The Curious Curse of Danny Murray

[ambross]

The first model I ever made was the HMS Titanic. The first trophy I ever won was for public speaking, talking about the Titanic. I liked it so much that one night I fell asleep beside my model ship and rolled over it, breaking it into two pieces in a strikingly similar way to that which the actual Titanic tore itself apart in 1918. Since then,

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[jennyanydots21]

Wasn't Sheila involved in a bit of a crunch too?

*worries*

[ambross]

Yeah. I'd be more worried about what's going to happen to that truck.

[enchantaskip]

"Arr, me shipmates, fetch me a mug o' that there grog and gather ye round till I tell you the tale of the Skerries Jonah. A strange one he were, like Ben Gunn only taller, but when he cruised the seven seas of Skerries many's the fine ship he met went straight to Davy Jones locker.
When he flew the seven skies above Clonbullogue, stout aeryplanes tumbled from the sky in flames, and when he plied the computer labs of DCU, Windows XP machines showed the blue screen of death without warning.
Perhaps it be that he broke one of the immutable laws of the sea, by whistling for a wind, by shooting an albatross, or wearing blue and green together, or perhaps it were but a statistical anomaly, but whenever his name be mentioned prudent seafaring folk put an extra pair of water wings in their sea chests and crafty flying folk look to their reserve parachutes."

[ambross]

Hahah brilliant.

Wait.. Blue sky, blue sea, blue screen. They warned me not to clash with nature. *Thows off green and blue jumper*

[enchantaskip]

Don't worry about the jump plane.
They always die with their boots on. It's the nature of the beast.
The rest..um. er..cough [shuffles nervously]

[jennyanydots21]

*raises her tankard to the fine machines downed by the Skerrie Jonah, and sheds a single tear from her single eye*

Argghhh!!

[drg85]

Yeah. About that...

Well, sometimes you start a practical joke and just.. take it that little extra mile.

Now, about that trains Danny used to get to town..

*sets about acquiring angle grinders, blow torches and medium quantities of semtex*