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A major PR fail for Shell Oil

This is possibly the worst, most unintentionally ironic public relations disaster, and luckily the intrepid cameraman/Iphone owner escaped from the security guard who was trying to seize his phone.

What we see here is the public launch at Seattle Space Needle of Shell’s two arctic oil-rigs. They had a special model oil-rig set up that would pour drinks. Instead, the ‘oil rig’ blew, and there was a major spill. Some poor woman (who probably organized the whole thing and may have been hoping that this event might be a major feather in her cap) leaps forward as the model spews all over the guest of honour.

I can’t imagine a better use of unintentional humour. Imagine a mutant Monsanto plant eating a board member’s shitzu during a launch of their new seeds. Imagine a flock of oily ducks falling out of the sky during an event celebrating Fort MacMurray’s oil sands.

Watch, and enjoy. We might not have got a chance to see this.

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