You are Tom Hanks. You are stuck on a desert island. You are trying to remember survival tips from Gilligan’s Island (those poor people!). You are bored out of your mind.
One final FedEx package washes up on shore. It contains one book.
What would that book be? Will the gods smile upon you?
Good Fortune
How to Start Your Own Country by Erwin S. Strauss
Violent Prayer: Engaging Your Emotions Against Evil by Chris Tiegreen
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner
Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong by Steven Petrow
The Idiot’s Guide to Plant Based Nutrition by Julieanna Hever M.S., R.D. and Raymond J. Cronise
Farnham’s Freehold by Robert Heinlein
You’re Sharp Enough To Be Your Own Surgeon by Keith Clark MA DCH
Knit Your Own Sex Toys by Mrs. Edna McFeely
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal by Joel Salatin
Bad Fortune
Any book from the Twilight series
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, and Simone Beck
The Idiot’s Guide to Medicare by Tanya Feke, MD
Blogging for Dummies by Brad Hill
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Irregular Verbs Up Close by Eric Vogt
(ed. note: UC#2 would put this in the “Good Fortune” category)
Chihuahuas For Dummies by Jacqueline O’Neil
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
(ed. note: I’m not linking to this piece of crap)
How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer
Microwave For One by Sonia Allison
(ed. note: We need a category for “I am Shirley going to hell for laughing at this….”
https://www.amazonfunnyreviews.com/microwave-for-one/
https://www.amazon.com/Microwave-One-Sonia-Allison/product-reviews/1852250437)
How to Live with a Pregnant Wife by Janet M Patterson
How to Collect Illegal Debts by Harold S. Long
Of Potential, Ambivalent or Dubious Fortune
Stress Management for Dummies by Allen Elkin
Cheese Problems Solved by P L H McSweeney
Eating People is Wrong by Malcolm Bradbury
Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself by Dale L. Power
What To Do When the Russians Come: A Survivor’s Guide by Robert Conquest and Jon Manchip White
The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification by Julian Montague
Toilet Paper Origami: Delight your Guests with Fancy Folds by Linda Wright
Will there be a Buffet? And was that really a dessert island?
Kind of a do-it-yourself buffet today…..
Semi-Sequitur: Desert Island Funnies
