So next ques­tion in my Form­Spring queue is,

“If you were stranded on a desert island, which one per­son would you bring with you?”

Peo­ple seem to take the “desert island” ques­tion dif­fer­ent ways. Some peo­ple resign them­selves to dying on the island and try to get the most enjoy­ment as pos­si­ble out of their time left. (Their person/​items usu­ally geared towards one or more of the seven sins.) Some try to sur­vive as long as pos­si­ble on the island and hope for res­cue. (Their person/​items usu­ally geared towards sur­vival.) And some peo­ple (like me) try to get off the damn island. (Their person/​items usu­ally geared towards trans­porta­tion.) Along these lines, I’ll need a lit­tle more infor­ma­tion before I answer this one.

First, is the desert island also deserted? Tech­ni­cally, parts of Dubai can be con­sid­ered desert islands, but I don’t think I’ll need any­one to help me bust into the near­est super­car or mega-​yacht and ride off into the sunset.

Assum­ing the island is deserted, though, I would next need to know if my com­pan­ion could have super­pow­ers. Any sort of flight, tele­por­ta­tion, or super-​speed will do nicely. In a pinch, I’d even take Aquaman -

If, sadly, no super­heroes are allowed, I guess my next ques­tion would be if fic­tional char­ac­ters of any sort are OK. Mac­Gyver would be my num­ber one choice there. He even saved those suck­ers on LOST!

If only real peo­ple, could I choose a his­tor­i­cal fig­ure? (And not their corpse?) I would def­i­nitely pick Alexan­der Selkirk, the inspi­ra­tion for Robin­son Cru­soe and the ulti­mate manly man.

And finally, if I had to pick a real and liv­ing per­son, I would drag along Pres­i­dent Obama. Not sure how much of a sur­vival­ist he is, but I’m sure we’ll be found before I need to worry about that.

Plus, any of these peo­ple would be cool to talk with and learn from dur­ing the down­time before we are back in civilization.