Mr. Speaker

Well, oil is up another US$10 a barrel to OVER US$70 (60% higher than one year ago) - That means another Peak-oil update. Wooo!

Yes, yes, oil prices are up, yes, yes, we are going to run out. Pfft. These updates are getting a little on the predictable side. So I thought we’d spice it up with a little conspiracy theory - Nothing like a conspiracy theory to spice up stories of global oil production, that’s for sure. This conspiracy comes via an undisclosed source of mine. We shall call him/her “PeakThroat”. Because that’s what Tom, I mean - him/her - suggested:

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Well, things have been pretty quiet around here… I blame it on the troubles in the world today: bad TV reception with rabbit-ears; little choice in salt brands; the unreasonably slow development of meat-growing machines… It can really get you down.

In times of crisis it’s good to turn to the sage advice of The Nu-Kooka: 2nd Edition - Containing the best Jewish and Continental dishes, cocktails, savouries, confectionery: Revised and re-edited and including the latest American recipes.

All for the low, low price of 5/-. Whatever the heck that is. Five slash-dashes. Five forward-slash-dashes. It cost me $1 though. The recipe we will be following today comes from page 17, under the section titled Miscellaneous:

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Cricket - Its a funny old game. Some might say its a very stupid old game. Some say much worse. It is unfortunate, unfortunately, that a great deal of the detestment (or desterisation, if that is not a word) stems from a lack of understanding of the finer points of this great game. Given time and careful study, cricket can be appreciated and enjoyed like a good bottle of $12 wine.

A thorough study of cricket could be likened to the study of any great art - The basics require a short time to acquire, but only after a lifetime of dedication and learning can one expect to fully comprehend its nature and beauty. Of course, thanks to the internet you can learn a lifetime of stuff in a couple of hours - and that’s what we’re going to be doing here. Let’s begin now.

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