# Welcome, castaways! Lost 1.12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-castaways-lost-1-12/284449 "2005-01-12T22:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-castaways-lost-1-12/284449/261 "2005-01-19T13:25:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, the garing plot hole regarding everyone’s amazing dis-interest in the homocidal maniac on the island and the kidnapped woman (even after getting 2 more pistols and ammo!! ) is baffling. I’m still baffled that no one has thought to write “SOS” in the freaking sand. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-castaways-lost-1-12/284449/262 "2005-01-19T14:50:38Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > I’m still baffled that no one has thought to write “SOS” in the freaking sand. Well, they did have that nice signal fire going and all. Plus, hasn’t the tide completely swallowed up the beach by now? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-castaways-lost-1-12/284449/263 "2005-01-19T17:25:56Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Plus, hasn’t the tide completely swallowed up the beach by now? Nah, Gilligan just keeps moving the professor’s yardsticks further out to sea to anchor his lobster traps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-castaways-lost-1-12/284449.md?page=13)