Probably a couple of greasers.
Simpsons did it.
Here’s unintended consequence of gummint green meddling...
5-10 years ago you had to PAY someone to haul away your used fryer oil, etc (yellow grease). Now thanks to renewable energy standards for biodiesel the price has gone up and up to the point where now it’s worth stealing...
After apprehending the pair, the arresting officer chimed- “You’re the ones that I want, the ones that I want...”
Back in the days of fighting sail the crews rations of
pork or beef were boiled in large cauldrons in the galley
The grease that rose to the top was skimmed off and saved
Some was used to grease the pulleys on the sheve blocks
and capstans for raising the anchor
Rest the cook could sell when in port to soap or candle
makers
Made a nice sum for the ships cook....
I can see a new TV reality show in the making: “Grease Wars!”.
Just thankful these criminals didn’t slip
through the fingers of law enforcement.
