Creepy is always trying to find ways to make practical, maybe even commercially viable use of the
otherwise useless, totally worthless DB. Here, he was thinking that he might be able to combine one of his
hobbies, woodworking, with the goal of turning out a product that people would want to hang on the walls of
their dens or over the fireplaces in their living rooms. What he had in mind was mounting heavily lacquered
DB heads in a wide range of attractive designer colors on wooden plaques. He knew, of course, that there
would be little market for any other part of a DB, since everything below the neck has been too close to the
diaper for too long.
He produced about 500 such plaques, which were made available to the paying public for a small price
through a chain of fast-food hamburger outlets. The response was disappointing, however. Less than half of
the plaques were sold. The hamburger chain then ran a promotion around the idea of giving them away for
nothing, but got almost no takers. Eventually, they had to pay a junk dealer to go around to their various
outlets and cart them away. They even had a hard time finding a junk dealer who wanted the job.
The dauntless Creepy's reaction was, ,"Oh well back to the drawing board." One of the few good things
about DBs is that there are so many of them that it is surpassingly easy to let yesterday's project go and
move right on to the next one. Anyway, Creepy got a lot of enjoyment and relaxation out of the hours that
he spent in the basement making something with his hands.
