Reply to: Women, Children and Italians first

[psychocandy]

FOR SALE:

Italian 2nd World War rifle.

Never fired, only dropped once.

Worlds shortest book:

Book of Italian war heroes.

[d000hg]

Any bloke can tell you, the "I slipped and fell in" excuse isnt convincing.

Nope, I think you're in the minority needing to use that one.

[petergriffin]

Not known as a nation for having the bravest people really though are they the Italians?

Didnt Italian tanks in the 2nd world war have one gear to go forward and 5 to retreat?

Thanks God we have the bravest man on the planet, Fred Goodwin. He left the boat making sure it sank completely.

[DodgyAgent]

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It is not just a metaphor for the Italians but also reflects on many of the UK institutions.

[Paddy]

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[Arturo Bassick]

Not known as a nation for having the bravest people really though are they the Italians?

Didnt Italian tanks in the 2nd world war have one gear to go forward and 5 to retreat?

FOR SALE:

Italian 2nd World War rifle.

Never fired, only dropped once.

[psychocandy]

Not known as a nation for having the bravest people really though are they the Italians?

Didnt Italian tanks in the 2nd world war have one gear to go forward and 5 to retreat?

[Spacecadet]

Imagine you walk in a long corridor to your cabin and the ship goes to one side 45 degrees - you'd be falling down elevator shaft, it's a bloody big ship!

How many elevators operate at 45 degrees?

[Troll]

I laughed today at his excuses. When the captain was questioned as to why he abandoned ship before others, he said he tripped and fell in to a lifeboat.

Come on man, come up with a slightly better excuse. Any bloke can tell you, the "I slipped and fell in" excuse isnt convincing.




Cruise ship

Interestingly his second in command ended up in the same lifeboat, perhaps he tripped over the same obstacle

[shaunbhoy]

It isnt the 1500's, nowadays, nearly all shipping channels have maps and ships have gps so one should never find themselves beached in perfectly good weather in an operable ship.

Tell that to the Royal Navy!

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Inquiry into warship accident

[DodgyAgent]

Do you think perhaps rising sea levels might have been responsible?

[EternalOptimist]

my dad spent the best years of his life trying to sink Italian ships. and German and Japs.

He said to me one day, 'Some of the bravest sailors I ever met were Italians(brits included) and most of the worst cowards were Italians'
seems they always go to one extreme or the other

[wim121]

Imagine you walk in a long corridor to your cabin and the ship goes to one side 45 degrees - you'd be falling down elevator shaft, it's a bloody big ship!

Shame the scumbag didnt die falling down an elevator shaft.

There was no reason for the ship to be stranded. He put peoples lives at risk by sailing where he shouldnt have been. There isnt any excuse. It isnt the 1500's, nowadays, nearly all shipping channels have maps and ships have gps so one should never find themselves beached in perfectly good weather in an operable ship.

[TimberWolf]

Imagine you walk in a long corridor to your cabin and the ship goes to one side 45 degrees - you'd be falling down elevator shaft, it's a bloody big ship!

He only had to stand on something horizontal on the ship, no requirement to be Tarzan.

[AtW]

for a young bloke who knows his way around his own ship and knowing that there was no way it was going to sink in those shallow waters, the danger to him must have been slight.

Imagine you walk in a long corridor to your cabin and the ship goes to one side 45 degrees - you'd be falling down elevator shaft, it's a bloody big ship!