"Fortunately, Unfortunately"

elmcity69

fortunately, gorillas love Bananas Foster, so they lashed palm trees together with some ivy and made us an escape raft.

allalone

Unfortunately, the silverback wanted to come with us on the raft

ruthbru

Fortunately he ate so much of the dessert that he fell into a deep sleep.

elmcity69

unfortunately, he was so heavy with sleep (and bananas foster) that he tipped the raft and off we plunged into the waves!

badger

Fortunately, we were able to clamber back up onto the raft and make our escape. 

(No animals were harmed in the telling of this tale... the silverback swam back to shore.)

ruthbru

Unfortunately we had no compass, and no sense of direction either.

elmcity69

Fortunately, we were schooled in astronomy, so as night fell, we headed north by way of the North Star, figuring we'd hit land eventually.

badger

Unfortunately, it got cloudy, we couldn't see the stars and lost track of our guiding light.

allalone

Fortunately, we heard waves crashing ahead of us and realized we were approaching land

ruthbru

Unfortunately there were huge, jagged rocks between us and the shore

allalone

Fortunately, the huge jagged rocks turned out to be Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones

ruthbru

Ha! Unfortunately, they were not in any shape to help us get to shore.

allalone

Fortunately, we had some of that special "pot" soup left over our KP duties on board the sub and that seemed to perk them up

badger

Unfortunately, the soup had gone without refrigeration too long and made them sick.

allalone

Fortunately, throwing up did them a lot of good, purged them of all drugs, and they were able to help us ashore

badger

Unfortunately, we had landed on the strange island of Dr. Moreau.

elmcity69

Fortunately, Dr. Moreau had a thing for girls in sailor suits, so he welcomed us warmly and even cooked dinner.

badger

Unfortunately, dinner was one of his unsuccessful genetic experiments. 

elmcity69

Fortunately, one of us snuck away during supper and managed to find a telephone; she promptly radioed the Coast Guard.

badger

Unfortunately, one of Moreau's henchmen had intercepted our phone call and only pretended to call the Coast Guard; despite the warm welcome the evil doctor now turned against us.

ruthbru

Fortunately we were able to escape into the jungle growth.

badger

Unfortunately, we didn't bring a machete and were soon entangled in vines.

ruthbru

Fortunately the silverback from the previous island had followed us and he came to our rescue.

allalone

Unfortunately, before the silverback could build us another raft the evil Dr Moreau and the genetically modified Rolling Stones nabbed us

ruthbru

Fortunately the silverback had brought his whole tribe (is that what you call a group of gorillas?) who were able to capture and tie up the evil doctor and stones with jungle vines.

elmcity69

unfortunately, the phone lines were torn down in the melee, so we and the gorillas were still stuck on a remote island!

allalone

Fortunately, one of us had a sat phone and was able to call for help, and in the meantime we raided the evil doctor's well-stocked larder (funny how food solves all problems)

ruthbru

Unfortunately we were afraid to eat any of the food because the packagings ertr marked with strange and sinister symbols.

badger

Fortunately, the silverback couldn't read so was not intimidated by the markings on the package and tore them open so we could see what was inside.

ruthbru

Unfortunately all the food was spoiled.