Rumble in Ye Olde Crude Pit

Great story today out of London. Seems some dopes at Greenpeace thought it would be a good idea to storm the floor of the IPE and try to disrupt crude oil trading at the worlds largest crude exchange. But the boys in the pits had a little different idea. Instead these traders threw the wakko's a beatdown wouldn't soon forget. They managed to kick their asses all of the way back out of the pits, out of the building, and out onto the streets. Literally. This is a great quote.

"WHEN 35 Greenpeace protesters stormed the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) yesterday they had planned the operation in great detail.

What they were not prepared for was the post-prandial aggression of oil traders who kicked and punched them back on to the pavement.

"We bit off more than we could chew. They were just Cockney barrow boy spivs. Total thugs," one protester said, rubbing his bruised skull. "I've never seen anyone less amenable to listening to our point of view."

Another said: "I took on a Texan Swat team at Esso last year and they were angels compared with this lot." Behind him, on the balcony of the pub opposite the IPE, a bleary-eyed trader, pint in hand, yelled: "Sod off, Swampy."

I remember when I was on the trading floor, guys would get their asses kicked for standing in a regular traders spot in the pit. And these guys thought they were going to storm the exchange? LMAO, priceless. I just hope those blokes got in a couple of shots for me from accross the pond.