Sardine Can Survival Kit

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Sardine Can Survival Kit

I received this Survival Kit in a Sardine Can a couple of Christmas's ago and it ended in up in "the drawer", you know the drawer that everyone has that all things random go into. I came across it again when I was packing for Puerto Rico and decided to throw it in with my luggage. The kit contains:

* Fish hook and line
* Compass
* First aid supplies
* Duct tape
* Matches
* Whistle
* Signal mirror
* Razor blade
* Fire starter cube
* Safety Pin
* Salt
* Tootsie Roll
* Paper
* Pencil
* Paper clip
* Tea bag
* Sugar
* Gum
* Waterproof bag

Everything that MacGyver would ever need, all wrapped up in a sardine can that can be used to cook food in, drink out of, etc!

Not that we were roughing it, but we really did get quite a bit of use out of it. We ended up using the matches, first aid supplies, safety pin, salt, Tootsie Roll, sugar and gum. It was also nice that they put a razor blade and mirror in there in case you can't find a place to do your cocaine.

This is a great item to have if your into hiking/camping/traveling or it would be great to throw in your car/boat/RV, etc. You can pick up one of these babies at RedEnvelope.com for $7.99.

4 Shenanigans:

At 8/23/2006 4:18 PM, Bulbboy had the nerve to say...: I can't believe there isn't an LED flashlight in there!

Was also wondering what in the world was a tootsie roll was until I googled it (sweets, right?). Thought it might be a something for your toes.
At 8/23/2006 10:31 PM, Vicious Summer had the nerve to say...: That's true, there should be an LED flashlight in there! They're cheap enough and would be perfect for a survival kit. You better contact the manufacturers ;)...
At 8/24/2006 10:43 AM, Monks had the nerve to say...: hmm...i am laughing out loud. A tootsie roll for your feet…there seems to be a little bit of a culture gap.

I can see and relate to the mix up though...after all, no one in the US thinks that saying "fanny pack" is funny...we just think only weirdoes have them. I learned the hard way about culture gaps in the English language when I was in Australia. For those of you who weren't lucky enough to use the phrase "fanny pack" in front of someone from overseas, fanny is a slang word for a women’s nether region. Hmmm....Fanny Pack, I can see how that is funny/wierd...sounds like the inventors of the fanny pack did as much research as the market researchers for Chevy when they exported there brand new Chevy Nova to South America where the meaning changed to "Chevy no go!" Se Vende? No bueno…

Yeah, LED flashlight would be good too...I smell an opportunity…or is that a fanny pack? (Gross, don’t be mad Summer, you said cocaine).

:-)
At 9/10/2006 2:27 AM, Vicious Summer had the nerve to say...: Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention that I thought it was wierd that there was a bouillon cube in the Sardine Survival Kit...(turns out it was a fire starter)...No big surprise that Stefan is the cook in this family, eh?