# Ask the guy who works on an oil rig **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865 "2003-03-20T18:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Atakapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@Atakapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atakapa)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865/81 "2012-09-13T23:29:21Z")
In my part of Louisiana, there’s a fairly steady stream of jokes about oil riggers engaging in homosexual acts while working offshore. Any truth to that? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865/82 "2012-09-13T23:31:38Z")
On my rig there is a steady stream of jokes about rampant inbreeding in parts of Louisiana. Any truth in that? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865/83 "2012-09-14T19:14:22Z")
What happens when somebody gets sick/injured on board? Does the rig have medical facilities? Are people choppered ashore? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865/84 "2012-09-14T19:31:49Z")
Did you like _Breaking The Waves_? How about _ffolkes_ (aka _North Sea Hijack_)? . ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865/85 "2012-09-14T19:57:20Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > Does the rig have medical facilities? What happens when somebody gets sick/injured on board? Are people choppered ashore? It varies, but generally there is a small clinic and either a paramedic or doctor on board. A sniffle or a scraped knee can be treated on board and helicopters are available for anything more serious. ---
**Author:** ![core\_dump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@core\_dump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/core_dump)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865/86 "2012-09-15T06:57:11Z")
Is alcohol totally forbidden on board the rig? Doesn’t that seem a bit excessive to disallow a bottle of wine? Is it true on some rigs you can’t even have a knife? How many deck guns do you have? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865/87 "2012-09-15T17:20:23Z")
No booze, and it’s a total non issue. There is a no knife policy on some rigs. Again, it’s not a problem. No guns. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecd19e/32.png) [@Lucy\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucy_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-works-on-an-oil-rig/162865/88 "2012-10-16T13:25:55Z")
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