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If you were to be stranded on an island for four years before rescue and you had the option of picking on NS'er for company, who would it be? Someone, surely...surely...surely....

I think I would pick LG.

Ariddia.

hmm......Carnivorous Lickers he would totally go kill animals to feed me.......he seems to be the type of person who would survive and also the type who would take care of poor little me.

Although if there was abundant plant life that was edible, I would have to say Ruffy, we could totally have hilarious fun.

Whoever is best at building a really good boat.

Myrth.

Someone tasty. Pre-glazed in BBQ sauce would be a bonus.

Guess.

If you were to be stranded on an island for four years before rescue and you had the option of picking on NS'er for company, who would it be? Someone, surely...surely...surely....

Would it (the NSer) be contained on a CD, DVD, or a datachip? How many bytes is one?

Damn, hard choices there.

Smunkee would be great.

If you were to be stranded on an island for four years before rescue and you had the option of picking on NS'er for company, who would it be? Someone, surely...surely...surely....

I think I would pick LG.

I am quite versatile. I can hunt, I can fish. I can build shelter out of considerably little material. My survival skills are excellent. ...

Plus I'll drive you completely bone-in-beard insane. :)

I am quite versatile. I can hunt, I can fish. I can build shelter out of considerably little material. My survival skills are excellent. ...

Plus I'll drive you completely bone-in-beard insane. :)

All this guy needs is mud, he'll build an island empire. He won't be at full capacity without his tacos though.

He won't be at full capacity without his tacos though.
MUD TACOS FTW! :D

All this guy needs is mud, he'll build an island empire. He won't be at full capacity without his tacos though.

All true. *nod*

If you were to be stranded on an island for four years before rescue and you had the option of picking on NS'er for company, who would it be? Someone, surely...surely...surely....

I think I would pick LG.

me too

MUD TACOS FTW! :D
Do I dare even ask how you intend to make mud crispy enough to serve as a taco shell?

Do I dare even ask how you intend to make mud crispy enough to serve as a taco shell?

Fire-kilned pottery. Of course, that might be a wee bit TOO crispy for some.

Do I dare even ask how you intend to make mud crispy enough to serve as a taco shell?
They would have to be baked in higher temperature I guess.

I'll go to LG's island as well, since it looks like there will be enough people on it to form a rather sizable civilization.

We will have blackjack and hookers. :)

me too
I'll go to LG's island as well, since it looks like there will be enough people on it to form a rather sizable civilization.

It would have to be somebody I could argue with soooo perhaps Ifreann!:D

We will have blackjack and hookers. :)

"In fact, forget the blackjack!"

I'd choose either LG, Neo Art, or G_n_I. Conversation would likely be the only thing that would keep me sane...or rather, stop what would surely be a far more rapid descent into madness.

One person?

hmmm...

oh the choices...

Smunkee probably.

or LG...

Neeska? possibly...

*sits and thinks*

guess I'd just send out invitations and see who answers.

One of the mods. Then I wouldnt feel guilty about killing and ea-...I mean...Uh...because theyre such great company!
>_>

Neesika.

Although....four years might not be enough time...

Well, you can stay on the island. Me, I'm gonna swim to the nearest seaplane, use jellyfish to power its engine, and fly outta there.

:P

Well, you can stay on the island. Me, I'm gonna swim to the nearest seaplane, use jellyfish to power its engine, and fly outta there.

:P

Watching you squeze jellyfish into the gas tank should provide the rest of us with entertainment and months of laughter. :)

hmm......Carnivorous Lickers he would totally go kill animals to feed me.......he seems to be the type of person who would survive and also the type who would take care of poor little me.



He'd also shag you senseless. It's win win!

Watching you squeze jellyfish into the gas tank should provide the rest of us with entertainment and months of laughter. :)

And I assume you'll provide the jellyfish toxin antidote?

"In fact, forget the blackjack!"

I'd choose either LG, Neo Art, or G_n_I. Conversation would likely be the only thing that would keep me sane...or rather, stop what would surely be a far more rapid descent into madness.

And the fact that, at some point, you would be desperate for sex, never factored into this?

And I assume you'll provide the jellyfish toxin antidote?

If he is entertaining enough. :)

Neesika.

Although....four years might not be enough time...

Awww, I was going to say you but now that would sound sappy.

Awww, I was going to say you but now that would sound sappy.

nah, it's ok, go ahead.

LG or Smunkee. Probably LG with his naval experience.

If he is entertaining enough. :)

And you know what the emergency "antidote" is, right?

If I were in that island, I will so wish for a camera, so I can capture the moments when you administer the "antidote".

Actually it releases more toxins contrary to popular belief.

nah, it's ok, go ahead.

I'm too stubborn.

Ok ok. Think we could fashion restraints from vines or something?

LG or Smunkee. Probably LG with his naval experience.

What do belly buttons have to do with this?

I'm too stubborn.

Ok ok. Think we could fashion restraints from vines or something?

I think we'd have to.

And you know what the emergency "antidote" is, right?

If I were in that island, I will so wish for a camera, so I can capture the moments when you administer the "antidote".

Actually it releases more toxins contrary to popular belief.

Yep. :)

What do belly buttons have to do with this?

Must I draw you a diagram? :rolleyes:

I think we'd have to.

Yeah, cuz otherwise you'd be following me around and nattering on about boring legal shit. This way, I'd have you staked and tethered by the fire, washing the dishes and cooking the food.

Must I draw you a diagram? :rolleyes:

I'd actually enjoy that!

Yeah, cuz otherwise you'd be following me around and nattering on about boring legal shit. This way, I'd have you staked and tethered by the fire, washing the dishes and cooking the food.

sure you would dear *pats head*

Maybe brevious for lulz

or Chandy, cuz she is cool plus really smart. That could be beneficial. And I wouldn't have to worry about her wanting to rape me at night :p

OR Sovie, just 'cause I'd know that if they island was inhabited with pigs, then I wouldn't have to worry about him eating all the possible food :p

I'd actually enjoy that!

I'd like to oblige you, but it would probably get me banned.

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Watching you squeze jellyfish into the gas tank should provide the rest of us with entertainment and months of laughter. :)

*from the seaplane still bobbing out there on the waves*

Don't laugh! That's mean! Jellyfish are wonderful for fuel! LG! Stop it!



And stay the hell away from me with that "antidote"! A mudpie to the face won't cure this debilitating numbness in my arms!

Pay no mind to the fact that I might very well be laughing as well...

Don't laugh! That's mean! Jellyfish are wonderful for fuel! LG! Stop it!

that may be... but why is he trying to use Portuguese Man o' War instead of Jellyfish?

that may be... but why is he trying to use Portuguese Man o' War instead of Jellyfish?

Man o' Wars!? That's it!

*leaps off plane into the sea while screaming*, "I declare war! Cannonball!"

*big splash*

I am quite versatile. I can hunt, I can fish. I can build shelter out of considerably little material. My survival skills are excellent. ...

Right....http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/77/039_63376.jpg

Plus I'll drive you completely bone-in-beard insane. :)

Are you insinuating that I am sane?

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Are you insinuating that I am sane?

Skipperrrr!! :p

Insanity is a matter of degree. THe most dangerous people are the ones that only have a little bit of it. Fortunately, I have plenty to spare. :)

If I was stranded on an island... oh god, and my choice is one of you NSG'ers? Blah... Oh well, I guess my pick is Fass. :p

Skipperrrr!! :p

"LG, that lamp could have given you anything you asked for and instead of wishing us off this island, you got a taco?"
"I wuz hungry, Skip."

Insanity is a matter of degree. THe most dangerous people are the ones that only have a little bit of it. Fortunately, I have plenty to spare. :)

Well, I am the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde type. I can be having regular conversation when all of a sudden:

Me: "You know, your voice sounds like a bee buzzing."
"...You're not making any sense."
Me: "The world is nonsense. Everyone is insane, let us enjoy it!"
*runs away*

I'm too stubborn.

Ok ok. Think we could fashion restraints from vines or something?Memories of a post conversation involving Native American made handcuffs suddenly resurfaced...

I am quite versatile. I can hunt, I can fish. I can build shelter out of considerably little material. My survival skills are excellent. ...
*Wonders how many others here have such survival skills and experience...*

My first thought was LG or Neesika for survival skills and hopefully sex :D

I guess the conversations would be great too but don't talk to me after sex.

Egosphere!

Cheers mate =)

The one who tasted the best sounds about right.

Neesika.

Although....four years might not be enough time...

Threadwinner.

That was sooo smooth, and you've got taste as well.

4 years, hmm. Neesika could certainly provide...interesting...company. You'd never be bored with LG around. Smunkee would probably be easiest to get along with.

Decisions, decisions.

And the fact that, at some point, you would be desperate for sex, never factored into this?

Sweetness, I've been desperate for sex since September 1st, 2003 (the last time with my then-fiancee, slightly later then ex-fiancee). If I can last more than four years, I think a stint on a tropical paradise will be enough to maintain my level of distraction. Desperation, however, has not yet been able to overcome scruples and consideration. In short, I don't fuck the intoxicated, the unaware, the spoken-for, or the inappropriate (as a music prof you occasionally get the odd student, and I mean that literally, who thinks a 37-year-old prof with a growing tonsure is somehow hot, I have no idea why, but I disabuse them of those notions instantly because bad decisions travel faster than light and do much more damage). In short, I live in North Dakota now, and women that attract me and who are appropriate sexual partners (for the above stated reasons) are not exactly numerous.

Also, why does everyone seem to assume that sex is something you'd either A) want to do, or B) be able to do if you were stranded? Granted, the specific conditions weren't mentioned in the OP, but the vast majority of archetypical "desert islands" are called that for a reason -- no springs. I think we'd be too busy trying to figure out how to survive and executing that plan.

I don't mean to sound like a party-excreter, but I guess I assuming sex would happen just because we're isloated and stranded is presumptuous. If I can stay relatively sane by punishing Percy in my palm, it really doesn't matter who I choose. So I chose a few whose thinking and reasoning I respect. it'd pass the time in conversation and philosophizing quite nicely. Plus we could make our own scrabble board out of woven reeds and use coconut shells for tiles.

Also, why does everyone seem to assume that sex is something you'd either A) want to do, or B) be able to do if you were stranded? Granted, the specific conditions weren't mentioned in the OP, but the vast majority of archetypical "desert islands" are called that for a reason -- no springs. I think we'd be too busy trying to figure out how to survive and executing that plan.


Actually, it doesn't necessarily imply a desert climate, only that the island is deserted-- nobody lives there.

Just a nitpick.

I'd rather be alone than with half of you lot.

Actually, it doesn't necessarily imply a desert climate, only that the island is deserted-- nobody lives there.

Just a nitpick.

Actually, the OP just says "stranded on an island".

I choose Manhattan, then.

I'd rather be alone than with half of you lot.

MORE COCONUTS FOR US!

MORE COCONUTS FOR US!

YAY!!!
*takes extra coconuts and baits lures for Coconut Crabs.*

Actually, the OP just says "stranded on an island".

I choose Manhattan, then.

I'll stick with Hawaii.

No-one picked me?














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no one picked me either - though I'm not too surprised by that :P

Memories of a post conversation involving Native American made handcuffs suddenly resurfaced...

omg! That's right! Those were the glorious days when Carn, you, oh damn it what was her name, I just woke up and I'm fuzzy....started with an M...she was so wicked....you know who I mean....anyway, among others....the lingerie thread, the constant sex talk before NSG went PG-13...

Yeah that was great. And still a good idea :D

MORE COCONUTS FOR US!
Hope they have arsenic somehow inside of them:p

*snip*
Good god man. 2003?

*shudders*

Well yeah, but ideally you want to choose someone smart, fun to be around AND fuckable.

In which case you've still made the right choices...just saying, *high five*.

I'd rather be alone. :D

Actually, the OP just says "stranded on an island".

I choose Manhattan, then.

Yeah, but I was nit-picking your definition of a "desert island". :p

No-one picked me?














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I'll pick you if you pick me! ;)

Yeah, but I was nit-picking your definition of a "desert island". :p




Too bad it isn't a desserted island. Waves of whip cream crashing on the chocolate shores.:p

No-one picked me?

If you had a vagina, I'd consider it :p

Too bad it isn't a desserted island. Waves of whip cream crashing on the chocolate shores.:p

*going into diabetic shock from that image*

Lesse...

Neesika for her skills as a hunter, trapper, fisher, and general neatness, plus the sex would probably be pretty damned good once she broke down and accepted me despite my being eight years younger than she is. (You are twenty-nine, right?)

Lunatic Goofballs for his keen senses and military training in survival.

Ruffy for his funny sense of humor.

Intagelon because the guy is just plain great.

Maybe Nobel Hobos...

I would auction the place to the highest bidder.

Why Cabra of course. That was too easy. Smart, fun, great company (we could talk for hours) AND most importantly if we got hungry we could always eat each.... erm. Yeah. So that covers the great sex part too! I win. :D

Although she rarely posts on here, she counts as an NSGer so I pick my wife.

This is a political move, obviously, since she may read this post ;)

But also because I think if I were stranded on a remote island with most other possible candidates, the odds of both of us being alive after a single month would be vanishingly small, should the conversation ever turn to religion, politics or politicized science.

On the other hand, if we can keep the conversation light then there's a chance... Believe it or not, I'm really very easy to get along with IRL. :p

Anyone who spent four years on a deserted island with me would want to kill me after the first, at the latest.

So I choose whichever of you hates me most, so that at least I don't ruin anybody's good opinion.

it's between Aerou and Der Fuhrer Dyszel

Why Cabra of course. That was too easy. Smart, fun, great company (we could talk for hours) AND most importantly if we got hungry we could always eat each.... erm. Yeah. So that covers the great sex part too! I win. :D

long time no see! :cool:

Soheran. I'm sure I could hold out for four years...we could probably produce a good corpus of philosophical literature during that span.

I'd pick F&G if he still counts, simply to have someone I wouldn't feel bad about eating if food ran low.

long time no see! :cool:

Hi! I've been on here a little bit -as time allows. Good to see you!

Using this conversation as a guide it seems out of all 1460 days these would probably stand out…

Approximately (as there are certain unpredictable variables here) days 300, 600, 900, 1200 and an additional 40 days after the escape/rescue would be interesting indeed.

I pick Australia. That counts as an island, right?

Ok, ok, if I'm stranded on an island I'd pick Neesika cuz she'd hate it and I'm mean. Plus, I'd be really cuddly and tell her all about my relationship with Christ.

Using this conversation as a guide it seems out of all 1460 days these would probably stand out…

Approximately (as there are certain unpredictable variables here) days 270, 540, 810, 1080, 1350 and an additional 160 days after the escape/rescue would be interesting indeed.

Actually it would be 280 (40 weeks) and then there would be a gap, since people can't pregnant the day they give birth.

Actually it would be 280 (40 weeks) and then there would be a gap, since people can't pregnant the day they give birth.

Oh yeha...

Fixed it, and gave a 20 day intermission since it ended up with easy sets of 300.

Rolling squid;13289173']I'd pick F&G if he still counts, simply to have someone I wouldn't feel bad about eating if food ran low.

F&G was lots of people, wasn't he? Probably not a good idea to be outnumbered by him.

If you had a vagina, I'd consider it :p

How flattering....

I'll pick you if you pick me! ;)

Do you fence? Do you read classical writings?

Do you fence? Do you read classical writings?

Do you fence classical writings?

Do you fence classical writings?

Maybe classical writers--if they were still alive.

Do you fence? Do you read classical writings?

I don't fence competitively, but I do enjoy it when I get the chance. (Among other hand-to hand combat sports... I'm joining SCA and getting into heavy combat, and I've done martial arts, including a lot of weaponry, for some 8 years now)

And yeah, I read classical writings, among other things... I read just about anything if it's well-written in a language that I am literate in. :)

I would take Sinuhue because everyone knows the "Native" Americans are great at finding land-bridges. So we'd be there for like, 4 minutes. Not 4 years.

I would take Sinuhue because everyone knows the "Native" Americans are great at finding land-bridges. So we'd be there for like, 4 minutes. Not 4 years.

Yeah, that's why you'd pick her. :rolleyes:

Oh, but you know what form of fencing I find really interesting? Mensur fencing. That's some hardcore shit.

I don't fence competitively, but I do enjoy it when I get the chance. (Among other hand-to hand combat sports... I'm joining SCA and getting into heavy combat, and I've done martial arts, including a lot of weaponry, for some 8 years now)

And yeah, I read classical writings, among other things... I read just about anything if it's well-written in a language that I am literate in. :)

Then you are certainly pickable.

Yeah, that's why you'd pick her. :rolleyes:

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Oh, but you know what form of fencing I find really interesting? Mensur fencing. That's some hardcore shit.

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Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensur_fencing)

It's cool stuff.

Yeah, but I was nit-picking your definition of a "desert island". :p

Which was wrong. If you want to call an island deserted, you use the word deserted. "Desert isle" refers to dry islands with no fresh water apart from whatever rain happens to fall.

Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensur_fencing)

It's cool stuff.

Contemptible.

There is no movement of the body...or skill. It is merely a matter of acquiring scars like medals.

Fighting with real swords would be thrilling, but without all that unnecessarily frippery.

Conservative Morality. That way I wouldn't feel bad when I had to chop him up, eat him, and turn his bones into tools.

Which was wrong. If you want to call an island deserted, you use the word deserted. "Desert isle" refers to dry islands with no fresh water apart from whatever rain happens to fall.

Nuh-uh! The ever infallible wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Island) disagrees with you!

Contemptible.

There is no movement of the body...or skill. It is merely a matter of acquiring scars like medals.

Fighting with real swords would be thrilling, but without all that unnecessarily frippery.

Well, to be fair, it's not the fighting with swords that's the entire point. It's the not flinching in the face of pain. A test of courage, so to speak. The sword fighting is just one part of it.

Well, to be fair, it's not the fighting with swords that's the entire point. It's the not flinching in the face of pain. A test of courage, so to speak. The sword fighting is just one part of it.

That can be achieved without all the "goose-feathers".

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I feel so unloved. No one is picking me... it also seems that no one thinks I'm crazy for my pick.

I feel so unloved. No one is picking me...[.]

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Whoever chatters the least.

I feel so unloved. No one is picking me... it also seems that no one thinks I'm crazy for my pick.

Aww, poor Kryo...

I'd pick you, if I thought both of us would survive each other for more than, say, a month :p

I feel so unloved. No one is picking me... it also seems that no one thinks I'm crazy for my pick.

No one has picked me either, but considering the company we're competing with, it's not surprising.

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Eh? It appears that you broke the internets!

Aww, poor Kryo...

I'd pick you, if I thought both of us would survive each other for more than, say, a month :p

As long as I can streak and enjoy being on a tropical island with my monkey butlers, I'll be happy. :)

No one has picked me either, but considering the company we're competing with, it's not surprising.

It seems to me that people are picking those they can either eat or have sex with...

As long as I can streak and enjoy being on a tropical island with my monkey butlers, I'll be happy. :)


I think I can accomodate that ;)

Ok, I can see a resume is needed.

I am over 60 and not pretty anymore. There are advantages to that.

For one thing, I can't get pregnant, so there will be no unpleasant medical issues along that line.
My life experience has made me a survivor - I can

spin
weave
knit
crochet
cook (homestyle, gourmet, barbecue, over an open fire - you name it, I can cook it).
Build a shelter
Build a fire
fish
build traps
Do first aid and cpr
I'm well-read so I'm a good conversationalist
I'm stable, laid-back and easy-going
I like my space, so I'll let you have your space
I don't need to be constantly entertained.

or Chandy, cuz she is cool plus really smart. That could be beneficial. And I wouldn't have to worry about her wanting to rape me at night :p


Someone picked me! :)

good Idea... a resume

I can cook
Fish
build traps
Build fires
hunt and gather food
weave (basic)
great at improvising
an ok converstionalist
Great at using my imagination
I know the value of alone time
I know when to step up to lead and when to let others lead
and I consider myself easy to get along with.

My resume... oh boy...

I can
...sew
...cook
...gather berries and other vegetation kind of things
...kind of fish
...build fires
...work with duct tape
...carry stuff and lift
...walk around bare foot so I don't make noise
...swim
...be happy not talking and being alone

My resume... oh boy...

I can
...sew
...cook
...gather berries and other vegetation kind of things
...kind of fish
...build fires
...work with duct tape
...carry stuff and lift
...walk around bare foot so I don't make noise
...swim
...be happy not talking and being alone

Perfect. I will take two.

Perfect. I will take two.

:)

Either Myrth or LG. I've lurked around here long enough to know either one would drive me insane, so I would at least enjoy my four years on the desert island. ;)

Neo Art and Neesika.

Yes I know the thread says I can bring only one person.. But I like to break the rules, so I will take two..


And My Solar powered Laptop. No, I dont have really have a satellite connected -solar powered- Laptop; But I am really horny.. specially on islands
:D

Either Myrth or LG. I've lurked around here long enough to know either one would drive me insane, so I would at least enjoy my four years on the desert island. ;)

Sanity is overrated and should be conserved for emergencies. *nod*

My anti-resume:

I can:

Hog all the covers at night when it's so cold your teeth are chattering
Get really bitchy when things are miserable
Get really bitchy when I'm hungry
Sew... something that looks like it was made by a two-year old
Be violent on occasion... but only when you're really pissing me off
Think I like to sing so will gladly do so at the top of my voice even if I sound like a dying parakeet
Be extremely lazy... nothing like sitting around doing nothing or sleeping for days
Become easily bored and wander around listlesstly wondering what I should do with myself

On the other hand... I'm honest! You'd be able to see right through me when I try to hoarde all of the food, hide it in a secret niche and tell you that there is no more food. :D

My anti-resume:

I can:

Hog all the covers at night when it's so cold your teeth are chattering
Get really bitchy when things are miserable
Get really bitchy when I'm hungry
Sew... something that looks like it was made by a two-year old
Be violent on occasion... but only when you're really pissing me off
Think I like to sing so will gladly do so at the top of my voice even if I sound like a dying parakeet
Be extremely lazy... nothing like sitting around doing nothing or sleeping for days
Become easily bored and wander around listlesstly wondering what I should do with myself

On the other hand... I'm honest! You'd be able to see right through me when I try to hoarde all of the food, hide it in a secret niche and tell you that there is no more food. :D

... you make this sounds very tempting... :p

F&G was lots of people, wasn't he? Probably not a good idea to be outnumbered by him.

how was he "a lot of people"?

Most of the ones I would chose are long gone. Luckily I married the one who would have been my first choice. Lucky guy that I am, that also has me related to some of the others I might have chosen, and theres always Fools Paradise.

Now, for the obligatory old-school oink: To bad Parras gone.:D

Rolling squid;13289566']how was he "a lot of people"?

He was the silent majority.

Rolling squid;13289566']how was he "a lot of people"?

I think he means F&G had several incarnations.

Sanity is overrated and should be conserved for emergencies. *nod*

I know that. I conserve as much as I can right now. ;) And you would drive me insane in a good way. Not homicidal insane, but bouncing off the walls happy insane.

I don't know. I think no matter who I pick, you might as well change the thread title to "You are strangled on an island...by one fellow NS'er."

Whoever is best at building a really good boat.

I pick Questers too.

Atlantian Islands. Between us, we'd be able to get off the bloody island and go for a drink somewhere.

I pick Australia. That counts as an island, right?

Ok, ok, if I'm stranded on an island I'd pick Neesika cuz she'd hate it and I'm mean. Plus, I'd be really cuddly and tell her all about my relationship with Christ.

You fucking bastard.

I'd swallow my own tongue to avoid that.

I would take Sinuhue because everyone knows the "Native" Americans are great at finding land-bridges. So we'd be there for like, 4 minutes. Not 4 years.

Bahahahahahhahahaa...nice one.

Whereyouthinkyougoing. She's smart enough to get my jokes, and dumb enough to think they're funny ;)

I'm thinking Jesus; then I can jump on his back and get a ride to the main land.

Soheran...
The conversations would be nice, too.

Well I know enough survival skills to keep myself and probably someone else alive. So would have to choose one of the NSG ladies. Hmmm maybe the wild native or one of the cuties that has posted her pic.

I'd pick Red Baptism. If I die, I won't feel so bad about leaving this world. If I live, I won't feel so bad about eating him.

Cazelia. Because i know him

Which was wrong. If you want to call an island deserted, you use the word deserted. "Desert isle" refers to dry islands with no fresh water apart from whatever rain happens to fall.That's just not true. The term "desert island" has always been used to refer to sparsely inhabited islands, regardless of climate or terrain.

no one picked me either - though I'm not too surprised by that :P

I would totally pick you!

If Shakal is still here then probably her.

To say something is "deserted" would be referring to what it once was; saying that it is "desert" would be referring to what it is now.

"Why, this place is deserted!" Present tense.

Adjectives don't have a past tense. Verbs do. It was deserted, as opposed to it is deserted. (Or "It has been deserted", perhaps.)

It is, of course, true that when turning a verb into an adjective (technically, a past participle), the past tense form of the verb is (usually) used, thus "deserted"--but this indicates nothing about the tense of the word itself.

"Desert" (in the sense of "desert island", which is the only example I can think of where it is used as such in modern mainstream language) simply means more or less the same as "deserted."

"Why, this place is deserted!" Present tense.

Adjectives don't have a past tense. Verbs do. It was deserted, as opposed to it is deserted. (Or "It has been deserted", perhaps.)

It is, of course, true that when turning a verb into an adjective (technically, a past participle), the past tense form of the verb is (usually) used, thus "deserted"--but this indicates nothing about the tense of the word itself.

"Desert" (in the sense of "desert island", which is the only example I can think of where it is used as such in modern mainstream language) simply means more or less the same as "deserted."

Well, to be fair, it was just a guess from the rules and patterns that were being observed (which tend to be very different from the actual rules and patterns), and it was stated as such.

However, that does beg the question, why use "desert" at all? It is technically correct (somehow) yet it only serves to confuse.

Does anyone know the history behind this oddity?

I'd have to go with a former NSer - Stephistan.

However, that does beg the question, why use "desert" at all? It is technically correct (somehow) yet it only serves to confuse.

Presumably because "desert island" became a common enough reference that it lasted longer than the regular usage of "desert" in the relevant sense.

I'd rather be alone.....thats not a poster but a statement.

Presumably because "desert island" became a common enough reference that it lasted longer than the regular usage of "desert" in the relevant sense.

Life never turns out to be as complex, deep or interesting as some minds make it seem...

It's usually pretty disappointing.

I'd rather be alone.....thats not a poster but a statement.

Surely you'd get bored spending four years on a desert island all by yourself?

Well, you'd get bored anyway, but that would seem to be especially boring.

Life never turns out to be as complex, deep or interesting as some minds make it seem...

Oh, come on. If you look at it from enough angles you can make anything complex, deep, and interesting.

Surely you'd get bored spending four years on a desert island all by yourself?

Well, you'd get bored anyway, but that would seem to be especially boring.



The question was which NSer would I take, and if I took one that would hint I liked any of you, which I don't. Not a flame just a simple state of fact.

Well, to be fair, it was just a guess from the rules and patterns that were being observed (which tend to be very different from the actual rules and patterns), and it was stated as such.

However, that does beg the question, why use "desert" at all? It is technically correct (somehow) yet it only serves to confuse.

Does anyone know the history behind this oddity?
It sounds better because:

Presumably because "desert island" became a common enough reference that it lasted longer than the regular usage of "desert" in the relevant sense.
this^^ It became the more commonly used phrase, so it's what people are used to. People generally speak in they way they are used to doing so.

The question was which NSer would I take, and if I took one that would hint I liked any of you, which I don't. Not a flame just a simple state of fact.

:fluffle: to you too.

I would totally pick you!


how much do i owe you? :p

Crados, of course!

You fucking bastard.

I'd swallow my own tongue to avoid that.

absolute hilarity

The question was which NSer would I take, and if I took one that would hint I liked any of you, which I don't. Not a flame just a simple state of fact.

well youd ont have to like someone to make use of their skills... body... :p

Oh, come on. If you look at it from enough angles you can make anything complex, deep, and interesting.

Yes, but then those angles and perspectives turn out to be...wrong, or at least completely trivial and unnecessary.

Yes, but then those angles and perspectives turn out to be...wrong, or at least completely trivial and unnecessary.

Too late to edit so, ignore that post. It was shortsighted and pessimistic.

Rather than a person, I'd take NSG. Where NSG goes, so does the NSG'ers. Putting us all on a deserted island means that by time we get off it, we'll probably have some kind of extremely weird island empire where LG is chief weapons engineer and we'll take over the world with wedgie bombers. :p

well youd ont have to like someone to make use of their skills... body... :p

I try to avoid loveless sex, seems a lot of women who screw without love are STD ridden ubersluts.

There are a good few - any of which I would be more than happy to cast my lot in with. I think they probably mostly know who they are, too...

I might have to pick Neesika just because she might be the only NSG-er to match my level of depravity. The risk then, of course, would be not noticing the 'lift home' boat when it finally arrives.

Oh - or maybe Jocabia so we can get that bloody book written.

Actually - thinking about it... a four-year-vacation? Where do we sign up, again?

Kyrozerkia: Yeah, that does seem to be the general trend. But sex is always high on people's minds, and it IS one form of entertainment that doesn't require electricity or anything but generally comfortable surroundings.

If you were to be stranded on an island for four years before rescue and you had the option of picking on NS'er for company, who would it be? Someone, surely...surely...surely....

I think I would pick LG.
WYTYG
EVERYONE knows who i'd pick. ^

Maybe brevious for lulz


Consider, of course, it may end up in cannibalism.
Are you a fast runner?

YAY!!!
*takes extra coconuts and baits lures for Coconut Crabs.*

http://www.marineprotectedarea.com.vu/_images/crab2.jpg

WYTYG
EVERYONE knows who i'd pick. ^

*was totally right*

plus the sex would probably be pretty damned good once she broke down and accepted me despite my being eight years younger than she is. (You are twenty-nine, right?)

...two hornybags of hornyflesh walking around all hornylike...

Soheran. I'm sure I could hold out for four years...we could probably produce a good corpus of philosophical literature during that span.
Nerd Sheesh!

Consider, of course, it may end up in cannibalism.
Are you a fast runner?

I come standard with a bo staff.

Are you a fast runner?

...two hornybags of hornyflesh walking around all hornylike...

Indeed! :D

*was totally right*

Of COURSE you were. :)

I come standard with a bo staff.Bo, sai, and halitosis, m'self.

Are you a fast runner?Depends on whether gravity is agreeing with me at that particular moment or not ... oh yeah, and friction.

Bo, sai, and halitosis, m'self.

Hmm...clever man...

Depends on whether gravity is agreeing with me at that particular moment or not ... oh yeah, and friction.
True.

i have no idea what to base such a choice on, besides a roll of the dice.

i do have a certain affection for the fellow memebers of the very small regeon of which i am one. and rather suspect the nine of us would make a fine cadre for a rather interesting and perhapse gratifying civilization.

i'm not even certain as to the genders of our regeon's members.

the other 8 may be as physically and mentally male as i am, or they might all be female, or more likely some sort of mix. i just really haven't the slightest idea.

beyond our cozy little furry, scalley and so on regeon, i have even less idea who i'd pick. although there are one or more persons from mundane life in some of the other similar regeons i might consider.

but then company and companionship has never held for me a fasination equal or exceeding that of infrastructure and nature.

what we would be able to construct togather from what nature provides and whatever we might happen to have with us, is endlessly more intersting and fascinating.

so i've no one but my own negligence to blame for not being more and better informed as to the social options in question.

i do hope each and all find at least as much happiness, and probably a good deal more so, then my pressence would likely bring them.

=^^=
.../\...

Why Cabra of course. That was too easy. Smart, fun, great company (we could talk for hours) AND most importantly if we got hungry we could always eat each.... erm. Yeah. So that covers the great sex part too! I win. :D

*pounces*
Yay, Grainne is back!!! :D
I'd pick you, too, believe me. We'd be having fun!
Although, and I know this will sound greedy, it would be more fun still if we were allowed to take more NSers with us... NS orgy!

omg! That's right! Those were the glorious days when Carn, you, oh damn it what was her name, I just woke up and I'm fuzzy....started with an M...she was so wicked....you know who I mean....anyway, among others....the lingerie thread, the constant sex talk before NSG went PG-13...

Yeah that was great. And still a good idea :DMuntoo?

Which was wrong. If you want to call an island deserted, you use the word deserted. "Desert isle" refers to dry islands with no fresh water apart from whatever rain happens to fall.
If you really want to be that nitpicky, then that definition is wrong as well, as a desert refers to a piece of land with no liquid water. Tundras are deserts as well, so "desert isles" could be covered completely in water, so long as its snow.

I'd rather be alone.....thats not a poster but a statement.*Makes puppet named 'I'd rather be alone'* :p

*Makes puppet named 'I'd rather be alone'* :pNational Motto: "We're a statement, not a poster!"

Kyrozerkia: Yeah, that does seem to be the general trend. But sex is always high on people's minds, and it IS one form of entertainment that doesn't require electricity or anything but generally comfortable surroundings.

True...

.....


.................................

Damn you for being right.

Jeez. I go to the trouble to write and post a resume and not even an interview. *pouts.*

http://www.marineprotectedarea.com.vu/_images/crab2.jpg Yep. and I hear that the meat has a coconut flavor to it.

You fucking bastard.

I'd swallow my own tongue to avoid that.
nah, that would only silence you... make SB swallow HIS tongue. :p

Jeez. I go to the trouble to write and post a resume and not even an interview. *pouts.*

Well, it was impressive, though. You'd come in quite handy on a deserted island.


Edit: Oh, and Curious Inquiry: you just blew your chances of having your jokes laughed at ever again. Too bad. *moves to the island with Brevious instead, even if it kills me. Which it will. *

Muntoo?

YES! I miss her:( I clicked with her right away.

Jeez. I go to the trouble to write and post a resume and not even an interview. *pouts.*

I liked it. I'd 'hire' you.

my resume:

cook
sex
lazy
anti-social quietness



nah, that would only silence you... make SB swallow HIS tongue. :p

Me? I'm not sure I'm getting it. Wait, no, I am sure I am not getting it.

Yeah, SB would silence me with his cawk. Jocabia, I'd have to hunt down and kill.

There are a good few - any of which I would be more than happy to cast my lot in with. I think they probably mostly know who they are, too...

I might have to pick Neesika just because she might be the only NSG-er to match my level of depravity. The risk then, of course, would be not noticing the 'lift home' boat when it finally arrives.

Oh - or maybe Jocabia so we can get that bloody book written.

Actually - thinking about it... a four-year-vacation? Where do we sign up, again?

True, but given the particulars of your predicament, would that be so bad?

Yeah, SB would silence me with his cawk. Jocabia, I'd have to hunt down and kill.

It'd be a short hunt.

It'd be a short hunt.

I'd draw it out. It would be no fun to off him right away.

Bah, everyone assumes I'd being having sex with them. I might instead take a vow of celibacy and go on a four year long vision quest.

Yeah, SB would silence me with his cawk. Jocabia, I'd have to hunt down and kill.

My reasoning is that I'd want the person I'm with to be as motivated to rescue as I. What better person and better methods can you think of than what I proposed. ;)

But sex is always high on people's minds, and it IS one form of entertainment that doesn't require electricity or anything but generally comfortable surroundings.

Although I'm sure we could factor in electricity somehow. Just for sparks.

*ponders...*

It'd be a short hunt.

No, it wouldn't. I'm wiley. And I'd be shouting about how Christ loves her the whole time.

Shortly, she'd get tired of hunting me and she'd say, Fuck this, I'm gonna fucking find a fucking way out of this shithole. Just like that, cuz she swears a lot.

It really doesn't matter, because whoever it is will end up killing me for being so annoying, and I'd subsequently return to haunt them for the next three years and eleven and a half months.

As for a brief list of skills:
- I can cook. It may taste like the decomposed remains of your brother's parakeet, but it's still cooking.
- I can build stuff.... until I get bored and wander off.
- I can become suddenly and inexplicably angry for no good reason, and make threats of violence against you then disappear and brood for a week or two.
- I can make maps.
- I don't require entertainment.
- I'm lazy. That means I sleep a lot, so you don't have to do much for me.
- I will not tax your libido.
- I can engage in conversation, although it will be more of a series of short, animated discussions separated by long pauses and each completely unrelated to one another, usually sparked by comments such as "I wonder whether monkeys dream in pictures."
- I can provide endless hours of fun by singing all 1,068 little-known verses of a given song in a voice that sounds like a donkey being tickled to death by small golden chipmunks with the 'flu.
- I will leave all of the dirty work to you.

Shortly, she'd get tired of hunting me and she'd say, Fuck this, I'm gonna fucking find a fucking way out of this shithole. Just like that, cuz she swears a lot.

Yeah, she sure does!

Bah, everyone assumes I'd being having sex with them. I might instead take a vow of celibacy and go on a four year long vision quest.

honestly? I don't.

sure I won't refuse sex, but I look more for compatability and personality when I'm choosing my island-mate.

After all, we'll be living together on one small piece of land for a long time. :p

Bah, everyone assumes I'd being having sex with them. I might instead take a vow of celibacy and go on a four year long vision quest.

You might. But I'm so damn pretty...

A four year long vision quest is an acceptable use of vacation time also.

YES! I miss her:( I clicked with her right away.Yeah, she still sent some TGs out afterwards, but that was it. Speaking of which, your location. Where's DCD off to these days?

The question was which NSer would I take, and if I took one that would hint I liked any of you, which I don't.

So? Bringing along someone you hated would at least keep things interesting.

or at least completely trivial and unnecessary.

Well, yes.

But why should that stop you?

Yeah, she still sent some TGs out afterwards, but that was it. Speaking of which, your location. Where's DCD off to these days?

Whatever you do, don't click the link in her sig. That's where DCD is.

Yeah, she sure does!I hear she also speaks of herself in the third person...

Whatever you do, don't click the link in her sig. That's where DCD is.
=O

I liked it. I'd 'hire' you.

my resume:

cook
sex
lazy
anti-social quietness




Me? I'm not sure I'm getting it. Wait, no, I am sure I am not getting it.

Choices, choices. I'm a sucker for anti-social quietness. I choose Sumamba Bowhan.

I'd probably choose someone who could not only help find food, but also have training in the following:

Cooking
Wilderness survival
Morse Code

=O

Yeah, I know.

Choices, choices. I'm a sucker for anti-social quietness. I choose Sumamba Bowhan.


woohoo!


anti-social ftw

Bah, everyone assumes I'd being having sex with them. I might instead take a vow of celibacy and go on a four year long vision quest.

Pah. You'd no sooner take a four year long vision quest than George Bush would do a rain dance.

Bah, everyone assumes I'd being having sex with them.

I have never assumed any such thing. ;)

I have never assumed any such thing. ;)I didn't either, until I looked at her age on UMP. Made me realize that I've had women older than her before.

I didn't either, until I looked at her age on UMP. Made me realize that I've had women older than her before.

Oh, I have a pretty good idea of her age, (I am somewhat older), but despite her having dreams about me (digging into NSG mythology here) I had never actually assumed anything that might have been even remotely to do with sex and her.

Oh, I have a pretty good idea of her age, (I am somewhat older), but despite her having dreams about me (digging into NSG mythology here) I had never actually assumed anything that might have been even remotely to do with sex and her.Yeah well, as you can read earlier on, I was in that infamous group that kept the Lingerie Thread alive :p

I have never assumed any such thing. ;)

Ooooh, but you're my arch-nemisis...we'd HAVE to have hate sex.

I didn't either, until I looked at her age on UMP. Made me realize that I've had women older than her before.

You little shit. How old did you think I was?

Ooh, dunno. Someone French, probably, because French people are generally pretty good people to be around. That or a Scot. Or German. Who knows?

You little shit. How old did you think I was?

Twenty-nine, right?

Twenty-nine, right?
Asking a woman her age? A little impolite, no?

Twenty-nine, right?

to be safe buck

Ooooh, but you're my arch-nemisis...we'd HAVE to have hate sex.

But, but, but .....

Oh alright then :headbang:

Asking a woman her age? A little impolite, no?

I wasn't asking. I was answering her question.

Furthermore I find this idea of asking someone's age being impolite as ridiculous. Why should people be ashamed of their age?

I wasn't asking. I was answering her question.

Furthermore I find this idea of asking someone's age being impolite as ridiculous. Why should people be ashamed of their age?

How old are you then?

Ooh, dunno. Someone French, probably, because French people are generally pretty good people to be around. That or a Scot. Or German. Who knows?

*koff*

If Ann Coulter were an NSG'er I'd say her. If there were any AC clones here, I'd pick one of them. Other than that, if I knew any right-of-center, pro-Western civilization, pro-American females (and easy on the eyes would be a plus), I'd pick her.

I don't know any NSG'ers who qualify, alas :(

How old are you then?
I'll be twenty-one in March.

Yes, yes, I know, the whole "You'll understand when you're older" rubbish. I don't buy it. It's ageism is what it is, and it's despicable.

Lunatic Goofballs. At least then I'll know I'll die laughing.

It really doesn't matter, because whoever it is will end up killing me for being so annoying, and I'd subsequently return to haunt them for the next three years and eleven and a half months.

As for a brief list of skills:
- I can cook. It may taste like the decomposed remains of your brother's parakeet, but it's still cooking.
- I can build stuff.... until I get bored and wander off.
- I can become suddenly and inexplicably angry for no good reason, and make threats of violence against you then disappear and brood for a week or two.
- I can make maps.
- I don't require entertainment.
- I'm lazy. That means I sleep a lot, so you don't have to do much for me.
- I will not tax your libido.
- I can engage in conversation, although it will be more of a series of short, animated discussions separated by long pauses and each completely unrelated to one another, usually sparked by comments such as "I wonder whether monkeys dream in pictures."
- I can provide endless hours of fun by singing all 1,068 little-known verses of a given song in a voice that sounds like a donkey being tickled to death by small golden chipmunks with the 'flu.
- I will leave all of the dirty work to you.

I am surprised and shocked that nobody has chosen me. :eek:

Also, NM, since when does Ann Coulter count as "easy on the eyes"?

Ooooh, but you're my arch-nemisis...we'd HAVE to have hate sex.And Fass says hate sex is the best!

You little shit. How old did you think I was?I certainly would have pegged it at more than 6. You seemed more mature than only six years older than me.

I'll be twenty-one in March.

Yes, yes, I know, the whole "You'll understand when you're older" rubbish. I don't buy it. It's ageism is what it is, and it's despicable.

See, you are automatically defending yourself for being the age you are. Why?

Neesika.

She is hot and when her looks fade, her sharp wit would keep me going.

I am surprised and shocked that nobody has chosen me. :eek:

Also, NM, since when does Ann Coulter count as "easy on the eyes"?

Bonjour person I have never encountered on NSG. I choose you to be my personal slave.

I don't know any NSG'ers who qualify, alas :(I'm sure you can find some of your ilk by snooping around on the regional message boards.

Neesika.

She is hot and when her looks fade, her sharp wit would keep me going.Have I missed pictures that she's been posting of herself?! :eek:

Bonjour person I have never encountered on NSG. I choose you to be my personal slave.

Yay! Do I get beatings? ;)

Yay! Do I get beatings? ;)

Ahh so that's how you play. The beating type depends on whether you are male or female and if you've been naughty.

Ahh so that's how you play. The beating type depends on whether you are male or female and if you've been naughty.

That in turn depends on how I'm feeling that day, and your definition of "naughty".

I should also start affixing to all of my posts the cautionary, "Do not try this at home."

See, you are automatically defending yourself for being the age you are. Why?

Because I was expecting you to pull out the standard rhetoric about how a young person can't understand why age is so terrible and they'll feel it when they're older, yadda yadda yadda.

Sorry...usually that's exactly what happens, too...the rhetoric, I mean. I'm just sick of it and any form of ageism for that matter. My dad is sixty-five, the sole provider of funding for my family, and he has to face ageism in his line of work each and every day. Ageism is despicable.

That in turn depends on how I'm feeling that day, and your definition of "naughty".

I should also start affixing to all of my posts the cautionary, "Do not try this at home."

Well in categories:

Male= Stealing my food and genrally making my life a living hell. In that case beatings with coconuts!

Female = Naughty is all things sexual.

Have I missed pictures that she's been posting of herself?! :eek:



I seem to have missed it too. :(

Because I was expecting you to pull out the standard rhetoric about how a young person can't understand why age is so terrible and they'll feel it when they're older, yadda yadda yadda.

Sorry...usually that's exactly what happens, too...the rhetoric, I mean. I'm just sick of it and any form of ageism for that matter. My dad is sixty-five, the sole provider of funding for my family, and he has to face ageism in his line of work each and every day. Ageism is despicable.

You are somewhat confused in your message here. If you are opposed to ageism, in all senses then you certainly should not make reference to your fathers age at all. Or does his age in some way, in your mind, separate him from other bread winning men of different ages.

Generally this is a problem that occurs with those that oppose any sort of -ism. they end up paying too much attention to the issue that they are claiming to be irrelevant. (Reminds me of one of my first 'discussions' with Sinahue)

I've taken pics of Sin personally. She is quite the hottie.


no I won't share them but I will continue to brag

Well in categories:

Male= Stealing my food and genrally making my life a living hell. In that case beatings with coconuts!

Female = Naughty is all things sexual.
How about stealing your food and making your life a living hell, in a sexual way? <.< >.>

I seem to have missed it too. :(
To be fair it was ages ago.... back when she was still known as Sinuhue.... and the link was only available for about a week. I'd describe the picture, but I don't remember it at all apart from its existence.

Also, NM, since when does Ann Coulter count as "easy on the eyes"?

Or even female, for that matter?!

Neesika.

She is hot and when her looks fade, her sharp wit would keep me going.

HA!

Women's looks don't fade. but like fine wine, it gets refined with age. :cool:

[QUOTE=Vojvodina-Nihon;13292509]How about stealing your food and making your life a living hell, in a sexual way? <.< >.>
[QUOTE]

Interesting proposition. We shall see how this pans out. You're hired.

You are somewhat confused in your message here. If you are opposed to ageism, in all senses then you certainly should not make reference to your fathers age at all. Or does his age in some way, in your mind, separate him from other bread winning men of different ages. Perhaps not to Kyronea, but to others. Mentioning the age is necessary for us to understand why his father might be facing ageism, even while Kyronea doesn't consider the age itself meaningful.

If you really don't care for age, mentioning and not mentioning it wouldn't matter at all, so Kyronea mentioning it hardly makes him an ageist.


Now cut it out. This is not the direction this thread should be going.

Also, NM, since when does Ann Coulter count as "easy on the eyes"?
remember... "Beauty is in the eyes of the Beer-holder."

I've taken pics of Sin personally. She is quite the hottie.


no I won't share them but I will continue to bragSelfish bastard!

All I have is the one she posted when she thought she was leaving us for good... :(

To be fair it was ages ago.... back when she was still known as Sinuhue.... and the link was only available for about a week. I'd describe the picture, but I don't remember it at all apart from its existence.Ah. Then I haven't missed them.

VN I think that was a joke pic.