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Onkel Neal 04-10-12 09:18 AM

Did A German Submarine Sink the Titanic?
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHKlrpzqhSg

Discuss!

I say no way possible, WWI U-boats were short range and this was 2 years before WWI. The first diesel engine was fitted in a U-boat in 1912 and they were capable of short trips in the North Sea only. They were never as far west as the Titanic when she sank, not even 6 years later when WWI concluded. Also, Titanic sank in 1912, two years before WWI. No German captain would attack a ship in peacetime. He's not a kid in the backyard with a slingshot.

http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/imag...anic-route.jpg
This map shows where Allied ships were hit during June 1915 (3 years after Titanic)
http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/l...ring=June+1915

Dowly 04-10-12 09:32 AM

No.

nikimcbee 04-10-12 09:48 AM

I think that guy got his PhD at the onion university.

200% no.

I think space aliens did it.

Herr-Berbunch 04-10-12 10:40 AM

I think Dowly got it right - No. :shifty:

Hawk66 04-10-12 12:02 PM

complete nonsense...the problem with too many tv stations these days is that too many people get invited and talking nonsense.

"Mysteries From Beyond the Other Dominion"...can sbdy translate this for me in easier to understand English, pls? :)

nikimcbee 04-10-12 01:03 PM

See, I saw the movie "Titanic", and there was this guy running around the ship shooting at Leo. I think the holes were caused by the man shooting.

Clearly, that is what happened.

My second theory is that the Irish blew the Titanic up to get the US to aid Ireland (the IRA) in the struggle.

My third theory is the that the Scots blew the Titanic up because they were too drunk and sabotaged the wrong ship.

STEED 04-10-12 01:14 PM

Sounds like a job for the .... MYTH BUSTERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPbkF7srWIc

nikimcbee 04-10-12 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED (Post 1867801)
Sounds like a job for the .... MYTH BUSTERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPbkF7srWIc


:hmmm:
Sounds like another McBee/Steed caper????


Steed and McBee's hystorical mythbusters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc5Qk0nyyQ4

So, as you can clearly see, the Scots sank the Titanic by mistake.


http://image.shutterstock.com/displa...d-61803922.jpg


Plausible


http://ibostonterrier.com/wp-content...21_200x200.jpg

Plausible.

STEED 04-10-12 02:38 PM

:k_rofl::Kaleun_Cheers::Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Platapus 04-10-12 03:06 PM

Evidently this guy has a Phd in theoretical nuclear physics. Go figure. :)

Sailor Steve 04-10-12 06:28 PM

The Titanic was neither theoretical nor nuclear. That explains a lot.

As for u-boats, maybe they found a similar time warp to the one that grabbed Nimitz. On the other hand I recall Doctor Who mentioning the Titanic once...

Oberon 04-10-12 07:57 PM

Nonsense, it was an insurance job... :O:

Sailor Steve 04-10-12 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1868073)
Nonsense, it was an insurance job... :O:

Wait.

The Titanic didn't pay its "insurance" so Louis the Lip sent a hitman called "The Iceberg" to teach everyone a lesson?

Am I getting this right?

Diopos 04-11-12 05:31 PM

Iceberg? What iceberg? Wasn't it Ice cream?

:hmmm:

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Platapus 04-11-12 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1868024)
The Titanic was neither theoretical nor nuclear. That explains a lot.


For some reason, people are impressed with Phds even when the doctor is opining on something totally out of his or her field.

After I get my doctorate in Public Policy, I look forward to writing many books on physics. And people better believe what I write too. :stare::stare:

I may even try my hand at brain surgery. That's done by doctors right?

:D


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