Willard Cornwallis had always
wanted to open a museum and be a millionaire, and he
thought he could accomplish both by opening The Museum of the Electronic Mouse.
The new
museum had wired mouses, wireless mouses, and a mouse that said "Made in
China." There was a mouse that had been used by Gates (David Gates, the
lead singer of Bread), one
used by Steve Jobs (a small employment agency in Akron), and a fanciful mouse
operated by Blue Stripe Guy, a Batman villain who never quite got to tangle
with Batman because his mommy called him in for dinner.
In June,
Willard Cornwallis opened his museum and by August he was indeed a millionaire
many times over.
The
crowds that thronged to The Museum of the Electronic Mouse did not come to see
the exhibits. They came to see what kind of an idiot would think he could
become a millionaire with a museum like The Museum of the Electronic Mouse.
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If you're a stickler for the 100 word requirement of the Friday Fictioneers (and fortunately Rochelle is not), I hope you didn't read the above piece. This story is so far over the limit, even I want to force feed me my mouse for writing it.
But I didn't want to give short shrift to an enterprising dude like Willard Cornwallis, so I present his story here in 200 words or less (I hope). You can read the enterprising and certainly more length-appropriate stories of the other Fictioneers by clicking here.
See you at The Museum of the Electronic Mouse! Can't to see that "Made in China" wonder.
(Sorry, still mostly missing in action for reading your stories. Please don't write anything great until I come back ....)
22 comments:
Dear Perry,
There a get rich quick schemes and there are get rich quick schemes. Love Steve Jobs as an employment agency. LOL
Shalom,
Rochelle
Nice take on the prompt.
Ha! Sounds like something I would come up with.Love "Blue Stripe Guy." Alicia
There's genius here somewhere.
Hey, I love it! That last paragraph is priceless.
And I don't know who is the bigger idiot: Cornwallis or each and every person who made the trip to visit the museum and gave him their money.
You didn't mention anything about the untoward length! I guess it was the Steve Jobs joke that saved me.
For that, a free pass to the museum!
Blue Stripe Guy threatens to return to destroy Batman when he turns 18. The world will be watching.
Well, it certainly isn't here.
I think they're all idiots, but at least Willard Cornwallis is a millionaire idiot.
Good job, Perry. You counted over a 100, created Of Men and their Mice, and thought of a new way to become a mice-onaire, er, millionaire.
Good tail, so to speak.
Randy
Regardless of why they came... they came!
Hilarious, Perry. I'll have to check on that "Steve Jobs" agency in my old hometown of Akron. Well done. :D --- Suzanne
I can see Blue Stripe Guy riding Fruit Stripe Zebra out of a checkered past. Even Superman's X-ray vision would have trouble focusing in on that.
Helen Walton built a huge museum here. I don't know why. The woman was already a billionaire several times over. I walked through part of it this summer and never saw a single mouse. I was extremely disappointed and asked for a full refund, but since admission was free all I got was a face full of hot air--which I thought I'd share with you.
I could have sworn I had replied already, but Google must have eaten my reply. Anyway, what a fun story. William is one lucky guy.
Counting over 100 was by far the toughest part! Thanks, Randy.
Yep. You and I need to come up with a scheme like that.
Sure does! Not that I know what this is. (Looks like a British show that has never made it over to this side of the Atlantic.)
I think they're doing well. They have an offshoot now called Steve Temp Jobs.
No mouses? She must be dumber than Willard Cornwallis; at least he knew to put in mouses. What will Blue Stripe Guy rob?
So is Willard.
Willard, sorry. Not my day yesterday.
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