# Jesus Christ Fuck! BP oil spill collection ship catches fire **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 15, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340 "2010-06-15T19:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/21 "2010-06-15T21:34:47Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > If lightning takes out a McDonalds and a baseball field next, we’ll _really_ know God’s got it in for the U.S. I made an apple pie earlier and it just spontaneously burst into flames. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/22 "2010-06-15T21:38:45Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > WHAT THE FUCK? [Story here.](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-15/bp-suspends-oil-spill-recovery-after-ship-fire-update1-.html) So they “temporarily” stopped collecting oil, which presumably means it’s all spewing into the Gulf again. > > Yeah, “lightning”. > > Where are Moe Larry and Curly when we need them? Just keep in mind, it’s vitally important for everyone to keep sucking BP’s dicks. After all, they’re the “experts” and are the only ones who “know what they’re doing” in this “unprecedented situation”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/23 "2010-06-15T21:50:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t see why “lightning” is hard to believe. That part of the country regularly gets thunderstorms, and my understanding is that the weather has been pretty unsettled there lately. One would hope that lightning would be something that BP had foreseen and been prepared for. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/24 "2010-06-15T22:01:22Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Isn’t that the one that killed its creator? Maybe none of the gods have quite worked up the nerve to fling a bolt at it yet. That’s the one. Part of it crushed the sculptor as he was putting on the finishing touches. I like your theory. None of ‘em feelin’ lucky? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/25 "2010-06-15T23:04:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > One would hope that lightning would be something that BP had foreseen and been prepared for. Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow morning BP officials will awaken stunned and unable to deal with the concept that it’s Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/26 "2010-06-15T23:22:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow morning BP officials will awaken stunned and unable to deal with the concept that it’s Wednesday. Let’s just hope that they don’t suffer a tragic [coffee spill](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM) ---
**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:** [June 15, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/27 "2010-06-15T23:35:11Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Let’s just hope that they don’t suffer a tragic [coffee spill](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM) 😃 That’s pretty much how I figured they worked. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/28 "2010-06-15T23:41:56Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > What’s next? [The front falls off?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QNAwUdHUQ) Was that real? If it was real, it was pretty funny. If it was a skit, the two of them have pretty good comedic timing. It was like an updated version of Who’s on First. What do you make the ships out of? Not cardboard…and they have a steering wheel. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/29 "2010-06-15T23:50:50Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I made an apple pie earlier and it just spontaneously burst into flames. Does that count? Be glad it wasn’t your [Chevrolet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Y-2vlOegI). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/30 "2010-06-15T23:51:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Was that real? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/31 "2010-06-15T23:52:03Z")
Oh, all right. No. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/32 "2010-06-15T23:55:29Z")
Whats next? An errant iceberg? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/33 "2010-06-16T00:00:14Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Was that real? If it was real, it was pretty funny. If it was a skit, the two of them have pretty good comedic timing. It was like an updated version of Who’s on First. > What do you make the ships out of? > Not cardboard…and they have a steering wheel. John Clarke and Bryan Dawe; they did a brilliant comedy series called _The Games_ about the organizing of the Sydney Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/34 "2010-06-16T00:03:23Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Whats next? An errant iceberg? Well how else are the walrus’s supposed to get there. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/35 "2010-06-16T00:37:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > John Clarke and Bryan Dawe; they did a brilliant comedy series called _The Games_ about the organizing of the Sydney Olympics. They also covered the current spill: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSujCHfvTb0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSujCHfvTb0) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/36 "2010-06-16T01:23:04Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > WHAT THE FUCK? [Story here.](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-15/bp-suspends-oil-spill-recovery-after-ship-fire-update1-.html) So they “temporarily” stopped collecting oil, which presumably means it’s all spewing into the Gulf again. > > Yeah, “lightning”. > > Where are Moe Larry and Curly when we need them? Fire’s out, and collection activity restarted after a five-hour shutdown, which would have been required as crew apparently were ordered to their muster stations as a precaution. Sorry, don’t want to add too much fact that it spoils the fun. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/37 "2010-06-16T01:43:13Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Just keep in mind, it’s vitally important for everyone to keep sucking BP’s dicks. After all, they’re the “experts” and are the only ones who “know what they’re doing” in this “unprecedented situation”. > > -Joe Oh yeah?? Amateurs built the ark, and professionals (experts) built the Titanic. Oh, and I laughed at the thread title too. I’m still grinning about it. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/38 "2010-06-16T02:28:25Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Amateurs built the ark, and professionals (experts) built the Titanic. So, the amateurs were the ones who made sure all of humanity was kept waist-deep in shit. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/39 "2010-06-16T09:49:51Z")
My God, they’re all literally retarded. The entire company! I mean sure, I could see one or two could slip through, maybe finding a nice quiet job as janitor or CFO or something. But a whole fucking COMPANY? Didn’t they see Waterworld? Didn’t they see what happens when oil tankers have something combusting fall into the chamber? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340/40 "2010-06-16T11:07:30Z")
They are not all literally retarded. The idea that they might be is completely and utterly dumbass. As you would well know if the white heat of outrage hadn’t fried your brain (to the point where you appear literally retarded), high level execs and engineers and technicians in the oil industry are much, much smarter than the average Joe (or Josephine). Personally, when the conclusion I find myself inferring from a particular set of premises makes no sense whatever, I tend to assume that either (a) the premises or some of them are wrong or (b) I don’t understand the situation and my inference is wrong. Having been involved in oil spill aftermath for about 20 years, and knowing that the media have about (at best) a 20% success rate when it comes to presenting an accurate picture of anything to do with ships, oil spills etc I think that (a) is a real possibility. Given that you say dumbass things like “they’re all literally retarded” I’m thinking that (b) is perhaps even more likely in your case. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-fuck-bp-oil-spill-collection-ship-catches-fire/543340.md?page=3)