On Monday 23 October 2000 12:34 am, you wrote:
> I know not everyone is in the USA, but I thought we could all use a
> laugh...Karen
>
> Higher gasoline prices caused by the shortage of oil. The less oil
>
> > >we have, the higher the price at the pump. There are a lot of folks
> > >that can't understand how we ran out of oil here in the USA.  Well,
> > >here's the answer: It's simple... nobody bothered to check the oil.
> > >We didn't know we were getting low!  The reason for that is
> > >obviously geographical, all the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma, and
> > >all the dipsticks are in Washington, D.C.!!!

I bet you're not paying about $5.30 per (US) gallon - we are!!!