If you were on the Titanic.....

Nancy · 02-25-2005, 07:17 PM

The ocean liner named "Titanic" was claimed to be "unsinkable". When the ship hits an iceburg, it is starting to sink, costing many people's lives, with some survivors in lifeboats. When they were ready to have the people in lifeboats, they said "women and children first", and the men were left behind. I read that there were some women on board too that died. This was in 1912.

There is a major movie picture that starred Leonardo DiCapro and Kate Winslet called "Titanic". I enjoyed it when I saw it in the theaters when it first came out in 1997 (I was 27 then).

If YOU were on the Titanic, and the ship is going to sink, what would you have done if you were on the boat? Why or why not?

horselover61 · 02-25-2005, 07:23 PM

I would put on the life jacket and then get on the lifeboat as it said woman and chldren first. If not then I would find something that is float and use it to float myself on it with a lifejacket. I dont want to die since I have a child in my life and my son need me.

Ethereal · 02-25-2005, 07:26 PM

If I was unable to get aboard a life boat, I'd probably kill myself because I'm a coward and I'd rather die quickly than to drown or freeze to death.

SpiceHD · 02-25-2005, 07:26 PM

i most likely will try to help everyone to get in boat men or women... i can imagine there probably are some women who did nothing but cried and scream... kids hiding in fear, etc.. and just before it sink i probably will go find something to get on and try to swim

even though the waters are freezing and will die from it ... i will fight to live till the last min and i tend to think about others first in those situations...

(i pray it will never happen in my lifetime though)

The*Empress · 02-25-2005, 07:31 PM

I vote stay behind. I'll just put on life jacket and help people get on the lifeboat. And I would just die.

And maybe my mom and everybody in my family can sued the company...
And get million of dollars.

Levonian · 02-25-2005, 07:40 PM

Swim back to England.

sablescort · 02-25-2005, 07:49 PM

I'd do the same thing the Titanic's chief baker did....

He was so drunk on brandy and he was the last man to jump off the ship. The brandy kept him warm in the cold Atlantic Ocean until he could be rescued by the rescue ship.

You'll see it on a scene in the movie...Just look for a drunk man in a chef's uniform (and BTW it really happened during the actual sinking!)

Oceanbreeze · 02-25-2005, 07:50 PM

I'd go on the lifeboat.

ravensteve1961 · 02-25-2005, 08:05 PM

Id get my gun and start pointing a gun at officers and say kindly let me on the lifeboat youre gonna die anyway so take your pick? A bullet in your chest or drown? I bet theyre say ok sir go on the lifeboat.

Levonian · 02-25-2005, 08:36 PM

And then you would go straight to your lawyer’s office so you could file a lawsuit against White Star Lines, the Carpathia for not picking you up fast enough (you lost more hearing from swimming around in the cold water), the iceberg, and God.

ravensteve1961 · 02-25-2005, 09:55 PM

LOL @ Levonian lawsuits wasnt thought of in the early 1900s.If that was the case why didnt catholics sue the jews for killing their god on a wrongful death suit.

**Angel** · 02-25-2005, 09:58 PM

voted get on the lifeboat...

sablescort · 02-25-2005, 10:02 PM

I was scratching my head trying to remember the legend of the drunk baker on the Titanic.....

Now I remember the baker's name since I read Walter Lord's account of the Titanic's sinking several years ago and watching the poop deck scene in the movie. Here is his biography from the largest Titanic resource on the 'Net:

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/bio.php/1945.html

Quote:

It was Joughin who fortified himself with alcohol, threw deck chairs overboard for flotation devices, rode the stern down and claims to have stepped into the water without getting his hair wet. He claims to have hung on to the side of Collapsible B for hours with most of his body submerged in the icy water, yet survived with virtually no ill effects

TongueOnFire · 02-26-2005, 03:15 AM

voted- get on lifeboat! cause i dont know how to SWIMMING!! afraid of sea, water, lake , beach , etc.. dont ask me!

TOF

crazyerica32 · 02-26-2005, 03:35 AM

I voted I wud kill myself anyways... cuz there is no point of seeing myself drown so I wud take alot of pills and kill myself

**Cheri** · 02-26-2005, 06:12 AM

I didn't like the idea for women and children only on lifeboat I think children are far more important than women without children. I have seen a baby floating in the ocean just because there are not enough boats. I think all children and babies should be on the boat, So I would be be staying behind and save all the children/babies before myself. If there a room for me to get on I will, if not then I guess I'll die in the ocean.

**Cheri** · 02-26-2005, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravensteve1961

Id get my gun and start pointing a gun at officers and say kindly let me on the lifeboat youre gonna die anyway so take your pick? A bullet in your chest or drown? I bet theyre say ok sir go on the lifeboat.

What about all the children and babies? Leave them behind so you can get on the lifeboat? Don't make me choke you there on the boat.

ravensteve1961 · 02-26-2005, 12:43 PM

Todays Cruises cannot order only women & Children on lifeboat only. Cause we got lawyers now and cruise companies dont wanna go to court and face millions of dollars of families lawsuits. Im sure they have lifeboats for every passenger now cause they have inflatable rafts as well.

Ethereal · 02-26-2005, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravensteve1961

Todays Cruises cannot order only women & Children on lifeboat only. Cause we got lawyers now and cruise companies dont wanna go to court and face millions of dollars of families lawsuits. Im sure they have lifeboats for every passenger now cause they have inflatable rafts as well.

Today, cruises are required to have at least enough lifeboats for every person on board, so it wouldn't even be an issue.

**Cheri** · 02-26-2005, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deaflibrarian

Wow, so how do you expect the babies and children to work the lifeboat if there are no adults around?

Did you ever saw the movie? There was at least one employee per boat, paddle the boat for the women and children.

So I think since there are limit lifeboats, all children and babies should be in it, not being left out. They are too young to die.

ScrappyKat · 02-26-2005, 02:14 PM

i truthfully would not know what to do unless i was actually there but i voted lifeboat.. what can i say.. *selfish*

02-26-2005, 02:28 PM

If there are not enough room for me in the lifeboat, I'd cry, whine, and wail until they kick out the hapless employee and put me in there, lol.

Levonian · 02-26-2005, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravensteve1961

LOL @ Levonian lawsuits wasnt thought of in the early 1900s.If that was the case why didnt catholics sue the jews for killing their god on a wrongful death suit.

Not true, ravensteve:

Litigation is as old as civilized history: evidence of trials exists in the hieroglyphic stone tablets of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the scrolls of Rome and Greece, and even the ideographs of the Chinese dynasties.

Cite

The only reason the Catholics didn't sue was because the Jews had better lawyers

horselover61 · 02-26-2005, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheri

Did you ever saw the movie? There was at least one employee per boat, paddle the boat for the women and children.

So I think since there are limit lifeboats, all children and babies should be in it, not being left out. They are too young to die.

come to think of it what about the baby who is crawling and who is gotta make sure that no babies or children will fall out of the lifeboat into the water while the adult paddle the boat away from the cruise?? So it should have at least enough woman to handle the babies and children while one adult paddle.

**Cheri** · 02-26-2005, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pomeranian

come to think of it what about the baby who is crawling and who is gotta make sure that no babies or children will fall out of the lifeboat into the water while the adult paddle the boat away from the cruise?? So it should have at least enough woman to handle the babies and children while one adult paddle.

I understand what you saying Pomeranian, but when I saw the movie not every child and baby were on that lifeboat and I think that was so unfair and I think at that time they were far more important than women without children. When I saw that movie I end up in tears, because two children were in their room with the mother and laying on the bed ready to die and a baby floating in the ocean with the mother. It was really sad and broke my heart. Now I am glad today it change now, more lifeboats for every passengers .

And that is the way it is suppose to be and should always been. Nobody think before. Shame on them. tsk.

GalaxyAngel · 02-28-2005, 12:20 PM

My birth mom told me about my birth Dad... and gave me my birth dad's full name.
I started researching my birth Dad... *discovered* that strange related to titantic.. Mostly women/children... More that mostly children are missing parents.. goes to orphan homes... I read the children names in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Alantina and rest other states too.
I'm searching for Wollengine or Wollenzine or Wollenzein ??? There's nothing information further about wherebouts.. I never heard of that last name coming form.
There was 1969's years long back.. have last name was.. but this moment NONE zero.

Do you know about Wollenzien or Wollenzein or Wollengine coming from? What country related? I'm very curiouis..
Just so far I known about history coming from titantic who children's last name was Wollenzein.. by thru website. Who children went to orphane.

*sigh* no luck found James T. Wollenzien or Wollenzein or Wollengine wha..ever.. too many different last name.. I still researching years back 1969's.. He was in Toronto,Ontario that time.. He is Anglo-saxon decent guy. Just I wanted to find him.. and his parents plus great grandparents too.. as condsier to put puzzle pieces on my family tree ascasters. I hope you guys if knew last name.. Let me know.
Thanks.

View Poll Results: What would you do on the Titanic when it is going to sink?
Go in the lifeboat (women and kids)	18	64.29%
Stay behind because of a good reason	4	14.29%
Try to reason with the officers to go in the lifeboat (men)	1	3.57%
Kill myself because I know we will die anyway	1	3.57%
Other (please specify)	4	14.29%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

02-25-2005, 07:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nancy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central FL Posts: 2,288	If you were on the Titanic..... The ocean liner named "Titanic" was claimed to be "unsinkable". When the ship hits an iceburg, it is starting to sink, costing many people's lives, with some survivors in lifeboats. When they were ready to have the people in lifeboats, they said "women and children first", and the men were left behind. I read that there were some women on board too that died. This was in 1912. There is a major movie picture that starred Leonardo DiCapro and Kate Winslet called "Titanic". I enjoyed it when I saw it in the theaters when it first came out in 1997 (I was 27 then). If YOU were on the Titanic, and the ship is going to sink, what would you have done if you were on the boat? Why or why not?

02-25-2005, 07:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
horselover61 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,666 Blog Entries: 2	I would put on the life jacket and then get on the lifeboat as it said woman and chldren first. If not then I would find something that is float and use it to float myself on it with a lifejacket. I dont want to die since I have a child in my life and my son need me. __________________ Check out my city!! http://furbyland.myminicity.com/

02-25-2005, 07:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Oceanbreeze Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: S. FL Posts: 9,967	I'd go on the lifeboat. __________________ "There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living."

02-25-2005, 09:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
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02-25-2005, 07:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ethereal Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 248	If I was unable to get aboard a life boat, I'd probably kill myself because I'm a coward and I'd rather die quickly than to drown or freeze to death.

02-25-2005, 07:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
SpiceHD Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: missouri Posts: 1,565	i most likely will try to help everyone to get in boat men or women... i can imagine there probably are some women who did nothing but cried and scream... kids hiding in fear, etc.. and just before it sink i probably will go find something to get on and try to swim even though the waters are freezing and will die from it ... i will fight to live till the last min and i tend to think about others first in those situations... (i pray it will never happen in my lifetime though)

02-25-2005, 07:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
The*Empress Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: on Plantation. Posts: 6,933	I vote stay behind. I'll just put on life jacket and help people get on the lifeboat. And I would just die. And maybe my mom and everybody in my family can sued the company... And get million of dollars.

02-25-2005, 07:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
Levonian Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Research facility. Posts: 3,914	Swim back to England.

02-25-2005, 07:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
sablescort Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Found my way back home to Knoxville...heh! Posts: 3,537	I'd do the same thing the Titanic's chief baker did.... He was so drunk on brandy and he was the last man to jump off the ship. The brandy kept him warm in the cold Atlantic Ocean until he could be rescued by the rescue ship. You'll see it on a scene in the movie...Just look for a drunk man in a chef's uniform (and BTW it really happened during the actual sinking!)

02-25-2005, 08:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
ravensteve1961 Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Here Posts: 3,940	Id get my gun and start pointing a gun at officers and say kindly let me on the lifeboat youre gonna die anyway so take your pick? A bullet in your chest or drown? I bet theyre say ok sir go on the lifeboat.

02-25-2005, 08:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
Levonian Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Research facility. Posts: 3,914	And then you would go straight to your lawyer’s office so you could file a lawsuit against White Star Lines, the Carpathia for not picking you up fast enough (you lost more hearing from swimming around in the cold water), the iceberg, and God.

02-25-2005, 09:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
ravensteve1961 Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Here Posts: 3,940	LOL @ Levonian lawsuits wasnt thought of in the early 1900s.If that was the case why didnt catholics sue the jews for killing their god on a wrongful death suit.

02-26-2005, 03:15 AM	#14 (permalink)
TongueOnFire Rest In Peace Amanda, You Will Be Missed Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,028	voted- get on lifeboat! cause i dont know how to SWIMMING!! afraid of sea, water, lake , beach , etc.. dont ask me! TOF

02-26-2005, 03:35 AM	#15 (permalink)
crazyerica32 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: san jose, CA Posts: 4,765 Blog Entries: 5	I voted I wud kill myself anyways... cuz there is no point of seeing myself drown so I wud take alot of pills and kill myself

02-26-2005, 06:12 AM	#16 (permalink)
Cheri Prayers for my dad. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 22,818	I didn't like the idea for women and children only on lifeboat I think children are far more important than women without children. I have seen a baby floating in the ocean just because there are not enough boats. I think all children and babies should be on the boat, So I would be be staying behind and save all the children/babies before myself. If there a room for me to get on I will, if not then I guess I'll die in the ocean. __________________ Avoid being a victim of a stroke, a stroke can happen to anyone at anytime. You will never know how devastating this could be until you had live through it. It affects everybody. So Support Stroke Awareness to find a cure and hope.

02-26-2005, 12:43 PM	#18 (permalink)
ravensteve1961 Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Here Posts: 3,940	Todays Cruises cannot order only women & Children on lifeboat only. Cause we got lawyers now and cruise companies dont wanna go to court and face millions of dollars of families lawsuits. Im sure they have lifeboats for every passenger now cause they have inflatable rafts as well.

02-26-2005, 02:14 PM	#21 (permalink)
ScrappyKat Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Spotsy, VA Posts: 188	i truthfully would not know what to do unless i was actually there but i voted lifeboat.. what can i say.. selfish

02-26-2005, 02:28 PM	#22 (permalink)
Toonces Guest Posts: n/a	If there are not enough room for me in the lifeboat, I'd cry, whine, and wail until they kick out the hapless employee and put me in there, lol.

02-28-2005, 12:20 PM	#26 (permalink)
GalaxyAngel Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Alberta,Canada Posts: 13,626	My birth mom told me about my birth Dad... and gave me my birth dad's full name. I started researching my birth Dad... discovered that strange related to titantic.. Mostly women/children... More that mostly children are missing parents.. goes to orphan homes... I read the children names in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Alantina and rest other states too. I'm searching for Wollengine or Wollenzine or Wollenzein ??? There's nothing information further about wherebouts.. I never heard of that last name coming form. There was 1969's years long back.. have last name was.. but this moment NONE zero. Do you know about Wollenzien or Wollenzein or Wollengine coming from? What country related? I'm very curiouis.. Just so far I known about history coming from titantic who children's last name was Wollenzein.. by thru website. Who children went to orphane. sigh no luck found James T. Wollenzien or Wollenzein or Wollengine wha..ever.. too many different last name.. I still researching years back 1969's.. He was in Toronto,Ontario that time.. He is Anglo-saxon decent guy. Just I wanted to find him.. and his parents plus great grandparents too.. as condsier to put puzzle pieces on my family tree ascasters. I hope you guys if knew last name.. Let me know. Thanks. __________________ Parent's proud our children.

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