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Man Will Spend 300 Days Alone On Pacific Island
Private Islands Blog ^ | 5-29-08 | Cheyenne Morrison

Posted on 05/30/2008 11:26:55 AM PDT by kingattax

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To: Publius Valerius
"ten months alone"
Sound very boring, I'd have to at least take a guitar and some extra strings to help pass the time.
41 posted on 05/30/2008 12:02:48 PM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: dirtboy

I got as far a the machete video camera also, I want one.

the little old comma is so often missed


42 posted on 05/30/2008 12:03:17 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: kingattax

“...without polluting emissions”

So then, he won’t be defectating at all for 10 months?

He’ll be pretty backed up by the time he leaves the island, won’t he?

I know I wouldn’t want to sit next to him on the flight home.


43 posted on 05/30/2008 12:04:05 PM PDT by WayneS (What the hell is wrong with these people?)
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To: IncPen

Oh how often I have thought of doing just this, a year long all expense paid vacation.
Do girls in grass skirts come with the package??


44 posted on 05/30/2008 12:06:07 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: kingattax

If you are alive, even on a deserted island with no pollution devices, you are still altering nature. I think it would be best if the guy just drowns himself immediately.


45 posted on 05/30/2008 12:07:13 PM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: All
this actually sounds fun. As long as the place had a consumable fresh water source, I think I would like this. I'm not sure my wife, her mother, my mother, my sisters, my daughters and the cat would do if I wasn't around to bitch at, bite, spit-up on, spit food at, whine about, complain about, complain to, open jars and bottles and kill bugs..
At least I know my MIL would love the time alone with my wife and children to undermine my marriage..
46 posted on 05/30/2008 12:12:00 PM PDT by newnhdad
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To: kingattax
Hope the natives are friendly...


47 posted on 05/30/2008 12:12:31 PM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: johnandrhonda

“Hillary Clinton and a sheep wash up on shore”

oh what the heck....
A man was washed up on a beach after a terrible shipwreck. Only a sheep and a sheepdog were washed up with him. After looking around, he realized that they were stranded on a deserted island.

After being there awhile, he got into the habit of taking his two animal companions to the beach every evening to watch the sunset.

One particular evening, the sky was a fiery red with beautiful cirrus clouds, the breeze was warm and gentle - a perfect night for romance.

As they sat there, the sheep started looking better and better to the lonely man. Soon, he leaned over to the sheep and put his arm around it. But the sheepdog, ever protective of the sheep, growled fiercely until the man took his arm from around the sheep.

After that, the three of them continued to enjoy the sunsets together, but there was no more cuddling. A few weeks passed by and, lo and behold, there was another shipwreck.

The only survivor was Hillary Clinton.

That evening, the man brought Hillary to the evening beach ritual. It was another beautiful evening - red sky, cirrus clouds, a warm and gentle breeze - perfect for a night of romance. Pretty soon, the man started to get ‘those feelings’ again.

He fought the urges as long as he could but he finally gave in and leaned over to Hillary and told her he hadn’t had sex for months.

Hillary batted her eyelashes and asked if there was anything she could do for him.

He said, ‘Would you mind taking the dog for a walk?’

Now that’s classic. We should just give them numbers, and post the numbers.


48 posted on 05/30/2008 12:13:25 PM PDT by tumblindice (Squirmin' Hermann the One-Eyed German)
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To: tumblindice

LOL good one


49 posted on 05/30/2008 12:18:49 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Heck, that stupid reality show, “Survivor” has problems with contestants losing too much weight. And they most certainly have a lot more support personnel.

This guy is asking to have someone find his dead body after 10 months. Make for some great TV, though...could call it “Death Watch.”


50 posted on 05/30/2008 12:20:16 PM PDT by stylin_geek (Liberalism: comparable to a chicken with its head cut off, but with more spastic motions)
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To: kingattax
Xavier will survive alone on an island without human interference and without polluting emissions.

He will find timber to build a shelter, feed on the rudimentary fishing, plants and the harvesting of rainwater to survive.

The ambition of this documentary is to make a reflection on our lifestyle, our current system and our relationship to nature.

These people want to dismantle "our current system" and flog us back to the jungle and the cave.

Is this what we'll look like in 2108?


51 posted on 05/30/2008 12:24:52 PM PDT by henbane
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To: kingattax

Might need this?

52 posted on 05/30/2008 12:27:21 PM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (On guard until the seal is broken)
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To: kingattax
The Lord God said; “It is not good for the man to be alone” (Genesis 2: 18). He may believe his delusion that he is returning to nature, but it is unnatural to live alone. Humans are social beings; we are designed that way. “No man is an island, entire of itself.” (John Donne).

So exactly what is he setting out to “prove”? That we would all be better off if we would just separate from one another, eat nuts and berries, live in wood and straw huts (life expectancy was less than 30 years for our ancient ancestor)

Or maybe it is nothing more complicated than he just went through a bad relationship and now has such low self-esteem he feels his only recourse is to go off and live alone.

Oh well. Another looney to put on my IGNORE list.

53 posted on 05/30/2008 12:28:24 PM PDT by Xa Shue
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To: kingattax

That doesn’t look like a bad place to live for a year.


54 posted on 05/30/2008 12:29:45 PM PDT by lesser_satan (Cthulu '08! Why vote for the lesser evil?)
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To: kingattax

He’d better not get appendicitis. Or an infected bug bite.


55 posted on 05/30/2008 12:30:24 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (Marxist Hillary and Socialist Obama will trash the USA for the next 30 years. Vote McCain.)
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To: dfwgator

LOL! My first thought!
Maybe they will have an offspring and name it “Spalding”


56 posted on 05/30/2008 12:31:21 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Publius Valerius

He’ll be able to do the old rubbing two sticks together to start a fire. I do wonder about the lack of communication. And more importantly - just watching Survivor Man trying to keep his camera’s alive for seven days in a hot, humid, wet climate - I hope he has plenty of spare cameras. I saw one where survivor man had like 4 camera’s, and only the small handheld one worked at the end!

I can see it now. No radio, etc. And the last part of his movie is “Here I am, on day 10. A milestone out of my 300 days. My camp is in order, I have - hey, is this thing on? Hello, testing 1,2 -——”.


57 posted on 05/30/2008 12:33:04 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: kingattax

cool except for the fact that if he gets malaria or cuts a finger off or breaks a bone, the medics will fly in and save him. That makes things like this a little easier to do.


58 posted on 05/30/2008 12:36:58 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: kingattax


Wow, how cool is that? I would consider getting about 15 people and just going to live there for good.
59 posted on 05/30/2008 12:41:45 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: kingattax
The destination is interesting because Tonga 2 volcanic islands would lend themselves well to this experience. They are isolated, with the vegetation, terrain and no human presence.

Using google earth, I see at least three areas that have structures built. I highly doubt if the island is always deserted.

60 posted on 05/30/2008 12:50:26 PM PDT by steveo (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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