# Man overboard! Someone else falls off a cruise ship! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353 "2006-11-06T21:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353/21 "2006-11-07T18:23:24Z")
[QUOTE=Shoshana] … and to inform us about where we would or wouldn’t like to visit in more depth. [/QUOTE] I don’t think “more depth” is still an option. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353/22 "2006-11-07T18:45:34Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Remind me again what the charm of these cruises is? [/QUOTE] Because when you draw the long straw at the beginning of the trip you get to be on the pushing team instead of the unsuspecting victim team. Crap, I don’t think I was supposed to tell that. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353/23 "2006-11-07T19:08:52Z")
I’ve only been on one cruise ship, but I was quite surprised by the low fence around the deck. The highest rail was low enough for me to rest my elbows on, and there were a couple of decorative horizontal rails that any kid could have easily climbed up on. And after that…splat!–a fall of 10 stories, straight down into the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353/24 "2006-11-07T19:18:34Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Remind me again what the charm of these cruises is? [/QUOTE] Never a dull moment! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353/25 "2006-11-07T20:35:48Z")
[QUOTE=Shoshana] I’ve been on a number of cruises. Nobody’s every fallen off, killed anyone, or gotten a Norovirus, nor have any of those tours tipped over. Other than that, they’ve been pretty nice. [/QUOTE] You’re turn is coming, you just wait. This was not a threat, nor should it be intrepreted as a threat, or even a promise, but just as a very poor response that I couldn’t help myself in making. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353/26 "2006-11-07T21:12:59Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] We had a little pool going. I totally lost, we never did have an octopus. [/QUOTE] An octopus in the pool would have provided much merriment. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353/27 "2006-11-08T04:20:39Z")
I have never taken a cruise, but I have travelled in the ship my husband captains (200 M container carrier). At least in my husband’s company they take the enviroment very seriously and rules are very strict. But then again there’s never more than 20 people on board, and they don’t expect excess and luxury. You would understand why the chances of us taking a cruise is so low. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-overboard-someone-else-falls-off-a-cruise-ship/379353.md?page=1)