I Got Sunk On Titanic!

   The similarities were uncanny!
   They partied. They ignored the warnings.
Then, they went down with the ship!
    Last evening my wife and I partied!
    First with family then, later with the
folks from WBRE/WYOU.
    The parties were great, Food and fun
with family and friends and not a care
in the world.
     But our media party was held at the
Mohegan Sun Casino. So, naturally, after
dinner with the gang we headed over to
the gaming area.
    My wife first spotted the iceberg...I
mean the slot machine. It was one of
those progressive slot machines where
the jackpot keeps growing.
    On top, in large unmistakable
lettering, was the name of the game.
It was called TITANIC!
    Anyone who knows me is aware of
my connection to and fascination of the
Titanic story. So, of course, this was my
machine of choice.
     My wife and I had agreed to limit
our play to twenty dollars so I pulled
a twenty from my wallet and inserted
it in the machine. It promptly came
back! Perhaps I had placed the bill in
upside down. So I reinserted it and,
once again it was immediately rejected!
    As unbelievable as it sounds, I had
another twenty dollar bill. I decided to
try it. Four times more the bill simply
came back out of the machine!
    I now know I should have considered
each insertion as an "Ice warning."
    After about 9 total attempts the brain
inside the machine said to itself, "this
guy thinks he's unsinkable." My twenty
was accepted and I immediately started
to lose it pennies at a time.
    It was as if the water was pouring
over each successive bulkhead just
waiting to plunge to the bottom.
   While it was too late for any life
boats I finally jumped away from the
machine. I had retained seventeen cents
of my original twenty dollars.
    I gave that to my wife which she
promptly lost on another slot machine!
I didn't bother to see what hers was
called.
   Hope the Carpathia comes along soon,
and that all your NEWS is good!