What do you think is the leading cause of death for people stranded on islands?
 

Stranded. Alone. Washed up on shore. What do they eventually die of?

Assume that they wash up on shore alive and reasonably healthy?

not enough non salted water

Dinosaurs!

Flesh eating monkeys?

I give up.

What is the answer?

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Oh ... there's a poll.

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Are you new here or something?

Sandiverginaitis.

That's my fuckin' answer.

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crabs

They are usually eliminated by henchmen of the evil mastermind owner of the island.

I'm pretty sure that it's getting voted off. Dangerous stuff, there.

On a related subject, how many movies featured a berilium sphere?

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LJ kills them because they didn't have his permission to be stranded on on island

What planet do you live on? He doesn't kill them, he captures them, ties them up, only to reveal his plan to them so that they can thwart it.

Sheesh. :shake:

cheerokee parks

Before I answer, are you forced to watch Jodie Foster movies on a deserted island?

Living on an island like I do, I can honestly say, the leading cause of "death" aside from old age (most of the folks around Bell Island live well into their 90's I SHIT YOU NOT!!!)
It would probably have to be from mouthing off about others.

See when you live on a 12sq mile island, with a population of right around 3000 you can't get out of bed and shit with out someone knowing how many squares of azz wipe you used 4 hours later, let alone try to "bad mouth" another person and get away with it.

This is why I trash talk Raider fans like you from all the way across an ocean. :p

Japanese soldiers from World War II.

I would have to say their heart stops beating.

And here all along I thought it was just you being a miserable prick.
Thanks for clearing that up for me :thumb: :D

Anyway, so back to the subject of the berilium sphere.

I can count two movies off hand.

1. The one with Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver and the guy who plays Monk where they were actors that some aliens thought were real space heroes and asked them to help their doomed civilization. They needed a berilium sphere to power their ship, I believe.

2. The Shadow with the guy who has a brother who played in the movie with James Woods where they fought the vampires. The evil asian guy had captured a scientist who was working on a berilium sphere.

I think there are more, though.

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Syphillis infected Spider Monkeys.

So, anyway, I was thinking about these berilium spheres.

And I was thinking, "Are there berilium spheres in real life? If not, why is there more than just one movie using the berilium sphere plot device?"

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Then I got to thinking, "Who would know more about berilium spheres than the guys on ChiefsPlanet?" And I thought, "Well, hell. Nobody!"

So that's why I brought it up.

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If this post would have been by anyone else but Rain Man I would have been surprised.

Gotta go with sunstroke.

You need at least 3500 posts before we unlock the berilium sphere vault.

Patience is a virtue.

'Cause, you know, ChiefsPlanet guys know a lot about movies, spheres, science, and other things. And, if you ever have a question about something (like a berilium sphere, for instance), you can always go there and get an answer.

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Probably rabid monkey infestations

Probably King Kong..unless your a hot ass blonde lady that he falls in love with.

aids

Definitely Boredom!!!

I've come across some new information, and I'm changing mine to pirates

They didn't watch 'Surviorman'. If they did, they wouldn't have died.

As the leading cause of death on deserted islands, or as the reason Rain Man posted this thread?

The correct term is gynosilicosis.

Galaxy Quest. Funny movie...

I hope the "Natives with spears, blowguns, etc." category includes Pirates because that's how I voted. If they are seperate categories, I might have picked something else.

You accidently touch the battery-charging device the Professor constructed while Gilligan is pedaling at full speed and are electrocuted.

THe leading cause of death among people stranded on Islands is watching too much TV.

Death by human BBQ.

Chuck Norris - he only allows people to live where he wants them to live. That doesn't include uninhabited isles. They're his "secret" place.

Gynosilicosis - Titus, would you please add this word to the lexicon?

My vote is common, easily treatable in civilized society infection.

Absessed tooth...cut/wound infection-gangreen...appendix.

Stupidity and ignorance would probably be the leading cause....ie...not taking advantage of existing resources to sustain their lives.....food, shelter...water.

There is ALWAYS fresh water.....dig a hole 5' up the beach from the sea. The sand will filter it.

Sort of... the sand won't desalinate the water. What you need to do is only dig deep enough to uncover 2 inches of water... this will be fresh water from rain that is on top of the heavier salt water which filters in from the ocean.

...but I doubt most people would know how to do that...

Why does it have to be near the beach?

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Good question... I believe it is because further away their is no salt water saturation of the soil ... so the rainwater sinks much deeper than is feasible to reach. Whereas near the beach the rain water "floats" on top of the heavier salt water.

ROFL

This is way cool. I have a feeling that this knowledge will save my life some day.

Do you plan on being stranded on an island someday??

The important thing is to NOT dig too deep or you will be back at square one with salty water. Just dig 2 inches deep in the sand that is just past the dunes.

Does anyone ever really plan it?

I take it you're not married.

I'll admit that about 30 percent of the time, living on a deserted island seems preferable. Now that I've got the water thing figured out, it'll probably move up to 40 percent. At 51, I'll make my move.

Knowing my luck, I'd probably be relaxing in the shade and have a coconut fall on my head.

After watching "survivor man" this past week...my brother was whittling a stick to try to show my nephew how to make fire.

this of course, turned into the iowanian-cave man challenge. There wasn't time to have it out....but the challenge has been made. therefor, at the next available opportunity....Those up for the man test....will be heading to the woods for a "race to make fire, using only natures tools".

** 1 shoe string and the Aide of the pocket knife you normally carry are allowed.

Just go down the the local creek, pick up a rock (Flint would be awesome but you could make do with some of the harder rocks - the ones with sharp edges) get some grass together and use your pocket knife to strike the rock sending sparks into the grass birdsnest. IF you really want to get a foot up on them, get some flannel, char it so it is nice and black, hide it in your pocket, then put the charred flannel into the birdsnest. Shoot, as far as that goes, just torch one end of your shoe-string before going out.:)

(I've started fires with one strike of the steel in under a minute. Using flint and steel, one of the guys in our church who's into frontier stuff can start a fire in 2-5 seconds)

I know of 4 ways to make fire without matches....I just haven't used it much. I've taken and passed survival training. I also can make snares, deadfalls, pits falls et all.

Water filtration devices can be made using things like your clothes, different sized stones-pebbles-sand, plastic also.

Alot of survival kits come with a steel and a magnesium block to start fires too.

I think we'll try the Bow-stick vs the "Cast Away" stick methods.

There is always something new....truthfully....this thread, could lead to a pretty cool "survival tips" thread.

Now teach us how to make a radio tower out of bamboo and coconuts.

Who needs that, when you can stretch the skins and dry them with the bones of the others on your island, and make a pretty good canoe to paddle yourself to civilization.

The largest person is always good for something....Pelvis would make a nice Ore....and their fat back would make a nice Sail.

Survivorman...my new favorite show.

You know what was in the FedEx box that Tom Hanks' character didn't open in Castaway?

A solar-powered, waterproof, satellite phone.

"The Others"

Yeah, that was the one thing that bothered me about that movie. We've been watching the package for two and a half hours. She could have had the decency to open the package and let us see what was in the package. I mean gee whiz, Tom lost Wilson, but kept the package, it obviously had something important in it. LET US SEE!!!

Cigarette lighter
Stove
Propane Grill


What's the fourth?

plasma torch or pokemon' fireball, duh.

Jabenero(sp?) peppers and TP?

I've referenced it before, but one of the great lines on the old Partridge Family show occurred once when they were trapped and cold somewhere (bus breakdown or something).

Their manager, Reuben Kincaid, remembered how to make a fire from his army days. He had them all gather up some wood in a pile, and then he thought for a moment about the next step.

"Okay," he said, "Now...who's got a flame thrower?"

Fire. Good.

Sucking water from little 5' holes up the beach from the sea just in order to live a little longer. Bad.

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So you dig the hole up on the beach to get some less salty water.
The water has microbes with which your city-fied guts are not familiar.
You get violent cramping and begin passing liquid plumber.
In your delerium, you chose leafs for wiping that cause an allergic reaction.

It is all a road to a miserable death.

I see that I just have the wrong attitude to be a survivor.

The best thing I can do for my fellow castaways is to die early, leaving a food source on which they can gain strength.
My final words will be, "Eat me!"

Premature activation of the berilium sphere ?

Depending on where and when . . . my guess would be exposure. You can live a few days without water; but can die over night if you're cold and wet.

No NFL football

Probably when the plane broke apart in midair.

Obviously lack of water. Not even close

Voted for 'thirst,' but after thinking about it for a minute, probably more likely to be infections.

If not either of those, I'm going to say crabs.

I really enjoy seeing one of my old threads come back to life, but sometimes the review is painful. I really should have included "old age" as a poll option.

I would think that would actually lengthen the life span for raiders fans.

I would think Dying is the leading cause of death that would get my vote.