Oso,
Your family probably spends more a month on you than the cost of this rod. Food, clothes, school, insurance, gas, water, electricity, etc. Just wait till real life begins and you have to pay all of the above along with 1000 different types of taxes.
Bret,
I'm thinking I will put one of the new Accurate Platinum 50 topless reels on it when they come on the market shortly. Meanwhile, I have some new Tiagra's that need a home.
Skeeter,
Those pink flowers in the background were grown to match your Cinco Cook Uniform.

I purposely took the pictures with the pink flowers in the background for you.

Glad to see you noticed. Maybe you're not as straight as you think.

It's also possible that this rod was built to settle a bet.
Feeder,
Txseadog provided them. I just told him what I wanted. I'm not sure where he bought them. Probably Mudhole.