However, there's also a lot of "folklore" (i.e., bunkum, BS, etc.) attached to some of these feats of MacGuyver-ism. For iinstance,
this story about making a radio in a WWII Japanese POW camp really makes my BS meter twitch. Sure, it
could have been done, but to me, it has all the earmarks of a tall tale. A rousing good one, mind you, with many tantalizing details and a heartwarming finish when the prisoners are at last able to tune in the BBC. Sorry, but color me skeptical.