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You spend the rest of your life on a desert island...

Submitted by Elboy on September 25, 2024
The thing is simple: you're stuck on a desert island for the rest of your life. You can bring just 1 thing by category. What would you chose?

Categories are:

- 1 book/book series

- 1 movie

- 1 singer/composer/band album(s)

- 1 cuisine type you'll eat every day (e.g., Indian cuisine, Mexican cuisine)

In my case, I would certainly bring:

- Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

- Renaud discography

- Lebanese cuisine

What about you?

18 Comments
jack541
+3
Level 66
Sep 25, 2024
-Encyclopedia of some sort

-Cast Away (maybe get some tips)

-The Beatles (10 albums+ of bangers)

-Italian (defo the goat of cuisines imo)

Elboy
+1
Level 75
Sep 26, 2024
I could have said the Beatles too. Plenty of great songs with a wide variety of styles. Enough to keep you busy for a very long time, without getting bored! I approve :)
overtired
+3
Level 88
Sep 25, 2024
Encyclopaedia, Bond movies, Beatles, Italian

Not necessarily my favourite things, but ones I could live on for a long time.

jack541
+2
Level 66
Sep 25, 2024
my thinking too, altho italian food and the beatles are my faves
overtired
+2
Level 88
Sep 25, 2024
Ha, didn’t realise I picked 75% of your answers!
jack541
+1
Level 66
Sep 26, 2024
great minds....
Elboy
+1
Level 75
Sep 26, 2024
"Not necessarily my favourite things, but ones I could live on for a long time." you got the thing. I'm not asking for favourite stuff but things that can entertain for a very long time.
SirPhilippines
+1
Level 73
Sep 25, 2024
Encyclopedia

Naked and Marooned with Ed Stafford

An Evening with Silk Sonic

Filipino Cuisine

Elboy
+1
Level 75
Sep 26, 2024
Silk Sonic! I didn't expect to find this here, but I love this album too.
toowise
+1
Level 81
Sep 25, 2024
Book - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy

Movie - Shawshank Redemption

Music - Eagles or Lynyrd Skynyrd (both rock country fusion, best of both worlds)

Cuisine - Chinese (hopefully from my local takeaway)

Elboy
+1
Level 75
Sep 26, 2024
You just remind me that I've not watch Shawshank Redemption yet. It's waiting for years in my to-watch list :)
FreeStater
+1
Level 81
Sep 25, 2024
Book: Shelby Foote's series on the Civil War, since it'd last me a good while. I don't really get why everyone is saying an encyclopedia. Sure, you might learn a lot… but so what? It wouldn't have any practical use on the island, and, at least for me, reading a ton of short blurbs would just be boring.

Movie: I'm not sure. I don't really watch movies. Maybe a documentary of some sort?

Artist: I'm split between John Denver and Southall. Probably Denver.

Cuisine: southern cuisine, any day.

Elboy
+1
Level 75
Sep 26, 2024
I thought the same thing about the encyclopedia. It is purely factual knowledge, which would certainly keep someone busy for a good while, but what's the point? i'd rather take some reading including a spiritual side.
SilverDog
+1
Level 58
Sep 25, 2024
- Book : None

- Movie : None

- Singer : Tri Yann

- Cuisine : French cuisine

Elboy
+1
Level 75
Sep 26, 2024
French vibe here! But no book and no movie is quite suprising. Not even a small idea?
baptistegorce
+2
Level 57
Sep 25, 2024
- Book: The Little Prince. Not my favourite book but I would have something to think about. I excluded my old Narnia books with the seven stories because I guess it's cheating in such a situation.

- Movie: Nausicäa of the Valley of Wind. I've realised that I rewatch way more easily animated movies than live action movies. So even if there are live action movies I love, that's the choice I would make (Princess Mononoke and Your Name. would have been good choices too, I actually watch this last more or less every two months).

- Singer: Toby Fox discography (same, not my favourite at all but something for most of my moods)

- Cuisine: French cuisine. Not original but definitely a good choice if I have to eat it everyday. And I can't live without roquefort. I guess that Japanese cuisine would have come next.

Elboy
+2
Level 75
Sep 26, 2024
For the movie, I was also considering Princess Mononoke too. This is one of the best animated movie ever created imo. I can watch it once a year and still be amazed and moved by both the quality of the animation and the poetic treatment of this fable.
Xtrordinary
+1
Level 75
Sep 26, 2024
Book: Print Wikipedia but updated to 2024

Movie: ??????

Singer: Bull of heaven discography (this will last me over a quindecillion years)

Cuisine: East Asian

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