Hadn't seen this one before.
| > The Seven Deadly Sins of Gilligan's Island theory is quite simple.
| > Each of the seven characters on the island represents each of the
| > seven deadly sins. Now, this theory seems to fit upon initial
| > inspection, there are technical difficulties when you get down to THE
| > MAN himself, Gilligan.
| > Run with me on this one...
| > Most obvious is the Professor, who fits PRIDE to a T. Any man who can
| > make
| > a ham radio out of some wire and two coconuts has to be pretty cocky.
| > (His character was later revised and given a series of his own,
| > called MacGyver".)
| > For the sin of ENVY we need look no further than Maryann, who may have
| > worn those skimpy little tops, but could never achieve Ginger's
| > glamour. (As an interesting and completely irrelevant side note, a
| > nationwide survey of college students a few years ago revealed that
| > the professor and Maryann were voted the most likely couple to have
| > 'done it' on the island.)
| > And who could doubt for a moment that Ginger is LUST incarnate? Sure,
| > the kids were supposed to think she was ACTING, but we all know what
| > being deprived episode after episode was doing to her. You know and I
| > know that glazed look wasn't boredom, my friends.
| > What kind of person takes a trunk full of money on a three-hour
| > cruise? Mr. Howell gets my vote for GREED.
| > We are now left with three characters and three Deadly Sins. We have
| > Gilligan, the Skipper and Mrs. Howell to whom we must match GLUTTONY,
| > SLOTH
| > and ANGER. As you can see, there is a Gilligan problem here.
| > Certainly we can further eliminate Mrs. Howell from this equation by
| > connecting her with SLOTH. She did jack shit during her many years on
| > the island and everybody knows it.
| > This leaves ANGER and GLUTTONY, both of which the Skipper had no
| > shortage.
| > He was, after all, a big guy with the tendency to hit Gilligan with
| > his
| > hat at least once an episode. After much consideration, I have
| > decided that he can easily do double-duty, covering the two remaining
| > Deadly Sins. So here we have the Seven Deadly Sins trapped in an
| > endlessly recurring Hell of hope followed by denial and despair,
| > forced to live with each other in our TVs until the last re-run ends.
| > And who is their captor? What keeps them trapped there?
| > Gilligan.
| > Gilligan is SATAN. Think about it.
| > One final thought....... Gilligan always wore red.
-- withheld C. L'withheld dcl@explore.com Network Systems Technician
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