50 realistic things to do before you die...

[Lester]

50 things to do before you die is ok I guess, it's just that those lists are always full of expensive things or completely unrealistic. So let's have a list that's achievable for normal people. No swimming with dolphins, parachuting, flying with the Red Arrows, meeting the Queen, or whatever, just simple, honest, regular people type stuff:
(apologies these are mostly boys stuff)

Smash a big plate glass window
Eat an Oyster
Climb to the top of a Gasometer
Make a fraudulent insurance claim
Tell your boss to fuck off
Visit an abbattoir
Visit a famous World War battle site or concentration camp
Sleep with two women
Crash a car
Have a fight
Gamble more than you should at least once
Make something yourself for the home from scratch
Shoplift something
Do a runner from a taxi
Drive one (or all of the following):

Articulated Lorry
JCB
Coach
Crane
Digger
Boat

Get on the roof of your house
Walk home in the early hours, pissed and cold (preferably across fields)
Visit the cockpit of a plane
Go on a track day and drive something expensive fast
Play an amazing practical joke that will always be talked about
Have a baby
Have a dog/cat
Break a bone
Buy something out of your budget on a whim
shit yourself
Pay for sex
Get arrested
Take some drugs (even if only mushrooms)
Chop down a tree
Change a major car component and have the car still work
Do something really selfless
Do something for charity
Swim in the sea (in the UK)
Stand up to someone you shouldn't
Drink absynthe
Do an eskimo roll
See a dead body
Beat Trem at chess

They might seem a bit boring, but they're do-able at least. Any others?

 

[Gumbo]

I've done 24 of yours, does make me want to write my own list though, will require some thought. Good Topic!

 

[Frizz]

Let's see, the ones I've done at 21:

Visit a famous World War battle site or concentration camp
Have a fight
Shoplift something
Get on the roof of your house
Walk home in the early hours, pissed and cold (preferably across fields)
Visit the cockpit of a plane
Play an amazing practical joke that will always be talked about
Have a dog/cat
Break a bone
Buy something out of your budget on a whim
Take some drugs (even if only mushrooms)
Chop down a tree
Do something really selfless
Do something for charity
Swim in the sea (in the UK)
Stand up to someone you shouldn't
Drink absynthe
Do an eskimo roll

And the sleep with two women, does that mean two at once? I think it should, hence removal.

What else...

Er... Shave your eyebrows
Get a back, sack and crack wax
Go a month without a wank (Shagging is the only outlet, but you must be single )
Go a week without a bath or shower (Bonus points if you get complimented that you smell nice)
Kiss two women at once

 

[Lester]

They're off the top of my head, but is does get you thinking. I've done a lot of them myself. I would imagine that people will have done quite a bit of other peoples lists.

 

[Mofo8]

21 ain't bad.......


More if the walking home pissed across fields counted more than once.

Here's some more random but personally topical ones:

Get headbutted in the face by one of your mates

Two weeks later see the same cnut elbow another mate unconcious in an unprovoked attack

Wonder why he was a mate in the first place

Wonder why you didn't fuck him up

Wonder if he's got his own list of 50 things to to that includes:

a) become and alcoholic madman

b) Attack and lose all your close friends

c) get sectioned and locked up

 

[Gumbo]

Something you want to tell us Mofo...?

 

[Trem]

50 things to do before you die is ok I guess, it's just that those lists are always full of expensive things or completely unrealistic. So let's have a list that's achievable for normal people. No swimming with dolphins, parachuting, flying with the Red Arrows, meeting the Queen, or whatever, just simple, honest, regular people type stuff:
(apologies these are mostly boys stuff)

Smash a big plate glass window
Eat an Oyster
Climb to the top of a Gasometer
Make a fraudulent insurance claim
Tell your boss to fuck off
Visit an abbattoir
Visit a famous World War battle site or concentration camp
Sleep with two women
Crash a car
Have a fight
Gamble more than you should at least once
Make something yourself for the home from scratch
Shoplift something
Do a runner from a taxi
Drive one (or all of the following):

Articulated Lorry
JCB
Coach
Crane
Digger
Boat

Get on the roof of your house
Walk home in the early hours, pissed and cold (preferably across fields)
Visit the cockpit of a plane
Go on a track day and drive something expensive fast
Play an amazing practical joke that will always be talked about
Have a baby
Have a dog/cat
Break a bone
Buy something out of your budget on a whim
shit yourself
Pay for sex
Get arrested
Take some drugs (even if only mushrooms)
Chop down a tree
Change a major car component and have the car still work
Do something really selfless
Do something for charity
Swim in the sea (in the UK)
Stand up to someone you shouldn't
Drink absynthe
Do an eskimo roll
See a dead body
Beat Trem at chess

They might seem a bit boring, but they're do-able at least. Any others?

I fixed it for you Lester, it was obvious you had forgotten to enter it.


*loses mod powers for abuse*

 

[bob269]

Shoplift something

We used to do this all the time at showtime

 

[Gef]

Drink absynthe

You cant actually buy proper Absynthe any more, its just made from aniseed now rather than wormwood. Even in places like eastern europe its still not the 'proper' stuff.

I'm sure you could find some if you tried hard enough but its not mass produced any more because most places have banned it.

The proper stuff would make you trip out like crazy, full on hallucinations after just a shot.

 

[Hawkwind]

28 and I have not included paying for sex although I think my wife fleeces more from me than any prostitute ever could.

You should add 'See the World'. Last count I have visited 68 countries and lived in 4.

 

[Guest]

26 of those for me

smashing a plate glass window sounds well cool

 

[TdC]

in an aside, I made it a policy of mine to do something I've never done before (or visit a country I've never been before) at least once a year. Off the top of my head I've been ice climbing, learnt to play bass guitar, learnt to sail small boats (16m2 sail) and have been bungee jumping as well as traveling to the southern hemisphere for the first time in 22 years.

Of Lester's list I've done quite a lot, but I'd like to mention that bungee jumping (at least once) should be on it. Preferably not off a crane, and as high as you can get (imo). Was quite a rush tbh

 

[babs]

9 - Oh dear, oh dear.

*ventures out of hobbit hole*

Top off that 2 girl thing too btw, make them relatives. Anyone just add a point for that?

 

[Mofo8]

9 - Oh dear, oh dear.

*ventures out of hobbit hole*

Top off that 2 girl thing too btw, make them relatives. Anyone just add a point for that?

:eek2: I hope they weren't YOUR relatives!!!!

 

[Lester]

You cant actually buy proper Absynthe any more, its just made from aniseed now rather than wormwood. Even in places like eastern europe its still not the 'proper' stuff.

I'm sure you could find some if you tried hard enough but its not mass produced any more because most places have banned it.

The proper stuff would make you trip out like crazy, full on hallucinations after just a shot.

Are you sure? I bought some in Prague, is it not kosher then?

 

[tris-]

you also make it your self with an absynth kit and buy worm wood at your favourite store.

 

[Chilly]

You can still get "real" absinthe. And even if you can't, just grow some wormwoode yourself, it's not a controlled substance and it looks quite nice (all big and blue and fluffy iirc).

 

[Draylor]

Fun thread.

Some of those I cant believe you havent done, some of them Id like to do myself, and some are just plain odd. If you havent already had the misfortune of swimming in the cold dirty sea around the UK why on earth would you want to do it?

Climb to the top of a Gasometer

Well, depending on your attitude to cheating, take a trip to Dublin: a property development company bought an old gasometer and built an apartment block inside the original frame. Shouldnt be too difficult to climb

 

[old.Tohtori]

Fun thread, but i think it's still a bit british. And the "no big cost" assumption goes with "you have a driving license". Not to mention a hooker costs more then a chutedive.

Also some are just dumb*ss get yourself killed tricks or stuff people don't like doing.

But fun none the less and good luck.

 

[DaGaffer]

Done 26 on that list.

One I'd add, is "get very close to a really dangerous animal that's not in a cage". I've done that with Lions, and, as of yesterday, a shark.

I'd also add, "fire a real gun".

 

[Lester]

Fun thread.

Some of those I cant believe you havent done, some of them Id like to do myself, and some are just plain odd. If you havent already had the misfortune of swimming in the cold dirty sea around the UK why on earth would you want to do it?

Well, depending on your attitude to cheating, take a trip to Dublin: a property development company bought an old gasometer and built an apartment block inside the original frame. Shouldnt be too difficult to climb

I have done loads on that list, and I also wouldn't necessarily want to do some of them. It wasn't a wish list, just a starter for ten for discussion.. It was a list I made up while writing the post. I've thought of quite a few since that I would want to do, like learn to play a musical instrument, and get a tattoo.

And with reference to the fact you need a driving license and stuff (Old Tohtori), well I guess, although it wasn't entirely a wish list of mine, I did base it on me being physically able to do them, hence being a bloke, English (!) and having a driving licence. And anyway hookers are only £40 (err I imagine.)

Feel free to add as many as you likem, that's the point.

I would definitely add "fire a real gun" and "Learn to play a musical Instrument"

 

[Milkshake]

This is an awesome thread

Run a marathon - is something I've always wanted to do, but will only do once.
Give blood - Eeew needles, but you gotta.
Go parachuting - I guess not for people who hate heights.

Will think of more

 

[Mobius]

For me the things I really want to do before I die are

Write a book
Visit Auschwitz
Learn an instrument
Learn another language
Learn how to use a bow
See Arsenal win the champions league
Be alive when it's finally revealed that aliens exist

I haven't done many on your list but I'm going to Amsterdam with some friends at the end of the month so I bet I could get a couple done there.

 

[haarewin]

Smash a big plate glass window
Eat an Oyster
Make a fraudulent insurance claim
Tell your boss to fuck off
Have a fight
Gamble more than you should at least once
Make something yourself for the home from scratch

Drive one (or all of the following):

Articulated Lorry
JCB
Digger

Get on the roof of your house
Walk home in the early hours, pissed and cold (preferably across fields)
Have a dog/cat
Buy something out of your budget on a whim
Take some drugs (even if only mushrooms)
Do something really selfless
Do something for charity
Swim in the sea (in the UK)
Stand up to someone you shouldn't
Drink absynthe
See a dead body

at the mo, i'm working on travelling - saving up money.

 

[phazey]

33

i'd probably add:

Have a daughter.
Use an ejector seat.
Eat bugs.

 

[Paradroid]

50 things to do before you die is ok I guess, it's just that those lists are always full of expensive things or completely unrealistic. So let's have a list that's achievable for normal people. No swimming with dolphins, parachuting, flying with the Red Arrows, meeting the Queen, or whatever, just simple, honest, regular people type stuff:
(apologies these are mostly boys stuff)

Smash a big plate glass window
Eat an Oyster
Climb to the top of a Gasometer
Make a fraudulent insurance claim
Tell your boss to fuck off
Visit an abbattoir
Visit a famous World War battle site or concentration camp
Sleep with two women
Crash a car
Have a fight
Gamble more than you should at least once
Make something yourself for the home from scratch
Shoplift something
Do a runner from a taxi
Drive one (or all of the following):

Articulated Lorry
JCB
Coach
Crane
Digger
Boat

Get on the roof of your house
Walk home in the early hours, pissed and cold (preferably across fields)
Visit the cockpit of a plane
Go on a track day and drive something expensive fast
Play an amazing practical joke that will always be talked about
Have a baby
Have a dog/cat
Break a bone
Buy something out of your budget on a whim
shit yourself
Pay for sex
Get arrested
Take some drugs (even if only mushrooms)
Chop down a tree
Change a major car component and have the car still work
Do something really selfless
Do something for charity
Swim in the sea (in the UK)
Stand up to someone you shouldn't
Drink absynthe
Do an eskimo roll
See a dead body
Beat Trem at chess

They might seem a bit boring, but they're do-able at least. Any others?

The real challenge will be doing it all in one day...especially "have a baby".



I reckon you could do quite a few of them before lunch.

 

[throdgrain]

I'd also add, "fire a real gun".

I can help you with that

 

[DaGaffer]

I can help you with that

Oh, I've done it already, but for those who haven't it's worth doing, particularly proper rifles and pistols

 

[old.Tohtori]

Let's add a few "all around the world" goals:

Have sex with an ugly person.
Have sex with atleast 20 years older person.(not your mother/father)
Have sex with two people.
Have a masturbation session in a dressing room.
Have a masturbation session in a public toilet.
Feed a duck.

 

[throdgrain]

Oh, I've done it already, but for those who haven't it's worth doing, particularly proper rifles and pistols

"Proper?" Like what ?