50 things to do before you're 30 - which have you done?

In My Humble Opinion
61

Ok, I added another one to my list:
38. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery

That was pretty cool. Seriously, I just did it.

62

I have 13.

  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit: popped my shoulder out playing handball and couldn’t get it back in.
  2. Shoot something: Entered a lot of rifle competitions as a teen.
  3. Boot Linux on your home PC: Did jack with it, but it booted.
  4. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language
  5. Pull a shemale by mistake (but realise in time…):German, naturally. No body fluids were exchanged
  6. Refill an inkjet cartridge
  7. Light a fire with petrol
  8. Live abroad.
  9. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
  10. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
  11. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours
  12. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads
  13. Read a 500 page book in one sitting
    And two maybes:
  14. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself: Does assembling something larger than myself count?
  15. Escape a perfectly justified parking ticket.: No, but I escaped a perfectly justified speeding ticket.

I’ve also gotten really bad sunburns, but not in any amusing patterns.

63

Here are mine:

  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit (just this week, in fact)
  2. Shoot something (arrows count, right?)
  3. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language
  4. Spend more than your monthly income on a pocket sized gadget
  5. Make a pointless modification to your house
  6. Refill an inkjet cartridge
  7. Say something obscene on national television (it depends on if they were filming that queer anti-Harper protest last March)
  8. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
  9. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
  10. Set off a fire extinguisher
  11. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads
  12. Shag an ex-[boy]friend by mistake (it wasn’t by mistake, but it turned out to be a mistake, yes)
  13. Dial 9[11]
  14. Commit a faux pas which means that a friend will never speak to you again
  15. Read a 500 page book in one sitting

Also, could you please clarify what this is meant to mean?
13. Pull a shemale by mistake (but realise in time…)

64

All the links I’m getting are for those kinds of sites, so… er…

Oh, and I’ve done eight of those. No, I’m not telling which ones. :wink:

65

How alcohol does this one take?

Best regards,

Mooney19of50

66

I’ve done:

  1. Shoot something
  2. Make a bomb
  3. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
  4. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
  5. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours
  6. Set off a fire extinguisher
  7. Read a 500 page book in one sitting
67

1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit
2. Shoot something
3. Take a weekend break more than 1000 miles from home * not quite, does a week count?
5. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language
6. Spend more than your monthly income on a pocket sized gadget
10. Use a whole roll of gaffa tape in one day
11. Make a pointless modification to your house
12. Neck a pint of peppermint oil HUH? I don’t know what this is, but I probably havn’t
15. Delay paying a bill until the summons arrives
20. Break a sledgehammer
21. Make a bomb * doesn’t every kid do this?*
25. Light a fire with petrol
27. Park inside a motorway service station
29. Live abroad.* Doing it now.*
30. Drive at more than 140mph.
31. Get something for free through a masterpiece of complaining
33. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself
34. Write off a car * by crashing, no - just by wear and tear.*
37. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
38. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
40. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours
41. Set off a fire extinguisher
42. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads
48. Make a bet you couldn’t afford to lose
49. Read a 500 page book in one sitting*

25 out of fifty - and a lot of the things I don’t want to do are on the list of things not done.

68

I must say… I have NEVER refilled an inkjet cartridge

But, I’m 45. I don’t think refillable inkjet cartridges were in wide use when I turned 30.

69

The only thing on that list that I’ve done is to give myself an electrical shock.

70
  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit (more than once, the most ridiculous being falling off a stage while dancing at a club in NYC, tore all the ligaments in my knee and could barely walk for over a month.)
  2. Shoot something
  3. Take a weekend break more than 1000 miles from home
  4. Boot Linux on your home PC (actually the only one on my list done after 30 but before 35)
  5. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language
  6. Post bail for a friend
  7. Break a really large plate glass window
  8. Buy a samurai sword
  9. Delay paying a bill until the summons arrives (didn’t know about it.)
  10. Smash a CRT
  11. Require medical treatment as a consequence of kinky sex gone wrong (STDs don’t count.)
  12. Tip a waiter with something other than money (this is sort of a stretch considering casino chips=money.)
  13. Light a fire with petrol
  14. Kidnap someone
  15. Park inside a motorway service station
  16. Own a convertible.
  17. Drive at more than 140mph.
  18. Give yourself a mains electric shock.
  19. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself
  20. Fall asleep and get really hilarious sunburn (twice.)
  21. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
  22. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
  23. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours
  24. Set off a fire extinguisher
  25. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads
  26. Escape a perfectly justified parking ticket. (actually moving violations, another stretch.)
71

The list is quite…male-oriented.

Still, I’ve done these ones. No details though :slight_smile:

  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit
  2. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language
  3. Require medical treatment as a consequence of kinky sex gone wrong (STDs don’t count.)
  4. Tip a waiter with something other than money
  5. Light a fire with petrol
  6. Live abroad.
  7. Get something for free through a masterpiece of complaining
  8. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself
  9. Fall asleep and get really hilarious sunburn
  10. Get drunk on Absinthe
  11. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
  12. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
  13. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours
  14. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads
  15. Commit a faux pas which means that a friend will never speak to you again
  16. Read a 500 page book in one sitting
  17. Escape a perfectly justified parking ticket.
72

Lessee…

1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit
Assuming being a passenger in a car driven by a way-drunk girlfriend counts, yes.

2. Shoot something
yes

3. Take a weekend break more than 1000 miles from home
By 30 had at several points not had a well-defined “home”, traveled a lot

4. Boot Linux on your home PC
I was 30 in 1989, and had only owned a Mac SE and certainly didn’t boot Linux on it. Have done so since, in VirtualPC

17. Refill an inkjet cartridge
Yep, I had the kit and did so cheaply and often back in the day.

20. Break a sledgehammer
Do handles count?

25. Light a fire with petrol
By the age of 10!
30. Drive at more than 140mph.
In one of these

33. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself
The engine of one of these

37. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
Check

38. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
Doesn’t everybody?
40. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours
Does grad student office at the University count?

41. Set off a fire extinguisher
Does it count if it wasn’t for a fire?

42. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads
In one of these

43. Hotwire a car
One of these

45. Shag an ex-girlfriend by mistake
“By mistake” ??? As in, “Oops, I was trying to pour you a cup of coffee”??

73
  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit yup, stitches too!
  2. Shoot something yup, Saturday in fact.
  3. Take a weekend break more than 1000 miles from home
  4. Boot Linux on your home PC yup, ho hum
  5. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language soon
  6. Spend more than your monthly income on a pocket sized gadget
  7. Post bail for a friend
  8. Break a really large plate glass window yup
  9. Make a parachute jump on a hangover
  10. Use a whole roll of gaffa tape in one day yup
  11. Make a pointless modification to your house yup
  12. Neck a pint of peppermint oil
  13. Pull a shemale by mistake (but realise in time…)
  14. Buy a samurai sword yup, I have a few
  15. Delay paying a bill until the summons arrives
  16. Destroy a speed camera
  17. Refill an inkjet cartridge yup, ho hum
  18. Say something obscene on national television
  19. Do a J turn in order to beat somebody to a parking space
  20. Break a sledgehammer yup
  21. Make a bomb yup
  22. Smash a CRT
  23. Require medical treatment as a consequence of kinky sex gone wrong (STDs don’t count.)
  24. Tip a waiter with something other than money
  25. Light a fire with petrol yup
  26. Kidnap someone
  27. Park inside a motorway service station
  28. Own a convertible.
  29. Live abroad.
  30. Drive at more than 140mph. I have been up to 110 but now that I have a target…
  31. Get something for free through a masterpiece of complaining
  32. Give yourself a mains electric shock. yup
  33. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself yup, a house.
  34. Write off a car yup
  35. Fall asleep and get really hilarious sunburn
  36. Get drunk on Absinthe
  37. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis yup, the crap guys will do to get a piece.
  38. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery yup, ho hum
  39. Take part in motorsport yup
  40. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours
  41. Set off a fire extinguisher yup
  42. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads yup, ROAD TRIP!
  43. Hotwire a car
  44. Watch all the Monty Python films In one sitting
  45. Shag an ex-girlfriend by mistake
  46. Dial 999
  47. Commit a faux pas which means that a friend will never speak to you again
  48. Make a bet you couldn’t afford to lose yup, I won though
  49. Read a 500 page book in one sitting yup
  50. Escape a perfectly justified parking ticket. yup, speeding tickets too.

Not too bad, I got two years left to mark off a few more.

74
  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit - couple of times
  2. Shoot something - many times
  3. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language - Does it count if you’re with family?
  4. Make a parachute jump on a hangover - Well… not the hangover part
  5. Use a whole roll of gaffa tape in one day - If that’s Duct tape? yes.
  6. Make a pointless modification to your house - Assuming building random furniture counts
  7. Delay paying a bill until the summons arrives - hoo boy, and then some
  8. Refill an inkjet cartridge - has anyone here NOT done this?
  9. Do a J turn in order to beat somebody to a parking space - 'course
  10. Break a sledgehammer - Does an axe count?
  11. Make a bomb - I was a chemistry major…
  12. Smash a CRT - Down 5 flights of stairs (on purpose)
  13. Tip a waiter with something other than money - tipping with drinks is fun
  14. Light a fire with petrol - gas, oil, flares, waxes, strange concoctions… (see #21)
  15. Drive at more than 140mph. Came close; no way to know for sure. I maxxed out an ambulance
  16. Give yourself a mains electric shock. As a kid, playing “let’s see it this fits in there.”
  17. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself - desks, furniture, etc.
  18. Write off a car - High school
  19. Fall asleep and get really hilarious sunburn - not “funny haha,” but “funny ouch-ouch”
  20. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis - college
  21. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery - yup
  22. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours - does school count?
  23. Set off a fire extinguisher - see # 21
  24. Shag an ex-girlfriend by mistake - college
  25. Dial 999 - Is this 911 in the US? Many times.
  26. Make a bet you couldn’t afford to lose - Yup; lost, was not happy
  27. Read a 500 page book in one sitting - Speaker for the Dead

27 out of 50, if they all count. I’m only 27 now; got some work to do… :smiley:
… and btw, what the heck does “Neck a pint of peppermint oil” mean?

75

Now is the best time in your life to start your midlife crisis.

76

  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit

  2. Shoot something

  3. Take a weekend break more than 1000 miles from home

  4. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language

  5. Do a J turn in order to beat somebody to a parking space

  6. Tip a waiter with something other than money

  7. Light a fire with petrol

  8. Kidnap someone
    .

  9. Get something for free through a masterpiece of complaining

  10. Give yourself a mains electric shock.

  11. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself

  12. Write off a car

  13. Fall asleep and get really hilarious sunburn

  14. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis

  15. Set off a fire extinguisher

  16. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads

  17. Hotwire a car

  18. Watch all the Monty Python films In one sitting

  19. Commit a faux pas which means that a friend will never speak to you again

  20. Read a 500 page book in one sitting

  21. Escape a perfectly justified parking ticket.
    YAY.

I’m not so pathetic! Though I’ve given up the manic parking spot person personality by pure default. and the kidnapping someone is my friends kids. They get them back.

77

Oh yes; I have
3. Take a weekend break more than 1000 miles from home
as well.

78

Oh, and I’ve never even done ANYTHING with Linux, to the best of my knowledge.

79
  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit
  2. Shoot something
  3. Get lost in a country where you don’t speak the language
  4. Make a pointless modification to your house
  5. Refill an inkjet cartridge
  6. Break a sledgehammer
  7. Smash a CRT
  8. Light a fire with petrol
  9. Own a convertible.
  10. Get something for free through a masterpiece of complaining
  11. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself
  12. Write off a car
  13. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
  14. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
  15. Take part in motorsport
  16. Set off a fire extinguisher
80

I turned 30 just last month … let’s see here …

  1. Have a really stupid accident which necessitates a hospital visit
    I sprained my wrist by slipping in pooled water on the floor during the rain scene while performing in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I’ve had a lot of stupid accidents, but this is the only one I went to the hospital for.

  2. Shoot something
    Does it count if you weren’t shooting a real gun? I’ve played paintball.

  3. Take a weekend break more than 1000 miles from home
    Done that–48 hours of weekend, 25 hours of driving.

  4. Make a pointless modification to your house
    I once painted an assortment of things on my kitchen wall because the landlord told me he was gutting the house as soon as I moved out.

  5. Buy a samurai sword
    I have a Celtic short sword, and I think it should count. But I did once buy a katana for somebody else.

  6. Delay paying a bill until the summons arrives
    Pfft. Of course I have.

  7. Do a J turn in order to beat somebody to a parking space
    Many people get road rage. I get parking lot rage. Do not take my spot.

  8. Smash a CRT
    I did that last weekend. Strangely satisfying.

  9. Tip a waiter with something other than money
    I vividly remember running out of cash and tipping a waiter with a joint. Of course, I can’t remember where I was at the time …

  10. Park inside a motorway service station
    I think this is Britspeak for make out at a rest stop, right? Done that.

  11. Get something for free through a masterpiece of complaining
    Blockbuster Video does not like it when you raise your voice, and the manager will appease you in any way he can.

  12. Give yourself a mains electric shock.
    That’s how I learned not to stick anything in an outlet.

  13. Completely dismantle an object larger than yourself
    I took apart my bed when I moved … needed somebody else to put it back together.

  14. Stay up all night listening to a girl have an emotional crisis
    That’s what college is all about, isn’t it?

  15. Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
    … Because your brother said it tasted good. :smack:

  16. Stay at the office for more than 24 hours
    I’ve made it 21, I think that should count.

  17. Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads
    I don’t know how far it was, but I’m guessing it was at least 600.

  18. Read a 500 page book in one sitting
    Regularly.

I guess I’m doing pretty well. :slight_smile: