OPEC makes teh funny.

[phantom power]

On some level, this is hilarious. You've got the world saying "We'd like to buy more oil from you," and OPEC is repeatedly saying "No you don't!"

That parrot isn't dead! It's resting!

VIENNA, Austria - Iran's acting oil minister said Monday he's convinced there are ample supplies of crude on world markets, joining Kuwait and Libya in signaling that OPEC will maintain its current output targets at this week's meeting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070910/ap_on_bi_ge/opec_meeting_2;_ylt=AkMj6TUPU4qgHOlKiIycDwGAsnsA

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has told customers in Asia and Europe it will keep its crude supplies steady for October from September levels, backing expectations that an OPEC meeting on Tuesday will maintain supply curbs.

State oil firm Saudi Aramco informed buyers in monthly notices it would continue to supply Asian lifters with around 10% below their full contractual volume, as it has since April, industry sources in Japan and South Korea said on Monday.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/20688295

[Systematic Chaos]

1. K&R for the thread title... and for the irony factor.

:)

:kick:

[htuttle]

2. CUSTOMER: I was walking past your oil shop, and was feeling a bit peckish...

CUST: ...Do you have any light sweet crude, my good man.

OPEC: Ah...nope, fresh out.

CUST: How about a spot of Brent crude, then?

OPEC: Hmm....nope.

CUST: Well, I could make do with some heavy crude...

OPEC: Nope. Maybe next Tuesday.

CUST: Natural gas?

OPEC: Sorry, fresh out.

CUST: Kerosene?

OPEC: Nope.

CUST: Propane?

OPEC: Ah, nope.

CUST: Have you in fact any oil at all in this shop?

OPEC: Nosir. Not a drop. I was deliberately wasting your time,sir.

CUST: Well I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to shoot you.

OPEC: Right-0, sir.

The customer takes out a gun and shoots the owner.

CUST: What a *senseless* waste of human life....

[phantom power]

3. how do I nominate for a DUzy?

[pansypoo53219]

4. piffle

they are just worried about global warming too! the less oil they pump, the less warming.
oh, and they make more money.