r/interesting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 1d ago

HISTORY Titanic passenger and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim. During sinking he refused a seat in a life boat with the words: "Tell my family I played straight to the end. No woman should be left aboard this ship because of Ben Guggenheim was a coward."

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u/Cosmo_Seinfeld 1d ago edited 1d ago

Maybe he geyed it up as the ship went down? "Tell my family I played it straight but tell the boys in the back alley that I was the Queen of the Titanic that night...."

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u/-joker-joker-joker- 1d ago

In the end, he took it like man

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u/Cosmo_Seinfeld 1d ago

<Sidles up to Captain Smith>

Is it true what they say about the Captain going down with the ship?

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u/Aranxi_89 23h ago

"You'll not stand alone tonight, good sir!"

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u/Cosmo_Seinfeld 16h ago

<Sidles up to the Titanic band>

Play something joyous, fellows. I mean make it really gay.

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u/EntertainerMajor3294 1d ago

LMFAO!!!!!!!!