sopwithcamels266
228 posts
Nov 01, 2009
6:33 AM
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A harp player is flying in a small plane with say 10 people onboard and crashes in the middle of a (Hot) desert around noon. You the harp player survive with several Marine bands or whatever you prefer intact.
The others survived also but plane is a right off.
You are all OK and can walk.
You have got 5 jerry cans of water a working compass a couple of parachutes a pocket knife,large piece of rope and your harmonicas. All radios blown.
There is an oasis 50 miles east
There is a Military camp 50 miles west of your position.
What do you, the Blues harmonica player do.?
Very funny or serious answers or both acceptable.
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Last Edited by on Nov 01, 2009 6:34 AM
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Tryharp
255 posts
Nov 01, 2009
7:04 AM
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How many litres do the Jerry cans hold ???
.........and what does sopwithcamels mean???
TH
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tookatooka
722 posts
Nov 01, 2009
8:35 AM
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Send the others to get help and while they go and get the military, use the pocket knife to check and reset my reedgaps.
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scstrickland
287 posts
Nov 01, 2009
8:48 AM
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I believe a Sopwith Camel Is a WWI biplane, the kind Snoopy flew.
As for an answer to the question. Forget the harps. I'm going to to live. Use the parachutes for shade and ration the water. At dusk I would take the compass and my ration of water and head west. Hope there is enough moonlight to read the compass. I would head west at a slow jog saving the water for morning (deserts are cold at night) If I can make 3 miles an hour I would would only be 14 miles from the army camp by the time the sun came up. With any luck I would make camp by noon or even come a cross a well traveled road to the camp.
what's the purpose of this question? Just for fun?
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OzarkRich
30 posts
Nov 01, 2009
10:16 AM
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I'd pretend to be a real jerk and annoy everyone, then when I take my harps, the compass and a jerry can and head for the oasis no one will follow. once there I'd do some serious wood shedding.
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Oisin
373 posts
Nov 01, 2009
10:44 AM
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You send the other 9 off with 4 cans of water to the military camp while you sit down under one of the parachutes and write a blues song.
When the rescue helicopter flys over you use the coverplates from your highly polished marine band to signal to them. When they land you tell them what's happened, you rescue the others and when you're back in civilisation you release your song, become famous, get a job as UN ambasador for Blues, and end up dead from a combination of booze/drugs excess and several incurable STDs. (But you had some mighty fun acquiring them)
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jonsparrow
1260 posts
Nov 01, 2009
11:22 AM
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i like oisin's idea.
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Blackbird
120 posts
Nov 01, 2009
12:20 PM
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I would change my blues name to planecrash blackbird, because man, that threw my back out, and now I got me a limp to show for it. And I was in a planecrash.
I would then perform a jesus miracle and turn the water into whiskey. Lord knows we're gonna need it, stuck in the desert with a bunch of people who don't have harmonicas to put in their mouth, so they'd be complaining. Shut up. Drink this.
With one parachute, I fashion a faux hawaiian grass skirt to add to my act, and perhaps some sort of headwear to keep the sun off me while I check to see if the harps got knocked out of tune during impact. The remainder can be cut up for a hammock to carry me in when I get tired and the other people don't know where I'm leading them, but I promise it'll be to civilization again. Plus, they're drunk on my miracle whiskey.
I'd keep the rope for emergency fishing. If we run out of whiskey and food in that heat, we're gonna need to survive somehow. I'd keep the knife for emergency killin', if, for instance, any killin' needed to be done. Plus, it'd be an easy song to write while the drunks are carrying me in the hammmock, hopefully to the military base and not the oasis. Military camps have hookers. Oasises just have mirages that made you think they were hookers. Have some more whiskey and carry me faster. FASTER!
Once we arrive at the military base, I size up the crowd and realize there's not a kid here old enough to remember the 60's or 70's, so I tell him we were cruising on the SS Minnow and it was only supposed to be for 3 hours, but we were washed ashore and now need to get home. They'd have no idea I was mocking them about Gilligan's Island and they'd see we were noticeably drunk.
I would then become a zillionaire by doing the television talk show circuit for interviews, performing the song I wrote about killin' some guy in the desert with a salvaged pocket knife from the comfort of my hammock (most of what you gotta do is lure them close within striking range...) and then use the fame and fortune to build a woodshed in the country and record my first album of blues music from true life experiences... like plane crashes.
Also: Would go on Letterman's stupid human tricks and do the water to whiskey thing again for the crowd. He'd dig that.
The End.
P.S. - Hopping a bus to Sea-Tac Airport now to see what I can come up with.
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nacoran
305 posts
Nov 01, 2009
12:30 PM
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Dump out the jerry cans and use them for percussion. Then start harping away... they say that if you play a forlorn harmonica when you're lost a strange man will walk out of the wilderness, attracted by the sounds. If you play well and let him play too, he will lead you to safety. That man, of course, is Les Stroud, harmonica player and Survivorman. If Buddha happens to be with you have him customize the compass into an extra harmonica, and for gods sake, don't let him critique Les's playing.
Last Edited by on Nov 01, 2009 12:31 PM
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Andrew
706 posts
Nov 01, 2009
1:24 PM
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Or maybe I'd wait for the ghost of Jim Morrison to show me the way.
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Bollocks, Wiglaf!
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sopwithcamels266
229 posts
Nov 02, 2009
3:46 AM
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Ha ha some great answers guys entering into the spirit of it.
Actually harps aside a second this use to be an actual question used by British special forces.
There isn't really a difinitve answer however special forces do favour one more than the other.
Actually just reading through it's true what the say harmonica guys are a unique breed for sure,some great ideas I particularly like the use of Jerry cans as percussion.
Also Blackbird:If you are not already a pro writer you should be great stuff.
The special forces suggest in a real situation to stay put. May be just relax and if youv'e got a harp with you give the survivers the blues make them feel better.
They suggest that the compass would be of no use in the desert and you wouldn't survive the heat 50 in either direction. Chances are you would loose all sense of direction fast. Could even end up going round in circles.
They say best chance is stay in your current position conserve all energy use things available to attract attention.
If the plane had logged a flight plan which it must certainly should have with someone then there is a more than even chance you will be picked up.
Last Edited by on Nov 02, 2009 3:52 AM
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Bluzdude46
247 posts
Nov 02, 2009
2:06 PM
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Ask the nearest bedouin where the closest crossroads is and make getting rescued part of your deal with the Devil, call me a traditionalist.
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nacoran
313 posts
Nov 02, 2009
8:54 PM
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Bluzdude- now why didn't I think of that?
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Bluzdude46
248 posts
Nov 03, 2009
12:38 PM
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With Age comes wisdom I guess (cracking up laughing here)
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Dog Face
16 posts
Nov 04, 2009
10:03 AM
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WHAAAAAAAA! Weird naked indian dude! haha Good form Andrew. Excellent.
Strip the plane of stuff you could use, set the rest on fire as big as you can get it. Enjoy the cookout of....peanuts and water and wait for the military to investigate.
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