of all the things to endure...

So most people have probably heard about the cruise ship that lost power off the coast of Mexico. A fire in the ship's engine room knocked out electricity, and the passengers and crew had to wait a few days before they could be towed back to California. Not surprisingly, the media has had a field day with the whole thing. My favorite headline so far has been this one.

"Cruise Passengers Endured Stench, Cold Food"

I suppose a stench is something to endure. But cold food? You endure a frigid temperatures. Blazing heat. Malaria. You don't endure cold food. Gazpacho is cold soup. (Some) People love it. Approximately 70,000,000 Americans 'endure' cold cereal every morning. Many people endure having cold pizza as a favorite food. Also, ice cream is cold. "Hey anyone want to go out and endure some ice cream?" Nooooooooooooo... Anything but ice cream!!!!!

Cold food, my friends, is not something to endure. Cold food is something to embrace. On the other hand, I guess it's true that it might not be pleasant to eat cold food while drifting off the coast of a country in the middle of a gang war (in a 4000-person floating apartment building with toilets that don't work). But whatever.