They'd be more likely to say with certainty: "We're 200 feet in the air. We are NOT sinking."
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Good point.pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:53 pmThey'd be more likely to say with certainty: "We're 200 feet in the air. We are NOT sinking."
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At the moment they are shown saying that they are not sinking.
However the ship on which they are standing is sinking. It is already more than half sunk. The rest must inevitably soon follow the forward part of the ship beneath the waves.
Kind of like saying you are still alive as the guillotine blade is falling toward your neck.
However the ship on which they are standing is sinking. It is already more than half sunk. The rest must inevitably soon follow the forward part of the ship beneath the waves.
Kind of like saying you are still alive as the guillotine blade is falling toward your neck.
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. . . or the guy who jumps out of a window on the 40th floor of a building. As he passes the 20th floor, he is heard to say "so far, so good".Volkonski wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:39 pm At the moment they are shown saying that they are not sinking.
However the ship on which they are standing is sinking. It is already more than half sunk. The rest must inevitably soon follow the forward part of the ship beneath the waves.
Kind of like saying you are still alive as the guillotine blade is falling toward your neck.
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I heard of a guy who fell out of a 30th story window and lived to tell about it.
He told the people on the 29th floor and the 28th floor and the 27th floor and ...
He told the people on the 29th floor and the 28th floor and the 27th floor and ...
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Looks to me like half the ship is flying, so there.Volkonski wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:39 pm At the moment they are shown saying that they are not sinking.
However the ship on which they are standing is sinking. It is already more than half sunk. The rest must inevitably soon follow the forward part of the ship beneath the waves.
Kind of like saying you are still alive as the guillotine blade is falling toward your neck.
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