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Stranded on deserted island, they lived on coconuts for 33 days, Coast Guard says
Sun Sentinel ^ | 10 Feb 2021 | BROOKE BAITINGER

Posted on 02/10/2021 5:54:56 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

Two men and a woman were rescued from a deserted island on Tuesday after surviving on coconuts, conch and rats for 33 days, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The Coast Guard spotted people waving handmade flags on Monday

The Coast Guard picked up the case as a rescue mission and returned to drop water, food and a radio to them on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: diet; gilligansisland; uscg
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A three-hour tour!!!???

The millionaire and his wife called for uber air and skyed.

The Prof took Ginger to look for seashells...

The last three are working for Dick Gregory promoting his Bahamian diet.

1 posted on 02/10/2021 5:54:56 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Ginger or Mary Ann?


2 posted on 02/10/2021 6:01:07 AM PST by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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Ginger or Mary Ann?

Clearly Ginge, back in the day...
DOB 11 Feb 1934
That makes her over a hundred or so today.


3 posted on 02/10/2021 6:06:33 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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Nothing in the report stated how they got their or their nationality?


4 posted on 02/10/2021 6:06:52 AM PST by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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Just in time, too. Coconut milk is a natural laxative!
5 posted on 02/10/2021 6:07:46 AM PST by z3n
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They were 3 Cuban nationals. Check the map - the Cay is closer to Cuba than to the Bahamas...


6 posted on 02/10/2021 6:08:51 AM PST by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: QBFimi

Thanks!


7 posted on 02/10/2021 6:10:57 AM PST by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: buckalfa; DUMBGRUNT

The song very clearly says, “The Professor AND Mary Ann”.

The Ginger was Howell’s side piece. His wife didn’t mind as long as the credit cards worked. The Skipper had his ‘Li’l Buddy’.

A lot of the sitcoms of that era had subtle (or not so subtle) homosexual subtexts.


8 posted on 02/10/2021 6:11:07 AM PST by PAR35
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Coconut milk is a natural laxative!

Also, claimed to work for emergency IV hydration fluid?


9 posted on 02/10/2021 6:11:10 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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Where’s the Larson “Helf” cartoon?


10 posted on 02/10/2021 6:11:13 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Two men and a woman were rescued from a deserted island...

"Dear Penthouse Letters..."


11 posted on 02/10/2021 6:11:54 AM PST by Bratch
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12 posted on 02/10/2021 6:16:45 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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They all be dead, except for Ginger......................


13 posted on 02/10/2021 6:20:02 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Considering the way the world’s going why get rescued?


14 posted on 02/10/2021 6:24:19 AM PST by HighSierra5
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The choice-stranded with a young Brook Shields or Jane Fonda? Think. My choice would be Jane fonda because she works out and can climb up the trees to get the coconuts.


15 posted on 02/10/2021 6:26:16 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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IV hydration?

That sounds risky.

The coconut milk industry has done a decent job of marketing it’s product as a healthier alternative to energy drinks because it has natural electrolytes in it, but from what I’ve read the stuff you buy off the shelf is still heavily processed.

I wouldn’t trust anything organic/biologic or exposed/contaminated going directly into my bloodstream.


16 posted on 02/10/2021 6:29:32 AM PST by z3n
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Might want to redo your math


17 posted on 02/10/2021 6:31:56 AM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Here are 2 guys who were stranded and how they made things to get rescued. Now on Amazon.

The Great Escapists
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10948294/


18 posted on 02/10/2021 6:34:32 AM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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There was a real life Lord of The Flies story in the South Pacific. 15 months. the kids really cooperated, unlike the novel.


19 posted on 02/10/2021 6:37:50 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Who would have left if Mary Ann and her two, well, you know...was on the island?


20 posted on 02/10/2021 6:38:40 AM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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