Hormuz Reopens, Asia Sighs Collective 'Oh, So THAT's What Normal Feels Like?'

Breaking news from the Department of Utterly Predictable Maritime Happenings: The Strait of Hormuz, that notoriously fickle arterial passage of global commerce, has officially resumed its laissez-faire attitude towards container ship traffic. Economists, who had previously predicted a 'supply crunch' akin to a particularly aggressive constipated badger, are now recalibrating their abacuses to account for the sudden influx of various widgets and doodads. While the immediate return of vital crude oil to Asia is celebrated with all the enthusiasm of a tax rebate for a deceased relative, experts warn that the 'economic scars' will linger. Apparently, several months of desperately shipping goods via hot air balloon and carrier pigeon has left a devastating psychological toll on supply chain managers, many of whom now communicate exclusively in frantic semaphore. The long-term 'scar' truly is the realization that many corporations found new, innovative ways to gouge customers during the 'crunch' and are now loath to let go of their newly acquired yachts. One might call it a 'supply-side windfall' for the yacht industry.