On A Desert Island

[Glutton4...]

LOLOLOL!

OK I'm braver than you wusses!

I've never heard of an Upper Decker Flopper Stopper - and by rights I should have !

So BAN me !

[bobleponge]

Hmm what item would I take, should I happen to find myself deserted and alone, shipwrecked and abandoned on a desert island?
Was originally thinking a coach load of nurses (sorry Alice) but finally I reckon, it would be my Leatherman, with lots of matches/lighters and chlorine tablets attached to it, (possibly cheating?)
I could do the shelter and food and stuff without the knife if I had to, but I just cannot do the rubbing 2 boy scouts together and make fire.
Of course, now I'm elderly I would have my glasses with me, so if it was sunny where I was, I could use them for fire, but I'm not taking any chances.

[miffy]

Anyway! back to the desert island.
Would take my hubbie cause we never get enough time on our own!

[tootles]

I could do the shelter and food and stuff without the knife if I had to, but I just cannot do the rubbing 2 boy scouts together and make fire.
Of course, now I'm elderly I would have my glasses with me, so if it was sunny where I was, I could use them for fire, but I'm not taking any chances.

I think Mr T has a similar fire obsession. He went back to UK on Friday, when he got to Stansted and put jis hand in his pocket for his cigarettes, he pulled out a pack of waterproof matches (for emergencies) - No-one in security had spotted them though!

[Polly Fouracre]

I would like my whippet, Sybil.

[smallblueplanet]

...it would be my Leatherman, with lots of matches/lighters and chlorine tablets attached to it, (possibly cheating?)...

Hmmm...who needs chlorine tabs? Ours has a bottle opener and corkscrew on it!



Contains:

• Needle-nose pliers & wire cutter
• Scissors & tweezers
• Small screwdriver
• Extra small screwdriver
• Medium/large screwdriver
• Phillips screwdriver
• Wood saw
• Awl
• Large diamond-coated file
• Wood/metal file
• Foil cutter
• Corkscrew
• Straight-edge blade
• Serrated blade
• Bottle/can opener

[bubblewrap]

That's the one I have!

[bobleponge]

If someone had told me said desert island wasnt uninhabited, and that in fact there was a convenience store just down the road, I would dispense with my knife, lighter and chlorine tabs, and stick with the original coach load of nurses.

[smallblueplanet]

I didn't say there was a store, but there had been a container load of wine washed up! I'll be building a nice shed out of the packing cases!

[bobleponge]

Curses, I shall have to cancel the coach then, and stick with original knife, with lighter and chlorine tabs attached, being tee-total as I am.

[smallblueplanet]

Oh teetotal? Shame as I was next gonna built a little sailing boat (there were a lot of crates!) and pop across the strait with some spare bottles.

[bobleponge]

Build it bigger, get a few of the abandoned nurses on board, and come on over. I can take stuff for medicinal purposes clearly.

[smallblueplanet]

Excellent, there's probably some old medicinal cognac that'll need drinking (! ), get on with building a pool table and a jukebox and we'll be right over as soon as I've sawn thru some of the wood!

[bobleponge]

Fortuitously(sp) enough, my final choice was my collection of old 45's, thus the juke box shall be done. Pool table may take some improvisation, however I didnt really cheat, I just happened to have my Leatherman in its pouch on my belt as the disaster befell me.
See you as soon as you've built your boat. Signal will be the smokestack, as luckily, I always keep a few waterproof matches in the bottom of my Leatherman pouch.

[smallblueplanet]

Apparently one of the nurses was All Derbyshire Whittling Champion 1999-2006. So we'll be over quicker than I thought! Put 'Born to Run' on very loud on the jukebox and we'll know where to head for!