# Mundane Items on Your Bucket List **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014 "2013-08-23T23:53:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/1 "2013-08-23T23:53:12Z")
I have a friend who has a three-item bucket list. I can’t remember two of them but the one I find odd is that she wants to milk a cow. I always counter with, “So do it for god’s sake. How hard could it be to check that one off?” But she’s weird like that. Mine? I want to play piano at someone’s wedding. I’m a decent amateur musician but I’ve never played and am probably not good enough to work an actual gig. (Then again, I dunno. I certainly wouldn’t embarrass myself.) Anyway I’m sure I could pull it off. Wouldn’t charge a nickel and well, it’s something I’ve always wanted to do. Next? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/2 "2013-08-23T23:56:35Z")
Someday I’d like to watch the sunrise from the local mountain. Sounds simple, but it would involve either staying up all night or getting up really early, and I don’t know how early they allow people on the mountain, or if there are any creepers who hang out around there. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/3 "2013-08-23T23:58:44Z")
Stay employed. Really, everything else is just gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/4 "2013-08-24T00:02:59Z")
I’ve always wanted to fire a gun. I have never even held one. There are plenty of ranges around here, but I can never get anyone to go with me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/5 "2013-08-24T00:08:02Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > I can’t remember two of them but the one I find odd is that she wants to milk a cow. That’s not odd, it requires a bucket. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/6 "2013-08-24T00:54:29Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > I’ve always wanted to fire a gun. I have never even held one. There are plenty of ranges around here, but I can never get anyone to go with me. ☹ Most ranges have guns they rent for target shooting, and most ranges have knowledgeable people there who can instruct you how to hold and fire one. You don’t necessarily need someone to go with you to check this one off. Call up the local range and tell them you are thinking about personal defense but have never held or fired a gun before and ask if they have a class, or someone who would give some one on one instruction for an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/7 "2013-08-24T01:23:23Z")
I have also always wanted to milk a cow, but I don’t know how I would go about such an adventure. I want to be able to run a 10-minute mile. I am a new runner and still fat, so my miles are about 14:30 right now. I want to ride a unicycle. I actually bought one last year. It is not easy. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/8 "2013-08-24T01:34:21Z")
Kick addiction…Kick depression…be somewhat happy. short list ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/9 "2013-08-24T01:38:03Z")
I want to see a total solar eclipse, and that may not be as hard as it sounds. This will happen in the U.S. on August 17, 2017 and April 8, 2024; the 2017 eclipse will achieve totality in southern Illinois, and the 2024 eclipse in southern Missouri, and both are just a day’s drive from where I live now. I experience a 60% eclipse in 1994, and THAT was weird enough! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/10 "2013-08-24T01:59:26Z")
I want to \*tip \*a cow (however, my shoes don’t wanna go walking in the cow pasture at night). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/11 "2013-08-24T02:07:05Z")
Juggle torches Get hit in the face with a pie (Not at the same time, obviously.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/12 "2013-08-24T02:13:14Z")
Take a tour of [Boyden Cavern](http://www.caverntours.com/BoydenRt.htm). I have 3 failed attempts at visiting the cavern, but I vow to return someday and take that tour. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/13 "2013-08-24T02:13:33Z")
Try acupuncture. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/14 "2013-08-24T03:56:51Z")
Skydive, multi-day multi-state motorcycle trip, visit Europe (or the UK, at the very least). I could probably think of a few more, but those are the ones at the ‘top of the list’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/15 "2013-08-25T03:15:44Z")
Visit Wisconsin. It is very close to Chicago, yet I haven’t gone north of Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/16 "2013-08-25T03:48:48Z")
By about 35 I completed all but one item on my unofficial “bucket list” and had to draw up a new one. The new one includes “learn to juggle”. I really should get on that. ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-items-on-your-bucket-list/667014/17 "2013-08-25T04:09:35Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > I have a friend who has a three-item bucket list. > [@Silvorange](#): > > I have also always wanted to milk a cow, but I don’t know how I would go about such an adventure. If a trip to Vermont is ever in your/your friend’s cards (or it could be put it there), a trip to [Liberty Hill Farm](http://www.libertyhillfarm.com/)would help cross that one off the list. It’s an awesome B&B (run by my aunt and uncle – for full disclosure) and a working dairy farm. I know they used to hand-milking demos for guests who wanted to see/try it, and I’m sure they’d still be happy to do that for someone who wants the experience.