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"If a deadly plague swept across the globe and you and ONLY ten other people were the only ones left alive, who would who want to have in that group of 10 individuals?

Asked by Bluefreedom (22944points) November 6th, 2008

For the purposes of this question, assume that you are single and without any family, friends, or relatives to include in the group of 10.

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cookieman's avatar

In no particular order:
Colon Powell (leadership)
Barack Obama (morale)
Leslie Fang (my doctor)
Giada DeLaurentis (gotta eat)
Isla Fisher & Amy Adams (ahem)
David Sedaris & Paula Poundstone (great stories)
Norm Abrahms (handy)
Prince (entertainment)

asmonet's avatar

Dave Eggers (For the funnies)
J.K. Rowling (to tell me stories.)
Amy Sedaris (inspired by the above.)
David Bowie (I want some entertainment.)
Les Stroud and his utility knife. (to marry)
Barack Obama (to restore government.)
Johnny Depp (to do.)
Simon Pegg (to do.)
Any electrician. (for fixings)
Any civil engineer.(for makings)

i stoled your format. :)

Hobbes's avatar

My family and friends would seem to be the obvious choices.

asmonet's avatar

Screw the engineers, I edit to replace them with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

chicadelplaya's avatar

Geez, let’s see….(in no particular order)
Ben Harper (singer/songwriter)
Jack Johnson (singer/songwriter)
Barack Obama (U.S. President. YAY!)
Paul Simon (singer/songwriter)
Oprah Winfrey
Laird Hamilton (big wave surfer/ windsurfer)
David Allan Grier (comedian, actor)
Michael Phelps (Olympic swimmer)
Madonna
Shirley McClain
......I love this list!!

ladytmerie's avatar

Prince (to entertain me)
LLCoolJ (to keep me safe and warm)
Bono (to mediate)
Obama (to lead)
Robin Williams (to make us laugh)
Orlando Bloom (to look at)
Ty Pennington (to build us shelter)
A sushi chef (to cook for us)
Rachel Ray ( to cook more for us)
Stephen King (to tell us stories)

cookieman's avatar

asmonet: That’s cool. Steal away.

It was a toss up for me between David or Amy Sedaris.

cookieman's avatar

@ladytmerie: Maybe I should switch from Norm Abrams to Ty Pennington.

Norm may be getting a little long in the tooth to rebuild society.

MrMeltedCrayon's avatar

@Hobbes: Jeez Hobbes, way to be boring! Family? Friends? Pssssssh. Lame.

syz's avatar

A doctor, a dentist, an engineer, a farmer, a fisherman, a mechanic, a woodworker, a chef, an historian, a musician.

cookieman's avatar

@syz:…all walk into the last bar on earth…

Likeradar's avatar

@chicadelplaya- Could you IMAGINE Madonna on a desert island? Not that I know her personally or anything, but god lord. Imagine the snottiness and prissiness.

wrestlemaniac3's avatar

Jesus (protection and faith)
Blade (he’s cool)
Jenna Haze (don’t ask)
Olivia Hussey (I like her)
Jeff hardy (he tha man)
Jackie chan (imaginitive)
Jet li (so he can fight chan as entertainment)
Chris Rock (he funny)
Dr. phil (need a doctor, and to use as bait)
Saten (he’s not going to do much, I run him)
Dracula (cool)

nikipedia's avatar

1 very fertile male and 9 very fertile females.

shilolo's avatar

Security: Bass Rutten
Food: Michael Pollan
Cooking: Alice Waters
Entertainment: Charles Barkley
Handyman: Marshall Brain (author of How Stuff Works)
Technology: Steve Jobs, Al Gore
Procreation: 3 very attractive women

shilolo's avatar

@Niki. Are you taking volunteers?

asmonet's avatar

@cprevite: I know right? You bring David I’ll bring Amy, the world can rest at ease.

lol, Sushi Chef, like they cook anything. :-p And lurve to shilolo for boinking those girls.

Hobbes's avatar

@niki – aren’t 64 breeding pairs necessary to create a population that’s genetically viable?

nikipedia's avatar

@Hobbes: Dunno, maybe @shilolo et al. can start a colony and test it out? And answer my brain question!!!!!

Bluefreedom's avatar

Very creative lists everyone with lots of GREAT choices. Thanks to all of you for participating in my question. :o)

My choices would have been something like:

1. Doctor
2. Engineer
3. Scientist
4. Farmer
6. Professor
7. Mechanic
8. Musician/Entertainer
9. Chef
10. Salma Hayek

asmonet's avatar

@Bluefreedom: Lawls at normal, normal, normal, normal, something to get freaky with.

googlybear's avatar

@Bluefreedom: Salma should count as two…;-)

Judi's avatar

McGiver might be nice to have with you!

Maldadpermanente's avatar

2 cooks.
2 doctors.
2 top models (I know, this is sexist but the planet is empty so why should I care?)
2 hip-hop singers
2 dogs.

The_unconservative_one's avatar

1) My daughter
2) One of the hunter experts from the outdoors TV channel
3) One of the fishing experts from the outdoors TV channel
4) Rachel Ray
5) Claudia Jordan
6) My Doctor
7) A Mechanic
8) A carpenter
9) A botanist
10) A chemist

VzzBzz's avatar

Great question!
In real life, I have such a list but I can’t name the names.

ragingloli's avatar

1. a doctor
2. a chemist
3. a physicist
4. an engineer
6. a botanist
7. an animal researcher
9. a hunter
10 .a farmer

The_Idler's avatar

I can’t believe people are choosing politicians!?

Do you want to bring about the next cataclysmic near-destruction of the human race as quickly as possible?

btw guys, not long from now I will be a Chemist and I know a bit about electrical supplies.
I know you all want soap, drugs, explosives, fuel and electricity, so you better get me on that list =}

and about all these TV experts: I’d rather have a non-TV expert, as they’d probably be much better and much less of a cocky twat.

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