[Old Professer]

I went to an auction yesterday where about 200 people were crowded in to a 10,000 square foot building with high ceilings and only one 36X84 door open; the room was filled with items to be auctioned including 17 cars and 5 motorcycles along with furniture, computers, jewelry in display counters and misc small items.

Just after the bidding began, the auctioneer spotted someone smoking and announced on the P.A. that no-smoking was allowed in the building.

About an hour later it was time to begin auctioning off the cars; they started each car in its turn and ran it for a few minutes in this same closed-in area prior to the bidding.

After about the fourth car, a Jaguar with a bad case of the "chokes" was started, somebody got the bright idea to open a couple of the large garage doors.

[DWSUWF]

"...About an hour later it was time to begin auctioning off the cars; they started each car in its turn and ran it for a few minutes in this same closed-in area prior to the bidding..."

LOL!

I'm an ex-smoker myself, but I'd have made an exception just this once. I'd have borrowed a cigarette from the smoker chastised for smoking earlier by the auctioneer and lit up just to see if it would be noticed.