First Day of Class

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bayonetbrant

I love giving this one to the kids on the first day of class and letting them figure out how to keep themselves alive...




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bayonetbrant

Lotta dead college freshmen out there, BTW...  :))
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bbmike

#2
I've encountered similar 'activities' in team building sessions. One was a desert scenario kind of like your boat example. If I remember correctly the mirror was very important so that you could signal planes/boats.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

Sir Slash

How about that Money-Back Guarantee for the voyage?
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

Silent Disapproval Robot

You've got to drown Gilligan right off the bat. He'll just screw up your rescue plan.

Staggerwing

Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 18, 2016, 12:13:31 PM
You've got to drown Gilligan right off the bat. He'll just screw up your rescue plan.

Au contraire, despite being lost in the chilly Atlantic, Gilligan will somehow find a way to shipwreck the yacht onto a balmy tropical island which is complete with all the raw materials to construct tiki huts, coconut creme pie, and even bamboo-frame-enclosed radios.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

mirth

Quote from: Staggerwing on August 18, 2016, 05:57:29 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 18, 2016, 12:13:31 PM
You've got to drown Gilligan right off the bat. He'll just screw up your rescue plan.

Au contraire, despite being lost in the chilly Atlantic, Gilligan will somehow find a way to shipwreck the yacht onto a balmy tropical island which is complete with all the raw materials to construct tiki huts, coconut creme pie, and even bamboo-frame-enclosed radios.

I still say kill him.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Staggerwing

Quote from: mirth on August 18, 2016, 06:01:23 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on August 18, 2016, 05:57:29 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 18, 2016, 12:13:31 PM
You've got to drown Gilligan right off the bat. He'll just screw up your rescue plan.

Au contraire, despite being lost in the chilly Atlantic, Gilligan will somehow find a way to shipwreck the yacht onto a balmy tropical island which is complete with all the raw materials to construct tiki huts, coconut creme pie, and even bamboo-frame-enclosed radios.

I still say kill him.

It just kills you, the way Mary-Ann looks at him... doesn't it?
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

mirth

Quote from: Staggerwing on August 18, 2016, 06:07:55 PM
Quote from: mirth on August 18, 2016, 06:01:23 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on August 18, 2016, 05:57:29 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 18, 2016, 12:13:31 PM
You've got to drown Gilligan right off the bat. He'll just screw up your rescue plan.

Au contraire, despite being lost in the chilly Atlantic, Gilligan will somehow find a way to shipwreck the yacht onto a balmy tropical island which is complete with all the raw materials to construct tiki huts, coconut creme pie, and even bamboo-frame-enclosed radios.

I still say kill him.

It just kills you, the way Mary-Ann looks at him... doesn't it?

That coconut cream pie baking slut.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

Mmmm, Mary-Ann......aaagggghhhhhhhhh
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

Mmmm, pie......aaagggghhhhhhhhh
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak

mirth

Leave the slut, take the pie.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Staggerwing

Quote from: mirth on August 18, 2016, 06:41:27 PM
Leave the slut, take the pie.

At least you know where the pie has been... hopefully
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

bbmike

Quote from: mirth on August 18, 2016, 06:41:27 PM
Leave the slut, take the pie.

I'm 50 now. I'm okay with that.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence."
-Sherlock Holmes

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."
-Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

"There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
-The Doctor

"Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth."
-Clifford D. Simak