In my dream last night I was considering this. If the left wrist of one person was handcuffed to the right wrist of another and they were dropped in the middle of an ocean could they survive? Could they swim to the shore and what emotional skills would they need to do it? (The phrase “handcuffed in the ocean” returns only one hit in google).
Depends on how good their coordination is. Whether or not they can swim, but more importantly whether they can stand each other and work together. It sounds like a plot for some movie where two people who hate each other are cuffed as above then they have to work with each other or die. So they learn to stand each other.
Michael, I think something similar has already been done ;o) :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051525/
Personally I doubt that two people would be able to survive if dropped ‘in the middle of an ocean’. Big things, oceans – tough enough to survive in a small boat with two free hands.