Help....

Help.... The Titanic is going to sink. Everybody 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......"