There was an obscure British Petroleum themed board game released in the early 1970's called BP Offshore Oil Strike which allowed players to explore for oil, build platforms and construct pipelines while trying to avoid oil rig disasters. The game included "hazard cards" such as, "Blow-Out! Rig Damaged. Oil Slick Clean-Up Costs. Pay $1 Million."The existence of this game may go a long way towards explaining why Tony Hayward and his pals have not been taking their little leak very seriously. They are certainly acting like they are convinced that BP's disaster is only a game. To underscore this assumption is the fact that in the 77 days since the BP Horizon well began to spew into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has skimmed or burned only about 60 percent of the amount it promised regulators it could remove IN A SINGLE DAY. With such inept handling of the disaster, I bet that Tony now wishes that he could play the Blow-Out hazard card to limit BP's financial liabilities to just $1 million - That would allow him to shirk his responsibilities and get his life back...
