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Today in Titanic History Friday, May 9, 2025 | 1861 - 1st class passenger Mr Henry Forbes Julian was born to Henry Julian (coach builder) and Marie Julian in Cork, Ireland.
1875 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Ada E. Ball was born to William Hall and Laura M. Powell Hall in Bromley, Kent, England, UK.
1917 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Mary Dunbar Hewlett died of septicaemia in Naini Tal, India at the age of 61.
1912 - Day 15 of the American inquiry into the Titanic disaster in Washington, D. C., USA. Witness called that day: Maurice Farrell of Dow, Jones & Co.
1912 - Day 5 of the British inquiry into the Titanic disaster in Westminster, London, England, UK. Witnesses called that day: First Saloon Night Watchman James Johnson, Trimmer Thomas Patrick Dillon, Greaser Thomas Ranger, Trimmer George Cavell, Fireman Alfred Shiers, and Leading Fireman Charles Hendrickson.
1866 - Stewardess and survivor Mrs Emma Bliss was born to the Junod family in Rolle, Switzerland.
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Spoofs: Star Wars Vs. Titanic
Rated PG-13
© 1999 Bob at samuraibob7@yahoo.com
based on some characters and situations originated by James Cameron
Since Titanic passed Star Wars as the biggest
box office hit in North American cinema, I thought I would take a moment and
compare the trilogy to the big T. I was surprised by the similarities. Such
as:
Star Wars: female lead- a feisty young rich girl
named Princess Leia
Titanic: female lead- a feisty young rich girl
named Rose
Advantage: Titanic. Kate would have looked better
in the gold bikini.
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Star Wars: male lead- a star gazing young Tatooine
farm boy filled with wanderlust named Luke Skywalker.
Titanic: male lead- a star gazing Wisconsin farm
boy filled with wanderlust named Jack Dawson.
Advantage: Titanic. Luke was a whiny little punk.
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Star Wars: Luke is taught the difference between
right and wrong and good and evil by a shriveled-up, wrinkled, 900 year old
puppet named Yoda.
Titanic: Gloria Stuart
Advantage: Star Wars in a close one.
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Star Wars: an evil henchman called Boba Fett.
Titanic: an evil henchman called Lovejoy.
Advantage: Star Wars. You'll never catch me wearing
Lovejoy Underoos.
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Star Wars: many background characters are cardboard
props or have really bad accents.
Titanic: Fabrizio and Tommy Ryan.
Advantage: Push.
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Star Wars: a big hairy creature called Chewbacca
Titanic: Lewis Bodine
Advantage: Star Wars. Would Lewis Bodine pull
someone's arm out of their socket if he didn't get his way?
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Star Wars: bizarre love triangle of Han, Luke,
and Leia.
Titanic: bizarre love triangle of Jack, Cal,
and Rose.
Advantage: Titanic. The incestuous kiss between
Luke and Leia in the Empire Strikes Back only plays well in Arkansas.
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Star Wars: slimy, untrustworthy, greedy character
named Lando Calrissian.
Titanic: slimy, untrustworthy, greedy character
named J. Bruce Ismay.
Advantage: Push. Lando may have tried to redeem
himself, but I still hate him as much as Ismay.
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Star Wars: Han Solo flies a big hunk of junk
that is constantly under repair and never works right called the Millennium
Falcon.
Titanic: well...the Titanic.
Advantage: Star Wars. The Falcon never sank.
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Star Wars: a humongous, bulbous, gelatinous slug
named Jabba the Hutt.
Titanic: Molly Brown.
Advantage: Titanic. Molly has better manners.
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Star Wars: the famous Mos Eisley Cantina scene,
where we meet the most disgusting dregs of the galaxy. As Obi Wan Kenobi said:
"You will never find a more wretched hive of villainy and scum."
Titanic: the 3rd class steerage party.
Advantage: Star Wars. Greedo kicks ass.
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Star Wars: Han Solo splits open Taun Taun's stomach
and puts Luke inside the beast's guts to keep him warm.
Titanic: an iceberg splits open the Titanic's
hull and 1500 people end up in the North Atlantic and freeze to death.
Advantage: Star Wars. Luke lived.
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Star Wars: the embodiment of evil is a black
clad cyborg with a deep voice named Darth Vader.
Titanic: Caledon Hockley
Advantage: Star Wars in a big way. Compared to
Vader, Cal is a pansy.
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Star Wars: the Force.
Titanic: love.
Advantage: Titanic. Although the Force would
come in handy picking up chicks.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So there you have it. Take it for what you will.
There are some interesting similarities. Coincidence? I think not!
The End
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