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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 02:55 PM
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Make Yourself Useful On A Desert Island - What Job Do You Do And Why Would It Help The Tribe?
I'm a court reporter. If I was stranded on a desert island with the rest of DU I would be able to record statements from everyone about their life.

What would YOU contribute?
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 02:57 PM
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1. I cook. I also know how to cook over open fires,
and even start those fires. So you wouldn't have to eat everything raw unless you really wanted to.

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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 02:59 PM
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2. I'd be the supervisor.
I'd sip on something while everyone else works. :D
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:00 PM
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3. and I would supervise your supervision
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:05 PM
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4. I would vote BOTH your asses out
lazy curs
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:05 PM
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5. That's what I'd want.
:D
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:10 PM
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10. I would love to go to those islands, but without all those people
I think it would be funner (is that a word...nor really I am thinking) to go out name calling
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:09 PM
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8. cool, hot food and shower for me
Have fun!

:D
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:06 PM
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6. I have no survival skills at all...
so I'd be a delicious feast for you after I die three days into my stay on the island.
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:09 PM
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7. We would just call you Timothy
:)
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:29 PM
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20. .
:spray:
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:09 PM
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9. Official species propagator
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:10 PM
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11. I'll speculate, tell stories, and plan time killers
I'm also pretty good at starting fires and collecting coals if China wants to focus on cooking. We may need to send the supervisors for some wood. :)

:hi:
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:12 PM
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12. I'm a copy editor, so I don't know that I would be of any use.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:17 PM
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13. you could edit my transcripts
:D
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:23 PM
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14. My dear Magic Rat!
Well, even though I am retired, I could still do basic nursing!

No heavy duty stuff though...:yoiks:
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:24 PM
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15. I can route up all of your semiconductor designs
Using this tool:



Hope somebody can build me a power supply and a CAD station though.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:25 PM
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16. make tools to cut down trees and build rafts and fishing equipment
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:25 PM
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17. I would be the official "thinker"
I'd be the one thinking of solutions to the inevitable problems; an engineer of sorts. I'd also provide entertainment via a magazine drawn on a series of large leaves, with good articles and ( . )( . ) :evilgrin:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:29 PM
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19. Woot!
I can snatch story ideas off you. :)

AND see boobays!

:hi:
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:28 PM
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18. I'm a machine operator
If I had a machine to operate I'd machine nine dozen kitchen faucet housings a shift.

:P





Seriously, I'm mechanically inclined and reasonably inventive. I could make a wind-powered pump, for example, to move fresh water from a well or stream to our habitat.

At least, I think I could. Or a water wheel or something, at least.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-06-08 03:41 PM
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21. I have a conch.
Edited on Thu Mar-06-08 03:53 PM by geardaddy
So I would be the keeper of the conch.

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