Hehehe. I thought from your thread title you were going to post:

But I put it down again. How can you guys ride with a brick like that?!

I've made it an art form to browse eBay looking for used Brooks from riders who just can't come to terms with them. Like you, I picked up one recently here in Australia, a women's B17, packaged in with a pair of Shimano A530 pedals for my MTB for $100 including postage.