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Title: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: ericire12 on October 14, 2009, 12:35:51 PM
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/14/from-congressman-to-survivorman-2/

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This past summer, Rep. Jeff Flake(R) went into the wild.

After two years of planning, the Arizona Republican spent a week on a remote, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, eating coconuts and fish he caught with a spear, purifying his own water, sleeping in a hammock on the beach, and writing daily in his journal.

He listed a number of reasons for going on this trip, calling them "more physical than spiritual." And while he didn't end up talking to a volleyball, like Tom Hanks did in "Cast Away," he did find some unlikely friends — a few hermit crabs.

"I picked up a hermit crab, and, spotting the sharpie, wrote the number '1′ on the back of his shell, and put a circle around it. I repeated this act whenever I felt a bit lonely," Flake wrote. Later, he added, "I've labeled 102 at this point with a sharpie marker. I just saw number one again today. He's remains one of my favorites, as is number 12, long since forgiven for pinching my toe."

(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/10/13/gal.flake1013.jf.jpg)


Entire photo gallery here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/10/09/GA2009100903130.html

Full 7 day account here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/10/11/ST2009101101762.html
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: JC5123 on October 14, 2009, 12:47:14 PM
Watching a little too much "Survivorman"? Though, I must admit, that sounds like my kind of vacation!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: ericire12 on October 14, 2009, 01:01:01 PM
that sounds like my kind of vacation!  ;D ;D ;D

You bet!

If you look at all those pics in the slide show, he really was in paradise. He said that the reasons he went were not really "spiritual", but from the looks of where he was........... I would bet he saw God more then once.
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: 2HOW on October 14, 2009, 01:41:39 PM
we should put them all there for a while, get alittle bit of "lord of the flies" thing going
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: fightingquaker13 on October 14, 2009, 01:41:55 PM
A Cogressman on  deserted island? One down, 534 to go. ;D
FQ13
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 14, 2009, 01:43:28 PM
 A LOOONNNGGG while.
Let them have a Donner Party, and then vote out the leftovers  ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 14, 2009, 02:47:10 PM
A LOOONNNGGG while.
Let them have a Donner Party, and then vote out the leftovers  ;D

My wife and mother are both looking at me like I'm a total idiot (no comments from the peanut gallery) because I'm laughing at the computer.

Thanks, pal.    ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: JC5123 on October 14, 2009, 03:14:30 PM
A LOOONNNGGG while.
Let them have a Donner Party, and then vote out the leftovers  ;D

Now THAT'S a reality show I would watch!!!!! Survivor Government Edition.
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 14, 2009, 03:32:33 PM
Now THAT'S a reality show I would watch!!!!! Survivor: Special Government Elimination Edition.

There.   ;)
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: JC5123 on October 14, 2009, 03:53:24 PM
There.   ;)

V Ring Peg!
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 14, 2009, 04:06:09 PM
" Rump session" would have a WHOLE new meaning.  ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: fightingquaker13 on October 14, 2009, 04:11:53 PM
" Rump session" would have a WHOLE new meaning.  ;D
I think Barney Frank would be dissapointed if he were invited. ;D Seriously, if you put this on pay per view (globally) we could probablly pay for the stimulus.
FQ13
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 14, 2009, 05:29:10 PM
 I want the Pay Per View Rights  ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: JC5123 on October 15, 2009, 01:51:27 PM
I want the Pay Per View Rights  ;D

You take the Pay Per View rights. I am going to invest in the pizza delivery companies. No one is gonna want to leave their house when these idiots start eating each other. You just have to watch long enough to get through all the committee meetings where they decide who to eat first!  ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 15, 2009, 02:07:41 PM
You take the Pay Per View rights. I am going to invest in the pizza delivery companies. No one is gonna want to leave their house when these idiots start eating each other. You just have to watch long enough to get through all the committee meetings where they decide who to eat first!  ;D

Well, Pelosi is safe (for several reasons that I won't get into) mainly due to the risk of botulism............ (botox).    :-X
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: JC5123 on October 15, 2009, 02:21:58 PM
Well, Pelosi is safe (for several reasons that I won't get into) mainly due to the risk of botulism............ (botox).    :-X

They'll just save her for when things really get desperate. She's got the most preservatives, so she'll "keep"!  LMAO ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 15, 2009, 02:25:28 PM
They'll just save her for when things really get desperate. She's got the most preservatives, so she'll "keep"!  LMAO ;D

Yeah....lol....she's got a higher shelf-life than Twinkies or SPAM........    ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: JC5123 on October 15, 2009, 02:46:40 PM
Yeah....lol....she's got a higher shelf-life than Twinkies or SPAM........    ;D

With all the chemicals she's injected, do you suppose she'd explode, or just sizzle? That is of course if you could ever get her slippery ass tied to the stake.  :-X


Gee, no thread drift here..... ::)
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 15, 2009, 03:00:01 PM
 No thread drift at all. We are simply pursuing the thought that 1 politician left the Island pretty much as he found it, but a quorum could screw up paradise.

I say explode.
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 15, 2009, 03:01:24 PM
With all the chemicals she's injected, do you suppose she'd explode, or just sizzle? That is of course if you could ever get her slippery ass tied to the stake.  :-X


Gee, no thread drift here..... ::)

Could always skin her and make boots.    :-X   :-\

Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: JC5123 on October 15, 2009, 03:20:02 PM
Could always skin her and make boots.    :-X   :-\



At least you'd never have to waterproof them. They would already be silicone impregnated!  :-X



Ok, I'm off to the corner. I hope there's a bucket, I think I'm gonna hurl.
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 15, 2009, 03:33:46 PM
At least you'd never have to waterproof them. They would already be silicone impregnated!  :-X



Ok, I'm off to the corner. I hope there's a bucket, I think I'm gonna hurl.

Do that BEFORE you get here, Eric just brought another Keg.   ;D
Title: Re: Arizona Congressman spends 7 days on deserted island
Post by: JC5123 on October 15, 2009, 03:48:52 PM
Do that BEFORE you get here, Eric just brought another Keg.   ;D

Great! Something to wash the taste out of my mouth, and the image out of my head!  :P