The Cruise Ship Triumph Renamed The USS O'Boy

Funny story written by Abel Rodriguez

Sunday, 17 February 2013

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The ill-fated cruise ship Triumph can be seen at the far middle right of the photo, just off the Yucatan Peninsula.

MOBILE, Alabama - Political Salad Bar Magazine is reporting that due to the extremely bad publicity, the owners of the cruise ship Triumph have decided to change its name.

Carnival spokesperson Helvetica Hickoryhaus, 52, stated that in order to recoup some of the millions of dollars in loses the ocean liner company has joined with the O'Boy Company and an agreement has been reached to rename the ship the USS O'Boy.

Ms. Hickoryhaus disclosed that they have already hired a sign painting company that is based in Mobile to immediately paint the new name on both sides of the cruise ship.

An attorney for the cruise line company Bobby Foonballoon of Biloxi, Mississippi, informed the news media that this is not being done in order to avoid lawsuits due to the fact that by the time most get filed with the proper authorities the Triumph name will no longer exist.

One of the passengers identified as Elmendorf G. Lemonbilla has already hired a lawyer who stated that the owners of the HMS Titanic tried the same exact ploy as the name HMS Titanic was changed the very next day after the sinking to the HMS Limey Lady.

From The Book Trivia Territory by Zydeco Dupree: The famous artist Van Gogh actually painted all of his paintings using his tongue.

The funny story above is a satire or parody. It is entirely fictitious.

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