The Island
A married couple and another man are washed up on a deserted island after a shipwreck. The island has enough food and water to support them, so they concentrate their efforts on trying to signal a passing ship. They assemble the makings for a huge bonfire on the beach, and each day one of the two men climbs to the top of the tallest palm tree to watch for ships. The idea is that if a ship is seen the woman and whichever guy is on the beach will light the bonfire.This goes on for several weeks, and no ships are seen. In the meantime the wife and the single man find themselves attracted to each other. They wonder how they can screw without being found out since the husband is always present. The wife has a plan, and shares it with the man. The next day he is at the top of the palm tree while the husband and wife are sitting on the beach. Suddenly the man in the tree starts screaming, “Stop that! Stop that screwing down there! How can you be so unfeeling and cruel to do that in front of me? Stop that screwing!”. The husband yells back to the guy that they are not screwing – they are just sitting on the beach. The guy in the tree continues screaming for them to stop.
The wife says to her husband that the guy has probably gone crazy from the isolation, and that he can’t be relied upon in the tree-top. She sugggests that he – her husband – go up the tree and let the man come down. The husband agrees that this might be the best solution, and trades places with the man. After a few minutes he looks down at the beach at his wife and the other guy and says to himself, “Gee, from up here it really does look like two people screwing.”