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Praetorianus November 6th, 2017 1:27am

If you were stranded on an island in the 1800s, uninhabited but not barren, would you rather have a kitbag with tools like knife, ax, flint & steel, rope etc to make survival easier or a companion you know and trust? Expect an indefinite stay.

Tools Companion
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lcamino Florida and Georgia
11/12/17 4:46 pm

Definitely another person.

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DrCarpenter rather be in Florence
11/10/17 2:12 pm

Another person, definitely. I wouldn't be able to survive even if I had those tools - I simply don't have the knowledge necessary to.

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bluerum29 optimistic idealist
11/07/17 7:30 am

Need another person

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ctskapski NB MD
11/06/17 11:17 pm

Rope would be the hardest to make, and it's not that hard.

Companion.

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rons screw politicians
11/06/17 6:56 am

A mate. At least I’ll have something to eat.

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TheMadScientist the mad laboratory
11/06/17 5:32 am

Tools or sex. Tools or sex. Hmmm...

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swervin Maryland
11/05/17 8:56 pm

The tools. The person would just be another mouth that needs fed and watered and ain't nobody got time for that.

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sea California
11/05/17 8:12 pm

I’ll take the tools unless the companion knows how to live off the land

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qmastrangelo is back on SOH
11/05/17 8:02 pm

I feel like you'd go crazy very quickly without anyone else there to interact with

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Kay41 the Midwest
11/05/17 7:46 pm

I'd definitely want a companion.

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Diogenes BarryB Rules
11/05/17 7:38 pm

My companion has the tools! Hey neighbor, mind if I borrow a hatchet? Bring it right back! Hehehehehehe!

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Praetorianus Fair enough.
11/05/17 7:42 pm

It's funny. People always try to find a loophole to skirt my dilemmas 😎

Diogenes BarryB Rules
11/05/17 7:56 pm

Just having fun. I'll take the tools. I'm antisocial anyway.

Praetorianus Fair enough.
11/05/17 6:30 pm

I'd choose the tools, especially since I don't know if my companion and I, even a trusted friend, keep enjoying each other's company or start hating each other's guts after a while.

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CoffeeNow fahq2 will die before me
11/05/17 7:24 pm

Yeah but you can’t eat your tools

Praetorianus Fair enough.
11/05/17 7:37 pm

Lol 😀
That's why I said "not barren".
Without means of preservation, your companion will provide a couple of meals then rot and spoil.
But some basic fishing gear looks promising.

Praetorianus Fair enough.
11/05/17 7:40 pm

PS: assuming tropical/subtropical island.
If it's an arctic climate, you'll have meat for about three months, a pound a day but that doesn't fit my scenario, an arctic isle would be rather barren. No coconuts...