August 31, 2006: Natural gas thief

Undertoad · 08-31-2006, 12:19 PM

I had seen this several times out there, but I thought it wasn't all that interesting. But I never knew what it was, exactly. We've had a lot of images of people with outrageous cargo. But not this kind. A lurker (thanks Tracy!) pointed to the original news item which tells us: this kid is stealing natural gas.

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Speeding from the scene of the crime, a Chinese boy tows a floating plastic bag of stolen natural gas last week. Flouting a government ban, farmers around the central Chinese town of Pucheng frequently filch gas from the local oil field.

glatt · 08-31-2006, 12:29 PM

I'd seen this one before too, but it's still cool.

Stealing natural gas this way seems so much better than those Nigerians(?) who were scooping up gasoline with bowls from a sabotaged pipeline.

Flint · 08-31-2006, 12:31 PM

Is it just me, or is that kid wearing an old-fashioned, "Flintsones-style" caveman outfit ???

glatt · 08-31-2006, 12:31 PM

I wonder how much natural gas that is? It's not compressed. It that enough to run a burner on a gas stove for 5 minutes? Or is it a month's supply? I have no concept of scale for this one.

Flint · 08-31-2006, 12:33 PM

The unit of measure is "how big the fireball would be if you melted through the bag with a can of hairspray and a lighter."

Shawnee123 · 08-31-2006, 01:34 PM

How come it looks like that bag has feet under it?

sproglet · 08-31-2006, 02:29 PM

It's a giant termite with a taste for young Asian boys on tricycles.

rupip · 08-31-2006, 02:29 PM

his mom is probably waiting to cook the families pot of morning noodle soup.

great job!

Flint · 08-31-2006, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sproglet

It's a giant termite with a taste for young Asian boys on tricycles.

Or...it's a deformed one of those things from The Prisoner.

lulu · 08-31-2006, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

How come it looks like that bag has feet under it?

I was wondering about that as well.

Shawnee123 · 08-31-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Or...it's a deformed one of those things from The Prisoner.

That just looks like a big old ping pong ball.

Nothing But Net · 08-31-2006, 03:39 PM

How do you know it was stolen natural gas? Maybe he just found it.

Shawnee123 · 08-31-2006, 03:51 PM

Maybe he produced it...don't they eat a lot of legume type foods?

Flint · 08-31-2006, 03:53 PM

There is like, a tube, or somthing, there . . . hmmmmmm

MaggieL · 08-31-2006, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Or...it's a deformed one of those things from The Prisoner.

His name was "Rover", for obvious reasons.

08-31-2006, 12:31 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Is it just me, or is that kid wearing an old-fashioned, "Flintsones-style" caveman outfit ??? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-31-2006, 12:33 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The unit of measure is "how big the fireball would be if you melted through the bag with a can of hairspray and a lighter." __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-31-2006, 01:34 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	How come it looks like that bag has feet under it? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-31-2006, 03:51 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Maybe he produced it...don't they eat a lot of legume type foods? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-31-2006, 03:53 PM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	There is like, a tube, or somthing, there . . . hmmmmmm __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-31-2006, 12:29 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'd seen this one before too, but it's still cool. Stealing natural gas this way seems so much better than those Nigerians(?) who were scooping up gasoline with bowls from a sabotaged pipeline.

08-31-2006, 02:29 PM	#7
sproglet small in a big way. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The British Empire Posts: 94	It's a giant termite with a taste for young Asian boys on tricycles.

08-31-2006, 02:29 PM	#8
rupip Salzburger Nockerl Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Salzburg, Austria Posts: 37	his mom is probably waiting to cook the families pot of morning noodle soup. great job!

08-31-2006, 03:39 PM	#12
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	How do you know it was stolen natural gas? Maybe he just found it.

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