THE SHIPWRECKED TECHNICIAN

[Warren Fisher]

Dear list,

This was too good not to send!

			THE SHIPWRECKED TECHNICIAN

>   A rather inhibited piano technician finally splurged on a luxury cruise
>   to the Caribbean.  It was the "craziest" thing he had ever done in his
>   life. Just as he was beginning to enjoy himself, a hurricane roared
>   upon the huge ship, capsizing it like a child's toy.  Somehow the
>   technician, desperately hanging on to a life preserver, managed to wash
>   ashore on a secluded island.
>
>   Outside of beautiful scenery, a spring-fed pool, bananas and
>   coconuts,    there was little else.  He lost all hope and for hours on
>   end, sat  under same palm tree.  One day, after several months had passed,              gorgeous woman in a small rowboat appeared.
>
>   "I'm from the other side of the island," she said. "Were you on the
>   cruise ship, too?"
>
>   "Yes, I was, " he answered. "But where did you get that rowboat?"
>   "Well, I whittled the oars from gum tree branches, wove the reinforced
>   gunnel from palm branches, and made the keel and stern from a
>   Eucalyptus tree."
>
>   "But, what did you use for tools?" asked the man.  "There was a very
>   unusual strata of alluvial rock exposed on the south side of the
>   island. I discovered that if I fired it to a certain temperature in my
>   kiln, it melted into forgeable ductile iron. Anyhow, that's how I got
>   the tools.  But, enough of that," she said. "Where have you been
>   living all this time?  I don't see any shelter."
>
>   "To be honest, I've just been sleeping on the beach," he said.  "Would
>   you like to come to my place?" the woman asked.  The technician
>   nodded dumbly.
>
>   She expertly rowed them around to her side of the island, and tied up
>   the boat with a handsome strand of hand-woven hemp topped with a
>   neat  back splice.  They walked up a winding stone walk she had laid
>   and around a Palm tree.  There stood an exquisite bungalow painted in
>   blue and white.
>
>   "It's not much, but I call it home." Inside, she said, "Sit down
>   please; would you like to have a drink?"
>
>   "No, thanks," said  the man. "One more coconut juice and I'll throw
>   up!"
>
>   "It won't be coconut juice," the woman replied.  "I have a crude still
>   out back, so we can have authentic Pina Coladas."
>
>   Trying to hide his amazement, the man accepted the drink, and they sat
>   down on her couch to talk.  After they had exchanged stories, the
>   woman asked, "Tell me, have you always had a beard?"
>
>   "No," the man replied, "I was clean shaven all of my life until I
>   ended up on this island."
>
>   "Well if you'd like to shave, there's a razor upstairs in the bathroom
>   cabinet."
>
>   The man, no longer questioning anything, went upstairs to the
>   bathroom and shaved with an intricate bone-and-shell device honed
>   razor sharp.
>   Next he showered -- not even attempting to fathom a guess as to how
>   she managed to get warm water into the bathroom -- and went back
>   downstairs.  He couldn't help but admire the masterfully carved
>   banister as he walked.
>
>   "You look great," said the woman.  "I think I'll go up and slip into
>   something more comfortable."
>
>   As she did, the man continued to sip his Pina Colada.  After a short
>   time, the woman, smelling faintly of gardenias, returned wearing a
>   revealing gown fashioned out of pounded palm fronds.
>
>   "Tell me," she asked, "we've both been out here for a very long time
>   with no companionship.  You know what I mean.  Haven't you been
>   lonely, too...isn't there something that you really, really miss?
>   Something that all men and woman need?  Something that would be
>   really nice to have right now!"
>
>   "Yes there is!" the man replied, shucking off his shyness. "There is
>   something I've wanted to do for so long. But on this island all alone,
>   it was just...well, it was impossible."
>
>   "Well, it's not impossible, any more," the woman said.   The man,
>   practically panting in excitement, said breathlessly: "You mean... you
>   actually figured out some way we can CHECK OUR EMAIL HERE!!??!!"
>

Have a nice day!

Warren
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Warren D. Fisher
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New Orleans Chapter 701