If you were on a desert island... 🏝️

[John]

I'm going to go ahead and create an off topic thread on one of the oldest clichés ever... If you were on a desert island, what three things would you take with you?
Mainly because I want to get to know all of you a bit better (and because I find it really fun).

Basic Rules:
- You can't say an airplane, boat, jetpack etc. I'm looking at you @Mark

- You can't say my family, my friends or, Bear Grylls - you've gotta get out of this alone!

- Other than this, you can take anything you want - nobody's judging!

My Choice

- A tent with all the add ons

What would you need a tent for on a hot island I hear you all ask?
I'm going to want this for shade and coverage.
You can also use the poles for fishing!
The string will come in handy.
You could also use the waterproof material to gather water!


- A machete

So first of all I'm just going to throw this out there - I don't know what lurks on this desert island!
I can use this to chop down trees and to prepare food.
I'm going to need to be able to spark a fire with something, or use the shine of the machete to focus the heat of the sun on a specific point.

- A survival guide (waterproof preferably) 

As you've probably guessed, I AM NOT a survivalist and I'm going to need some survival techniques and tips If I want to sail back all the way to sunny Stoke! 

As you can probably tell from my previous post, I spend lots of my time thinking about hypothetical situations. If we do have any survival specialists out there that want to give some pointers - please feel free 🏝️😃! 

Please let me know what you would all take!

P.s. WILLSSSOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[TJ]

Instead of being silly like I usually would 😂 I'm going to have a go at actually trying to survive on this island.

So, I think that a knife would have to be a must (if this happens to be some kind of swanky knife, with a magnifying glass, file, scissors all of that, even better) 🔪

Water purifying tablets, or some kind of water purifier seems like a good idea. You can survive on water for a while and as far as I'm aware, these desert island type places are usually hot!! ☀️

A shelter, of some kind, maybe a tent, or even just a good bit of tarpaulin - so I'm protected from the elements. 

I'm 100% positive I wouldn't make it still, I'm absolutely useless when I've not had enough food now, never mind on a desert island!