Isn't it funny how somethings you see in the news just scream MacGyver episode!

I'm thinking specifically of the oil leak in the Mexico Gulf. Doesn't that whole situation just sound like a MacGyver episode?

A crashed and sunk oil rig, hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil spewing uncontrollably into the ocean every day, a massive oil slick threatening the entire coast line, no way of stopping the oil leak...

Every time I see and hear anything about this I start thinking it sounds like a MacGyver episode.

Yeah, but what would MacGyver do?

When I saw that, I was thinking if the thing catches fire would that also be called a Hellfire? Hellfire on water?

"Burnoff" maybe?

Or 'Burnout'. That way we can use the double meaning like in 'Blow Out'.

Mac is near a burnout, goes to the Gulf of Mexico to relax and when he's just arrived the whole oil disaster happens.

He goes in to help, dives to the bottom of the sea to secure a protective net under the oil and while he's doing this, someone causes a fire on the surface. Mac is trapped down under, but finds a way to kill the flames ánd save the environment. We'll just have to figure out how he will do this.

Why would he be putting a net under the oil?

Thinking thinking thinking - okay, not exactly a net, more like a filterish kind of blanket that lets the harmless ingredients through and keeps the harmful stuff from sinking to the bottom.

Well, I'm not MacGyver, he's the one who'll come up with something..

stop the leak with large amounts of chewing gum then create a massive vacuum...

I really wonder how they are going to fix this problem anyway. I suppose a large order will be put into Dawn pretty soon.

Well, there was a short item in the paper about how people are donating pantyhose and hair clippings (mostly from pets) to make additional booms to soak up some of the oil. If that isn't MacGyvering, I don't know what is.

What irritates the heck out of me about this oil spill (apart from the fact it happened at all) is that BP, Halliburton, and whatever other company are involved keep ducking responsibility and pointing fingers at each other, rather than doing anything constructive. And they don't have any better ideas than shooting golf balls into the pipe?? I'm all for creative solutions, but I'd expect better than this from a multimillion dollar company. They've had YEARS to plan for this kind of thing, and come up with something that actually works, and they're just flying by the seat of their pants. I'm not impressed.

yep, I think they deserve to have every one in the world STOP using any of their products ever again.

And they spent all those years rolling in cash, and not planning for any kind of crisis at all. Ack.

Besides the oil leak in The Gulf of Mexico, I'm also thinking that all the trouble in Bangkok, Thailand sounds like a MacGyver episode. Maybe something à la Children of Light and the Tienamen Square Massacre. Though they may seem prepared to talk if the military ceases fire and the U.N. can get involved, but the government isn't interested in that.