Dessert and Deserts

Before I begin, a brief interlude courtesy of Nicholas Gurewitch.

So, let's play make believe, you're stranded on a tropical island, something like the one from Lost , but not so big, and without all the crazy crap like smoke monsters and polar bears.

You're allowed to bring three things, and one celebrity along to help you survive.

Now, if this were me, I would bring a plane, a landing strip, fuel, and John Travolta. Because Travolta is a pilot, and all of those other things would allow me and him to fly away happily ever after. We'd probably sing some tunes from Grease to pass the time.

But I have to make some caveats for myself so I can't give any smartass answers.

First of all, I have to live on this island for four years, just like Tom Hanks in Castaway. Secondly, I can't bring along any items that will allow me to escape; Such as a canoe. I can however bring a hatchet and make a canoe to escape. That's a legal move. And third, I can't have anything that hasn't been invented yet.

So, what would I bring, and why?

1) A hatchet.

It's effective for use as a hammer, a cutting and hacking tool, 1/2 of a flint thing, a weapon, and it's a pretty sturdy piece of work. Plus having a hatchet worked out really well for that kid in that book by Gary Paulson. I think the book was called..."The Boy Whose Plane Crashed." I'm like %99 sure that's it.

2) A Big Metal Pan

Like a cast iron skillet. I can use it to cook and boil water with. Boiling water is the most important function it would provide. In a perfect world I'd have something like a Solvatten, but it's better to bring along something like a cast iron skillet which has multiple uses, versus the Solvatten, which while very handy, ultimately is a couple sheets of plastic. If it were to break there's nothing I could do with the leftover bits. Plastic can't really be recycled or reused if I were stuck on an island.

3) Rope.

If there's one thing I learned from Boondock Saints, it's that rope is a neccessity. I could use it to bind together my shelter, set traps for wildlife, stretch animal hides to make fine trousers out of, and I'm sure it has plenty of other uses. I would definitely bring rope.

4) My celebrity would be Evangeline Lilly.

I saw an interview with her on Leno once, and she kept talking about how tough and useful she was. So she would definitely come in handy on a desert island because I figure she wouldn't mind doing all the work for both of us.

Or if I wanted to be shallow, I'd bring along Megan Fox. Sooo hot!

Now to the readers, who and what would you bring along? Or better yet, the best part of this question is what celebrity would you bring?