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Yo yo yo, see me, I’m living below the soil; I’ll be back but I’m coming as oil! ~ Mrs. Doubtfire

waltwang08 — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:06:29 +0000

So, does anyone know where there’s a brothel around here? ~ Kelly in Married With Children

waltwang08 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:40:21 +0000

Naked Bike Rider, originally uploaded by Sockeyed

Thomas Goetz, owner of the ‘Maison d’envie’ (House of Desire) brothel, is offering discounts to customers who arrive on bicycle or who can prove they took public transport. “It’s very difficult to find parking around here, and this option is better for our environment,” says Goetz.

Hat Tip: cbsnews.com

I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I thought we were here to talk about petroleum ~ Tommy Corn in I Heart Huckabees

waltwang08 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:02:17 +0000

“Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.” This Irwin Cobb quote is the context for this Friday’s Focus: Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise: 7 whimsical views of the BP Oil Spill. The last one’s the best. Ha ha ha.

You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it ~ Bubba Blue in Forrest Gump

waltwang08 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:01:23 +0000

More of same at theonion.com.

What the hell did we do to deserve this? ~ BP CEO Tony Hayward

waltwang08 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:58:42 +0000

There's a good question today if you are standing on the Gulf, and that is: Where is the oil? ~ FOX News Anchor, Brit Hume

waltwang08 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:03:57 +0000

I feel like someone dipped me in used cooking oil ~ Clarissa in the film River’s Edge

waltwang08 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:01:16 +0000

You don't even pump your own petrol! ~ Nuru in the film Touch of Pink

waltwang08 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:59:31 +0000

Blah, blah, blah, a typical Taurus ~ Penny in The Big Bang Theory

waltwang08 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:32:41 +0000

Taurus – a single-seater bike that’s reminiscent of a Segway – is powered by electric motors so is doesn’t produce carbon emissions. And it looks…well, let’s just say it doesn’t produce carbon emissions.

HAT TIP: www.atcrux.com

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks ~ Warren Buffett

waltwang08 — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:04:18 +0000

Honda FCSport, originally uploaded by JMRosenfeld

At first glance, it seems that interest in hydrogen fueled vehicles has cooled recently. Ford and Renault-Nissan canceled their hydrogen car R&D efforts last year, and General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson noted that GM had reduced its hydrogen program because the cost of building hydrogen cars was too high. However, Daimler has spent has spent $1.23 billion so far developing fuel-cell vehicles (since 1994) and Toyota kicked off development back in 1992 and shows no signs of stopping. Plus, in February of 2010 Lotus Cars announced that it was developing a fleet of hydrogen taxis in London, hopefully in time for the 2012 Olympic Games. Only time will tell who will make serious headway in the consumer market but clearly this race is not over.