Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 13, 2023

Paint them pink for Barbie dolls.

At least his workmanship is improving, his picnic tables for birds were down right crude.

Howard was a man before his time.

Problem is, the mice get seasick on ’em. The Cockroach sofas were nice tho….

Howard needs to learn “marketing”. Call them “Vérmin Veranda Swings”, jack the price by 50% and but offer a 10% discount for first time shoppers.

Try the dollhouse market Howard.

Mice deserve nice things too.

Good morning Balladeers!

Rebranding after he failed at building a better mouse trap. Howard runs such a Mickey Mouse operation.

Maybe he can sell them to the crew on Overboard for their little vermin mascots.

And for my next million dollars….

Howard missed the boat on this one. VR Goggles for mice, that’s the ticket!

https://news.northwestern.Edu/stories/2023/12/immersive-vr-goggles-for-mice-unlock-new-potential-for-brain-science/

And here’s the perfect game for the mouse to use the goggles with:

https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=t0vXf6jVLU8

Well, picnic tables for squirrels was already done.

Later that day, Howard became a billionaire when he sold the rights to Mattel for their Barbie-obsessed clientele.

If we can cross cartoon universes, some of us would buy them for the Robber Mice in “Breaking Cat News.”

When Howard became infested, he decided to become invested.

Time for another grant from the government Howard, third time lucky or will this be the fourth?

I know an old gal who traps mice in her house, and then sets them free outside…unfortunately, I’m not kidding!

The problem is that mice don’t carry cash with them.

And very few spend leisure outside…….

Jeez! You have to display them at ground level. Mice are not three feet tall. :)

AND he would need to lower the price proportionately.

Beats sitting on a block of cheese, said no mouse ever.

Just what the market needs…more useless, overpriced products.

If the mice had nice porch furniture, maybe they’d stay outside!

Market them for Yard Gnomes?

I’ll take them all!

howard’s got a mind like a steel trap…

Back row: swing chair, covered bench glider

Front row: bench glider, chair glider

“Gliders” use the principal of the hinged parallelogram to allow back and forth movement without tilting the seat.

I had mine powder-coated for all-weather gliding. :)

I like the covered swing. Can you supersize that?