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BP Execs: Dressing For Disaster

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Originally Posted by MrDaniels
Well, Tony is poorly dressed and HORRIBLE at his job.

Today he performs before Congress...this should be interesting.


It is funny to see how the same story is treated differently on both sides of the pond...
 

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Carl-Henric Svanberg has the nicest suit of the lot of them.

This whole affair is a complicated mess, no matter where you live, but it is a mess.
 

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Hey boys... let him get back to his normal life
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Originally Posted by vincerich
How do you know that it's a "cheap suit" and not just a poorly fitting one? What's the group-think justification for that assumption?

A lot of it may be the fit, but it just hangs so poorly on him.
 

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Originally Posted by idfnl
Hey boys... let him get back to his normal life
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That's better-tailored than his business suits.
 

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Originally Posted by idfnl
Hey boys... let him get back to his normal life
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Trust me ,I'm a CEO...
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I know how common people feel and that's the reason I wear ill-fitted Bayou inspired suits..
 

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Originally Posted by lasbar
It is funny to see how the same story is treated differently on both sides of the pond...

Very.

The current CEO is a geologist by trade and got the gig as a contrast to the previous chap who was known as the Sun King. They were deliberately looking for someone with little or no swagger. They got him.

Lord Browne AKA the Sun King -

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Looks similar to the rigs the Goldman execs donned for their Congressional hearings a couple weeks ago.
 

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Originally Posted by Racing Green
Very.

The current CEO is a geologist by trade and got the gig as a contrast to the previous chap who was known as the Sun King. They were deliberately looking for someone with little or no swagger. They got him.

Lord Browne AKA the Sun King -

lordebrownREX0105_228x366.jpg


Check out the sparkle in his eyes...widely reputed to be a friend of Dorothy IIRC
 

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Originally Posted by CBDB
Check out the sparkle in his eyes...widely reputed to be a friend of Dorothy IIRC

Yup, that's what led to his downfall. Not his preferences per se, more that he lied about it.
 

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Originally Posted by OttoSkadelig
i think you mean "i know how the small people feel".

I was more sarcastic than that...I meant common people...
 

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OK, he is NOT having a good month:

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Originally Posted by OttoSkadelig
i was probably being too obtuse. in case this little nugget did not make it across the pond:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/06...spill-response

i watched a bit of the hearings this morning. tony hayward looked like he was about to cry.


I was impressed by the woman with tar on her hands screaming at him..

He did look a tad scared...
 

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