# "Gilligan's Island" burning question... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 27, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401 "2006-06-27T21:11:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/41 "2006-06-29T21:36:13Z")
I was once confused about Gilligan’s Island. But no more, thanks to [this explanation.](http://www.sff.net/people/adam-troy/Random/theories.htm) ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/42 "2006-06-29T21:40:49Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Ever read _Lord of the Flies_? I have generally good manners, but I would imagine more of a break down in social order. Along with that, I’m just havin’ some fun.😉 [/QUOTE] Well, sure, but look at the 7 stranded castaways there on Gilligan’s Isle. (yeah, God is gonna get me for that) There were not really any uber-Alphas trying to run the show. They were pretty nice screw-ups and misfits, actually. Even Thurston and Lovey had their moments. Kind of the group I’d love to have over for a BBQ sometime. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/43 "2006-06-29T21:56:25Z")
[QUOTE=LiveOnAPlane] Kind of the group I’d love to have over for a BBQ sometime. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Sure, until Gilligan knocks over your lawn mower gas can onto the hot coals, infuriating the gorilla. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/44 "2006-06-30T00:43:16Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Sure, until Gilligan knocks over your lawn mower gas can onto the hot coals, infuriating the gorilla. [/QUOTE] OK, I yield. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/45 "2006-06-30T00:50:43Z")
Wait, did anybody address the mathematics and genetics if we assume that Lovey is still fertile? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/46 "2006-06-30T02:52:02Z")
[QUOTE=bluethree] Wait, did anybody address the mathematics and genetics if we assume that Lovey is still fertile? [/QUOTE] No, because she couldn’t have been a day under 45. (Natalie Schafer, the actress who portrayed her, was in her sixties at the time.) And three women instead of two doesn’t make a lot of difference anyway. Somewhat more genetic diversity but you still run into everyone being cousins or double cousins by the fourth generation. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/47 "2006-06-30T04:25:33Z")
[QUOTE=internetslacker] D’oh! I _hoped_ someone would not have found that embarrassing little mistake. I am chagrined. However, it’s not as bad as a professor NOT checking the water INSOLUBILITY properties of a glue before slapping it on a boat 😃 [/QUOTE] True. He must’ve replaced every nail with the new glue. Not really that smart, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/48 "2006-06-30T13:26:28Z")
Is there some reason why everyone in this thread is assuming that gay = infertile? Whatever the proclivities of the Professor, he is still available breeding stock for the purposes of the question. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/49 "2006-06-30T16:57:02Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] I was once confused about Gilligan’s Island. But no more, thanks to [this explanation.](http://www.sff.net/people/adam-troy/Random/theories.htm) [/QUOTE] The really funny part is that this explanation actually does makes sense of the situation. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/50 "2006-06-30T17:00:44Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Whatever the proclivities of the Professor, he is still available breeding stock for the purposes of the question. [/QUOTE] Sure, until Gilligan hits him in the 'nads with a coconut. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/51 "2006-07-07T20:03:32Z")
Infuriating the gorilla, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/52 "2006-07-07T23:37:06Z")
The Professor: [QUOTE=Valteron] If you go to his official website, there is actually a list of things he invented on the Island, including: -shark repellent [/QUOTE] Wait, the Professor was [Batman](http://batspray.ytmnd.com/)!? No wonder he always seemed so prepared! ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401/53 "2006-07-08T13:45:39Z")
[QUOTE=Spiff] Infuriating the gorilla, no doubt. [/QUOTE] That works so many ways.😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-burning-question/362401.md?page=2)