# Oh the horror! Cruise ship story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-cruise-ship-story/560446>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 12, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-cruise-ship-story/560446 "2010-11-12T16:53:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-cruise-ship-story/560446/121 "2010-11-16T05:01:25Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> On my Alaskan cruise, a passenger had a heat attack while off the ship in some town.

Did s/he burst into flame or melt? 😉

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-cruise-ship-story/560446/122 "2010-11-16T14:12:58Z")

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> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#):
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> Did s/he burst into flame or melt? 😉

Always wondered how they’d get those films of glaciers melting. Feed passengers til they are to the brink of explosion & then have a ‘shore excursion picnic’ at the base of the ice cliffs.  
The polar bears will clean up any left over mess.

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