mickey mouse.....

[timo ronkainen]

>worse than that,
>calling anyone or anything "a mickey mouse -----------" means that it has 
>no
>great value....
>     not a slang expression you hear much these days though....

Huh? I wonder how this expression was born, since I have conception that 
Mickey Mouse-animations were considered to be first-rate productions quite 
early.
Could it be those very first Mickey Mouse watches if they were low quality?

Timo

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