If you were stranded on a deserted island with one firearm, one album, and one random item of your choosing, what would they be?
Added 2025-10-07 20:56:10 +0000 UTCPete Scobell takes on the Desert Island challenge.
Let us know what you would take as well!
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An M-4 w/ a bayonet, The best of The Clash album, and a bible.
Izzymp
2025-10-08 22:44:30 +0000 UTCFirearm: A marine-coated 12-gauge pump, 20" cylinder bore, ghost-ring sights. Marine coat would buy time with its contact with the sea. Doubles as a loud, directional signal Cant Hunt a variety of animals: Seabirds, Iguanas, Boar or Goat depending on the island. And the big part is that the shells are their own parts kit: shot becomes sinkers for fishing lines, wads/tops are tinder, hulls are tiny containers/spools/bobber. Not to mention primer and powder uses. Record: Benedicta: Marian Chant It’s literally prayer set to breath-paced chant. Loop it to scaffold a desert-island rule of life—ora et labora: work two tracks, pray one. Use it to time the Angelus at dawn/noon/sunset and end the day with Compline. The steady modes downshift stress, entrain breathing, and keep you out of acedia. (Basically the biggest part of survival is the spiritual game, this would help me in that) One Random Item: And if the island is tropical, a hand-operated marine RO desalinator. Under the circumstance I was permanently stuck there otherwise, I would seriously consider a personal locater beacon/two-way satellite messenger
KingTide
2025-10-08 20:46:29 +0000 UTC
