* smells a beaker of biodiesel - and other pics

[Kadie]

President Bush smells a beaker of biodiesel as his Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva looks at a sample of the fuel he poured on his finger during a tour of the Petrobras Oil facility in Sao Paulo, March 9, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)


U.S. President George W. Bush (L) pulls out the dipstick from an engine that can run on biofuel, as his Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (R) watches during a tour of the Petrobras alternative fuel facility in Sao Paulo March 9, 2007. Bush and Lula touted the benefits of biofuel technology after a tour of the plant. REUTERS/Jason Reed (BRAZIL)


President Bush inspects an engine that can run on biofuel, as his Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva watches, during a tour of the Petrobras alternative fuel facility in Sao Paulo, March 9, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)


U.S. President George W. Bush, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, look at a engine that uses alternative fuels as they tour Petros Transporte S.A. Facility, before delivering a joint statement on BioFuel Technology, Friday, March 9, 2007 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


U.S. President George W. Bush (C) looks at sugar cane as a source of biofuel alongside Sergio Gabrielli (L), the CEO of Petrobras, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Petrobras Oil facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 9, 2007. Bush and Lula touted the benefits of biofuel technology after a tour of the plant. REUTERS/Jason Reed (BRAZIL)


U.S. President Bush tours the Petros Transporte S.A. Facility, prior to making a joint statement on BioFuel Technology, Friday, March 9, 2007, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

[MADem]

1. Don't the kids call that huffing? Like sniffing glue? NT

[joneschick]

2. he's wearing his Katrina shirt w/o the rolling up the sleeves

does that mean he's *not* hard at work? :hi:

[Ian David]

3. "I don't care WHAT you say..

"I don't care WHAT you say, I STILL think my shit doesn't smell."

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Wow, this smells like shit

Hey, this feels like shit...

must be shit.

[KingFlorez]

4. He's probably trying to get a buzz off it

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. OMG . . . he's looking weirder and weirder.

And the evil glances that he's giving photogs these days . . .

Wonder if he was able to get the dipstick back in the engine by himself???

The "Embarrassment Tour" rolls on . . . .

[soup]

7. .

"Dipshit displaces dipstick"

[CrazyOrangeCat]

8. exactly.

sheesh . . . what a numbskull.

[AzDar]

9. He looks like a crazy old goober. What's with the pants hitched up to

the ribcage?
Kee-rist, what an embarrassment:rofl:

[Eurobabe]

10. Hey Lula, can we get a buzz from this shit?

[auburngrad82]

11. "Heh Heh, Gimme anudder hit offa that bong there, Pedro!" nt

[Kerrytravelers]

12. "Them brown people still out there yellin' 'bout me? Shame there ain't a Katrina here, hehehehe"

You know this is what he's thinking. You know it.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Ummm. Good Biodiesel Hardly Smells Like Anything

It resembles the smell of corn oil. The flavenoids and tocopherols are all gone. It's just methyl ester at that point. So, it has a very mild odor. Smelling it tells one nothing.
The Professor

[acmavm]

14. Blivet sure has a thing for hard hats. I don't know why, there's

not a damn thing between those two ears to protect.

[razors edge]

15. Don't you guys have a dozer I can drive or sumpin?

[eppur_se_muova]

16. Actually he's sniffing a graduate. :^D

(short term for a graduated cylinder)

Who among us hasn't?

[Lisa]

17. and here he is, hoovering up the fumes from a jar of ethanol

(at another photo-op a while back)

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN2830772120070228

http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20070228&t=2&i=425793&w=192

[symbolman]

18. Look, El Presidente Bush!

A Car engine that runs on WHISKEY! Go ahead, drink it all down, you won't believe the KICK you get.. :)

[live love laugh]

19. Those engineers looked really excited to be in HIS presence.

:sarcasm: NOT!