me to smile and wave as some bloated, pink buffoon relates my latest misadventure to an arena of complete strangers.
Whacked out.