This statue made me laugh - happy Friday:

Well, it looks like the world has said to yesterday's blog headline: Speak for yourself.

A poll by SodaHead.com of over a 1,000 people showed that 26% are "less likely to take a cruise given the incident." If these results were applied to the estimated 18.8 million people that took a cruise in 2010, there would be 4.9 million fewer customers. 

Welcome to the public relations nightmare that is now the cruise industry - look for good deals to come this summer to get people back on the water. 

Interesting stat: Only 14% of respondents ages 25-34 said the tragedy might impact their future decisions, while 34% of those over the age of 65 said they were now less likely to cruise.

What does that tell us? Probably that the youth are more reckless and willing to take risks.

Duh.