Does the BP CEO make British people everywhere look horrible?

Yeah, and you wanted the oil for your gas-guzzlers and the taxes to finance your deficits. You can't take the rough with the smooth. Just like your troops in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan who want their luxuries even out there and then perform like chocolate soldiers. Our man in BP was using a silly yankee phrase which you seem unable to comprehend. Irony is wasted on the cr mentality of yanks. As for the Gulf, remember it's named the Gulf of MEXICO, yet even now the US wants to take the spill for itself. Well, you can have it all.