What useful things can you make from this stuff?

If you were in the amazon with 3 other people & you had all these random things with you...what could you use them for?

elastics, bobby pins
bracelet, earrings, perfume
clothes, boots, socks
cell phones, camera, headphones, rechargeable batteries, USB drives, phone & camera charger
large bags
gum
make up, mirror, hair brush
juice box, crackers, pop tarts, yogurt, fibre bar
keys
leather mittens with rabbit fur
glasses
plastic bag
binder, pens, pencils, erasers, glue stick, white-out, scissors, science textbook, papers
lighter
sponge
condom
coins, money
kohl, lead
sun balm
tissues, band aid
chunk of wood, plastic spoon

What would YOU make with them?

I sense an awswer is already there, but we will being tested?

I don't know I actually have no idea :hang:

I don't know about anyone else; there are to many items to think about. Narrow the list to essential items like food, water gathering, fire starting matrials, items to signal for help. Divide the items up between all parties and have brainstorm session on what the items can be utilized for.

I need at least 30 things though

You may want to explain a little more ---- unless of course you are just trolling around to see what response you get.

I find it ironoc that gum, perfume, and condoms are on the list. I would put the pretty lady to use at the local tribe to get the heck outta there!

Just kidding. I really don't have a clue. With random items, you kinda have to wait to see what your environment is and what your needs are and try to utilize them accordingly.

Home work? Sounds like you brought it with you......

Anyway, leather mittens with rabbit fur in the Amazon?

Remove rabbit fur, used for fishing bait with bobbie pin hook, leather mittens for handing hot and thorny things.

Good to see a condom....you never know (never mind) water carrier, same with plastic bag.

Sponge , mopping up dew for drinking water

Mirror, signaling,.... make up, camo... or if flammable fire starter.

Clothes, boots, socks, obvious

Food obvious...divide.

Lighter, obvious....fire starter, possible glasses as well.

Coins jewerly, bribe natives to not kidnap ya.....caution this may back fire....better keep out of sight.

Electronic gear.... text Mom to come and get ya.

So theres a start..........

I would use them to trade with the natives for a boat ride to the nearest airport. And if the negotations got sticky, I would throw in the three other people, for their breakfast, lunch & dinner.

You've got to come up with the answers yourself, and let us comment.
Doing your homework for you isn't cool.

You going to the Amazon soon?

Do you and three others intend to fall off a turnup truck and have no remains of any form of transport, no wreckage, no gear?

I'm not, and if I were I can not imagine having the contents of a trash bag close at hand and not a single useful article among the crap.

Home work or help writing a book. You don't you change the location to lets say Chicago and have a garage sale that would be easier.

Post #4 is actually depressing. No wonder our kids lag behind the 3rd world.
And the worst of it? No damn imagination.

You might get more help if you introduce yourself. You will be taken more seriously even if you are 10 or 40 years old. I'm guessing you do not live in USA. You place yourself in the Amazon with three other people. No indication of an emergency relating to a school craft project that you are having difficulty with or a survival emergency in the Amazon rainforest. You say you want to make something with that stuff. Why?? What is your objective. You can make a scarecrow with the stuff But Why? What is my objective. Or your actual assignment.

It would take a short story typed or a day by the campfire with a bottle of Jim Beam for me to do that one.

What class is this for? (That's why I asked her to list out her thoughts).

Let's start it this way. Hi, I'm Sofiya. That's short for fiery sapphire and I'm from Canada. I have this homework assignment that....

You take it from there. Yeah, I know, it's hard to pull yourself away from the Xbox and Facebook and texting about your favorite mascara but I've sat in more class rooms than you're ever going to see (I'm clairvoyant like that....look it up) and I don't need to be doing your homework for you.

Next!

I'm with B. Depressing.

Is the sun balm flammable?...if so use it on a torn up tissue to catch a spark, or just use it to prevent sunburn.
Who are these three other people? Are they totally useless?..Who is carring the food?, (better be you..... or you can write that off in a flash).......
What is a kohl, lead????????
Waht are the keys for, how many?

Kohl is probably eyeliner, if I remember correctly from "17 magazine"--the European edition. (we don't call it that here)
Another lost teen who sleepwalked into a forum out of desperation to do her homework.
Hey sofiya why don't you tweet your clueless friends and see what brilliant advice they have to offer?

Good one B, I had to look it up.

Kohl (cosmetics)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kohl is an ancient eye cosmetic. It was made by grinding galena (lead sulfide) and other ingredients. It is widely used in South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of West Africa to darken the eyelids and as mascara for the eyelashes. It is used mostly by women, but also some men and children.

Kohl has been worn traditionally since the Bronze Age (3500 B.C. onward) by Egyptian queens. It was originally used as protection against eye ailments. There was also a belief that darkening around the eyes would protect one from the harsh rays of the sun. India's oldest caste, the koli, used kohl as a cosmetic. In addition, mothers would apply kohl to their infants' eyes soon after birth. Some did this to "strengthen the child's eyes", and others believed it could prevent the child from being cursed by the evil eye.[1]
Kohl's ancient importance survives through its use as the etymological root for the English word alcohol.

Am I invisible again!?

"texting about your favorite mascara..."

You old people need to listen to us young folks once in a while. You might just learn something.

...and mom always liked you best. I know...

I once made mascara for the Queen of Bathsheba. She was really beautiful AFTER she applied it.

http://listverse.files.wordpress.com...pg?w=400&h=320

So OK, how big is this chunk of wood?
Plain wood?, ....2X4", stick, fatwood?
So nobody thought to bring a knife?



how did y'all get to the Amazon? Plane crash?, drive?

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Originally Posted by hunter63

how did y'all get to the Amazon? Plane crash?, drive?

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They just logged on, silly.

We should link her up with the guy that poetically beat up and thrown over the cliff. He could probably answer all her questions.

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Originally Posted by BENESSE

They just logged on, silly.

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Spewing coffee, Buhahahaha, like , WELL DUH.....Why didn't I think of that.....Now that was funny.

So getting back to the question at hand.......Isn't there an app for that?....I know you can Google stuff in your cupboard and get a recipe.....

Yeah, that's the ticket..... bobbie pin-check....piece of wood-check...plastic spoon-check.....Searching, searching, searching............hourglass thingy......searching.......
YOU ARE SO SCREWED.........

Sooooo, I guessing the homework assignment is past due?....Lost interest??????

Yeah - I'm guessing Wilderness Survival Forums won't be footnoted as a source on the homework.

Footnote? What's that? I just, like, wrote down all my resources at the bottom of the page. If that okay?

Resources?! As if...
I just printed out post #9 and gave it to the teacher.

totem pole

They...uh...have a lot of totem poles with pop tarts and condoms in VA do they?

Huh, and huh?

earrings can be converted into fishing hooks , keys into dart tips ,mirror rescue yep , scissors into spear tip but first id look at the person who was carrying all this stuff to see if they were planning to eat the others

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Originally Posted by old2531

earrings can be converted into fishing hooks , keys into dart tips ,mirror rescue yep , scissors into spear tip but first id look at the person who was carrying all this stuff to see if they were planning to eat the others

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No worries, mate...... this young lady seems to have been caught up by the natives in the Amazon when the batteries went dead on her"electronic device" in Dec of 2011..........Happens a lot.

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Originally Posted by TJ Lucky

I don't know about anyone else; there are to many items to think about. Narrow the list to essential items like food, water gathering, fire starting matrials, items to signal for help. Divide the items up between all parties and have brainstorm session on what the items can be utilized for.

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I have to agree with this. That's a bleedin treasure trove there. All I can see in my head is the survival shows from the Discovery channel flashing by. Nice list though.

Right? What could one make from that list? Darned near anything they wanted.

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