I'm washed ashore on an island near Kolombangara, the Solomons. It's just me; no humans for a thousand miles, no hope of rescue.
Luckily, a pallet of stuff that I'd been saving for just this moment washes ashore with me! But what's in it? In no order of preference:
1. A case of a thousand boxes of Kleenex. That might last a year. I seem to have a permanent case of sniffles.
2. My laptop, Miraculously, limitless high-speed Internet seems to be available on the island, and there's also a 100V outlet on the side of a sand dune, thank Kon-Tiki.
3. The books I miraculously put on the pallet. All my explorer stuff and Tintin. That'll last at least a year, with many repeat readings.
4. Ten thousand cases of Boréale Cuivrée beer. Should last me at least a year, or until they come to rescue me; whichever's first. The water around there is cold, so that's where I park all 10,000 cases. Message in a bottle times 120,000!
5. 100,000 hot dogs, with plenty of mustard and relish and sesame seed buns that somehow have a stale-proof ingredient built in.
6. Wine and champagne. Too many bottles to count right now.
7. A semi-acoustic guitar with 100 extra string changes.
8. An eternally looping 100-hour jam track on some large, good-sounding boom box.
9. Lots of baby oil for the sunbathing that will take place all day, every day.
10. Brigitte.
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