What would be your 5 desert island essentials?

[PinkFloyd]

OK,

You're washed up on a desert island and you find it has the basic essentials like water, food, trees etc. It is unpopulated ... you are alone.

You have a choice of 5 items you wish would float ashore onto the beach...... what would they be?

My five would be:

a box of matches
A crate of whisky
a mirror
a saw
a gun

 

[00940]

a gps locator
a global satellite telephone
a comfortable longchair
a bottle of whisky
a pretty girl (does it qualify as "item" ?)

 

[Idiot MD]

Hmm...

A good durable multi-tool. Trench tool.
A good map/solar powered gps.
Solar water purifier
.308 or so hunting rifle and 200 rnds ammo.
Multi-band two-way radio.

 

[k.ODOMA]

1. A knife.

Anything else would just be icing on the cake.

 

[PinkFloyd]

I think, at this juncture, it may be prudent to point out that there is no source of electricity on this island and no docking points for gps navigators etc. This is a desert island and not an internet cafe.

You're in the wilderness............

 

[Lisa]

1. boat
2. toothbrush
3. tent
4. matras
5. first aid kit

 

[dokebi]

Any 5 from victorias secret.

 

[00940]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PinkFloyd I think, at this juncture, it may be prudent to point out that there is no source of electricity on this island and no docking points for gps navigators etc. This is a desert island and not an internet cafe. You're in the wilderness............

Eh, how do we access headfi then ?

Everything works on batteries anyway those days

 

[hongda]

A gas powered generator

Enough gasoline to run said generator for a month

Satellite phone

Matches

Plenty of firewood

 

[soundboy]

A shovel (useful tool and also good as weapon)
Multi-tool (with nailclipper, please)
Handcrank-powered 2-way multi-wave radio
First aid kit
A pretty (and willing) female (for companionship and conversation)

 

[PinkFloyd]

Quote:

Originally Posted by hongda A gas powered generator Enough gasoline to run said generator for a month Satellite phone Matches Plenty of firewood

It may also be worth pointing out that your satellite phone needs a suitable PSU adapter and you have no means of charging it up......... you are in the wilderness.......... stranded on a beach on an island in the pacific........ your only hope of survival is your ingenuity..........

 

[Entropism]

1 - A crate of Johnny Walker green
2 - A survival knife
3 - a map
4 - a 300 gallon drum of fuel
5 - a speedboat.

I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting the heck back to civilization. I hope that whole "lord of the flies" thing works out for you, I'll come and visit one day. Really, I will.....

 

[PinkFloyd]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Entropism 1 - A crate of Johnny Walker green 2 - A survival knife 3 - a map 4 - a 300 gallon drum of fuel 5 - a speedboat. I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting the heck back to civilization. I hope that whole "lord of the flies" thing works out for you, I'll come and visit one day. Really, I will.....

Speedboats are not allowed

in fact no vehicles can make it ashore... they all went down with the ship.

 

[Entropism]

What are you doing, making the rules up as you go along? Helicopter then. Yacht. Cesna. Hovercraft.

 

[PinkFloyd]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Entropism What are you doing, making the rules up as you go along?

Of course...... is there another method?