Marmitetoasty: Those Poo Buckets Have Value

Full post by Marmitetoasy, an HBO friend from England’s southern coast, here .

So, having a bit of cabin fever lately, cos not being able to get out much with me knee, I asked me mad matie Ann if she fancied coming to the garden Centre with me, so that I could get some polys for me Poo Buckets out the front of me house. … I can hear you saying WTF are Poo Buckets. … well they are the original Poo Buckets that use to be in the outside loo that these cottages use to have when they was first built … no flushables for these houses….. we had an outside loo … in fact is was a plank of wood with a hole cut in the middle and underneath sat the poo buckets … and once a week, yep just once a week the dunny man would come with his horse and cart and empty the poo buckets … :) - well MY poo buckets are real RARE … bought them at the church fete about 20 years ago. … they had been found in the old community centre (which is our original old flint school) in a cupboard full of rubbish and junk … and only I knew what they actually (cos Im a bit of a local history phlid) were and where they came from :) … so I only paid a couple of quid for them. … well they have been for years out the front of me house planted up with seasonal plants — Marmitetoasty/Twaddle.

DFO: In Americanized English, Marmitetoasty basically said that she made a killing at a church rummage sale because she recognized the value of her rare toilet buckets. Speaking of yard sales, I once bought a 1848 first-edition book about Martin Luther at a yard sale for a dime. It was one of my better killings.

Question: Have you ever made a “killing” at a yard sale or auction?