If you failed to get to a life boat on the Titanic?

Hint of Sarcasm · 20-06-2021 2:49am

beerguts wrote: »

I'd lure one of the watch officers to a cabin under the pretense that I had found a women unconscious. As he entered the room I would strangle him with my bow tie. Here I would the strip him don his clothes and then take command of one of the life rafts and its occupants

Could you actually do that? And live with it? I don't think it would work for several reasons anyway.

Kaybaykwah · 20-06-2021 3:35am

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Titanic, real time sinking. Video is a bit eerie to watch. You have about 2 and a bit hours to get yourself ready.

Hint of Sarcasm wrote: »

How could a half full lifeboat refuse someone??? Come one! It would not happen. The majority of passengers would have sympathy and let you in.
You're forgetting one thing. If you jumped in early, you'd have two and a half hours to swim away from the ship. The only danger of being sucked down was after it cracked in two. And after that there was only something like 5 minutes left anyway.

Sure there'd be a bit of a wave from the suction, but it wouldn't be enough to topple my raft. I would wait at the bow of the ship for the water to come up and row away calmly to the other lifeboats. I'd then tie myself on to one of these boats with my rope. Simple as that.
If I had two hours to put my mind to it... with all the materials there would be around; then yeah, I'd come up with something.

You wouldn't be able to splash around more than a couple of minutes in that freezing water, as others have pointed out.

delboythedub · 20-06-2021 7:13am

PeteEd wrote: »

is there anything to be said for another mass

In the Bar

lawred2 · 20-06-2021 7:17am

olestoepoke wrote: »

What was the movie where they escaped from a prison and had to swim in extreme cold waters? Anyway, they covered themselves in grease then wrapped themselves in clingfilm. This could potentially extend the time it would have taken for you to freeze to death in the water and increase your chances of getting picked up.

You think they had cling film prior to its invention?

Rawr · 20-06-2021 7:19am

JupiterKid wrote: »

Ride on the back of a humpback whale to Norway... :pac:

Gracie is pregnant...

Mr.Crinklewood · 20-06-2021 7:40am

MikeOxsgreen wrote: »

Can't believe no one climbed onto the iceberg and built an igloo. Live on penguins and water until rescued

Green or red ones?

olestoepoke · 20-06-2021 9:24am

lawred2 wrote: »

You think they had cling film prior to its invention?

Good point ha ha, so maybe some kind of tarp maybe.

Oink · 20-06-2021 9:49am

JupiterKid wrote: »

Ride on the back of a humpback whale to Norway... :pac:

Are you willing to stand between a Norwegian harpoon and a whale? Brave man...

fryup · 20-06-2021 9:53am

i'd scour the decks looking for Kate Winslet and see if she's up for a quick nude sketch

Idle Passerby · 20-06-2021 11:19am

Hint of Sarcasm wrote: »

Are you sure the crew actually said that? I thought the problem was that people didn't believe the crew. I think maybe the crew explained that the life jackets were just as a precaution. And the other problem I heard was that a general alarm wasn't sounded by Captain Smith.

I can't claim to be an expert on it so I'm not sure that the crew downplayed the seriousness. I did hear/read somewhere that the first lifeboats launched were only half full because there was a genuine belief that evacuating was an overreaction and they'd be rowing back after an hour or two and when the crisis was over. But I don't know where this info came from.

If the alarm wasn't properly sounded by the Captain there may have been confusion over what the official prognosis was.

beerguts · 20-06-2021 11:48am

Olivia2 wrote: »

Ahhh but its easy to make a plan...there would be some point in the 'film' where someone vulnerable would approach you for help....how would you handle to that?

That would require some improvisation on my part. I think my best strategy in this situation would be aggression towards the person. If they asked me for help I would have to show them comtemp and pretend that there concerns are insignificant compared to what I would be pretending to be doing.

beerguts · 20-06-2021 11:52am

Hint of Sarcasm wrote: »

Could you actually do that? And live with it? I don't think it would work for several reasons anyway.

I have never lived through a desperate event like so it is impossible to say whether I could actually do the dead as described. However as a human I have the ability to rationalize behavior when my own self preservation is at stake

chrissb8 · 20-06-2021 12:06pm

Rip up something that floats, get a rope and tie it to a lifeboat. Eat a cheeseboard and wait to be rescued.

Ash.J.Williams · 20-06-2021 12:22pm

MeepMeep2021 wrote: »

I'd walk purposefully to the bridge to have some strong words with the Captain and get his assurance that this will not affect the rest of the trip, which, I would remind him, I had already paid for. Then I'd probably look for some finger food, take it to comfortable corner on deck and sob quietly while I waited for a rescue airship to arrive.

Karen’s body was found years later locked in a room adjacent to the bridge

Ash.J.Williams · 20-06-2021 12:23pm

The Banter Never Stops wrote: »

Identify as a woman. That way you can't be denied a place on the lifeboats.

The trans men will be tested to the limits !

20-06-2021 12:54pm

beerguts wrote: »

That would require some improvisation on my part. I think my best strategy in this situation would be aggression towards the person. If they asked me for help I would have to show them comtemp and pretend that there concerns are insignificant compared to what I would be pretending to be doing.

I've been watching Black Summer, a show about a zombie apocalypse. It's ok. Anyway people get into trouble where they need to escape, think and act fast and your strategy is the strategy of the majority of people in it. They all **** each other over and are reluctant to help anyone. It makes for some interesting scenarios. It can also create problems that would not occur. Your strategy will be relying heavily on others to behave more humanly than you.

Lucy8080 · 20-06-2021 1:45pm

I think we are all missing the elephant in the room here!

The industrial North ( mainly protestant/Unionist) built and set this ship on its way. Everyone on board had a belief that it would reach its destination.

If Michael O'Leary was in charge of that operation, nobody on board would have taken a chance on getting anywhere near their desired destination!

BorneTobyWilde · 20-06-2021 1:48pm

These would have been great

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ineedeuro · 20-06-2021 1:50pm

Based on my current standing in the levels of class I wouldn’t have a hope of getting on a boat

So to the bar and get loaded with whiskey and enjoy my last few minutes alive

beerguts · 20-06-2021 1:52pm

Olivia2 wrote: »

I've been watching Black Summer, a show about a zombie apocalypse. It's ok. Anyway people get into trouble where they need to escape, think and act fast and your strategy is the strategy of the majority of people in it. They all **** each other over and are reluctant to help anyone. It makes for some interesting scenarios. It can also create problems that would not occur. Your strategy will be relying heavily on others to behave more humanly than you.

No argument with any of that. But I think it is a better option that trying to be brave and enter the north Atlantic. When resources are scarce it really is every man for himself. That's my take on it anyway

Hint of Sarcasm · 20-06-2021 2:13pm

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

You wouldn't be able to splash around more than a couple of minutes in that freezing water, as others have pointed out.

That's all the time I'd need to get to the life boat! And I were on my raft I wouldn't get wet.

You people just don't get it.

Hint of Sarcasm · 20-06-2021 2:19pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Karen’s body was found years later locked in a room adjacent to the bridge

What?

Aurelian · 20-06-2021 2:25pm

BBC history podcast last Sunday was Everything You Need To Know About The Titanic. Useful listen!

Rawr · 20-06-2021 2:26pm

Lucy8080 wrote: »

If Michael O'Leary was in charge of that operation, nobody on board would have taken a chance on getting anywhere near their desired destination!

Sail on Titanic! By Ryanlines!

2 sailings weekly from:

Liverpool - Holyhead

to

New York - Newfoundland

YFlyer · 20-06-2021 2:30pm

Be right back wrote: »

A door with room for one will do me just fine!!

Or a wooden table.

fryup · 20-06-2021 2:31pm

Lucy8080 wrote: »

If Michael O'Leary was in charge of that operation, nobody on board would have taken a chance on getting anywhere near their desired destination!

he'd have charged extra for getting on the lifeboats

Muahahaha · 20-06-2021 2:46pm

I wonder what the A Team would have done. Probably go down to the engine room, invent the helicopter 30 years early before flying it off the deck

Physeter · 20-06-2021 2:48pm

Get to the bridge and put the Titanic into a tail spin to prevent flooding.

"Do a 360 Leo!" *Darude - Sandstorm plays in the background*

Mad_maxx · 20-06-2021 3:46pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Your interpretation of feminism isn't, necessarily, the correct one.
Feminism, as I understand it, is about gaining equal rights and opportunities for women.

I struggle with the word feminist and would prefer the word egalitarian too but the rise of feminism must be viewed in the context of the appalling lack of rights and opportunities available to women at the time.

I don't think you get to decide what feminism means.

Men from lower class backgrounds in 1912 were equally denied rights

Hint of Sarcasm · 20-06-2021 5:00pm

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Titanic, real time sinking. Video is a bit eerie to watch. You have about 2 and a bit hours to get yourself ready.

In this one you get to hear the band, and the marconi wireless operators.

I love the different version of "Nearer, my God, to Thee" at the end. This was apparently the actual version they played!

whisky_galore · 20-06-2021 5:08pm

ineedeuro wrote: »

Based on my current standing in the levels of class I wouldn’t have a hope of getting on a boat

So to the bar and get loaded with whiskey and enjoy my last few minutes alive

There was a Titanic tv ad by Guinness a few years back. Got cancelled.

Too soon I guess.

20-06-2021 7:12pm

Hint of Sarcasm wrote: »

What?

Karen is a name used to describe people who demand lots and have a 'customer' complex.

20-06-2021 7:13pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

I wonder what the A Team would have done. Probably go down to the engine room, invent the helicopter 30 years early before flying it off the deck

Using the stack as a flamethrower

biko · 20-06-2021 7:22pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Hardly. Feminists see women as being more valuable than men.

spurious wrote: »

Untrue, but I knew someone would be along to blame women.

Does either of you have some facts to back up your claims? I had a quick google there but found nothing to support either way.

HerrKapitan · 20-06-2021 7:24pm

I'd go look for a door. It's like a liferaft but with more privacy.

biko · 20-06-2021 7:37pm

The most important thing is to not lose body heat (stay out of the water for as long as possible).

Gather deck chairs and tie together.
Wait until the ship sinks, it won't drag you down.
Leave at the very last second lying on the deck chairs.

Hint of Sarcasm · 20-06-2021 7:38pm

biko wrote: »

The most important thing is to not lose body heat (stay out of the water for as long as possible).

Really! I never knew.

Hint of Sarcasm · 20-06-2021 7:39pm

HerrKapitan wrote: »

I'd go look for a door. It's like a liferaft but with more privacy.

The floating door idea... as if no one thought of that before!

ineedeuro · 20-06-2021 7:59pm

Hint of Sarcasm wrote: »

In this one you get to hear the band, and the marconi wireless operators.

I love the different version of "Nearer, my God, to Thee" at the end. This was apparently the actual version they played!

A lot of whiskey in two hours, plus no smoking ban so I could puff away inside. Not like I had to worry about lung cancer

knucklehead6 · 20-06-2021 8:03pm

Yez are all thinking too straight.

Break into first class cabin, rob it blind, wash rinse repeat. I may be about to die but feck it I’ll die rich

If I get a chance I’ll write a will with a photo of me in all my finery giving it to my parents back home in Ireland so at least they’ll be able to claim insurance on all my goodies that I won in poker and then the rest of the knucklehead clan will be looked after for their lives.

Leg End Reject · 20-06-2021 8:34pm

I'd select a handsome man in third class, flash my boobs and steam up the windows of a car. When the ship is sinking he'll ensure I survive.

No need to worry about a lifeboat.

DodoDojo · 20-06-2021 9:31pm

As a man I would have had a quick shave, squeezed into the most feminine dress I could find, thrown on enough makeup to make RuPaul blush and head to where the musicians were playing and had a little dance.

Once I found out there was an issue and the boat was sinking though, I would probably be mortified they would find my body like that, so the first thing I would do is change back to my regular clothes and then maybe find some bottles to send messages in before I died.

corner of hells · 20-06-2021 9:53pm

ineedeuro wrote: »

A lot of whiskey in two hours, plus no smoking ban so I could puff away inside. Not like I had to worry about lung cancer

Imagine you survived after drinking all that whiskey with a mother****er of a hangover and no memory of the boat sinking.

Stovepipe · 20-06-2021 10:59pm

None of those who went into the water and were not subsequently picked up by a lifeboat or a ship survived. Not one. Immersion meant death and WW 1 and 2 forced the Admiralties and Marine authorities world over to pay attention to casualty rates among sailors and passengers and to make improvements to survival equipment such as fitting lights and whistles to life preservers,equipping ships with sufficient boats, putting survival rations into boats, improving training for crew,forcing companies to standardise on kit and training and making maritime safety law. Look up the Carley Float. It was a primitive lifeboat but it saved thousands.

DodoDojo · 20-06-2021 11:02pm

The drunk baker went to the water and survived:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joughin

Capt'n Midnight · 20-06-2021 11:46pm

I would make a raft from all the deckchairs being rearranged.

Feisar · 21-06-2021 12:38am

When I was a wee lad I used to play the ball. Feck the ball, play the man and the ball will be there afterwards.
Tool up and take a lifeboat from idiots that lacked the wherewithal to protect themselves.

Failing that I made a serviceable boat from 1x2, duct tape and plastic sheeting one time.

ineedeuro · 21-06-2021 7:54am

corner of hells wrote: »

Imagine you survived after drinking all that whiskey with a mother****er of a hangover and no memory of the boat sinking.

The amount of whiskey in the blood might help to save you when in the water? You never know....problem is would you be able to get access to the hair of the dog next day...rescue boat bar open?

TheValeyard · 21-06-2021 9:31am

Feisar wrote: »

When I was a wee lad I used to play the ball. Feck the ball, play the man and the ball will be there afterwards.
Tool up and take a lifeboat from idiots that lacked the wherewithal to protect themselves.

Failing that I made a serviceable boat from 1x2, duct tape and plastic sheeting one time.

Duct tape was 1942. You gonna drown buddy!!

silverharp · 21-06-2021 9:46am

If MacGyver went back in time, you might have got one raft made, chairs , buoyancy aids , might be some barrels in the kitchen stores, float it off if you picked the perfect place to launch it.

If you failed to get to a life boat on the Titanic?

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