If you were on the Titanic.....

[Nancy]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Swim back to England.

 

[sablescort]

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]

I'd go on the lifeboat.

 

[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.

 

[Levonian]

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]

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]

voted get on the lifeboat...

 

[sablescort]

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

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]

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

TOF

 

[saxxykitty78]

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 :P

 

[Cheri]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.