Nothing Shocking

Adam and I met up with my parents at our old fave Tecumseh auction on Sunday, and I’m still kicking myself for this one. Toward the end of the auction, they put this big box up and said it was a “stimulator”… it just looked like a big meter/reader in a box–that you’d measure electrical current with or something. The bids started low and my mom turned around and said, “I think that’s a shock therapy machine!"

I thought she was full of it but it turns out, she was right. A guy and his wife who were sitting next to us won the thing for $300 and told me it was the one thing they came to the auction to buy. When they were given the box, I asked what it was and the told me it was a machine to give someone a lobotomy. I think you’ve got that a lil’ confused, brosef.

Anyway, I knew what he meant, and I had also heard one of the auction helpers say he saw one like it sell on eBay for $999.99. I also ignored this because the people who work at that place often have no idea what they’re talking about. That’s what makes it so fun.

But it turns out that he was RIGHT! One identical to it sold for a grand a few days ago!