Oil has used as fuel for cooking and lighting for centuries.
The earliest drilled wells were found in China around 300AD.
Early Inuit cut blocks of oil-soaked tundra from natural seeps.
Marco Polo wrote about oil laden ships of the Caspian Sea.
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gotta love that panda. but the guy near the middle of that panel, is that pole betipped with a plunger head?
negative. it is the modern day drill bit, looking quite like honorable cherry blossom.
The oldest wheels yet discovered are a pair of cart wheels from Mesopotamia, dating to c. 3500 bc.
The squeaky one had been oiled.
palm oil?
Very funny take on humans and oil…(What did the red flag mean? “Combustible”?)
oh, sorry! red flag: transferring oil & hazardous material as per Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
i thought it suggested a type of relationship with the ideas of karl marx . . . .???? i totally misread, i guess.
Oh, I flat out love your imagination.
Great little drawings with much humor in them. With all the terrible news around us about oil it is nice to keep a sense of humor.
Brilliant.
I can’t believe Pandabonium hasn’t commented on the first image. He was the first person I thought of. However, the art is really top-notch, Christina. Can’t get enough
Something different that I can’t connect with oil — on Desert Sea I’ve posted the story of how we lost a friend in a tragic accident at a lake two weeks ago.
I love the charm and wittiness of these drawings.
. .. dites-moi, in yr research among the ancient chinese, innuit, and caspianese . . . did you find any instances of oil “fouling the nest” sills and if so, how were the perps dealt with? just wondering …