"Did that thing really sink?"

[springs]

It has caused an interesting reaction, though. They recreated the grand staircase, and have put it in the function room, which means the plebs can't get to see it, but the rich'uns who can afford to hire it can, and this at an attraction where part of the tragedy was that class made a distinction. There's been quite a hoo ha about it.

And before anyone asks, no of course I didn't get to see it. Lowest of the low, we were, locals, not famous with *shudders* kids, at a tourist attraction. Imagine.

[Ursa major]

Originally Posted by pyan

All we're lacking is an iceberg moored in the harbour.

I hope they don't bring in a berg, Py. I wouldn't want to have to become Floe Bear whenever I visited Southampton (particularly anywhere near the docks, given Flaubert's reputation...).

[Bowler1]

I have seen the function room on TV, not for the plebs eh - the irony of it all.

[David Evil Overlord]

If it's a faithful recreation, the function room will hit an iceberg and sink, with all the rich'uns lost.

[springs]

Um, it's belfast, and it's annoyed the locals... iceberg's are the least of their worries. (I'm joking btw, I'm allowed to, I'm a local...)

[AnyaKimlin]

Originally Posted by springs1971

Um, it's belfast, and it's annoyed the locals... iceberg's are the least of their worries. (I'm joking btw, I'm allowed to, I'm a local...)

Ahh that's what happened - here was me thinking Nessie did it. The locals in Belfast took the plug out it wasn't an Iceberg

[springs]

Rivets, apparently. not good enough. But, we digress. She was allright when she left.

[Bowler1]

Its not icebergs I'd worry about in Belfast, checking under the seats for bombs before starters would be a good idea!

Function room lost with all hands, not a single prawn cocktail left!

[springs]

Don't touch the marzipan on the cake.....

[Bowler1]

I have a picture of a big round cake with one fizzing candle that the bride and groom (in the function room of course) are unable to blow out once lit!

[David Evil Overlord]

Hmmm. Just re-reading my super hero rewrite. There is a section where Our Hero is thinking about her sidekick's obviously incorrect theory about the secret identity of another super hero (Spoilers carefully removed).

"Technomancer still can’t accept that. It’s the iceberg to her Titanic idea that [Secret Identity] used to be [Super Hero]."

But maybe that doesn't work if so very many people her age don't know it happened.

[springs]

could file it under educational, though. Plus, I think the thing is they do know about it, it's just that they think it's a film, so the reference still applies?

[Metryq]

Originally Posted by David Evil Overlord

But maybe that doesn't work if so very many people her age don't know it happened.

That depends on whether you want to cater to mouth-breathers, or the kind of people who would actually pick up your book and read it. (As opposed to waiting for the movie version.)

That reminds me of a literature prof in college who told us she'd be starting a class the next semester titled "No, but I saw the movie." It would focus on all those classics that have been turned into movies.

[David Evil Overlord]

@Springs - good point, reference works whether she thinks the Titanic was real or fiction.

@Metryq - I do want to cater for people who would read a book and not just wait for the movie.* At the same time, I'm trying to write a realistic teenager. Still, it's set in the present day (just a present day with super heroes in it), so the anniversary should help convince even the most realistic of teenagers that the ship actually sunk.

*Ringworld was written in 1970. The movie rights were purchased last year IIRC. I could wait 41 years for the movie rights to sell? With no guarantee the movie will ever be made? And that assumes I can write something as good as Ringworld.