The Anonymous Widower

Do The Northern Irish Have a Morbid Sense of Pride?

Apparently there’s a joke in Belfast about the Titantic, which says that “She was alright, when she left here!”

I don’t think that if she’d been built on the Tyne or the Wear, they’d be celebrating the 100th anniversary of her launch, as they are in Belfast.

Titantic was one of three Olympic Class Ocean liners and only Olympic saw service of more than a few years.  So they weren’t favoured with the best of luck. Although, Olympic, which served as a troopship in the First World War, was nicknamed Old Reliable.

May 31, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | News, Transport/Travel | Northern Ireland, Ship