# Fun Activities for One, Lasting an Hour or Two **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-activities-for-one-lasting-an-hour-or-two/73842 "2001-07-26T11:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-activities-for-one-lasting-an-hour-or-two/73842/21 "2001-07-27T22:25:26Z")
– Surf the web. Look up a random word at [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) and see where it takes you. – Write a story. If you don’t have ideas for your own, write a fan fiction, or re-write a movie to give it a better ending. – Buy a disposable camera and spend an hour or two taking pictures around your neighborhood. – Invent your own alphabet, or come up with a cool new “font” you can write yourself. – Learn to knit (or crochet, or cross-stitch). – See if there’s a book of historical or scenic walks for your area. Take one. – Visit a local historical sight you’ve never gotten around to seeing (or haven’t been to in a while). And my favorite has already been mentioned – Sing! ---
**Author:** ![Tabeitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@Tabeitha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabeitha)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-activities-for-one-lasting-an-hour-or-two/73842/22 "2001-07-28T01:32:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tevya \* > \*\*Find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie-Roll Pop. > \*\* 3 … It takes 3 licks. In my spare time I try to learn to do all the things I’ve always wanted to do just lacked the money, discipline, time… Paint, buy some cheap paints and dabble Write poetry Sew, take something old and make it new Look at a tree in your yard and try to see how many different colors of green there are Stargaze ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-activities-for-one-lasting-an-hour-or-two/73842/23 "2001-07-28T03:26:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barbarian \* > \*\*go play in some dirt. plant something while you’re at it. \*\* The dirt doesn’t even have to be outside. Houseplants can be fun, and you can grow nice ones with things from a trip to the supermarket - citrus fruits, fresh ginger, black pepper, poppy seeds, … (Some spices might be irradiated to kill bugs. That kills the seeds too. ☹ Try a natural-food store if supermarket spices don’t work.) Tie knots. No, not macrame, but traditional sailor’s rope-work. Do a crossword. Make one! (Cryptics are best!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-activities-for-one-lasting-an-hour-or-two/73842.md?page=1)