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20th August 2011, 06:51 AM
#1
SINGING # "Oh Dear...what can the matter be".. #.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish ferry has run aground while its captain was stuck in the bathroom.
One member of staff managed to slow the island-hopping tourist ferry down, but the vessel, carrying 54 passengers, slammed onto a rock near the shore of Helsinki, the Finnish coastguard said Friday.
The captain got stuck in the bathroom because of a jammed lock and yelled for help, the coastguard said.
Some passengers were bruised and tableware was broken in the incident. The coastguard is investigating whether the captain's actions amounted to criminal endangerment.
"He was stuck in the toilet. As soon as the staff member got the door open, it was too late," said Jan Sundell, head of investigation.
(Reporting by Jussi Rosendahl)
Tragi-funny?
The comments naturally were quite funny too !
"Hope they don't lock him up for this, thats what got him into this mess in the first place.."
“............He will be held to account and could well lose his master's ticket. If he had been a banker however, the tax-payer would pick up the bill and he would have got a massive bonus.”
“A Ferry unusual set of circumstances “
“Was Master Bates trapped in the same toilet, Whilst Seaman Staines was on the controls?..…”
“Was he on the poop deck?”
“He got a bum deal on that one”
And my favourite:-
“Ferry likely to Finnish his career.” !
Gulliver
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20th August 2011, 09:02 AM
#2
Oh Dear ..what can the matter be.
Gulliver,I dont think his favourite film would be *HITTY *HITTY BANG BANG.
Regards.
Jim.B.
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