An American Tragedy

Oh, the horrors!

Two crusie ships collided the other day. Well it wasn’t really a collision like you sick bastards were hoping for. I know you were hoping for meteor-like mayhem. One bumped into another one while it was parked in port. In itself, this is usually enough ammunition for a WTF rant but surprisingly, that is not what made my brain explode this morning. It was in the news because Americans were onboard and had to “suffer” through it.

Kelly Blakeney was aboard Carnival Legend and says, “Next thing I know they hit each other and I was like we hit the other ship!”

Wow Kelly. Your words really recreate the scene for us people who weren’t there. I wouldn’t know how to picture it otherwise.

Tim Fenton was aboard Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas and says, “We were in our cabin and the boat kind of rocked, we heard a noise and when I went out. Stuff was falling in our shower.”

All over your shower? How did you survive?! Tim, I’m sure people on the Titanic would a) feel bad for you and b) agree with your definition of the word, “rocked”.

Anna Fenton, who was with him, adds “I was getting stuff out of the closet and I thought I was going to fall in.”

The closet on your cruise ship. Hey Indonesia, is that what it feels like when a 8.1 magnitude earthquake hits? Do you feel like you might fall in your closet or do you feel like the house just fell on you because it did?

Ayesha Albe, says “It was really windy. It got really stormy. All of a sudden the weather changed.”

Thanks for your seafaring information, Copernicus.