BP, it is important to note, is less an oil company than a bank that finances oil exploration;

June 19, 2010 4:07 PM

The sequence of events as described by all the survivors and the people in the fishing boat below the rig is: water flowing off the rig floor followed by drilling mud blowing everywhere followed by ga
posted by Huplescat (27 comments total)

....NO CARRIER
posted by Justinian at 4:11 PM on June 19, 2010 [2 favorites]

I guess you hit post by accident.
posted by mek at 4:14 PM on June 19, 2010

It happened just that fast.
posted by codswallop at 4:16 PM on June 19, 2010 [2 favorites]

followed by Lady Gaga?
posted by Wuggie Norple at 4:17 PM on June 19, 2010 [4 favorites]

What language is that?
posted by oulipian at 4:17 PM on June 19, 2010 [1 favorite]

Looks like a catastrophic failure caused by a gross (and preventable) chain of errors. The post, I mean.
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:18 PM on June 19, 2010 [5 favorites]

Huplescat - the answer to your question is no.
posted by koeselitz at 4:19 PM on June 19, 2010

The last text from the Deepwater Horizon:

OIL RIG EXPLODING OH N-

(with the dash)
posted by Avenger at 4:20 PM on June 19, 2010

ga? Do they speak English in ga?
posted by resiny at 4:20 PM on June 19, 2010

What is this I don't eve
posted by Windopaene at 4:24 PM on June 19, 2010

BE QUIET THIS ISN'T F
posted by mazola at 4:27 PM on June 19, 2010

GALEETED.
posted by Wuggie Norple at 4:28 PM on June 19, 2010 [1 favorite]

BP?
posted by mazola at 4:32 PM on June 19, 2010

What we have here is failure to
posted by cyclopticgaze at 4:36 PM on June 19, 2010 [1 favorite]

There are message boards for everything.
posted by mazola at 4:36 PM on June 19, 2010

I for one welcome our abru
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:37 PM on June 19, 2010

gas leaking and pooling on the rig.

I finished the sentence!
posted by Wuggie Norple at 4:38 PM on June 19, 2010

The sequence of events as described by all the survivors and the people in the fishing boat below the rig is: water flowing off the rig floor followed by drilling mud blowing everywhere followed by ga

-ga ball!
posted by koeselitz at 4:39 PM on June 19, 2010

unrea
posted by infini at 4:39 PM on June 19, 2010

Oh for f
posted by benzenedream at 4:40 PM on June 19, 2010

-mbian warlords!
posted by koeselitz at 4:41 PM on June 19, 2010

oildrum.com: oh shit we got linked to metafil
posted by Wuggie Norple at 4:41 PM on June 19, 2010

Wha
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:42 PM on June 19, 2010

Did I miss a Candlejack referen
posted by Trochanter at 4:47 PM on June 19, 2010

This comment was the best one: here.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:48 PM on June 19, 2010

FAIL, cjorgensen.
posted by koeselitz at 4:51 PM on June 19, 2010

Seven mice, forced to listen to music by The Prodigy, died
posted by koeselitz at 4:52 PM on June 19, 2010