[Guest]

The Billionaire industrialist Franklin Rooster III was killed at sea when the cruise ship he was on sank. Out of the 300 people that were on the ship, only 18 survived. At the reading of the will a woman burst in and announced that the will was invalid because she and Franklin were married during the cruise. After proving she was indeed one of the survivors of the cruise ship, she informed the family that they were married by the ship’s captain several hours before it struck the iceberg that sank the ship. The famous detective Max Gaetanno was sitting in the back listening to to this story and then suddenly jumped up and announced, “This woman is a fraud!” She was, in fact, a fraud, but how did Max figure it out?

(borrowed from www.riddledude.com)

[Guest]

because it's too difficult to swim in a wedding dress?

[Guest]

Because a ships captain can only marry a couple if the ship is docked at a port...can't marry someone at sea

I think i got it

[Guest]

Ships' Captains are indeed Registrars, but may only record deaths or births!

[Guest]

are you even allowed to marry t sea? i mean is it legal? because you know all those times people get married on ships.... they're docked...

[Guest]

I guess we'll call Newbie the winner here, although there were a lot of great guesses:

Ship's captains are allowed to marry anybody they want to. Performing marriages, however, is a different story. Sea captains in the United States cannot now and have not ever been able to perform marriages at sea or anywhere else, unless they also happen to be recognized ministers or JPs or something. The same goes for sea captains in Britain and the Soviet Union.

So the woman's story was obviously bogus because having a captain marry you at sea is a myth. They just can't do it.

Newbie, you're today's winner!

[Glycereine]

I guess we'll call Newbie the winner here, although there were a lot of great guesses:

Ship's captains are allowed to marry anybody they want to. Performing marriages, however, is a different story. Sea captains in the United States cannot now and have not ever been able to perform marriages at sea or anywhere else, unless they also happen to be recognized ministers or JPs or something. The same goes for sea captains in Britain and the Soviet Union.

So the woman's story was obviously bogus because having a captain marry you at sea is a myth. They just can't do it.

Newbie, you're today's winner!

By Newbie I am guessing you mean Dragula?

[Guest]

Yes, I'm sorry. Dragula, you are the man!!!