You Dream You've Been Shipwrecked and End Up On a Desert Island....

Hi Hon, well firstly if I dreamt that I was shipwrecked and it ended up for real, then I would have to take my husband, and youngest daughter with me the reason for this is my husband is very cluey he would know how to hunt for our food and start a fire by rubbing the sticks together, and he would be very good to make a home with coconut leaves, and our daughter knows all about first aid just in case of emergencies and she is very good at making these kind of houses as well.

Hmmm, well always supposing that my survival kit survived, and pre supposing that there would be some sort of shelter somewhere on said island. I have already read up about first aid and survival, and I would recommend that EVERYBODY should try to know as much about how to keep themselves alive as possible because whereas you may never be shipwrecked you don't know what other emergencies life can throw at you. If I had the chance to grab a bottle of water I would take that, because there may be no clear water. If I could take one of those gas light things which throws a flame, that would help me to start lighting a fire when I needed to. As many tin boxes with lids of different sizes. I. to try to keep a fire smouldering to conserve the lighting source. 2. to store any food I had. IF I found a stream and IF it were cold, tins could be weighted down and used to preserve foods. 3. to keep pesky animals out. As much sheet type linen as could be grabbed, since this is useful not only for bandages but for food, drying oneself etc. I have a tin at home which has torch and spare batteries, cell phone (OK, OK, useless in this scenario)sticking plasters, antiseptic, tweezers, scissors in three sizes, ointment, sunscreen, and I am building it further. I would certainly take that if I could. I would love to have some books, but probably that would be impossible. I would also choose to be alone, I wouldn't want to put anyone else through that. Hopefully I would manage to survive, it is known to be easier to survive alone since you can concentrate your resources onto yourself and not have to keep making value judgements etc, and try to find some way of producing paper and ink so that I could write. I am now thinking further about this, as it is fascinating and although I thought I was getting prepared, I can see all sorts of holes in the survival box I am already getting ready in real life! Thanks, darkwing, ever one to console in a storm . . . hugs

A big chest of first aid stuff . Of course if ya get shipwrecked you would have nothing to work with unless ya found parts of the ship to help build a home we could be like the Robinson family. Or like the movie castaway!

All I want to take are:- a nice big knife(helpful in huntin and cuting things), Some antiseptics and general mosquito reppelar creams, some nice pair of shoes which be hard and strong, a nice belt around my waist, and a nice watch. I will also take with me a few match sticks. Actually I have dreamt of this happening to me a lot of times so I have planned that I would atleast take a knife as it will help in huntig and self defence and also some good shoes as they will help keep my feet safe and a nice belt so that I may use it to tie up things strongly or hang on to things when I need to. Moreover I do have some hunting skills and can live on normal jungle food. I will also take a pen and a paper and one bottle, so that I can write notes and send them floating in the sea. I think that a nice flash light would also be quite helpful. Any ways I haven't talked about any rescue helpful things, as I considered that I may have to live their forever. Take Care May GOD Bless YOU

i think i'd like to have with me first and foremost a box of match and a knife. and probably all else will follow. and loads and loads of prayers.

Believing that the dream will come true, I will seek out the island. I will make sure it would not be deserted anymore if I were to land on it one day. Believing that the dream will come true, I will avoid taking the ship in any travel. I guess that's the best prevention and preparation. It beats preparing and busy myself with it and in the end, it never happen :P

I feel my skills are best suited to sitting on my backside, arrogantly telling others what to do. In that light, I should take the following with me; 1/ A megaphone and deck chair, as I shouldn't like to strain my voice, nor anything else. 2/ A Phoenician shipbuilder. 3/ Anthony Worrall Thompson, as I'd need to eat. 4/ Buffalo Bill, because if ever a man knew how to kill animals, it was he. Amazingly, he never even saw a buffalo in his life, being from the land of bison, but killed thousands of the creatures. Ergo, plenty of meat for AWT to cook. 5/ Bugs Bunny, because he is never without a carrot, so must be a wonderful vegetabl;e tracker. 6/ A Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig, to go truffling, and look really cute. 7/ My partner, Ema, because she's lovely. 8/ Patrick Stewart, to perform both Shakespearean soliloquys and comic sketches. I shouldn't want to get bored. Think I've managed to cover all the bases!

Oh blimme, lol my laptop with satellite link up to email for help before I go insane without any shops! Seriously though I wouldn't have a clue, I guess I would take my daughter with me as she is the only person who wouldn't get on my nerves too much. Survival kit would be knife, matches or similar, first aid kit oh and a nice hunky chef to cook the food! Blessed be!

I'd need my tent for shelter and a plastic sheet would come in handy. a container for water would be essential too. I'd also take a lighter until I mastered starting fires without one. A knife of some sort would be useful and string would always come in handy I'm sure.