What would you take?

Heisenberg.

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paddyc

excellent post



surely you'd need some Barry's???


paddy

Ruu_Old

A few boxes of Lyons Gold Blend
A few cases of Club Orange
Couple of boxes of Wagon Wheels
More junk food
PDA
A printout of the first few threads on After Hours to keep me going.

Heisenberg.

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Photi

Gloves.

Feral Mutant

Laptop
Craploads of DVD's and games
Mp3 player
Obscene amount of junk food(can't be bothered deciding how much or of what right now)
Yore ma

kmick

Some small cans of Heineken - they taste so good.
A laptop and a broadband connection (via satellite if that what it takes) this ill take care of all your intellectual needs like music, literature etc.
A few decks of cards
A shotgun (perhaps I have seen too many horror movies)
Crisps and Chocolate
Valium, Marijauna, Ponstan and perhaps some uppers for saturday nights
Cigarettes x 2000
Tracksuits x 2

Wibbs

The Scientist wrote:

I got talking to a girl thursday night at a houseparty and i heard the strangest/bravest lifestyle decision ever!

She was studying Marine Biology and eh, stuff-ism, and recently got selected for a sponsored trip to Antartica.
6 of them will be leaving in Sept. for 2 years! The cool thing is that they have 6 months to come up with a list of rations to take for 730 odd days.

If it were me i'd take, (besides the normal stuff you'd need);

>110 btls of Scotch whiskey
>8,000 to 10,000 fags (15 bic lighters)
>1 large box of assorted pornographic magazines
>2 - 5 hurleys and a few sliotars
>MP3 player and a couple of hundred batteries
>Plenty of books
>An assorted array of illicit drugs (The other 5 would surely wreck your chops at some stage)
>10 boxes of assorted Tayto


So what would you bring?

Pretty much what you have there. If they're looking for people to fill the post of survival kit designers, you have my vote. Except for the hurleys etc. they let boggers onto the virgin Antarctic ice now? the Penguins must be warned.:D

Oh apologies I see you're a Cork man. That's OK then.;)

InFront

A camera
Fish-hooks, and string
Laptop
Toothpaste
Quran
Photographs
Football
Honey Nut Cheerios
My bed if possible

TheNog

Furry ear muffs

copacetic

paddyc wrote:

excellent post



surely you'd need some Barry's???


paddy

why? would you fashion them into some kind of rudimentary coat to keep you warm while you were making tea with lyons teabags?

copacetic

I'd bring 16 vestal virgins, but wouldn't bury them alive when done with them.

Faith

Lots and lots of chocolate
All the CDs, DVDs and books I could possibly fit.
My laptop
My mp3 player
A camera
A penguin cage, for the pet penguins I'd have
A large poster of Johnny Depp
My duvet
Carmex and intensive moisturiser. My skin gets dry in the cold.

Can't think what else!

WindSock

I'd take a polar bear so no one can say there are none in antarctic. Depends which research station I'd be on though. If it's the American one, I wouldn't bother with dvds, if its the Russian one, I wouldn't bother with vodka etc, but I suppose I'd have to bring a few oirishey things to trade like potatoes or what not.

ghostdancer

everything. ever.

simu

Some good books. Apart from that, once I have internet, I'm not bothered.

(Presuming food and other necessities come as default).

aidan_dunne

The Scientist wrote:

I got talking to a girl thursday night at a houseparty and i heard the strangest/bravest lifestyle decision ever!

She was studying Marine Biology and eh, stuff-ism, and recently got selected for a sponsored trip to Antartica.
6 of them will be leaving in Sept. for 2 years!

Now, I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, The Scientist, or calling you naive or anything! But, if you read back through the bits of your post I highlighted, the first thing that popped into my head was that it sounded a lot like some kind of excuse she was coming up with or some kind of gentle "thanks but no-thanks" because she just wasn't interested but didn't want to hurt your feelings kind of thing, if you know what I mean?

Then again, if you did actually manage to score her or get anywhere with her that night, fair play to you and I apologise for anything I may have insinuated in the above paragraph!

As for what I'd bring to the Antarctic myself, well, if you bring a laptop or PC of some sort with you, as long as you have a working internet connection of some sort to hook it up to, who needs to bring a box of assorted porno! As simu said, the internet's got everything you could possibly want!

Plus, you can use the internet to order anything you might need....... though, admitedly, delivery might be a bit of a problem! Anyone know if Dominos or Papa John's do deliveries to the Antarctic?

connundrum

aidan_dunne wrote:

Now, I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, The Scientist, or calling you naive or anything! But, if you read back through the bits of your post I highlighted, the first thing that popped into my head was that it sounded a lot like some kind of excuse she was coming up with or some kind of gentle "thanks but no-thanks" because she just wasn't interested but didn't want to hurt your feelings kind of thing, if you know what I mean?

Lolz!

I remember it being my 21st for quite a few years, in the hope that girls would give me a few kisses and not want the aul strings.. but again Teh Scientisht, who are we do doubt you?

Oh and OT - sandwiches!

copacetic

aidan_dunne wrote:

Now, I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, The Scientist, or calling you naive or anything! But, if you read back through the bits of your post I highlighted, the first thing that popped into my head was that it sounded a lot like some kind of excuse she was coming up with or some kind of gentle "thanks but no-thanks" because she just wasn't interested but didn't want to hurt your feelings kind of thing, if you know what I mean?

Then again, if you did actually manage to score her or get anywhere with her that night, fair play to you and I apologise for anything I may have insinuated in the above paragraph!

As for what I'd bring to the Antarctic myself, well, if you bring a laptop or PC of some sort with you, as long as you have a working internet connection of some sort to hook it up to, who needs to bring a box of assorted porno! As simu said, the internet's got everything you could possibly want!

Plus, you can use the internet to order anything you might need....... though, admitedly, delivery might be a bit of a problem! Anyone know if Dominos or Papa John's do deliveries to the Antarctic?

#

classic!

banjopaul

I'd have to take all my instruments, after that just mp3 player and lots of food

county

The Scientist wrote:

I got talking to a girl thursday night at a houseparty and i heard the strangest/bravest lifestyle decision ever!

She was studying Marine Biology and eh, stuff-ism, and recently got selected for a sponsored trip to Antartica.
6 of them will be leaving in Sept. for 2 years! The cool thing is that they have 6 months to come up with a list of rations to take for 730 odd days.

If it were me i'd take, (besides the normal stuff you'd need);

>110 btls of Scotch whiskey
>8,000 to 10,000 fags (15 bic lighters)
>1 large box of assorted pornographic magazines
>2 - 5 hurleys and a few sliotars
>MP3 player and a couple of hundred batteries
>Plenty of books
>An assorted array of illicit drugs (The other 5 would surely wreck your chops at some stage)
>10 boxes of assorted Tayto


So what would you bring?

you left out fcuk buddy or maybe some hardcore hand lotion

Backtoblack

A large quantity of good books, all of my favourite cds, a good few boxes of marshmallows. I think for 6 weeks, it would be good to detox from laptop but if I could order the Independant or the Times daily, that would be good.
Also bring some lavender oil for relaxation qualities and some pics of family/friends.

Large quantity of good quality Fair Trade coffee & even larger quantity of sugar for same. yum yum.

FlutterinBantam

One book:
David Bellamy's tome "How to Cook and Enjoy Penguin in 50 ways"

Two hundred cases of shyte paer.."Kittensoft" if I was being sponsored.

Tesco "Tuffhole" if not.

A jar of chopped liver and a selection of astringent creams.

That should do it.

Brian Capture

The Scientist wrote:

>2 - 5 hurleys and a few sliotars

Why can't you decide on 2, 3, 4 or 5?

2 - 5 is very vague.

Roen

Tom Crean if he was still alive.

Sofaspud

aidan_dunne wrote:

Now, I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, The Scientist, or calling you naive or anything! But, if you read back through the bits of your post I highlighted, the first thing that popped into my head was that it sounded a lot like some kind of excuse she was coming up with or some kind of gentle "thanks but no-thanks" because she just wasn't interested but didn't want to hurt your feelings kind of thing, if you know what I mean?

That's exactly what I was going to say.

zuutroy

aidan_dunne wrote:

Anyone know if Dominos or Papa John's do deliveries to the Antarctic?

Sorted.

Heisenberg.

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Miss Fluff

Thermals to keep the home fires in my nether regions stoked.

Max_Damage

A Land Rover Defender.

WhiteWashMan

a skidoo,
a sun lamp so i dont go mad during the 6 month night time,
season box sets of every simpsons series, much thermal underwear,
david belemy's other well know tome '101 things to do with ice'
another skidoo,
a copy of australia winning the 2007 cricket world cup on dvd,
lots and lots of note paper and pens and pencils and a shrapener
guitar and lots of replacement strings
oh, and the wife i suppose!

Blowfish

Anti-freeze - it has to come in useful at some point.

Also a telescope/binoculars - no light polution \o/

Alter-Ego

Guitar
Mp3 player
Internet for porn/misc entertainment
Some gloves.

Sleepy

Once I can bring a camera, a large mp3 player, a case of Irish malt whiskey, some books and a camera I'd go in a flash.

Blowfish

Alter-Ego wrote:

Internet for porn/misc entertainment

Agamemnon

Lots of DVDs.
Lots of books.
Tons of cans of Guinness and bottles of Jameson.
3 good pint glasses.
Life-size cardboard cut-outs of Heather Graham, Jessica Alba, Denise Richards, Mila Kunis, Ali Larter and Charisma Carpenter.
A couple of huge SUVs with massive carbon footprints to widen the hole in the ozone layer and warm the place up a bit.

challengemaster

my hands & penis ¬_¬

right now thats sorted -

1 - 2 power generators (and fuel for them ofc)

my 3 pc's, 2 lappy's & associated monitors. external hdd's & all other accessories & some way of getting broadband.

lots and lots of junk food

my karate gear

wetsuit

bed

ps2 + tv

uhm..

Backtoblack

challengemaster wrote:

my hands & penis ¬_¬

right now thats sorted -

1 - 2 power generators (and fuel for them ofc)

my 3 pc's, 2 lappy's & associated monitors. external hdd's & all other accessories & some way of getting broadband.

lots and lots of junk food

my karate gear

wetsuit

bed

ps2 + tv

uhm..

Detachable are they?

Gone West

girlfriend, mathematica principia and a whitewater kayak.

scojones

Books
The Pragmatic Programmer
The Linux Kernel Primer: A top down approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures
Code Complete
Compiler Design (The Dragon Book)
The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Salmon of Doubt
LoTR.

Stuff
My acoustic guitar.
Mp3 Player (My zen touch has 24 hours of battery life before having to be recharged).
The charger for the mp3 player with the necessary adapter.
2000 cans of Carling.
Digital Camera.

copacetic

Sleepy wrote:

Once I can bring a camera, a large mp3 player, a case of Irish malt whiskey, some books and a camera I'd go in a flash.

why the 2 snappers?
are you going to take pictures of yourself taking pictures while listing to music, reading and drinking at the same time??

Thrill

Laptop.
book's.
dvd's.
thermals.
camera
mobile phone and 2000 euro worth of credit.
chocolate,sweets, pringles, 7up.
a large supply of 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzles.
inflatable blowup doll to talk to if i go mad.

sunzz

i'd bring ray mears, all you need tbh.

cork1

maxwell house
kitkat
club orange
my phone
couple a boxes of durex (be prepared for every situation)

looksee

aidan_dunne wrote:

Now, I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, The Scientist, or calling you naive or anything! But, if you read back through the bits of your post I highlighted, the first thing that popped into my head was that it sounded a lot like some kind of excuse she was coming up with or some kind of gentle "thanks but no-thanks" because she just wasn't interested but didn't want to hurt your feelings kind of thing, if you know what I mean?

If she was saying 'thanks but no thanks' she would have said she was going next week, why give herself 6 months of aggravation?

Lord Oz

A flame thrower.

Bob the Builder

Faith wrote:

Lots and lots of chocolate
All the CDs, DVDs and books I could possibly fit.
My laptop
My mp3 player
A camera
A penguin cage, for the pet penguins I'd have
A large poster of Johnny Depp
My duvet
Carmex and intensive moisturiser. My skin gets dry in the cold.

Can't think what else!

...You'd know she was a girl...

NevF

flamingo

lordy i'm half asleep, clearly!

i've been reading all this thinking "hang on peeps, what's the point in mp3/computery stuff? yez are all a tad dozy!" - it's only now twigged .... in my head, she's been heading off to live in an igloo for 2 years, with very little space, no light, and defo no sockets... coz obviously igloos are the only accommodation options in cold places!

sigh! it's bedtime!

Victor

You all realise that to have a cold beer, you would have to stick it in the microwave first?

Blowfish

Victor wrote:

You all realise that to have a cold beer, you would have to stick it in the microwave first?

Oven if its a can.

Victor

Blowfish wrote:

Oven if its a can.

That or have fun with the microwave.

Nah, just use the pointy bit of a can opener to open it and put it in a microwavable glass.

Derinking it out of a metal can means it freezes again more quickly.