How to recognize the brocante bug:
The person infected with the brocante bug usually is not in bed sleeping on a Saturday or Sunday morning.
Their homes have a certain look about them.
A person who has the brocante bug usually stops the car if they see —
An old table leg, a patch of fabric, or worse, a peeling-paint-ruin-of-a-thing sticking out of a dumpster.
Usually, someone suffering from the brocante bug knows the only cure is to keep on antiquing, as there isn't a cure.
A person with the brocante bug prefers something old to something new. Unless it is food.
The brocante person often forgets how they look as they only have eyes for that old stuff.
The brocante bug is said not to be contagious… but a person who has the brocante bug badly knows that is not a fact to count on. For example, when you have the brocante bug badly, you know that if you take a friend to the brocante, they most likely will develop symptoms instantly, grabbing germs (pieces) that you would have gladly suffered with had they not been around.
A person with the brocante bug carries a big tattered-looking purse, if you dare call it that.
Instead of lipstick or perfume in their purse, they have loose change, a tape measure, and a flashlight.
Do you have symptoms of the brocante bug, or know of symptoms to be aware of?
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