Deserted Island

“What do you do if you are stuck on a deserted island, covered with dangerous animals, with only a pocket knife?”

“Take said pocket knife and slit wrists. It would only be a matter of time any way......”

“make weapons, find/kill food. Make fire.... Share with Wilson!”

“It's about priorities. Remember the rule of 3's.

You can live for..

About 3 minutes without air
About 3 hours without shelter
About 3 days without water
About 3 weeks without food

Most people die within 24 to 48 hours of a survival situation.

Air, shelter, water, and food are your priorities. In that order.”

“Do like our ancestors...climb up a tall tree....and only come down when there is daylight. Use the knife to shave some dry wood or twigs and start a fire...most animals are afraid of fire.”

“Take the knife and start working my way back up the food chain.”

“Drop the pocket knife.

It's just added ounces.”

“take the mauling like a man

-Gojo-


Classic stuff.”

“Look on the bright-side! You can run around with out clothes and talk out loud to yourself and no one will be there to call you insane :)”

“Find a volleyball, paint a face on it with blood. Name him "Wilson".”

“First, find out where the dangerous animals are getting their pocketknives from, and get one for yourself. Actually, in this situation, a machete would be more useful. Then, using the machete, chop down a large bamboo tree, if they exist on the island, and fashion a shovel by splitting a short section of the trunk in two and fastening another, smaller length of bamboo to one of the split pieces, using native vines or some such.

After making your shovel, dig a deep moat around a lean-to you have made from any leftover bamboo, and line the bottom of the moat with sharpened bamboo sticks, then cover it with palm leaves, lengths of bamboo, etc. until the moat is hidden. Be sure and build a well-camoflaged bridge across one section of the moat so you can leave your "safe zone" for water and other essentials.

Attempt to locate natural deposits of sulphur, saltpeter, and magnesium. You can make carbon by carefully burning bamboo or other woods in a fire to turn it into charcoal. If you have the chance, scour the island for aluminum from flotsam or wrecked planes or boats. Grind the aluminum into a powder and mix with the magnesium, carbon, sulphur, and saltpeter, and pour into short sections of bamboo, with a piece or dried vine for a fuse. At this point you will either have a crude blasting stick or a flare. Add salt you've extracted from the ocean water to the mix and it will burn with a bright yellow flame.



Oh wait, you've got the pocketknife, not the dangerous animals.



Never mind.”

“so you're saying don't give up?”

“Mostly I'm saying use your brain. Homo habilis survived under much worse conditions than this with a lot less brainpower than Homo sapiens has. If he was smart enough to figure out that breaking a rock gives you a sharp edge, so are you.”

“My money's on Bitpusher. Can I trade the knif for Piranhgirl? I mean, with a name like that; well....... (hehehehehe)”

“Bitpusher = Magyver???”

“My ambition is to one day actually be able to use all the otherwise useless trivia that has piled up in my head over the years.”

“Call in the Navy Seals! Oooooooh, BABY!”

“dont you people realise that we are the most dangerous animals on this planet?”

“Take coconut.
Cut in half with knife.
Put the two halves back together.
Two halves make a whole.
Walk through the hole back to civilization.”

“Oh wait, you said Navy Seals.”

“Use knife to start cutting down palm trees.

Within 5 minutes a gaggle of environmental lawyers and protesters will surround you.”

“You got me all excited fer nuffin!!

;oP”

“Know a harp seal's favorite drink?

Canadian Club, on the rocks.”

“I just thought i'd bring this thread up - started by the infamous Jake the Mauler last may... before he was known”

“I hope Mary Jane and Ginger is there with me.”