This Man is an Expert!

I am not sure if he is serious or if this is some sort of comedy routine but I love this guy's videos! I happen to know a little bit about survival in various situations and if you find yourself lost in in an apocolyptic situation and you see me and you see the cat in these videos, if you need help and you want to survive, come with me. If your morale is in the crapper and you feel that a good belly laugh is what you need, follow him.

Here he shows us how to sharpen a knife. I know we do all sorts of thumb pad tests and hanging hair tests but this guy is so good he holds the knife up for the camera and says, "You can see how sharp that is."
YouTube - Suburban Survival Tools : Sharpening a Survival Knife

Here we learn how to start a fire with, well, he doesn't actually tell us what he is using nor where to find one but he sure does sound surprised when a fire actually does break out:
YouTube - Suburban Survival Tools : How to Start a Fire with Magnesium

Okay, now we learn where to buy balloons to fill with water and... well, he never says what we do but it involves a bird nest so it must be special:
YouTube - Suburban Survival Tools : Water Balloons for Suburban Survival

"What makes this important is it's a waterproof and what makes this important is if you have a heart condition... you should have five, maybe six of these on hand in case of emergency." Okay, well you see what you can make out of it:
YouTube - Suburban Survival Tools : Survival Kit in a Waterproof Container

In this exciting episode we learn his name is Rocco Spinelli and he apparently went to a yard sale:
YouTube - Suburban Survival Tools : Suburban Survival Kit Items

When you are in an area that has poisonous snakes, be sure to watch this video so you will know how to use the extractor to make a ring on your hand:
YouTube - Suburban Survival Tools : Snake Bite Kit

All right now I don't know about you folks but I feel much better about my chances of survival now that we've been mentored by Rocco here.

Oh dear. I really question the ethics of handing out bad 'survival' advice.

Oh, he's a CHAMP. My boy-scouting ...er... MAN-scouting days taught me NOWHERE near as much as this... PANTHEON of manhood can!

Thanks, Brad. Actually, my morale was in the crapper today. You were right, even just the first installment got me smiling and laughing. "You can see how sharp it is." I love it.

Chris L

Are these tips for surviving suburbia or tips to help suburbanites survive? :thinking:

I actually knew some of this stuff already, which is why I never leave home without my survival water balloons and spigot. :roflmao

Les Stroud he ain't.

So, I figured out what the water balloon is for... This one is actually kind of cool:
YouTube - Suburban Survival Tools : Start a Fire with a Water Balloon

Okay so if I am planning to be stranded in the wilderness I should pack a kit that includes a balloon? Why wouldn't I bring a magnifying glass or maybe even a lighter? Oh maybe if I am stranded in a land of party supply stores now I know how to start a fire with a balloon.

What is better to know is that you can shape a chunk of ice into a lens and use it to concentrate the sun's rays into a spot hot enough to burn tinder. But water balloons are much more fun than boring old ice.

This still doesn't answer the question of - Where is there a spigot in the woods!?

The magnesium brick and strike anywheres are standard pocket stuff when you're in the woods. This is just a parlor trick in my book.

I never said it was useful, just that it's cool to make a fire with a water balloon.. I am probably gonna do that with my kids sometime this summer.