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The Forgotten Things

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I tell ya, I'm losing my mind. Set off for my night job, had to turn around, forgot my stupid ID badge. Like they don't know me. But those are the rules. Then I got to thinking, "Why haven't we sold any of those grab bags at That Restless Mouse? They're a great value at just $3.99! Teresa puts all kinds of stuff in those crazy bags.". As it turns out, apparently I forgot to put that item on the website. Since most of our customers are not mind readers, I reckon this accounts for the lack of sales. So, I reposted the "mystery grab bag", vowing that we would stuff them even more with great fun items. Click here to get yours today!

Tiny self-puffing cigs, extinct?

WHAT will your smoking Babies/ smoking monkeys smoke now? I called the wholesaler just now, apparently they discontinued the extra cig packs! She doesn't know if they are planning to discontinue the Smoking Monkeys and Smoking Babies, but they are both pretty popular, my guess is that they are working on a new package & supplier for those. A few years ago, they recalled the cigs, I even had to take the ones out of the packages they come in with the babies or monkeys, nothing wrong with the cigs., the tobacco companies thought they looked too much like thier real cigarette packages. I hadn't bought any more of the spares since then, but there is a new design on the ones that come with the monkeys so that can't be it. ANYWAY- you get a total of 11 cigs with the thing. I will search for alternatives, but even Johnson-Smith doesn't seem to have them. I remember when I was a kid, they sold tiny self-puffing cigs, you could poke a hole in a dollar and make George "s...

Defeat the pencil-pushers

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    #PJ1218 not enough lead in your pencil? The old #2 pencil turned to rubber. Makes the big exam sort of iffy. It's good luck dontchya know. RUBBER PENCIL Now only 77 cents while supplies last...

We're hedging our bets

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We have been following this car wreck of a primary election process with varying degrees of interest, surprise, amusement and dread. When we bought the remaining stock from Lakeside Novelty, we inherited tons of these political bills. Hence I have sort of an interest in Hillary getting the democratic nomination, just so we can keep peddling this silly fake money. I know, I am a sad and pathetic little man, and you pity me. Anyway, I was sort of pleased to see that the oddsmakers are in my corner; Super Tuesday Political Betting Odds Online gambling website Bodog Life has Hillary Clinton a big -400 favorite to receive win the majority of primaries on Super Tuesday among Democrats. Senator Barack Obama is most certainly the underdog here paying out $2.50 for every $1.00 bet should he win more than Hillary. John Edwards bowed out of the race early on Wednesday following the Florida Primary. JUST THE SAME - We have all of this political money on sale DIRT CHEAP - $1.99 for each pad of 25 -...

Heartwarming but annoying

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It warms the cockles of my heart that our "Temporary Marriage" certificates sold out long before Temporary Divorce certificates . Now I have them marked down, but maybe people realize that the "temporary divorce" might cost a lot more than 49 cents...

Life is a gas, that's why they call me an old fart

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Gee, if I am going to post something about every little inventory change, why it's a fool time job. Here we have the Life's a gas cartoon fart book back in stock by unpopular demand (Morbid curiousity drives sales). PS Please don't do that in here; (It attracts flies)

Cigars? Cigarettes?

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The handy prop cigars are back in stock. The thing where you have to blow into rather than light and inhale takes a bit of getting used to for an ex-smoker like myself, but they do look exactly like a real cigar and they will produce a smoke effect if you blow into them. I found that if you poke some holes around on the last inch or so it produces more smoke more easily. Also you can chop it, although you lose the fake ash (I suppose you could reattach it somehow) it still produces smoke. This would be great for the opening scene of "The Odd Couple" if you want to have the TV thing where Oscar finds a used stogie in the street.

Get around to it

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We finally got our new round tuits, these ones explicitly inform you "This is a ROUND TUIT for those who were always going to get AROUND TO IT" - It saddens me that some people don't get the gag otherwise. Round TUIT page

NEW ROUND TUITS COMING!

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I know I am too easily amused, but I got the proof for the new ROUND TUIT batch today, I think they will be our best ever. Should be available around the end of January.

It's Ironic

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We have a product, a little wooden token that is a "Round Tuit", I bought 2500 last year, just ran out, I knew we were running out, meant to order them, but guess what? I never got A-Round Tu-it. So now we all have to wait until early February for the new batch.

Novelty Mouse? Are you kidding?

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What kind of "Restless Mouse" site would we have without a windup, furry, creepy novelty mouse toy? However it sort of creeps me out the way the tail moves as it goes. The one we took for product testing drives the dog NUTS. The windup mice come in white, gray, black, or brown, you can request your desired color(s) in the comments field when you order, most folks don't really care, in that case we will send whatever is top of the box. They are inexpensive fun, Get your furry skittering mice here

It's a new day, baby.

We at The Restless Mouse are very excited about our latest adventure, we have purchased the remaining inventory and website of Lakeside Novelty Co. - I first bought from them when I was like, 12, back when they were running full page magazine ads all over. So naturally when we started this online venture I went back to the well. I still need to get the website transfer and design done, but you can see the kind of products we will be adding HERE - We will be selling items at wholesale there, I know a lot of you buy in quantity for school events, ebay, or what have you- This is a splendid opportunity to get some hot prices on items that we can offer really cheap, this is stuff we will be importing or buying in large quantities (truckloads!) from first-tier US suppliers. The items listed there now - Novelty licenses, funny money, etc. - will be arriving here toward the end of November. Please let us know if you are looking for ANY novelty product, we thought we "knew where the bones...

Inventory shortages

With growth of a business comes more headaches, ergo this.. RUNDOWN ON INVENTORY OUTAGES (There may be others I will add later) CU0664 I.T. Cubes - NUTS We won't have any until JANUARY! EP0501 Shakespeare Insults with gum - Ordering Monday, should have by Thursday. HP0301 Handy Extending Metal Backscratcher - We have a bunch of these coming, no clue from the supplier, but based on past experience, I would give it an arrival date of about the 21st. MA1215 Two Headed Quarter. I expect several dozen of these, any day now. PJ1207 Sneaky Extending Spoon. Our supplier says no more until January! PR7202 Giant Toothbrush - UPS says they will be here 11/26 - We actually have one green one in stock, let me know if you need me to post it on the website for you. Anyone? Anyone? PR7203 Giant Comb - On the truck with the giant toothbrushes!

Restless Mouse Early Halloween Winners

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We already have one of our customers winning a costume contest using one of our products- T.L. of Lincoln, Nebraska won a prize for funniest costume... ... She's an over-the-top dentist, with one of our Giant Tooth Brushes as a prop. Although I suspect the household cordless drill in the other pocket may have been what sealed the deal.

Symptoms from Flapjack Toys - Itchy Scalp

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Symptoms from Flapjack Toys - Itchy Scalp Giant medicine bottles? Huge pill bottles? With monsters? Yea, we got 'em. Blogged with Flock

Rattlesnake Egg oval magnets

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"Rattlesnake Egg" oval magnets They call them rattlesnake eggs because the noise they make when you toss them in the air supposedly sounds like a rattlesnake ready to strike. I just like to use them as artsy fridge magnets, they sure are strong magnets. Someday I am going to try to saw one in half for an interior view. Blogged with Flock