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thisisalloneword (for it is he!) is aboard a sinking ship. I am sure you will be familiar with the vessel, the unsinkable, the titanic.
Perchance you have seen the film – thisisalloneword has not although he is aware of it and maybe he has recounted to you before his tale of misfortune and schadenfreude involving Bournemouth pier… but that will be saved for another time.
How strange to find yourself on the titanic mid-sink. There is a calmness to everything, everyone and even though the ship keels wildly from side to side, remain inside and you barely notice it.
The crew have already departed, buggered off in a life boat and as we curse them they are sat on shore drinking victory champagne and salutatory cocktails.
Most of the women and children are off in boats too, although not all, there are maybe a dozen children left and half as many women – one of whom is none other than Kate Winslet and thisisalloneword has already commenced flirtations and advances – though she is not alone in this despicable behaviour.
Of course, thisisalloneword knows that women and children are the priority but he is also working out his own escape route. Oh, and he best start planning to help his Mum and brother and sister too – where’d they come from?
In the holds he finds empty water-cooler bottles – the ones that you might have at work. He checks that they are well sealed and decides that these would make excellent floatation aids. They should maybe be tied to people who may pass out due to the cold waters but can then be rescued by passing boats later.
He helps a lad of 10 into a waiting life boat, the boy is adamant that he is taking his collection of VHS videos with him. thisisalloneword thinks it would be better if the space that the collection takes up were to be used for another person but the child is stubborn. What are VHS videos doing on the titanic? Weren’t they invented quite a while after? thisisalloneword looks over the titles and says to the lad that such classics as Predator should of course be saved for posterity. The lad seems uncomfortable that thisisalloneword has recognised these items of a different age, almost as if some ruse has been rumbled. Well, has it? Is everyone on the boat from the future? No-one has said anything, thisisalloneword hasn’t told anyone that he’s from 90-odd years in the future – it would be an odd thing to say to people fighting for their lives and might anger them.