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Published: June 23, 2008
Dirty jobs: It takes real men to bring up oil
The Oklahoman Editorial
Now slasher! Now swamper, now roughneck and driver! On mud man, on leasehand, on jughound and worm! To the decks of the rigs, to the bottom of the holes. Drill away! Drill away! Drill away all!

'Twas the night before last Thursday morning that Americans got a taste of life in the oil patch for the worms (rookies on a drilling rig) and the roughnecks who actually bring oil to the surface. Television's newest reality sho...

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