So your ship capsized, and after 24 grueling hours you wash up on the proverbial desert island. You and some interesting pieces of cargo, that is. Safe, sound, and in working order, you find the following:
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[li]a brand new PC (no internet connection) with an unopened game inside[/li][li]a 32" Flat screen TV with a strange antennae on top and only two channels. Channel 1 is marked 1 season comedy 1950/2000; Channel 2 says 1 season drama 1950/2000 [/li][li]a large refrigerated box marked FRUIT [/li][li]a ‘thank you for subscribing to our magazine’ letter mysteriously addressed to Desert Island recipient.[/li][li]a hatbox[/li][li]a foreign-language textbook[/li][li]an mp3 player with 4mb of memory (just enough for one song)[/li][/ul]
what would you have these be?
My choices are
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[li]The Longest Journey[/li][li]Year 3 of Taxi; any year 3 - 5 of Homicide: LotS[/li][li]crisp d’Anjou pears[/li][li]The Economist[/li][li]One of those cool-looking Australian outback hats with the one side flipped up[/li][li]German[/li][li]Gabriel’s Oboe by Ennio Morricone[/li][/ul]
Are we sticking strictly to “desert island”, or is this more like “desert apartment”? If island, for instance, the hat is definitely going to have to be something wide-brimmed, and possibly with ear protection. Apartment, and style becomes a bit more relevant.
a brand new PC (no internet connection) with an unopened game inside **We’ll have to make the PC a Mac. Sorry. Probably 4 x 4 evolution.
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a 32" Flat screen TV with a strange antennae on top and only two channels. Channel 1 is marked 1 season comedy 1950/2000; Channel 2 says 1 season drama 1950/2000 First season of Law and Order
a large refrigerated box marked FRUIT Strawberries that never go bad
a ‘thank you for subscribing to our magazine’ letter mysteriously addressed to Desert Island recipient. Wired Magazine
a hatbox Pith Helmet
a foreign-language textbook Advanced Spanish
an mp3 player with 4mb of memory (just enough for one song) Mood for a day, by Steve Howe
Ummm… is it only me, or is it true that most desert islands are not wired for electricity, making the PC and TV pretty much useless, and the MP3 player useless after the batteries go out?
a brand new PC (no internet connection) with an unopened game inside. Not much fussed, perhaps a chess tutorial
a 32" Flat screen TV with a strange antennae on top and only two channels. Channel 1 is marked 1 season comedy 1950/2000; Channel 2 says 1 season drama 1950/2000
1 season comedy, league of gentlemen
1 season drama - 2nd season of Sopranos
a large refrigerated box marked FRUIT
Lots of grapes (to make wine out of)
a ‘thank you for subscribing to our magazine’ letter mysteriously addressed to Desert Island recipient.
When Saturday Comes
a hatbox
One of those caps with a propellor on it
a foreign-language textbook
Latin
an mp3 player with 4mb of memory (just enough for one song)
