Ferry runs aground while captain stuck in toilet

[marmar]

Ferry runs aground while captain stuck in toilet
August 22, 2011 - 4:10PM


A Finnish ferry has run aground while its captain was stuck in the lavatory.

One member of staff managed to slow the island-hopping tourist ferry down, but the vessel, carrying 54 passengers, slammed onto a rock near the shore of Helsinki, the Finnish coastguard said on Friday.

The captain got stuck in the bathroom because of a jammed lock and yelled for help, the coastguard said. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/ferry-runs-aground-while-captain-stuck-in-toilet-20110822-1j6ao.html#ixzz1VnE430Tu

[lame54]

1. is this a euphemism for the Bush years?

[NutmegYankee]

2. Uh, where was the Second in command?

I rarely see captains driving the ship.

[truedelphi]

3. I sympathize with the captain.

Have had the same thing happen to me, once while working for an elderly, bedridden man, and once while using a restaurant's bathroom.

But at least I wasn't in charge of a ferry at those moments.

[itsallhappening]

4. Sounds like the U.S, 2001 through the present.

[RegieRocker]

5. There is a deeper meaning to this.....hmmm