re: OT Baws, if you were stranded on a deserted island, which of these 4 items would you pick?

Water, food, shelter are the big three. Several ways to go.

Knife is No. 1 because it can make or help make other items. Protection, skinning, cleaning, chopping, digging, etc.

Pot is second because it cannot be made or replaced by other items. It can capture water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, sterilizing, melting ... and, of course, boiling crabs and shrimp.

Tent if it is the modern kind with netting (for fishing) and tarp-type material. Can also capture or channel water.

After that it’s a toss up but I would go with unlimited matches because I’m too lazy to be rubbing sticks together. Fire not only for cooking but for all of life’s needs really.

Be ready to eat a lot of bugs and tubers until you learn how to catch fish or build traps. A man with normal or above normal body fat (most Americans) can go about 21+ days without food — hunger disappears in four days. But you need water a lot, particularly when food is scarce. Alas, cuts and broken bones would probably kill you within a year — then that first aid kit would have been nice or those vitamins.

Now, if there are natives on the island then just load up on the weed and trade for everything else you need, including pussy.