Two hunters get separated from their group. After a few hours, they realize that they can’t find their way home and that there seems to be no one around.
“What do we do,” asks the first? “It’s starting to get dark.”
“Well,” says the second, “I’ve heard that if you get lost while hunting, you should shoot three times in the air as a signal to others that you need help and they’ll come looking for you.”
“Ok,” says the first, “let’s try that.”
He shoots three times.
Nothing happens.
After some time, they decide that maybe nobody heard their signal, so the second hunter shoots three times.
Again, nothing happens.
Each tries a few more times, but still, nothing.
Getting desperate, the first hunter asks “Alright, what do we do now?”
“I don’t know,” says the second. “But I hope somebody finds us soon, because we’re all out of arrows.