Who runs the best calcutta and gets the most out of the room, without unnecessarily drawing it out way longer than needed.
We have a few from Indy who do it pretty well.
We have a few from Indy who do it pretty well.
If there was a calcutta of people who run calcuttas, who is the blind bid?
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LA has the biggest I've ever seen
I think Buff still uses a guy from Thibodaux or New Iberia. Gets the bids way up but takes a long time doing it. On the other hand, his auctions become an attraction in themselves. I have seen many a cajun auctioneer auctioning many things. Never saw a bad one yet!
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Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
Nothing to do with the mad Frenchmen in the back row.
I thought you meant Los Angeles
I am proud of my senior moments
"If you know you better go"
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
To understand anything Louisiana, one must understand Frenchmen (specifically Louisiana Frenchmen, or Cajuns) and how they think and operate. What follows is a true story.
A truck driver was headed east on I-10 bound for New Orleans and the Audubon Zoo with a full load of young monkeys. Just outside of Lafayette, his rig breaks down, and he is on the shoulder waiting, for a mechanic, with his trailer load of monkeys raising hell. Suddenly, an old Cajun school bus driver, who had been heading west in an old Acadia Parish school bus, pulls over on the other side of the highway. Surveying the scene before him and shaking his head, the school bus driver crosses I-10 and asks the truck driver if he can help. After some discussion, the truck driver asks,
"If I gave you $500, would you take these monkeys to the Zoo?"
"Allons, load 'em up right now" the Coon Ass responds without hesitation.
After a big, bouncing U-Turn, and no small amount of monkey wrestling, the school bus heads off towards New Orleans. The truck driver then becomes totally absorbed with his mechanical issues and dealing with mechanics and an array of tow trucks. After four or five hours, or so, the driver hears the school bus rattle to a stop across the highway -- to his dismay, however, he sees it is still filled with monkeys, plus a goodly supply of balloons, cotton candy, sno balls and streamers of all colors.
The truckdriver is beside himself -- his once thought solved problem having come completely undone before his eyes, "What in the world are you doing?"
In sheer disbelief, the old Frenchman smiles, "What you mean, what I am doing? I done took 'em to the Zoo, I got some money left, so now I'm taking 'em to the ball game."
If you get this story, you know all you need to know about Frenchmen and Louisiana -- it really don't matter if the sun don't shine! C'est bon!
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