10 items for a desert island marooning
A boat is waiting to maroon you on a desert island.
No, you can’t keep the boat. The cox’n will dump you on the beach and sail away wordlessly, chewing a wad of tobacco and swigging his breakfast rum like the blackhearted jobsworth he is.
There’s fresh water and wild food on the island. No electricity. This isn’t a hi-tech marooning. Tsk!
You’re allowed ten items in the boat. They can be people, animals, things, whatever you like. One of the ten items is you. *jab in the back with a rusty cutlass* Get in!
I’ll take my family. My wife and our three daughters, each daughter’s partner, and our dog Jacob with a companion for him.
When it comes down to it, people is all I need to get by. Preferably with at least one of them interested in having lots of sex on the beach with me.
That’ll be my wife. I love Jacob to bits, but… you know. He’s a dog for goodness sake!
There are many people I’d miss, and some I’d miss horribly, but my immediate family are the ones I’d maroon with me. I hope they’re grateful.
So, that’s me and mine sorted. How about you?
timelady said,
August 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm
see, if i know my family is safe at home, i would be happier. so, given i am the only one i feel i can be responsibly marooning:
solar panel/inverter
laptop
*theres movies, music, audio books, ebooks. gotta read mate*
small axe
water purifying rig
my camping hammock (water proof, good in cold and heat, off ground so mo bugs/snakes issues.)
sleeping bag
salt, large supply
David Bridger said,
August 15, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Mmm, salt! That’s something I’d definitely miss.
You’re a clever one, aren’t you? Circumnavigating the low-tech rules with a solar panel/inverter.
I’ll keep the boatman distracted while you sneak it onboard.
Joan Kremer said,
August 15, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Hmmm…. I hate these questions, so here I am answering it!! LOL
1. me
2. my life partner
3. son
4. daughter
5. son’s SO
6. daughter’s SO (if she has one at the time – she goes through them so fast!!)
7. solar-powered laptop for writing
8. huge paper notebook
9. bag of pens (is that cheating???)
10. my Kindle (you DID say this island had cell phone access, right???!!!)
Thanks for the fun break!
David Bridger said,
August 15, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Another clever one! Sigh. I’ll just have to hope you’ll all let me borrow your technology from time to time.
Thanks for letting me know about your new URL, Joan. I’ve changed it in my blogroll. I love your new site!
Second Life draws me like a honeypot, but I resist. I resist. I will continue to resist…
On a limb with Claudia said,
August 15, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Don’t you think we live on isolated island right now? Look around you, there’s probably 10 items or less that you spend your day with – truly spend your day with.
Maybe it’s time to have lots of sex on the beach of your actual life?
That’s my plan!
David Bridger said,
August 15, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Oh, I do. Well, not on the beach. Too much bloody sand around.
Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome said,
August 18, 2008 at 8:37 am
1. Raul (my boyfriend)
2. A frying pan
3. A flint and/or HUGE box of matches
4. The biggest bag of rice Raul and I could carry
That’s all I’d need.
David Bridger said,
August 18, 2008 at 8:45 am
Good thinking, Alex. We share similar tastes in the simple life, I think.