Is this thing made of gold?

I was invited to my sons middle school open house last night. Scout tells me that I need to sign him up for an instrument to play in the band. We get to the cafeteria and see all the instruments and I sit down with this nice man and he asks me which one I need. I tell him that I want to play the trombone and then I turn to Scout and ask him what he wants. He says the trumpet. I was then handed a form to fill out and I questioned the man as to weather I needed my lawyer present or not. They all got a kick out of that. So I'm filling in everything and as it turns out unbeknownst to me that I have to acctually have to pay for this thing. I ask how much is needed and he pulls out a calculator. I know I'm in trouble then but I let him proceed. He tells me the cost of the new trumpet is $1,090.00 and I have to pay $19.00 a month for 58 months. As well as a deposit of $80.00. I finish filling out the form and give him the money. All the while I'm thinking to myself "that was my electric bill money"
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