Comments on: 10 Things You Should Know Before Boarding an “Unsinkable” Oceanliner

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:41:15 +0000

I have to ditto Kelley’s comment…Witty Nickname had me going all the way to the end and I have been cracking up ever since…hella funny.

By: stan baldwin

stan baldwin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:42:02 +0000

Both the ship and the berg travelled 1500 miles to meet

By: Kelley O

Kelley O — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:33:25 +0000

Witty Nickname – flippin’ hilarious. You had me all the way to the punch line. Are you that good or am I just that big of a loser?

Mental Floss – give Witty a prize!

By: bedhead

bedhead — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:52:29 +0000

My great-grandmother booked passage on the Titanic to visit relatives in Chicago. Shortly before she was to leave Ireland, her parish priest talked her into delaying her trip because he had a bad feeling about that ship, so she didn’t go.

By: Lullaby

Lullaby — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:14:40 +0000

Witty Nickname, you crack me up.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:15:01 +0000

Lifeboat A was the very last collapsible boat to leave the sinking ship that night. It was found one month later, nearly 300 km from where Titanic went down. Three bodies were found inside, their hair bleached from exposure.

Click on my name for the link to an article on the subject from May, 1912.

By: Witty Nickname

Witty Nickname — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:29:11 +0000

Most people don’t know that back in 1912 Hellman’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the “Titanic” was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after New York City.

Mexicans were crazy about the stuff.

The Mexican people were eagerly awaiting delivery and were disconsolate(”desperados”) at the loss. So much so that they declared a national day of mourning which they still observe today.

It is known, of course, as …sinko de Mayo.

By: ACute Angle

ACute Angle — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:34:17 +0000

There is a local legend in my home town that the Titanic was supposed to be carrying a marble altar for one of the local churches.

The rest of the altar area is marble except for the altar, which to this day is still a wooden one.

I’ve been told they decided not to attempt to get another marble altar to honor the souls that died.

By: Mr.Graves

Mr.Graves — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:48:12 +0000

More first class men got off the Titanic on lifeboats than third class women and children; the story of the Titanic became a major symbol of class struggle of the times and was used later to highlight the disparities between the rich and the poor, in the way that the poor were literally considered to be of less worth as living beings than the rich.

Sad and disgusting.

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:52:27 +0000

Then there’s Violet Jessup – who was a stewardess on the Olympic when it had a collision with another ship in 1911.

Then, she transferred to the Titanic… and we know how that ended.

Then, she became a Red Cross nurse, and was on the Britannic during WWI, when it hit a mine and sank off the coast of Greece.