Help….

Help….
The Titanic is going to sink. Everyjoke on the ship is
shouting, crying, running or praying to God…
Just then an Italian asks a nearby blond on the ship, Italian: “How far is land from here?”
Blond: “Two miles.”
Italian: “Only two miles? Then why are these fools making so much noise? I can swim even further.”
The Italian jumps off the ship into the sea and comes up to the surface to ask something again.
Italian: “Just tell me which side is the land two miles from here?”
Blond: “Downwards……”