The Titanic

[AshtonBlack]

Bhopal! The Musical!

"You'll be crying as much as they did!"


/badtaste

[Geoff]

HAVE YOU HEARD ANY WORD OF THE ICEBERG?
By Les Barker

On a cold rainy night on a Liverpool quayside
In the years before the Great War
The world was in shock at the loss of Titanic
So proud had they been days before.
Relatives gathered for news of their loved ones,
To read through the list of the dead,
When into the throng came a sad-eyed Polar Bear,
And to the clerk at the counter he said…

Chorus:

Have you got any news of the iceberg?
My family were on it you see,
Have you got any news of the iceberg?
They mean the whole world to me.

My wife and children were coming from Greenland
To be by my side in the zoo.
Belinda's my wife and the eldest's called Bernard, and Billy, well, he's only two.
I know on the ship there were hundreds of people,
And I know the iceberg's not yours,
The Polar Bear's eyes held the start of his teardrops
He covered his face with his paws.

It's been over a year since I last saw my children,
I left home to build my career:
I've worked very hard, I'm a star in the circus,
It's all been for nothing I fear.
There's my face on the poster,
We're in town this week.
My Children were meeting me here.

Everyone watched as he struggled to speak.
By now all the people had gathered beside him,
His grief was one they could share,
The people around him in silence and sadness,
Listened to the sad Polar Bear.
I wanted my children to see me performing,
And Belinda, she would have been proud.
At last, lost for words and his tears flowing freely,
The question was asked by the crowd.

Chorus:

Have you got any news of the iceberg?
My family were on it you see:
Have you got any news of the iceberg?
They mean the whole world to me.

[Hermit]

WTC Airport! The Musical

[Comte de Saint-Germain]

Of the ones who died on the Titanic, who can be considered a genuine loss; what life was lost that showed potential in an art, science or philosophy?

[devogue]

Of the ones who died on the Titanic, who can be considered a genuine loss; what life was lost that showed potential in an art, science or philosophy?

No one stood out, but who knows what any one of the sixty children who died may have achieved.

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/ch ... n-titanic/

The names in italics survived. A heartbreaking list.

[Atheist-Lite]

How many other passenger ships were lost in 1912 across the world? what was the total loss of 'passenger' life for the year?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Titanic! The Musical. Ha ha.

I would actually watch that.

They have such at Branson, a shit-kicker tourist trap southwest of here. I had a flyer for it but was laughing too hard to post it I think.

[devogue]

How many other passenger ships were lost in 1912 across the world? what was the total loss of 'passenger' life for the year?

I've no idea, but I seem to remember that the North Atlantic run, the busiest in the world, had only seen a handful of deaths in the 20 years preceeding the Titanic disaster, so 1,500 in one hit was a big shock.

[Atheist-Lite]

How many other passenger ships were lost in 1912 across the world? what was the total loss of 'passenger' life for the year?

I've no idea, but I seem to remember that the North Atlantic run, the busiest in the world, had only seen a handful of deaths in the 20 years preceeding the Titanic disaster, so 1,500 in one hit was a big shock.

Yeah! People recall the big hits but the slow burn from falling off ladders or drinking bad liqor isn't noticed even when the numbers over a year might be higher.

[amused]

Looking forward to the sequel - Titanic II: Hope Floats

[Coito ergo sum]

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Finally! I get to say it...