# I need some creative ideas for a friendly wager **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357 "2002-10-01T02:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/1 "2002-10-01T02:57:06Z")
So I go to a Big Ten school, and my boyfriend is an alumnus of another. We’ve been talking lots of smack about their game this season, and I suggested we bet on it. Trouble is, I don’t know what to bet. My criteria: -no $, because I’m a poor college student, and that’s not very creative -not sex (one friend already made that suggestion) ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/2 "2002-10-01T03:04:55Z")
Bad haircuts are always a good one. Although the punishment may be unevenly distributed if one of you has much longer hair than the other. Being forced to wear clothing affiliated with the other school can be good. Just don’t go to any big games like that without protection. I’ve seen (drunken) college crowds turn really mean. Writing and publishing something embarrassing could be good. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/3 "2002-10-01T03:51:03Z")
Backrub or footrub. Some hated chore–laundry, car oil change, etc. ---
**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/4 "2002-10-01T08:23:20Z")
remote control privileges ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/5 "2002-10-01T09:59:43Z")
If you have a pet, then the loser can change the litter/give it baths/take it for walks/etc. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/6 "2002-10-01T14:20:12Z")
Whoever loses has to get a mullet, and keep it for at least two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/7 "2002-10-01T15:11:02Z")
Singing the winning team’s school song someplace very public on the campus of the losing team. ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/8 "2002-10-01T21:02:18Z")
Winner gets 6-pack of beer. Imported. (A friend and I have had this wager on every game the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons have played over the past 13+ years). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/9 "2002-10-01T21:51:50Z")
Whoever wins gets their choice of sexual favors for 1 month. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/10 "2002-10-01T23:27:11Z")
Whoever loses has to sit on Abe Lincoln for an afternoon and wave when people walk by. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/11 "2002-10-01T23:59:06Z")
Him: Sing _On Wisconsin_ in nothing but Bucky Badger boxer shorts marching back and forth across Bascom Hill. You: Ain’t gonna happen! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/12 "2002-10-02T03:06:38Z")
Okay, a couple of difficulties: He lives in Minneapolis. Plus, he’ll be off in Oregon the weekend of the game. We were going to go down to Iowa City to see it, so I could properly gloat when we won. He works, and I’m interviewing for a post-graduation job, so funny haircuts would not be a good plan. Though I guess it could be a good way to break the ice in an interview. In fact, both of us have hair that can’t readily be “mullet-able.” Hmm, the beer wager sounds tempting. I’ll have to think about that. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-creative-ideas-for-a-friendly-wager/130357/13 "2002-10-02T05:16:40Z")
One that a friend and I did once was wager homemade baked goods; the loser had to make them from scratch, but we both won since we both got some to eat. I was the one doing the baking, and that’s some of the last stuff I ever baked.