Comments on: The Titanic Was Retarded http://theboysaunders.com/2006/05/the-titanic-was-retarded/ You Little Punks Think You Own This Town... Mon, 21 May 2012 01:32:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Phil Saunders http://theboysaunders.com/2006/05/the-titanic-was-retarded/#comment-33 Phil Saunders Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:06:59 +0000 http://theboysaunders.com/2006/05/the-titanic-was-retarded/#comment-33 And to be equally anal: * As seen in the film 'Titanic' (which, I'm told by a mildly obsessed friend, is extremely accurate), the Titanic lay very low in the water for quite some time. There would have been ample opportunity to launch boats and get clear of the suction. In fact, according to Wikipedia "the last two lifeboats floated right off the deck, collapsible lifeboat B upside down, and collapsible lifeboat A half-filled with water". Survivors then climbed aboard these lifeboats and survived. * Again, according to Wikipedia "The majority of deaths were caused by victims succumbing to hypothermia in the 28 °F (−2 °C) water". Thus, the suction (described "not severe") can't have posed too much of a danger. * The first lifeboat was picked up 1 hour and 50 minutes after the Titanic sunk. The only recorded fatalities in this time were of people who had been picked up after long exposure to the water. I reiterate: The Titanic was retarded. And to be equally anal:

* As seen in the film ‘Titanic’ (which, I’m told by a mildly obsessed friend, is extremely accurate), the Titanic lay very low in the water for quite some time. There would have been ample opportunity to launch boats and get clear of the suction. In fact, according to Wikipedia “the last two lifeboats floated right off the deck, collapsible lifeboat B upside down, and collapsible lifeboat A half-filled with water”. Survivors then climbed aboard these lifeboats and survived.

* Again, according to Wikipedia “The majority of deaths were caused by victims succumbing to hypothermia in the 28 °F (−2 °C) water”. Thus, the suction (described “not severe”) can’t have posed too much of a danger.

* The first lifeboat was picked up 1 hour and 50 minutes after the Titanic sunk. The only recorded fatalities in this time were of people who had been picked up after long exposure to the water.

I reiterate: The Titanic was retarded.

]]> By: JC http://theboysaunders.com/2006/05/the-titanic-was-retarded/#comment-32 JC Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:26:05 +0000 http://theboysaunders.com/2006/05/the-titanic-was-retarded/#comment-32 To be incredibly anal about it the problem so much is not building the raft but firstly launching it then reaching it once its launched then avoiding the suction from all the water rushing in after the ship has sunk then surviving in the icy cold water and conditions. As you can see its not just the case of lashing together a few cases and sitting on it. To be incredibly anal about it the problem so much is not building the raft but firstly launching it then reaching it once its launched then avoiding the suction from all the water rushing in after the ship has sunk then surviving in the icy cold water and conditions. As you can see its not just the case of lashing together a few cases and sitting on it.

]]> By: Graham http://theboysaunders.com/2006/05/the-titanic-was-retarded/#comment-10 Graham Wed, 24 May 2006 07:05:35 +0000 http://theboysaunders.com/2006/05/the-titanic-was-retarded/#comment-10 Have you ever tried to make a raft, monkey boy? Doubt it! Have you ever tried to make a raft, monkey boy? Doubt it!

]]>