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 "smoke". What is the world coming to when you can't get stuff like that.
HEY anybody knows where I can get these, PLEASE let us know! Thanks!
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Defeat the pencil-pushers
We're hedging our bets
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 - Vegas says our resale customers will be selling these like hotcakes long into the fall...
CM0090 Hillary 2008 bill.
CM0050 Hillary $3 bill.
CM0040 Hillary $0 "worth nothing" bill.
CM0020 Bill's 6 dollar bill.
CM0080 3 boobs bill.
All available at ThatRestlessMouse.com for 29 cents each or 25 for $1.99 for a limited time. Probably 25 for $2.99 after Super Tuesday, and when they are gone, I'm not getting any more, we limit our stock of seasonal, political, battery operated, edible, or other items that are somewhat perishable.
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Heartwarming but annoying
Life is a gas, that's why they call me an old fart
Cigars? Cigarettes?
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.
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Get around to it
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.
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NEW ROUND TUITS COMING!
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.
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It's Ironic
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.
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Novelty Mouse? Are you kidding?
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,
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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 were buried" before, but the guy who owned this business has given us scads of new supplier information, plus great stories about the novelty industry, as you might imagine, I am in "hog heaven" (I think I saw a pig with a halo in here somewhere)
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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!
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Restless Mouse Early Halloween Winners
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.
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Pirate Crew
Symptoms from Flapjack Toys - Itchy Scalp
Rattlesnake Egg oval magnets
"Rattlesnake Egg" oval magnetsThey 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.
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Gee, if I am going to post something about every little inventory change, why it's a fool time job. 
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.
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
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