Simviation Forum - Women and children first.......

	Search the archive:

Simviation Main Site | Site Search | Upload Images

Simviation Forum › General › General Discussion › Women and children first.......

(Moderators: Mitch., Fly2e, ozzy72, beaky, Clipper, JBaymore, Bob70, BigTruck)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

Women and children first....... (Read 351 times)

Jan 21^st, 2012 at 5:43am

expat Offline
Colonel
Deep behind enemy lines!

Gender:
Posts: 8499

With the news reporting that it was a bit of a free for all for the lifeboats on the Costa Concordia and the captain "fell" into one and could not get out again. How well history fits in with modern incidents, you could think that a greater power has already prepared things well in advance.......... Grin

Matt

From "The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill" by James C. Humes:

"Late in his life, Sir Winston took a cruise on an Italian ship. A journalist from a New York newspaper approached the former prime minister to ask him why he chose to travel on an Italian line when the Queen Elizabeth under the British flag was available. Churchill gave the question his consideration and then gravely replied.
'There are three things I like about Italian ships. First, their cuisine, which is unsurpassed. Second, their service, which is quite superb. And then - in time of emergency - there is none of this nonsense about women and children first.' Grin

PETA People Eating Tasty Animals.

B1 Boeing 737-800 and Dash8 Q-400

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 6:50am

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Winnie really did tell it like it was Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 6:54am

Fozzer Offline
Colonel
An elderly FS 2004 addict!
Hereford. England. EGBS.

Posts: 24861

.....

....!

I don't know how authentic the comments are, attributed to Sir Winston Churchill....

...but they certainly make excellent reading!... Grin

...

...!

Paul.... Grin

...!

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 10:56am

Bud Greene Offline
Colonel
What's up, doc?
Up, up in the air...

Gender:
Posts: 480

I'm the king of the world! Cheesy

Ooops. Wrong ocean liner. Wink

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Jan 21^st, 2012 at 11:56am

machineman9 Offline
Colonel
Nantwich, England

Gender:
Posts: 5255

Through various buy-outs, isn't White Star Line now Costa Cruises? Oops!

I'm not surprised that the captain left before the 'men' did though Roll Eyes

IP Logged

Reply #5 - Jan 22^nd, 2012 at 3:23pm

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Has anyone noticed how the captain has modeled himself on a number of Italian footballers, or as I like to call them, people who cover their heads in olive oil till Jamie Oliver wants to throw them into a salad Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #6 - Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 12:36pm

C Offline
Colonel
Earth

Posts: 13144

"Passengers are to be aware of the emergency signals: 7 longs blasts on the ship's whistle, or the captain sailing past on a lifeboat..." Grin

IP Logged

Pages: 1

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Home

‹ Board

Top of this page