Quest of a lifetime - In search of deviance...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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'Dyou ever try backing out of a drive in bank? … Or just walk up to someone in the street and say, ‘Pardon me, I have nothing to say!’ If someone asks you the time, say, ‘Well, it’s either 6:15 or Mickey has a hardon!’

"…Go into a gift shop and ask for your gift. Well, they never seem to have mine. Say, ‘I saw your sign and came in for my gift. Save you the trouble of looking all over for me!’…

"Or else just go running into any quiet little store on Sunday morning and go, ‘ARE YOU OPEN ON THURSDAYS!!!’ They say ‘yes’, say ‘THANK YOU!!!’ and run! Let them figure it out!..

"Stand on line at the bank for a really long time, one of those new lines they have at the bank, the common feeder line… when you finally get up to the window, ask for change of a nickel. They actually call other tellers over to look at you!..

"Go into the photographer’s studio in your neighbourhood and ask if you can buy the pictures of the other people. Say, ‘How much for that heavy-set couple in the window?’ They will definitely stare at you on that one. In fact, they might even back up several feet…

“Go into the drycleaners and ask the man if he can remove the stains from one pair of pants and put them onto another pair of pants. They should be able to do that for the same amount of money! While you’re in there, ask him if he can get pecker tracks off a wedding gown. That’s the test of a really quality dry cleaner.”

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I knew a couple of people assigned the same project who lit up cigarettes where they weren’t supposed to…like class. Seemed to work best when they got abrasive to people who told them to put it out.

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Well, you could get a group of friends and act out Bastille Day in a public area. Stay in character. Whenever someone talks to you, scream “Vive la revolution!” Have elaborate death scenes.

Oh, and you can’t forget the guillotine.

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Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! I just thought of a great one! They should always answer rhetorical questions.

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On a nearly empty city bus, ask someone if they will move so you can have their seat.

Fly an invisible kite.

Go to class with your clothes on backwards.

With a group of friends, go to a bank and start a new account. Deposit $10. The next friend, in line behind you, withdraws $5, gives it to friend #3 in line behind them, who immediately deposits it back to the account. Cycle through withdrawing it and depositing it until the teller, manager, or boredom makes you leave. Videotape the whole event.

Have a group of people carry someone on their shoulder, celebrating that person as the champion speller in your school.

Insist that the servers at the cafeteria serve your lunch on a frisbee you brought with you.

Turn your prof on to the SDMB.

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Okay, the next couple suggestions are ones that I’ve tried out myself. They all tended to get pretty good responses. (I should note that going places in public with me isn’t the best idea).

-When walking down the street with loose change, tip random people, tell them to “keep up the good work,” and walk on.

-Stand in front of the door to a restaurant, store, etc., and be a bouncer. Stand with your arms crossed, and whenever somebody wants to come in, look them up and down menacingly, give them a penetrating glare, and say “Yeah, I guess you’re in.” Then move out of the way and let them enter.

-When my friend was filming a European History project on protests, we had to act one out for the camera. Between takes, I would stop cars in the streets with my fake picket sign and tell them to “Keep the East Germans out, they’re stealing our money.” (The project was on Germany’s reconstruction). It gave us the idea to randomly stage a mock protest on something odd, like freeing the Keebler elves from oppression. Make some signs and let the fun begin.

-Le Sang, I did this next one at Gullifty’s. Introduce yourself and your entire table to your waitress. Give him/her pop quizzes on the names for the rest of the evening, and tell him/her bad jokes. At the end of dinner, stand up, ring your drink glass, and deliver an elaborate speech about having dinner at the restaurant. Two Notes: Leave a big friggin’ tip, and it helps to be dressed oddly. I was wearing a Santa Hat and a trenchcoat.

Wow, looking back on this, it’s just a wee bit depressing. Hope you got some good ideas, though.

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Buy clothes two sizes too small. Cultivate a drool. Go up to someone and stare from a distance of about five inches. Then go back to your friends and whisper. Repeat as needed.

Variation: Have your friend dress primly, as a Sunday school teacher. Then, after staring, go back to friend and point at the staree, saying in a loud voice, “Look at the funny man! Look at the funny man!” Have friend try to hush you, unsuccessfully. Get more excited, jumping up and down, until friend leads you away with an embarassed manner.

Extreme paranoia will result.