Hilarious Bi-annual Cruise Ship Shit Fest

Faithful Baronites, BEHOLD!

He lives!

Anywho, The Baron apologizes for the long hiatus in posts but he has been debilitated with a horrid affliction known as work.

As such, he has had to cut down on recreational sex, drinking and was forced to shorten the annual Rapeosaur Festival to 13 measly days.

Rest assured The Baron's heart's cockles are heavily laden with fluid because of the sorrow of not regularly shouting his opinion into the face of any who visit the Box.

But, The Baron has not forgotten you and as such he has regurgitated a marvelous story about a cruise ship full of shit. You may not know it, but this kind of thing happens every year along with cruise ship fires, cruise ship rapes, and cruise ship murder mysteries / missing persons.

However, the cruise ship shitathon is by far The Baron's favorite as it brings back fond memories of his own poison-sandwich induced courtship of Madame Turlet.

Enjoy!

Caribbean Cruise Ship Turns Into Diarrhea Nightmare Vessel

By Chris Walters on February 23, 2010 6:41 PM

When gastrointestinal illness hits a cruise ship, there's nowhere to run or hide, as nearly 450 passengers and crewmembers aboard the Celebrity Cruises ship Mercury have discovered. Celebrity Cruises says they they're still investigating what caused the outbreak, but the symptoms include "upset stomach, vomiting and diarrhea," according to their spokeswoman.

She also says that those who are sick will receive compensation of some sort for missing out on the actual cruise.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the Mercury was responsible for two of the 15 recorded outbreaks of illness on U.S. cruise ships last year, both caused by norovirus (the most common cause of the stomach flugastrointestinal illness). That's not a great record for Celebrity Cruises--some competitors had zero outbreaks last year--but the record-holder for bad trips in 2009 was Holland America. Its fleet delivered seven different outbreaks on five different boats.

The Norovirus Blog (of course there's a blog) says new research suggests norovirus is spread on cruise ships via dirty bathrooms and not enough chlorine bleach (alcohol won't kill norovirus):