this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2024
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wine Bottles: Unless you break me on a bow of a ship on its first launch, then it's good luck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Poseidon be thirsty

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you are referring to the champagne bottle traditionally broken during a ship's christening ceremony, it didn't break.

Because there was no champagne bottle used during Titanic's christening ceremony, as this was not the White Star Line tradition.

And people still ask themselves why the Titanic had to sink...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Never heard of the wine bottle one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

The first two have a direct line to how long it would take at a servant's wage to pay off the breakage...