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The Island
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Matthew Macomber
I am just a regular Joe Shmoe. 
By Matthew Macomber
Published on 07/9/2008
 

What every man REALLY needs!


The Island!

 A retired corporate executive, now a widower, decided to take a vacation. the time of   his life, that is, until the ship sank. He found  himself on an island with   no other people, no supplies,  nothing, only bananas and coconuts. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when  the most   gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore. In disbelief, he asks,   "Where did you come from? How did you get here?" She replies, "I rowed from   the other side of the  island. I landed here when my cruise ship sank."  "Amazing," he notes. "You were really lucky to have a row boat  wash up with    you." "Oh, this thing?" explains the woman. "I made the boat  out of raw   material I found on the island. The oars were  whittled from gum tree   branches. I wove the bottom from palm  branches, and the sides and stern  came from a Eucalyptus tree."

  "But, where did you get the tools?" "Oh, that was no problem,"  replied the   woman. "On the south side of the island, a very  unusual stratum of alluvial   rock is exposed. I found if I fired  it to a certain temperature in my kiln,   it melted into ductile  iron. I used that for tools and used the tools to   make the  hardware."    The guy is stunned.

   "Let's row over to my place," she says. After a few minutes of  rowing, she   docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks  to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before him is a stone  walk leading to an exquisite bungalow painted in blue and white  While the woman ties up the rowboat  with an expertly woven  hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck.  As they walk into the house, she says casually, "It's not much,  but I call   it home. Sit down, please. Would you like a drink?" "No! No thank you," he blurts out, still dazed. "I can't take  another drop   of coconut juice."  "It's not coconut juice," winks the woman. "I have a still. How would you   like a Pina Colada?"  Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and  they sit down on her couch to talk. After they have exchanged  their stories, the woman   announces, "I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and  shave? There is a razor upstairs in the bathroom cabinet."  No longer questioning anything, the man goes into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet, a razor made from a piece of tortoise  bone. Two   shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a   swivel mechanism. "This woman is amazing," he muses. "What next?" When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but vines, strategically positioned, and smelling faintly of gardenias.  She beckons for him to sit   down next to her. "Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, "We've been out here for many months. You've been lonely. There's something I'm sure you really feel like doing right now, something you've been longing for?" She stares into his eyes. He can't believe what he's hearing. "You mean . he swallows excitedly and tears start to form in his eyes. "Don't tell me you've built a Golf Course!"