If all you have to drink is sea water, try to strain out the salt with your tongue and teeth.
If you are lost, follow the North Star. If you follow it far enough you’ll be able to ask Santa Claus for directions.
You can fashion a stone ax by chipping an edge into a rock with a heavy tool… like, say… a metal ax.
Only an experienced sailor should attempt to take a makeshift boat off of an island into the open seas. If you must make an attempt, take your most edible friends with you.
If your boat capsizes and you are stranded at sea, remember that the two most likely killers are drowning and hypothermia. The two least likely killers are rabies and laughing yourself to death.
Grubs and insects are edible and nourishing. Of course, there’s always the danger that you’ll get hooked on them and, after your rescue, you’ll start sneaking them at night after your family’s gone to bed.
If you are bitten by a snake, carefully note its markings and license plate so that you can exchange insurance information later.
Snares and dead-fall traps can be used to catch animals for food, although any animal that would get trapped in anything you’d whip up is probably disoriented from disease and should be left well alone.
Building a shelter is one of the most important things that you will fail miserably at.
If you have the strength and endurance to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together, then, you’ve probably already killed your way back to civilization.
You can create a makeshift fishhook out of a paper clip. You can create a makeshift fish by whittling a rabbit down and adding a tail made of oak leaves.
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
Am I to assume from this that you haven’t had to survive a capsized boat???? ššššš
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I avoid boats as much as I can. More so, on the ocean. I did go out on a dolphin-watching cruise one afternoon but it felt kind of voyeuristic…
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You really do need to come to Australia. White pointers and salt water crocodiles. So much fun for the land lover š
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I have my time in Florida to remind me why I don’t like living with dangerous reptiles… And, alligators are small potatoes compared to the crocs you have over there, Deb…
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Thank you, these are all very helpful tips. Especially the edible friends… I shall be sizing mine up forthwith.
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The slightly chunky ones have the best marbling…
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I have one in mind who could make a lovely Thanksgiving feast….
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It’s nice to see someone approach this with the right attitude!
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Yes that’s the trouble with eating insects. Once you start eating them you just never want to back to normal food. I, of course, say this from experience.
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Somehow grubs just worm their way into your good graces…
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I suspect that once I start eating insects and grubs, I might lose the desire to survive. Problem solved.
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Maybe that should’ve been my twist on the subject…
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š True points, as usual. Your phrasing of the “rubbing sticks” one confused me a bit, though.
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That was a tough one to phrase. My point was that creating fire with just sticks is nearly impossible and anyone who COULD wouldn’t be phased by being lost in the wilderness.
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Ah. Thanks for clarifying.
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It would be the first time I’ve actually clarified anything but butter…
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A long list, well thought out.
But most important tip, if you are trying any of these tips and people around you look interested, you are not lost, not yet.
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What if all you have for company is a volleyball named “Wilson”…?
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Yeah then the only tip is to go fish
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And if you met a dead š R. Crusoe on that damn island š“ ?
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Then, I’d sit down and wait for Friday…
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