| iPhones, PDA’s and bank kiosks all have touch | | | | Place it on the mantle, on a pillar in your office or hang |
| screen panels that are used everyday, all not requiring | | | | it on the wall. Even if people snicker, they will admire |
| computer mice. Since touch screens are becoming | | | | the lengths you went to display an old friend you once |
| more and more everyday tools, it’s not | | | | knew so well. |
| surprising to think that perhaps someday the computer | | | | |
| mouse we all have come to depend on will be | | | | |
| obsolete. What will we all do with the world’s | | | | - Game Piece |
| enormous supply of plastic computer mice? Here are | | | | Since there will be a ton of computer mice sent to the |
| just a few suggestions. | | | | recycling center, why not collect them and recycle |
| | | | | them in another way like making them useful again. |
| - Paper weight | | | | Instead of the car or thimble piece in Monopoly, use a |
| If in fact the computer mouse becomes obsolete, | | | | computer mouse as your piece. Use the computer |
| everyone will have one that they don’t need or | | | | mouse in any game that requires pieces really, or |
| use, but perhaps they can be used for something. A | | | | perhaps invent your own game using computer mice |
| computer mouse would make an efficient paperweight | | | | as pieces. Paint them, place stickers on them or dust |
| to secure paper and files sitting on your desk if you | | | | them in glitter for a fun gaming piece that will no doubt |
| happen to be sitting next to a window or strong air | | | | make your piece stand out above the rest. |
| conditioning. | | | | |
| | | | | - Decorative Wall Designs |
| - Nostalgic Christmas Ornament | | | | While you are at that recycling center picking up old |
| Okay, so someday, generations later when the | | | | computer mice for game pieces, pick up a whole lot |
| computer mouse is all but a funny memory, you will be | | | | more for decorating an entire wall of your house for a |
| able to keep its memory alive by holding onto one of | | | | cool look. Give the futuristic look by using a product |
| these once-precious tools and tie a red ribbon to it for | | | | from the past. Your guests will marvel at your |
| decorating your holiday tree. The computer mouse | | | | creativity and think of you as the ultimate |
| usually is a shiny and attractive piece which people | | | | environmentalist. You may even start a trend in |
| may even mistake for a precious ornament you | | | | computer mice décor. |
| cherish. | | | | When touch screen panels take over your life and the |
| | | | | computer mouse no longer serves it’s purpose, |
| - Bronzed Piece of Art | | | | give it another chance to be useful again. Think of it as |
| Since your computer mouse will likely be in a museum | | | | going “Green,” or being practical, however |
| some day, get a head’s start on making your | | | | you want to call it, the end doesn’t have to be |
| computer mouse legendary by dipping it in gold, bronze | | | | the recycling pit for the computer mouse. |
| or even spray paint to give it that museum quality look. | | | | |