s.o.s.

[cambus]

Passengers and crew have been rescued from a cruise ship in the Antarctic after it struck an iceberg. About twenty passengers who were dining at the captains table refused to leave and insisted the ships orchestra play on, as they wanted to experience the last hours of the Titanic. Luckily common sense prevailed and they were eventually persuaded into the lifeboats!
Should they have been left to enjoy their final hours?

[Booldawg]

No doubt 'AB Asks' will post exactly the same story with a daily mail in a few weeks time ;-)

[jno]

no good asking a ship's orchestra to play Nearer My God to Thee these days, they don't know the tune. They probably did OK with I Will Survive, though.

[Dassie]

They refused to leave.....umm.....sounds a bit like Alistair Darling, Sir Ian Blair, with Captain Gordon B running the show !

[China Doll]

Absolutely they should have, they're the sort of people depriving a village idiot of oxygen.

Now cambus my love, do you have a link to this story as I'd really like to read up more about it?

[Whickerman]

I don't believe you... :-)

I've read that story and there was no mention of any of that. Good story mind.

[China Doll]

Whickers right... I just found it and it was an electric guitar folk mix, not an orchestra and common sense did not prevail, they just forgot the words to kum by ya... You really should get your facts straight cambus, tut, tut.

[cambus]

As with all hot news stories, the link was lost at the last minute, something to do with the feed from the agency.
I won't go into technical detail, as it would be a bit difficult for you to understand, a bit like the off side rule in football.
Having gone to the trouble of gathering as much facts as possible and trying to be informative, I'm sorry that you doubt my word.
Why can't people just believe what they read?

[jno]

they would if you posted in the Daily Mail, cambus.

[China Doll]

My liberal noodle knitting mind just can not allow for an opionated, known right whinger like yourself to have a legitimate argument cambus. And as previously stated you got the musical stance incorrect. I do wish you'd research more throughly when starting your threads. Next you'll be telling me that they locked the irish up downstairs too when it was quite clearly the infedels.

[cambus]

Yes I know jno, its a pity it hasn't got a larger circulation, then China would realise just what is happening to this once great country of ours.

[cambus]

CD, typically you have lost the argument and are now resorting to verbal abuse.
The country is dominated by left wing atheists like yourself who would seek to destroy all that is decent and good.
Is it any wonder the nation was in tears on Wednesday night, their dream of escaping for a little while, from the loonie PC brigade were shattered.
I never want to see such scenes again, men, women and children all distraught, thanks to your crackpot policy of allowing any nationality to play for England.
You have a lot to answer for!
The Irish knew their place downstairs and were well looked after, feasting on baked potatos throughout the crossing.

[China Doll]

cambus, cambus, cambuts... sigh, what am I to do with you? For a start any fool knows the off side rule, it's when the empty pickled onion monster munch goes in front of the dairy milk bar while the pizza slice is still in play... I was taught this under dubious influences. The Irish would have done better to learn this rather than greedly eating baked potatoes.

As to our destroyed dreams...I think we lost so that our european brothers did not feel that we were going all 'british empire' on them and to stop the influx of fat men in string vests (or less) wearing the union jack on their faces while giving off about a queen who is really quite saved as far as I can see. It's actually a left wing conspiracy that I'm suprised the Daily Tale has not yet reported on from one of their 'reliable sources.' Frankly, I think you're slipping when it comes to keeping us all abreast of the real story.

[cambus]

Stop your sighing, lay off the wine and get my name right, or I won't speak to you again.

[China Doll]

Never speak to me again cause I called you cambuts? What a cruel and unusual punishment! I didn't know you could be so mean... I'll cry!

Besides, you're not allowed to be mean to me, I'm fragile at the moment (no, not in the hangover sense!)

[cambus]

Don't cry, seen enough tears on Wednesday, how the mighty have fallen!

You're not cracking up, are you?
Not as much fragile, more brittle I think!

[China Doll]

Ok, I'll hold in the H2O.

Definitely crackiing a little. Decided chinks in the armour. May need some patching up.

[cambus]

You sound a bit down, not in the hangover sense I guess, I'm not totally insensitive, wish I could give you a lift.

[China Doll]

I am, you're there (sort of) and sympathetic, it's enough.

I did just get foo fighter tickets though so that's good.

[cambus]

Good.

Heard of them, but not sure if I've listened to their music.
Not into much music now, but if I hear something I like, I will go for it and that includes classics.

Googled and see they are at Wembley, is it a sellout and did you have trouble getting the tickets?