Titanic

[BrilloPad]

Looks like this voyage is jinxed too; first they get battered by 30 foot seas and have to take shelter and now they have to turn back as a passenger has had a heart attack: link

They are just giving them an authentic experience. The ship will be sailed directly at an iceberg in a few days. There will only be lifeboats for the highest bidders.

[pacharan]

They are just giving them an authentic experience. The ship will be sailed directly at an iceberg in a few days. There will only be lifeboats for the highest bidders.

apart from the iceberg, I think that's exactly what they're doing. Period costumes, bands playing music of the time etc.

[OwlHoot]

I'd laugh if someone opened the scuttle valves, or set off a bomb in the hold, when they got to the spot, so the twats would all have to swim for it.

I just think this orgy of sentimentality is getting a bit nauseous now, like Princess Di's death.

[pacharan]

I had every intention of posting at the fateful hour but I don't think I'm going to make it that long.

However, I would just like to say God bless and RIP to all who perished in her on this centenary of her sinking.

[MonzaMike]

A Night to Remember on BBC2 at 3:00 this afternoon

Most of those stories are from that book I mentioned, A Night to Remember, by Walter Lord, published in 1957.

He scoured newspaper articles from the time, and interviewed dozens of survivors. It's a really excellent book.

..I'm recording it...

[OwlHoot]

However, I would just like to say God bless and RIP to all who perished in her on this centenary of her sinking.

What's the point? They'd all be long dead of old age by now anyway.

It's not as if it happened last year.