America or the US

Officer_Charon · Apr 2, 2014

Sweet Jesus... how did I miss the deliciousness that is this thread?!

Tress · Apr 2, 2014

GasBandit · Apr 2, 2014

'MERICA!

sixpackshaker · Apr 3, 2014

Man, that reminds me about the time I got to light a fire to burn off a 10 acre oil spill. The East Texas Air Quality Board said that we could burn it for 30 minutes.... heh. I guess they never saw that much oil burn at one time. Once it got cooking, the flames alone were a good 50 feet into the air.

GasBandit · Apr 3, 2014

sixpackshaker said:
Man, that reminds me about the time I got to light a fire to burn off a 10 acre oil spill. The East Texas Air Quality Board said that we could burn it for 30 minutes.... heh. I guess they never saw that much oil burn at one time. Once it got cooking, the flames alone were a good 50 feet into the air.

Ha ha ha ha.. what'd they expect you to do to put it out? Drown Texas?

sixpackshaker · Apr 3, 2014

GasBandit said:
Ha ha ha ha.. what'd they expect you to do to put it out? Drown Texas?

I asked our pusher how we were going to put it out after 30 minutes, "We're not." Then he handed me some rags, a coat hanger and gasoline.

GasBandit · Apr 3, 2014

sixpackshaker said:
I asked our pusher how we were going to put it out after 30 minutes, "We're not." Then he handed me some rags, a coat hanger and gasoline.

I LOVE THIS STATE.

Chad Sexington · Apr 3, 2014

sixpackshaker said:
I asked our pusher how we were going to put it out after 30 minutes, "We're not." Then he handed me some rags, a coat hanger and gasoline.

GasBandit said:
I LOVE THIS STATE.

I am in the wrong place

sixpackshaker · Apr 3, 2014

I miss the oilfield sometimes. Our "gang" had a "pusher," "joints" were 20 feet long, and "dope" came in 5 gallon buckets.

Necronic · Apr 3, 2014

I really despise how our industry deals with spills. Either burn it or hit it with a surfactant and dissolve it into the ocean. Both of which are horrendous for the environment.

drifter · Apr 3, 2014

You might like this, then

Necronic · Apr 3, 2014

Now I'm just imagining one group of contestants just throwing a burning rag into the test bed and screaming "Yeeeeehaaawwww!"

GasBandit · Apr 3, 2014

Necronic said:
Now I'm just imagining one group of contestants just throwing a burning rag into the test bed and screaming "Yeeeeehaaawwww!"

Followed by another grinning sumbitch yelling "Oh shit we into it now, boys!"

Chad Sexington · Apr 4, 2014

drifter said:
You might like this, then

That's awesome.

Although I hate that they do it in reality-TV-style. I think that's cool, and impressive, why must they add in the 'epic' music, and talking to the camera moments with "We didn't come here for second place." NO ONE DID

NO ONE HAS EVER

IN THE HISTORY OF COMPETITION

SHOWN UP

FOR SECOND

PLACE

fuck

GasBandit · Apr 4, 2014

Chad Sexington said:
That's awesome.

Although I hate that they do it in reality-TV-style. I think that's cool, and impressive, why must they add in the 'epic' music, and talking to the camera moments with "We didn't come here for second place." NO ONE DID

NO ONE HAS EVER

IN THE HISTORY OF COMPETITION

SHOWN UP

FOR SECOND

PLACE

fuck

But were they there to make friends?

strawman · Apr 4, 2014

Chad Sexington said:
talking to the camera moments with "We didn't come here for second place." NO ONE DID

NO ONE HAS EVER

IN THE HISTORY OF COMPETITION

SHOWN UP

FOR SECOND

PLACE

PatrThom said:
All right, all right.
Now that there's a chance I won't win a PS4, I'll enter.

Bubble181 said:
Sure, sign me up.
I more-than-likely won't be there due to time zone issues and such, but in the unlikely event my numbers somehow come up, I really don't want or need a PS4; I'd be much happier with a $200 gift card from Amazon (.co.uk or .de or .fr or whatever), so in that case, switch prizes with #2.

Celt Z said:
I'm in, but one caveat: we don't need the PS4 (long story short: we're getting one for free elsewhere), so if my number gets called, you can either switch me to a gift cert or just pick another number.

Chad Sexington · Apr 4, 2014

stienman said:

Balls!

GasBandit said:
But were they there to make friends?

sixpackshaker · Apr 4, 2014

America loves it some terrible people.

Celt Z · Apr 4, 2014

stienman said:

Hey, I still said I'd take a gift card! That could buy a lot of diapers. (For the baby, NOT for me.)

Screw altruism! I'm 'Merican, dammit!

Ravenpoe · Apr 4, 2014

Celt Z said:
That could buy a lot of diapers. (For the baby, NOT for me.)

Uh huh... suuuure. I think we just found Celt Z's secret fetish.

Celt Z · Apr 4, 2014

Ravenpoe said:
Uh huh... suuuure. I think we just found Celt Z's secret fetish.

I am counting down the days until potty training. I dream of a time when the only person's excrement I have to deal with is my own.

GasBandit · Apr 4, 2014

sixpackshaker said:
America loves it some terrible people.

Indeed, be it Eddie Haskell, Bart Simpson, or George Costanza, America has long had adoration for the Jerkass archetype.