# Survivor - What would you take with you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022 "2000-06-29T15:09:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/21 "2000-06-29T23:24:01Z")
Candy condoms. Im sure those girls would get hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/22 "2000-06-30T02:51:42Z")
a case of toiletpaper would be nice ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/23 "2000-06-30T02:56:40Z")
Hey, guys, I always thought it was, “a loaf of bread, a **container** of milk, and a stick of butter.” “I remembered! I remembered!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/24 "2000-06-30T12:41:50Z")
**D Marie** , you’ve just won a shiny new stick of butter for that correct statement. 😃 congratulations 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/25 "2000-06-30T13:05:17Z")
I’m not so sure I agree with yall, D and soul. It could have been “loaf of bread, carton of milk, stick of buttah,” but who goes to the store to buy a container of milk? ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/26 "2000-06-30T13:09:12Z")
da little boys ma told him, don’t forget, a loaf of bread, a carton of milk, and a stick of buttah. your’e right swiddles. we have a guy here with a tee shirt. funny huh. i think i’m gonna go swipe it as part of my evil day spree. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/27 "2000-06-30T13:39:21Z")
Swiddles, I went to try to find a definitive answer on the carton/container/gallon issue and couldn’t. I’m not sure myself now. But [here’s](http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/oroborus12/sesame1.html) a site you might enjoy. And to get back on topic, I would take my **own** toothbrush, so I wouldn’t have to share! ---
**Author:** ![Sledman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Sledman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sledman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/28 "2000-06-30T16:22:49Z")
OK, assuming that there is not a non-native species to the island that would require a gun to kill. And assuming you don’t want to chum for sharks. The large net is a good idea. I am talking very large though. With a large enough net they could damn near take anything that is swimming in the bay. (Assuming there is anything swimming in the bay.) I would think about searching the island for a better fishing spot and employing the net there. It can’t get much worse than where they are fishing now. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/29 "2000-06-30T16:44:32Z")
Hmm, the OP specified “luxury” items, and I don’t think that most of the things mentioned count as luxuries. In that case, I’d bring my personalized seasoning kit. Heck, if I can make freeze-dried enchiladas and powdered eggs taste good, I’m _sure_ I could do something with rat meat. Added advantage: It’s something I could easily share and which might make me popular with the rest of my tribe (since it’s all just a popularity contest, anyway). If it didn’t have to be a luxury item, **and** the show had anything to do with actually trying to survive, I would bring a large tarp, and some rope, if I could. This serves a few purposes: First, it supplies an instant shelter against the sun, which is the most hazardous of the elements on the island. Secondly, in the event of rain, it can be used to collect fresh water. Anything else needed can be improvised fairly easily from local materials-- flint knife, wooden club, leather sling, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/30 "2000-06-30T18:12:15Z")
I guess, according to _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_, the correct choice would be a towel! ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/31 "2000-06-30T18:23:27Z")
I like Gazoo’s answer Personally If someone tells me to live on an island and doesn’t give me any food you damn well better beleive that i am eating the native animals there, along with the native plants once i found out that they weren’t poisonous, and if stuff got reall bad I would not have any problem have my other “Survivors” over for dinner. I think they might taste really good. As for the item I would bring I would be perfectly fine with my hunting knife I can make alsmost anything I need with the help of that. ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/32 "2000-06-30T18:23:29Z")
I like Gazoo’s answer Personally If someone tells me to live on an island and doesn’t give me any food you damn well better beleive that i am eating the native animals there, along with the native plants once i found out that they weren’t poisonous, and if stuff got reall bad I would not have any problem have my other “Survivors” over for dinner. I think they might taste really good. As for the item I would bring I would be perfectly fine with my hunting knife I can make alsmost anything I need with the help of that. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/33 "2000-06-30T18:32:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Swiddles, I went to try to find a definitive answer on the carton/container/gallon issue and couldn’t. I’m not sure myself now. But [here’s](http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/oroborus12/sesame1.html) a site you might enjoy. > \*\* The sad part is, Marie, that I know all the lyrics. As the daugher of a pre-school teacher, Seseame was the epitome of TV. However, the wav files on that site are going to be downloaded as soon as I get home.🙂 Er…and to keep this on-topic…Doesn’t Stacey look like Kim Delany when she’s clean? ---
**Author:** ![CommonMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@CommonMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CommonMan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/34 "2000-06-30T18:33:48Z")
I’d bring the Professor from Gilligan’s Island. I figure he can just make any other luxury item I could think of. CommonMan Too new for a sig. But if I had one it’d be funny. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022/35 "2000-06-30T22:48:42Z")
etgaw1: Not a bad idea, a knife would be high on my list, too, but I can make a knife more easily than I can make a waterproof tarp. Oh, and I forgot to mention: Tarps make pretty good signalling devices, too, if there’s hope of rescue. Most come in colors easy to see from an airplane. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-what-would-you-take-with-you/24022.md?page=1)