In 1872, the ship Mary Celeste was discovered at sea. Everyone aboard the Mary Celeste had vanished- the captain, his family, and its 14-man crew. The fate of the crew remains unknown.- from www.infoplease.com

i wonder if they checked the closets.

i wonder if the ship had docked at a burger king, and when everybody got off to get their whoppers and dr. seuss ornaments, the ship simply floated away.

i wonder if, when thinking of the 14-man crew, they had confused the mary celeste with some other ship, when indeed nobody had ever boarded the mary celeste in the first place except the ghost pirate and his "i've been dead for fifteen years" co-pirate.

i wonder if there was a time machine on board and the occupants of the mary celeste will show up in 2006 aboard a cruise ship that i happen to be on as well. then i can say, "let's use that time machine to go back to the renaissance! but only for an hour or two because i'm having fun on this cruise."

i wonder if they all evaporated due to a science experiment gone haywire.

i wonder if the mary celeste was a suicide mission, and they all threw themselves overboard due to things their mothers said to them and their sophomore year homecoming dance not quite working out.

i wonder if they checked ALL the closets.