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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2010-11-12 12:37 pm
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Let me just say I'm tired of hearing about that cruise ship

I got to watch the news last night. They were talking about... the cruise ship! "Oh, the food was so bad and disgusting!" the kids say. Do tell. "A sandwich with just jelly and butter. A sandwich with just cheese!" That's disgusting? I brought that sort of thing to school with me for lunch as a kid! "Oh, the bathroom smelled!"

Look, I'm sure it wasn't very pleasant, and I feel for them, but nobody died, nobody seems to have been in any medical danger (if anybody was, we haven't heard about it), nobody starved or went particularly hungry (excepting those who were on a diet, of course), and it only lasted three days.

Why are we even still talking about it? WHY IS IT STILL ON THE NEWS?

I hate to use this line, but isn't there anything more important we can discuss?
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[identity profile] elenbarathi.livejournal.com 2010-11-12 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
When my parents were alive, they went on at least one cruise every year, and they wouldn't have turned up their noses at plain cheese sandwiches in such a situation, nor would they have had any patience at all with the whining.

My siblings go on cruises fairly often, and I'm sure all three of them would also behave in a well-bred manner, quietly making the best of things and trying not to put more of a burden on the crew, who've got troubles enough already. They didn't all marry so well, however; I think my sister-in-law and one brother-in-law would probably lose their veneer of social grace and turn into fussing, demanding whiner-babies the first time the toilets didn't flush.

"Let them eat hardtack", sez me. (It's okay to pick out the weevils.)

LOL

[identity profile] marveen.livejournal.com 2010-11-13 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hardtack ain't that bad. ;D (http://marveen.livejournal.com/162418.html)

Re: LOL

[identity profile] elenbarathi.livejournal.com 2010-11-17 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, I used to make this very stuff to bake cookie-cutter Xmas-tree ornaments with my preschoolers and after-schoolers! Indeed, it bakes harder than a dog biscuit; I can't picture even the toughest of piratical old weevils getting much good from it.

The recipe would be better with a bit of butter and sugar, and some cinnamon to go on top. Probably engender a better class of weevils, too. Oh well; Tradition.

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[identity profile] marveen.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Might-could spoil faster, too. Remember, one of its virtues is that those from the batch I baked in January 2009--lying around on the shelf--are still perfectly edible: not moldy, not stale (well, not so's you'd notice), no weevils have shown up.... butter might upset the balance of things. It could certainly go rancid, for instance.
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[personal profile] conuly 2010-11-13 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Truthfully, other than the two "disgusting food" children, I don't think the passengers are the ones whining. Sounds like they all pulled together to entertain themselves and get food to the people who were stuck upstairs due to malfunctioning elevators.

But the media, omg, needs to shut up already.
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