# BP attempts to shift blame for spill **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194 "2010-07-27T16:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/1 "2010-07-27T16:02:54Z")
I pulled in to a gas station yesterday. Only after I began pumping did I realize I was purchasing BP gasoline. Oh well. But then I realized that they were actively attempting to shift blame for the spill. To me. [Rat Bastards.](http://s681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/?action=view¤t=BP1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/2 "2010-07-27T16:13:56Z")
So, it is YOUR fault! Shame on you! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/3 "2010-07-27T16:17:28Z")
Not your fault. \*Matt Simmons is perhaps the world’s most well-known petroleum geologist. At 68, he’s been in the oil business for forty years. Since the minute the BP Macondo blowout happened, he’s said that 1) the well-bore is fatally compromised; 2) BP has been consistently lying about their attempts to fix it and; 3) a second oil “gusher” – some distance from the drilling site itself – is flooding into the Gulf. He reckons, despite the recent claims of a successful capping, a massive “oil lake” is still growing 4000 to 5000 feet below the surface of the Gulf. He also warns that during this storm season hurricanes will send clouds of methane gas toward the Gulf shore. He’s even advocating the evacuation of certain Gulf Coast counties.\* ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/4 "2010-07-27T16:34:57Z")
It should be noted that BP said “your are responsible for spill **s** ”. plural. So it’s worse than we thought. Not only is **kayaker** responsible for the current spill, he’s responsible for _multiple_ spills. Why do you hate the environment so much? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/5 "2010-07-27T17:21:07Z")
Wait, you are responsible for all spills everywhere? Dude, what’s your problem! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/6 "2010-07-28T05:33:52Z")
Shhh, we don’t want to say anything that might upset **Kayaker**. Nice fluffy friendly harmless mood, that what we want. 🙂 (Particularly if you are an octopus). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/7 "2010-07-28T07:00:29Z")
Are you a liberal? Then you’re responsible for EVERY bad thing: solid, liqiud or gas; animal, mineral or vegetable. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/8 "2010-07-28T07:22:56Z")
I suppose the oil spills are mineral, so that’s covered, but what does poor **kayaker** have to do to make animal and vegetable spills? Oh no, I think I get it. Dog piss, _etc_. And for vegetable, perhaps benanas and other fruits that go all overripe and uneaten and gloopy and liquidy and nasty … :eek: ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/9 "2010-07-28T07:31:37Z")
If you’re concerned about accidental spillage, can I suggest [taking precautions](http://inhabitat.com/2010/07/27/oil-spill-condoms-want-you-to-drill-without-the-spill/)? ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/10 "2010-07-28T18:40:09Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > If you’re concerned about accidental spillage, can I suggest [taking precautions](http://inhabitat.com/2010/07/27/oil-spill-condoms-want-you-to-drill-without-the-spill/)? I though [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippy_cup) is what you meant by taking precautions against spills… ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bp-attempts-to-shift-blame-for-spill/548194/11 "2010-07-28T19:32:05Z")
Honestly, you disgust me. :mad: