Marooned - 'Tales from Cabin 14'

"Once upon a time I used to think that being marooned would be a really neat thing to experience. As a kid I was always intrigued by the adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson and Robinson Crusoe who lived on those lush deserted islands, lying on the beach, eating coconuts, fighting off pirates and doing other fun castaway stuff. Even the more recent movie Castaway had its moments, although I cannot imagine any circumstances where I could see myself having a relationship with a soccer ball. Not yet anyway.

I no longer think being marooned is all that neat having now been through it twice. Not on some beautiful tropical island with lush vegetation and warm ocean breezes - hardly - I was stuck on a rocky shoreline along with ten million mosquitoes while being pelted with cold rain. There was no Ginger or Mary Ann for company as my little band of castaways consisted of a junk man with a bowel problem, a hungry grizzly bear, a dentist and a hillbilly…"

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