Quote: AJGO @ March 30 2012, 11:47 AM BSTYep. Well done government. Like that wasn't entirely predictable.
Oh come on, how can you expect a cabinet minister to know that petrol could be flammable?
I read the news today oh boy! Page 750
Quote: Shandonbelle @ March 30 2012, 11:30 AM BSTNow some poor woman has been severely burned putting petrol form one can to another in her kitchen. Christ.
Perhaps the Government are giving Darwin a hand.
From the reports - the petrol caught fire because she was using her cooker at the time.
That's one less idiot to worry about - well done Tories!
Panic buying leads to panic actions, punch ups at the pumps, queue rage, the twit who advised stockpiling has got to take some flak for this.
Haven't had much chance to see news in the last few days. Why is there a fuel shortage? Is it something to do with the delivery drivers going on strike?
Quote: reds @ March 30 2012, 12:07 PM BSTHaven't had much chance to see news in the last few days. Why is there a fuel shortage? Is it something to do with the delivery drivers going on strike?
The Delivery Drivers might be going on strike, some time in the future. So clearly the best way to deal with this is to tell everyone to go out and buy as much petrol as you can, I mean, that's not going to cause a shortage, is it?
This is the minister responsible:
Good to see Galloway back in parliament.
Having three parties supporting more soldiers coming back from a US war in Afghanistan in coffins is a bit of an over representation.
Of course, the other way to look at is that the best way to get the maximum amount of fuel in the system is for all the underground storage tanks to be full and all the fuel tanks in our cars to be full too.
And as the garages are getting refilled as normal, us making sure our tanks are topped up is good way to ensure maximum capacity within the system - thus leaving us better prepared for a strike.
Quote: Nogget @ March 30 2012, 12:24 PM BSTThe Delivery Drivers might be going on strike, some time in the future. So clearly the best way to deal with this is to tell everyone to go out and buy as much petrol as you can, I mean, that's not going to cause a shortage, is it?
Nope, Nope not at all. As others said panic buying actually just makes the problem worse.
Irony alert. Failure to recognise syndrome spreading from US to OZ. 
Red will correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe his 'nope, nope nope not at all' was an agreement with Nogget's statement. ? I think. ? Is this not the way Australians speak, underplaying their stresses, so to speak?
Sorry, meaning he get's the irony. Not sure Aussies have the same irony blockage as the yanks traditionally do, aren't they cut much more from our cloth on that one, some might even say they're better at it.
The Fire Brigade Union is urging the Government to tell people about the dangers of decanting and storing petrol. It's extremely flammable apparently.
We really have become the 51st State of the USA by having such a retardedly stupid population.
Let the dumb f**kers burn.
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ March 30 2012, 12:50 PM BSTRed will correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe his 'nope, nope nope not at all' was an agreement with Nogget's statement. ? I think. ? Is this not the way Australians speak, underplaying their stresses, so to speak?
You are right I was agreeing with Nogget. Perhaps I needed an emoticon in there somewhere.
I was watching the Melbourne comedy festival last night and an American comic was talking about how when she ordered a coffee the Barista said "no worries". She then went on to say how this had confused her as she wasn't worried about it. This wasn't the first time I've heard a comic talking about this but is not a phrase I think odd until someone points it out.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 30 2012, 1:11 PM BSTLet the dumb f**kers burn.
Amen to that brother
Quote: reds @ March 30 2012, 1:17 PM BSTYou are right I was agreeing with Nogget. Perhaps I needed an emoticon in there somewhere.
I was watching the Melbourne comedy festival last night and an American comic was talking about how when she ordered a coffee the Barista said "no worries". She then went on to say how this had confused her as she wasn't worried about it. This wasn't the first time I've heard a comic talking about this but is not a phrase I think odd until someone points it out.
Nogget was being ironical, not you.
I still remember how Red Ken lead the way on the last fuel strike.
The trains and the buses will still be running, use public transport or walk. And he walked 7 miles to his office each day, not even stopping off for a shag with one of his spare wives enroute. The whole barely remembered episode, is slightly being remembered for parents walking their kids to school together. And generally a nicer atmosphere in the city for a bit.
It's part the reason I'm glad to see Gorgeous George back. We seem to have reached a point where main stream politics are so shrill, dull and scary. That the supposed maveriks are a welcome relief.