Something i've always wondered...

[Selkie]

You know how the auctioneer at an auction rattles off that incredibly fast dribble constantly during a bidding for an item?


Does all that actually have meaning, or is it just for like fun or something?

[Lovefoxxx]

same question goes for the hot wheels adverts

[Full Metal Ryder]

can i get a no one gives a fuck ova here


can i get a no one gives a fuck ova here


can i get a no one gives a fuck ova here


I got  a can i get a no one gives a fuck ova here

SOLD

[guff]

perhaps it's to create a sense of urgency so that the prospective buyers throw caution to the wind

or maybe they just do it because they're silly yeah that's it

[The artist formally known]

its to get your heart rate up and get nervous and kinda a tradition as well

makes you wanna bid high

[ME##]

What guff said.


And it would seem that's it's really only a common practice in the US and perhaps Canada, I was flipping through channels a few years back and I came upon an auction show on BBC America and the auctioneer was speaking is a calm manner, but then again I could just be generalising things from the few times I watched that show.

[Wrench]

can i get a no one gives a fuck ova here


can i get a no one gives a fuck ova here


can i get a no one gives a fuck ova here


I got  a can i get a no one gives a fuck ova here

SOLD

holy shit i lol'd

Also, Reaper said it perfectly.

[Lovefoxxx]

what about the hot wheels adverts, i can understand like trying to give the illusion of speed, and high octane action and shit like that, but sometimes i'm just like........wtf did he just say

[The artist formally known]

yeah my dad goes to those auctions quite often so i hear them actually do it, sometimes they have a funny bidder and he says stuff in the middle like "man its hot, hot, hot, going once, going twice, it's hot."