stranded on a desert island

Imagine you have been stranded on a desert island. How did you get there you say? Well I don’t know. Maybe you fell out of an airplane, or you walked on to a peninsula and then it flooded or perhaps you (and this is the most likely) were ship wrecked and you were the only survivor.

It does not really matter because you are there unless you did not or stopped imagining you are on a desert island. And if you stopped imagining you might as well stop reading because it will take a lot of imagination if this is going to sound good.

So you are stranded and you find a genie in a bottle and he says “I will give you four wishes.” And the first thing you wish to know is why he gave you four wishes instead of the traditional three? And he says “because every one asks that and now you only have three.”

Now you are slightly upset not only from being stranded, but also but also being cheated out of your fourth wish. So not wanting to waste any more wishes you sit down to think about what you need. In your mind you list off all the possibilities.

1: $100, 000, 000? What would you spend it on if this is truly a desert island?
2: Maybe a glass of lemonade? No. not worthy of a wish you only have three of.
3: A good knife? Yes a knife is a must if you are to survive. Not only to whittle spears and the like but if you ever need to shave you can use your knife.
4: A box to put any teeth you lose in for the tooth fairy? I don’t think the tooth fairy comes to desert islands.
5: A castle with monkeys in tuxedos for servants? That is something that warrants a wish, I mean who would not want a castle with monkeys for servants?
6: How about a laptop so you can document your stay on the island?
7: Or a freezer full of food that would be a good idea.

After you go over the list several times in you head you select numbers 3 and 5 but can’t decide whether to go with number 6 or 7. You review the pros and cons. A freezer full of food needs an electrical outlet, but if you eat all the food really fast then you don’t need electricity. But on a laptop you can also play solitaire. Still the fact remains you need power to run a computer and I don’t mean the kind of power that you get when you are a king, but electrical power. Although, a laptop has a battery and more life and is more portable than a freezer. And so you chose number 6.

After granting you your wishes the genie says that’s all for you and with a POOF he disappears. Then you think of a dozen more important things.