Titanic Captain's Last Words

The humor comes from the dark irony of the Titanic captain's supposed last words. The ship was famously "unsinkable" yet tragically sank. The captain's naive question about the water implies a complete lack of awareness of the disaster, creating a darkly humorous and absurd situation.

• Titanic
• Word
• Last Word
• Water
• History
• Ocean

• *Titanic was sinking.* Passenger: Hey, captain, how far away are we? Captain: Two miles. Passenger: Which way are we going? Captain: Down.
• What did the Titanic say while sinking? "It's going down."
• “The Titanic is unsinkable!” Iceberg challenge excepted.
• "Watch out, there's an iceberg!" Other person: "We will be fine." 10 minutes later, drowns, says, "We will be fine."