# Must do things before you die. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140 "2012-05-07T09:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/1 "2012-05-07T09:23:33Z")
What are they? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/2 "2012-05-07T09:58:30Z")
Well, I’d like to see my nephews grown, but it’s a “wanna”… 🙂 Some things I consider it’s good to have done are: - live in a different culture (it may be within the same country), - take a boat and a plane (you may like it or not, but it’s a learning experience in any case), - live on your own, and live with roommates, - take a course just for kicks ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/3 "2012-05-07T10:17:54Z")
Do you mean buy a boat and a plane? Please explain. EDIT: You meant it as a general must-do for teeming millions. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/4 "2012-05-07T10:31:42Z")
Set foot in every country… almost halfway there. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/5 "2012-05-07T10:31:49Z")
No, take. Travel in one. My brother is crazy about anything that floats; even moreso about submarines. His wife accepted getting on a cruise ship but was nervous all the time they spent on board. She hates being in a vehicle she does not control; she’s one of those people who spend most rides stepping on an imaginary brake. She also refuses to take another plane, ever (their honeymoon was to Cancun), which means there are tons of places she’ll never see. I think she’s seriously missing some cool experiences: people who even refuse to take a plane because “I don’t know how can it stay up!” even more so (at least she did it once… the second time was basically because she didn’t have a teleporter available to bring her back). ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/6 "2012-05-07T10:58:43Z")
as per a facebook “meme” Scream for help Otherwise, I’d like to go on a world cruise Be a participant in an Olympic Games Ride in the Grand National Be in a major motion picture Have my plans for world domination come to fruition ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/7 "2012-05-07T11:29:54Z")
There are none for me. Why set myself up for disappointment? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/8 "2012-05-07T12:08:30Z")
Nothing. I’m ready to go anytime. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/9 "2012-05-07T12:27:47Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Nothing. I’m ready to go anytime. Don’t hurry. Enjoy while it lasts.😉 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/10 "2012-05-07T12:54:25Z")
Yes that sounds like a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/11 "2012-05-07T12:57:13Z")
Done not too long ago for the first time. A zip line course. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/12 "2012-05-07T12:57:34Z")
Find the Fountain of Youth. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/13 "2012-05-07T13:03:30Z")
I want to see the Grand Canyon. I want to ride a Clydesdale. Have a book published. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/14 "2012-05-07T13:07:15Z")
Reproduce - check. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/15 "2012-05-07T13:09:01Z")
Find a man I love and marry him – check Reproduce with him – check The rest of my life is just icing. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/16 "2012-05-07T13:24:25Z")
The only thing I had on my must-do list is “go to Paris.” I am doing so later this month, so if the plane crashes on my way home, I’m good. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/17 "2012-05-07T19:34:38Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > …if the plane crashes on my way home, I’m good. But note that should this happen, the rest of us won’t be. So please return safely. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/18 "2012-05-07T19:55:28Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > But note that should this happen, the rest of us won’t be. So please return safely. I always dress nicely on flights, so if the plane does go down, be assured that She Died With Her Pearls On. ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/19 "2012-05-07T19:57:21Z")
The wife. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140/20 "2012-05-07T23:13:56Z")
No particular bucket list, but this past trip to California we drove the [PCH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_1) from near San Francisco down to LA. That tends to be on a lot of bucket lists. I have done the get stoned in Amsterdam thing. I would like to stay in the hotel and eat at [St Johns](http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/menu/supper/) in London, probably for a week. I can think of a lot of things I would like to see and do in the London area, some of which would be just chilling out and people watching. Probably tea at [Claridges](http://www.claridges.co.uk/page.aspx?id=1792), a picnic with a [hamper](http://www.fortnumandmason.com/) from Fortnum & Mason, typical touristy crap like that. I would like to buy a [motorsailer](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/motorsailer), and sail around the world with mrAru, but we would need a bit larger boat because we would need to have at least one healthy younger guy on board to help with the physical work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-before-you-die/621140.md?page=2)