101 years ago

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:27 am

That proves nothing...it's on the sign-up briefing form.

Weasel

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:28 am

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
That proves nothing...it's on the sign-up briefing form.

Weasel

I assure you, I am female in every respect!

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:29 am

Originally posted by Enchantress
As I said, it doesn't matter.

I have heard you are into whips, though, Mr BS. Personally, I am into magic wands.

Well whips have been known to be a daunting prospect to many an unwary SYM member, so surely we should give credit to BS for his intrepid sense of adventure.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:32 am

Originally posted by dragon wench
Well whips have been known to be a daunting prospect to many an unwary SYM member, so surely we should give credit to BS for his intrepid sense of adventure.

And I will take all the credit I can get

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:34 am

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
And I will take all the credit I can get

No doubt in any which way you can get!

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:36 am

Well, it isn't given often without being taken at gunpoint

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:08 pm

Euh...ok, now Im OFFICIALLY confused, though interested...Enchantress has been here before? Hrm....

Well Im pretty stumped for now, though I do have some ideas on who you may be. But Ill hold it in for the moment, heh. Its nothing bad or anything.

And if you have no idea who I am, well, you know me now.

Tybaltus: Resident Nature guy, New waver, sports fanatic, COMM, and guy who gets the shaft.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:10 pm

Originally posted by Tybaltus
Resident Nature guy, New waver, sports fanatic, COMM, and guy who gets the shaft.

Erm.. you know... you really ought to be careful where you make statements such as that....

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:11 pm

Originally posted by Tybaltus
Euh...ok, now Im OFFICIALLY confused, though interested...Enchantress has been here before? Hrm....

Guys, guys - please be cool and hassle me not! It really doesn't matter who I was then. After all, it may have been a long time ago. In heaven time has no meaning, you see...

Please change the subject, (*tinkly tinkly tinkly laughter*)

Tybs: I don't know what you mean about "getting the shaft" - in fact I dread to think - but I know that you are a lovely lovely lovely human being, (*collapses with joy*)

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:21 pm

Originally posted by Enchantress
Guys, guys - please be cool and hassle me not! It really doesn't matter who I was then. After all, it may have been a long time ago. In heaven time has no meaning, you see...

Please change the subject, (*tinkly tinkly tinkly laughter*)

Tybs: I don't know what you mean about "getting the shaft" - in fact I dread to think - but I know that you are a lovely lovely lovely human being.

Ive got no problems with that. Im just a curious creature, you know.

Hrm...that has 2 meanings....

*sigh*

"Getting the Shaft"- Means to recieve the short end of the stick, or really get the worst of a joke, etc. You know what I mean? Good gracious...you people...

Awww.....youre gonna make me blush now...

InfiniteNature · Post by **InfiniteNature** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:21 pm

Hmmmm the titanic, fascinating time, it brings to mind a what if in mind, what if the titanic had never sank, well likely another ship would have sunk, and if that one wasn't full of rich people nobody would care, but eventually another rich boat would sink and new regulations would have been put into place.

Incidently does anyone know the story about a similar incident that happened with poor people on a boat, Irish Scottish, anyway they were forced to draw straws as to who would die to be eaten, not a very pleasant story, but for some reason it connects in my mind with the Titanic.

Errrr where we talking about the Titanic, errr IN confused(not that it take much for that to happen).

IN frightened, grab big club wait for members to pass by.take out confusion on nearest passerby.

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:30 pm

Originally posted by InfiniteNature
Hmmmm the titanic, fascinating time, it brings to mind a what if in mind, what if the titanic had never sank, well likely another ship would have sunk, and if that one wasn't full of rich people nobody would care, but eventually another rich boat would sink and new regulations would have been put into place.

Incidently does anyone know the story about a similar incident that happened with poor people on a boat, Irish Scottish, anyway they were forced to draw straws as to who would die to be eaten, not a very pleasant story, but for some reason it connects in my mind with the Titanic.

Errrr where we talking about the Titanic, errr IN confused(not that it take much for that to happen).

IN frightened, grab big club wait for members to pass by.take out confusion on nearest passerby.

Hrm...Could you state a name of that Irish Ship? I might know what you are talking about. But all the stories seem to have blended in my mind.

But your statement about rich vs poor, that is a BIG statement, and it might be true, but Im not all that sure. There have been many documented shipwrecks and stories told that consist of low or middle class citizens. The Titanic wasnt documented simply because of the rich. Maybe it helped boost the media and the attention of it, but it would not have been ignored. Any ship as revolutionary as that one sinking on its maiden voyage would have made all sorts of headlines, and did.

Yeah, the thread has gone off track, but Im keeping an eye on everything, and Ill be happy to respond to anything. Me, being loose and a pacifist, I dont mind.

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:38 pm

Originally posted by Enchantress
Does it really matter who I was in a previous incarnation? (*tinkly laugh*)

Thanks for extending welcomes, though.

Oho! Thou hast returned! Verily I see thee, lurking about yonder thicket...

Lassie, your choice of avatar this time around is...for lack of a better word, quaint.

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:42 pm

Originally posted by Chanak
Oho! Thou hast returned! Verily I see thee, lurking about yonder thicket...

Lassie, your choice of avatar this time around is...for lack of a better word, quaint.

Lassie is a big shaggy dog! What are you suggesting, Cowboy?

And I'm not a character in a Shakespeare play although I'm playing it as thought I am, aren't I....Ya know - girl masquerades as boy, king masquerades as monk, etc, etc.

Edit: And my avatar is actually a photo of me...when I was a Little Mermaid. Another incarnation of mine! I've had so many over the years. (*sigh*)

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:47 pm

Originally posted by Enchantress
Lassie is a big shaggy dog! What are you suggesting, Cowboy?

And I'm not a character in a Shakespeare play although I'm playing it as thought I am, aren't I....Ya know - girl masquerades as boy, king masquerades as monk, etc, etc.

You are not? Alas...I am crushed...*closes "Midsummer's Night Dream"*

Well, at least you aren't playing at "The Empress and her new clothes"...that would be a rather smashing way to return, yes?

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:48 pm

And Shaggy is Scooby Doo best friend. They share Scooby snacks together

Enchantress · Post by **Enchantress** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:49 pm

Originally posted by Chanak
You are not? Alas...I am crushed...*closes "Midsummer's Night Dream"*

Well, at least you aren't playing at "The Empress and her new clothes"...that would be a rather smashing way to return, yes?

What, starkers?! That would quite the entrance, wouldn't it...

Der-draigen · Post by **Der-draigen** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:52 pm

Here is a fun site for Titanic legends from snopes.com, good site for de-bunking urban legends etc. Including:

1.) The mummy in the hold!

2.) The numbers on the hull, spelling the words NO POPE!!!

3.) Transvestites seeking space on lifeboats!!

...and many more...

And how's this for conspiracy theory: There's a book out there, can't remember the title, claiming to prove that the Titanic was actually switched with its sister ship, the Olympic, just prior to launch; and it was really the Olympic that sank.

On a serious note, I went to Boston to see the artifact exhibit a few years back. Absolutely beyond words to describe. They even had a big piece of the hull. I must have stood in front of that for about half an hour at least, just staring at it. Eerie, and awesome in the true sense of the word.

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 1:03 pm

Originally posted by Der-draigen

And how's this for conspiracy theory: There's a book out there, can't remember the title, claiming to prove that the Titanic was actually switched with its sister ship, the Olympic, just prior to launch; and it was really the Olympic that sank.

On a serious note, I went to Boston to see the artifact exhibit a few years back. Absolutely beyond words to describe. They even had a big piece of the hull. I must have stood in front of that for about half an hour at least, just staring at it. Eerie, and awesome in the true sense of the word.

LOL! Yeah right...the Olympic wasnt that big anyway. Maybe 2/3 the size of the Titanic. And go figure, the Olympic would eventually get in an accident too, it was pulling out of harbor and collided with another ship. She didnt sink, but she suffered damage.

The Titanic sunk, the Britannic sunk, the Olympic crashed. Good fleet

Go figure. Its something Im terribly interested in, in a very close location, and Ive never seen it.

Some one HAS to tell me to get off my arse sometime soon. But, hey, if you want to come up to Boston again, that would be great. Ill be here for at least another 3 years.

Osiris · Post by **Osiris** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 1:12 pm

Originally posted by Tybaltus

And of course there is the classic "A Night to Remember", which was worth a read 7 years ago, and I assume is still worth a read.

@dM Oh boy...here we go. I knew that damnable movie would forever be associated hand in hand with the Titanic. At many points it is historically accurate, but of course, the story itself is a HUGE segueway from the real stories.

Walter Lord also wrote a sequel "The Night Lives On" which dealt with the inquests and the fate of the survivors etc. which is also a good read.

The film "A Night To Remember" follows the book closely, and is very good (it certainly hasn't got Leo di Crappio in it!).

The best quote I heard about Leo's "Titanic" - "if the water had been as shallow as the plot, everyone could have waded to safety"