[I posted this on another website many years ago. I thought some people might find it interesting to consider.]

You're to be banished to a desert island. To while away the time there you're allowed to take your preferred religious or philosophical book plus:

1. One nonfiction book
2. One serious novel
3. One book of comedy
4. One dramatic movie
5. One comedy movie
6. A set of DVDs of one sitcom
7. A set of DVDs from one dramatic TV show
8. CDs of the works of one classical composer
9. CDs of the recordings of one popular musician (or group)
10. One live recording of any performance
11. One piece of fine art (reproduction)
12. One media "wild card"

[Interesting that nowadays most of these categories could be stored on a single device. There are some categories I missed, like a computer game or maybe recordings of one season of the games of one team.]

What would you take?

"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."