No Such Thing As An Auction For Auction School is the 182nd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 26th episode of the fourth year, and the 37th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and guest presenter Jason Hazeley. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Dan, Anna, Andy and special guest Jason Hazeley discuss the British Lawnmover Museum, questionnaires for narcissists, how Christie's auctioneers get over their nerves.
Facts[]
- The curator of the British Lawnmower Museum is allergic to grass. (Hazeley)
- Jimmy Carter once gave a speech in Poland where he accidentally announced that he wanted to have sex with all Polish people. (Ptaszynski)
- Narcissists don't like looking at themselves. (Schreiber)
- Clenching one's buttocks is a technique that Christie's auctioneers are taught to keep their hands steady. (Murray)
Trivia[]
- Regular presenter James Harkin is absent.
- Jason Hazeley guests, making his first appearance.
- Hazeley's fact comes from research he did for his book Bollocks to Alton Towers.
- Harkin was on holiday in Peru, as mentioned in the next episode.
- While in Peru he went sandboarding, which he mentions again in Episode 324: No Such Thing As Mambo No. 2.