Shipwreck

These three guys are shipwrecked and have been floating on this wooden
board for days now, dying of thirst, sea vultures circling over them, you
get the picture.

Suddenly they spot the silhouette of a trawler on the horizon, start
paddling like hell, jumping up and down and shouting their throats out, and
like in a miracle, somebody sees them and the ship changes course toward
them.

When she comes near, they notice she flies a British flag. From above, the
skipper bends over the railing and asks, "Who are you guys?" Answers one of
them, "Well, I'm English, and my friends here are an American and an
Irishman." -- "Ah-ha! Well, in that case, my dear young men, you'll have to
pass a little quiz before we pull you up here. You can start right away:
What would you consider the most disastrous shipwreck in history?"
Anwers the English chap, "Well, Sir, that would have been the Titanic,
right?" A rope ladder drops, and he's whisked up to safety. "Now to you,
my friend from the Colonies: How many people died in that particular
shipwreck, just give me a rough figure?"-- "Hmm, I reckon that musta been
some fifteen hundred." Again the rope ladder takes him aboard ship. Then the
captain scowls down at the lonely Irishman and says, "Now, my good man:
What were their names?"

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