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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] leora.livejournal.com 2010-11-12 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* Yeah that would be particularly hard. I have a very limited diet, but (although am not diabetic) and I'd have managed. Given that it was only four days, it isn't long enough to starve to death. Nor would I have needed to. I might have had to make do with a lot of cheese sandwiches, which isn't great either for taste or health (I didn't notice much in the way of veggies mentioned), and a small bit of fruit (too much fruit can be an issue for me, but I can eat some, but I'd manage.

Camping is actually tricky for me, but I can do it. It just takes thought in advance about what is easy to bring and prepare.

It's obviously a disappointing thing to have happen during your trip, although it may make for a good story afterward. But it doesn't rate up there with epic disasters of history.
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