Would your profession be of any use if you were trapped on a desert island?

Czarcasm · 08-04-2013 06:12PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Only if you want your coconut picking process mapped and subjected to a thorough reengineering.

So no then.

coconut reengineering you say? Could be useful!

*schoolboy sniggers*

I'll be taking this with me-

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shruikan2553 · 08-04-2013 06:13PM

I can build a circuit and program a light to flash on and off. That seems useful if I get SOS in morse code.

amacca · 08-04-2013 06:13PM

Both of my occupations/professions would be of potential use should desert island trapping become a significant factor in my ongoing life living activities

one would be v.useful if I was trapped on my own or with others

one would probably be only useful if others were trapped with me (this one is not pornstar :eek:)

ScumLord · 08-04-2013 06:15PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

You're a mod in Zombie Survival - I'd expect better.

Our plans are for a large island with millions of zombies, I imagine we'd have a small island cleared by lunch time. Thats if we don't want to use the zombies as a renewable energy source.

08-04-2013 06:19PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

*schoolboy sniggers*

I'll be taking this with me-

The Boys' Book Of Survival (How To Survive Anything, Anywhere) (Hardcover)

That's a wussy survival manual

This is the lad you want:

http://www.amazon.com/98-6-Degrees-Keeping-Your-Alive/dp/1586852345

Outkast_IRE · 08-04-2013 06:21PM

I do many, many things. I am a writer, a doctor, a nuclear physicist, a theoretical philosopher, but, above all, I am a man. A hopelessly inquisitive man, just like you.

Red Alert · 08-04-2013 06:24PM

I'm an electronic engineer who loves electronics and computers as a hobby as well - so I definitely could whip up some distress signals with whatever junk was lying around from the ship or plane.

A Primal Nut · 08-04-2013 06:25PM

I'd be useless.

But my friend has an Arts degree so he'd be able to serve the fries and big macs.

sock puppet · 08-04-2013 06:25PM

I'm a student now but next year I'll be working as a consultant so I'll be able to touch base with the rest of you to see how we can leverage our skills to achieve synergies.

GreenWolfe · 08-04-2013 06:29PM

I may be called upon to make a coconut radio, and if possible, a coconut Nintendo.

Zaph · 08-04-2013 06:31PM

Faith wrote: »

I'm a psychologist so I might be able to talk the others out of eating me.

I dunno, if there was an engineer, carpenter, etc. in the group psychologists would definitely be appearing further up the menu than them.

And in answer to the OP, no it wouldn't, so I'd probably be on the menu as well.

AdamOHare · 08-04-2013 06:36PM

If we were to believe rumours well then it might be said that I work in the distillery business from time to time

Im sure I could get a little market going in no time at all. The blonde girls would be well sorted with the vodka, its the auld brunettes that would have to really work for it

But of course thats only if the rumours are true

Oranage2 · 08-04-2013 06:37PM

If we're just taking about professional skills, then no.

If we're talking about life skills, then the answer is still no.

castletownman · 08-04-2013 06:38PM

Being an actor that appeared as an extra on LOST, the only thing my profession would bring would be a TV show that became a victim of it's own success, ran for too many seasons and had a general inconclusive, disappointing ending.

Ms. Pingui · 08-04-2013 06:44PM

castletownman wrote: »

Being an actor that appeared as an extra on LOST, the only thing my profession would bring would be a TV show that became a victim of it's own success, ran for too many seasons and had a general inconclusive, disappointing ending.

That programme was so ****, I didn't even watch the last three seasons.

Ficheall · 08-04-2013 06:50PM

I'm a doctor... of mathematics

What the hell happened to proper small font?

Duggy747 · 08-04-2013 06:55PM

Well, I can either fix the IT equipment or I could tile some floors..............well, the beach......tile the beach.....

Please don't eat me, I'd be all stringy and chewy

jimthemental · 08-04-2013 06:57PM

Adyx wrote: »

If somebody supplies the alcohol, I'll make the cocktails.

I'm a chemist for an alcohol company, I should be able to sort something.

iamanengine · 08-04-2013 07:03PM

Lawyer.....yeah, I'd be eaten!

Pilotdude5 · 08-04-2013 07:04PM

sock puppet wrote: »

consultant so I'll be able to touch base with the rest of you to see how we can leverage our skills to achieve synergies.

Punched my desk reading that.

As a Pilot, and a former glass collector and homewares salesperson.......sorry can't help.

smash · 08-04-2013 07:05PM

iamanengine wrote: »

Lawyer.....yeah, I'd be eaten!

Na, lawyers are generally too fatty and bitter. We'd just use you for amusement.

Dance monkey boy!!!

crockholm · 08-04-2013 07:08PM

I would be of use as I could certainly house you,even without my tools, but would be like a spare pr1ck once i'm finished,opening up the possibility of being eaten. Think I'll just build my own fort and the rest of ye can shag off ( except for the blondie one with the big jugs,she can stay)

rain on · 08-04-2013 07:10PM

I'm a technical writer so if any of those programmers were on the island with me I could hassle them for raw documentation and criticise their terminology all day.

In my spare time I do MMA so I'm pretty sure I could kill everyone else on the island, if push came to shove.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 08-04-2013 07:12PM

I'm pretty sure I would be alright.

YellowFeather · 08-04-2013 07:15PM

Great question! And one that makes me feel very bad about myself 'cause I'd be absolutely useless without a computer.

However, the multitasking skills I've developed would allow me to:

run from the people who want to eat me; while,
begging hysterically to be allowed to leave; in addition to,
firing seashells at my pursuers; and,
crying like a small child.

So I'm not completely useless after all!

1ZRed · 08-04-2013 07:15PM

I could build a fine shelter for myself, then starve in it.

On the plus side, I could draw myself some guuuud porn in my spare time

lintdrummer · 08-04-2013 07:16PM

I'm an aircraft engineer so it depends on whether we arrived by sea or air. I'd have a stab at fixing something either way!

1ZRed · 08-04-2013 07:17PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

No, but I could make the sammidges. :P

You have permission to move into my shelter

I win, you win :P

smash · 08-04-2013 07:18PM

1ZRed wrote: »

You have permission to move into my shelter

I win, you win :P

You're ginger, therefor she loses! :pac:

1ZRed · 08-04-2013 07:20PM

smash wrote: »

You're ginger, therefor she loses! :pac:

Dafuq said I was ginger?!

Gay and ginger? If I was I'd have capped myself a loooooong time ago :pac:

Would your profession be of any use if you were trapped on a desert island?

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