Shell's model oil rig spurts something nasty over guest at party (Update: Hoax!)

At a private party hosted by ~~Shell Oil~~^†, a model rig malfunctioned and spooged its dark ichor all over a guest. "I can't turn it off!" says one hapless organizer. Adds another: "Why are you filming? Can I have that phone, please?" [Read more: Occupy Seattle]

^†Update: If you thought the irony too delicious for words, you were right: it's a hoax! Gawker's Adrian Chen got to the bottom of it.

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razen cain

“Why are you filming?
Because I collect irony.
CaptainPedge

”can I have that phone please” NO YOU SODDING WELL CAN’T
http://twitter.com/MrAaronSwainEsq Aaron Swain

The irony is strong with this one.
agrovista

I suspect the Yesmen http://theyesmen.org/
- lovelystrangeness
  
  Good call. “The domain name server is Mayfirst.org, a lefty-radical hosting company which was also used by notorious pranksters the Yes Men to host a fake Bank of America website back in April” (From the already posted Gawker article: http://gawker.com/5916661/hilarious-video-of-shell-oil-party-disaster-is-fake-unfortunately)
http://ae4rv.com/ royaltrux

Burrito-flavored kisses, anyone?
awjt

seems super fake
Dito

I’m awarding bonus points to Rob Beschizza for the phrase “spooged its dark ichor”. That phrase will linger in my memory; I just hope I can come up with other opportunities to use it.
Jason

Something isn’t quite right. The old lady screaming, but not moving out of the liquid stream. The slight overacting. The shaky-cam initial shot out the window to show they really are at the Space Needle. I’m not going to shout “fake”, but I suspect agrovista may be correct.
- http://profiles.google.com/stephen.schenck Stephen Schenck
  
  http://gawker.com/5916661/hilarious-video-of-shell-oil-party-disaster-is-fake-unfortunately
  - Jason
    
    Thanks, Stephen! Glad to see that my fake-dar is still a finely-tuned instrument.
    - awjt
      
      mine too
  - http://ae4rv.com/ royaltrux
    
    Well, that makes me feel better about my ridiculous comment.
    - awjt
      
      naw, you win the thread for that, I LOLed
BurntHombre

Fake but accurate.
Rider

I spotted this as fake the second i watched, not sure how someone could fall for it. You really think that thing spouted oil with perfect comic timing and placement?
- Rider
  
  I mean come on she even dances under it instead of just getting out of the way.
PChandler

“Why are you still filming?”—

Because i can, i want to and this is America, this ain’t Havana or Pyongyang. Have a good day, now GTFO of my face!.
Culturedropout

“Awwwwwwwww” Priceless. (Yes, I read that it’s a fake, but still. Well done, gentlemen (and ladies). Well done!)
Cowicide

I like what Shell says at the end of their statement (affirming this wasn’t an actual Shell sponsored event):

We continue to focus on a safe exploration season in 2012.