If you were stranded on an island, what 3 things would you need to have with you in order to get by (and possibly get rescued or off of the island on your own)

1) Future Mrs C
2) Sustainable food source
3) Laptop with wifi acces (Fluther junkie)

A mirror, or something to reflect light. It can attract attention. Also, when I tip the edge and become completely crazy…I can talk to the person in the mirror! :)

Lighter/matches – something to help me start a fire. I’ve done the rubbing too sticks together – that takes a long time and can be pretty tedious. Give me something that I can reuse! Start a large, but controlled fire to attract attention and to stay warm. It can also help keep some animals away.

A knife. I could cut things down, with a knife, or use it – if necessary, to help defend myself.

I’m assuming I would have a fresh water source on the island, not just salt water. I am hoping for a coconut, or two, as well! demanding for a stranded person!

@Dr_C – holy crap. I didn’t even think to bring my husband. I need 4 items. He’s very tall! He can reach things up in a tree! he also holds up his end of a great conversation – among other things!

@cak tall guys are the best to have around.. just ask Mrs C ;)

a lot of cigarettes. i dont think id need anything else of course things liek an ipod and stuff would be great but how am i gonna charge it?

some cigs and maybe a lighter so i dont have to Bear Grylls me a fire.

My iPhone, a whole ether net system, and a knife. The readi. For the phone and ether me is that I can A: entertain
Myself with the phone and an ether net makes it so that you can make a call to/from anywere

an iphone, a satellite dish for internet access, and a wireless gateway modem.

a] GPS so my rescuers can find my latitude and longitude
b] Internet access every now and again
c] so the iphone can connect wirelessly

1. A pillow- for comfort.
2. Deck of cards- for entertainment.
3. My family (husband and children)- for entertainment and comfort.

I plan on staying on the island.

Knife
Flint
Seeds

I wouldnt want to leave if i was on my own island. I could have endless fields :) And once it grew that would provide pretty much anything i need to survive. So really id only have to rough it out for a month or so.

@Dr_C – absolutely! I’ll never underestimate the usefulness of a tall person. he’s going to read this and think I only want him for his height.

1. A pair of large, tough scissors that can snap apart into two knives. (I actually want this in real life, too, for general adventuring purposes.)

2. A magnifying glass (for making fires and also for aiding in the removal of all the splinters I’ll get when I try to make a raft.)

3. A solar-powered laptop that is waterproof and has wireless no matter where you are on earth. Oh, that doesn’t exist yet? ...Damnit. I guess I’ll take my brother instead. He’s my best friend, plus he’s very very smart and will probably be good at figuring out a way to get off the island! :)

@fireinthepriory i’m asking this as serioulsy as i can…. but how will you start a fire with a magnifying glass if the sun isn’t out? like say… on a rainy day… or during a hurricane if you’re someplace tropical?

@Dr_C Yeah, I mean, you can’t. But if there’s a hurricane you’d be unlikely to find any flammable materials around to start a fire with anyway. :) I’d just start a fire on a sunny day and just keep it going at all times. Of course if it rained hard enough it’d probably go out, and then I guess I’d be cold and wet till everything dried out, wait for the sun, and start another big fire…

Basically I figure it’s probably not THAT much less useful than flint, less likely to run out/break than matches or a lighter, and this way I get to look at things with it, too. (I’m definitely a 5-year-old who wants to see the worm UP CLOSE at heart! I’d seriously probably spend most of my time exploring and looking at things if I were trapped on a desert island.)

couldn’t make it without Wilson…

fire
fishhooks or at least wire(duct tape, lol)
machete

high tech, might as well have a satellite phone, be off the island in a few days

A 40 foot yacht, a two way radio, and plenty of gas.

A radio, preferably Sirius.
Lots of Carmex.
Weed and something to smoke it with.

I really have no survivor skills, so these would keep me happy till I kicked the bucket.

@essieness FTW

RUM (seems the appropriate choice for an island
Solar powered laptop with internet
Paint kit with 5000 panels.

And I shall politely decline any attempt at rescue.

1. Helicopter
2. Helicopter pilot
3. Map

I guess I was thinking along the same line as @Mr_M which kind of scares me.

1. I would definitely need my husband
2. I would need a knife
3. I would need a long range radio

People have said my first two: a knife (preferably a good multitool) and a lens. Nobody has said my third: a large plastic tarp.

In the heat and rain, the tarp would be good shelter. And I would also use it to make a solar still for drinking water.

I don’t think of my husband as an object, but he’d be welcome along on this little adventure as well, of course.

A book on boat making for beginners

a bandana, aloe vera lotion, complete collection of William Shakespeare.

Swiss army knife
sunscreen
rope

food
tp
satellite radio

A lighter.
A crack pipe.
A shitload of crack.

you all know i really mean jonsblond’s answer…sheesh…didn’t know i was playin’ to an “anti-crack” crowd

A good knife.
Some dry ice.
A Macguyver.

@NaturalMineralWater…uh, is a Macguyver anything like a donkey punch or a filthy sanchez?

@Blondesjon – I hope not! I loved Macguyver…but will be waiting for the answer. If it is the TV Macguyver…NaturalMineralWater needs to add at least one piece of gum – with the wrapper. He worked miracles with gum and the wrapper!

@Blondesjon …

@NaturalMineralWater oh man!

If MacGyver had been on that three hour tour, he and the Professor would have gotten everyone off of Gilligan’s Island.

On second thought I think I would take three of you- that way I get 9 items and three friends to hang with.

Very Simple Answer:

1. Pot
2. Acoustic Guitar
3. Pizza