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When Dave and I began taking Don and his wife Cynthia to
the Chicago Expo auction, we didn't know what to expect. At the auction every year, Don
would pick the games he wanted to try to get and Cynthia would tell him which ones were
acceptable. It seems like a few beers can cause a lapse in judgment and here is a great
example. One year there was a Hardbodies game for sale and as a joke, he told his wife he
was going to try to get it. You can imagine how that went over. After a few beers, Don
decided to stay at the auction but Dave and I went to the expo hall to play pinball. Don
came by and looked pretty sheepish. He said that he thinks he might be in big trouble. I
said "you bought the Hardbodies didn't you?" and he said "nope, Spring
Break". Dave and I about busted a gut laughing. When we went and looked at the game,
we started laughing even harder. In order to get Don in even more trouble, when Cynthia
came back, I said that I had bid and won because it went so cheap. This pissed my wife off
pretty good and Cynthia laughed at her and told her what would have happened if Don had
done anything that stupid. We played along for a while and finally told the truth. Don
took some major grief and we all had a great laugh. Apparently,
Don had bid 300 for the game thinking there was no way he would get it. But obviously he
did. He really likes the game and whenever he wants to play it, all he has to do is go
down in the basement behind the furnace and he can go at it! |
