# Semi-significant things to do before I die.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 9, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367 "2004-05-09T23:59:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/21 "2004-05-12T18:12:54Z")
> [@Lobsang](#):
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> It’s quite common for citizens of the UK (let alone the isles) to have not visited London. Britain being so densely packed with urban areas probably makes it quite easy to never visit London.
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> That said. I have been twice, as a kid. But I would like to visit as an adult, under my own steam, so that I can appreciate it more fully.
My plan is to _avoid_ London. 🙂
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### Author:  [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/22 "2004-05-12T18:24:04Z")
Perform (esp. sing) in front of an audience and recieve applause.
Have one of my stories or poems published, acclaimed and taught in schools. (I’m
a eng. lit. student)
Climb Everest, so that I can see the what the stars look like above all that atmosphere.
Make a woman cry with happiness by kissing her.
Make a difference in 100 lives.
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### Author:  [@Mottpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mottpot)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/23 "2004-05-12T18:27:18Z")
I have always wanted to be somewhere so cold that I can spit and see it freeze before it hits anything. Thats it.
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/24 "2004-05-12T18:33:02Z")
Ride a Hot Air Balloon (done)
Overcome my fear of flying in a plane (I have two chances this year - a business trip to Canada and DISNEY!!!)
Go do Disney (see above)
Make my mother happy and marry Mr. Congo (finally)
Have twins (I actually have a chance here. Mr. Congo was supposed to be a twin)
Go back to college and actually finish (I’m waiting for a letter from Bay Path)
Become a medical examiner (long shot but it’s been my dream since I was 11)
Visit England, Italy, Greece, Australia and Hawaii
Learn Vibrato (probably the longest shot of all)
Lose 70 pounds and keep it off
Quit smoking for good
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### Author:  [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/25 "2004-05-12T18:39:13Z")
[ul]
[li]See sea-luminescence[/li][li]See fireflies (check)[/li][li]See the Northern light (yes, I like lights)[/li][li]Try psychedelic drugs (check)[/li][li]Lose those 20 pounds and then go shopping [/li][li]Get to know and love a few more people[/li][li]Make a difference for the better in more people’s lives[/li][li]Do a parachutejump (check, I actually flew in a wind-tunnel last month in Vegas) [/li][li]own a cat (check) ::pets cat::[/li][li]Become a better person and lose some bad character-traits [/li][/ul]
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### Author:  [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/26 "2004-05-12T19:09:50Z")
Participate in and [finish](http://www.ironbuttrally.com/IBR/2003.cfm?DocID=24) the [Iron Butt](http://www.ironbuttrally.com/IBR/default.cfm).
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### Author:  [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/27 "2004-05-12T20:20:07Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#):
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> Make a woman cry with happiness by kissing her.
And you’re going to Lincoln uni in September!
How _you_ doin? 😉😃
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### Author:  [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/28 "2004-05-12T20:25:06Z")
My list is at home, but as I remember it:
Get married - check! 🙂
Ride a horse by myself.
Go on a boat ride.
Learn a language.
Pet a tiger/lion/big cat.
Go to Disney about a thousand more times.
And more stuff I can’t remember.
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### Author:  [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/29 "2004-05-12T20:50:28Z")
It’s a variable list; I add to it every time I check something else off. So, in no particular order, and as they come to mind:
Successfully (still alive, still speaking, and without the need of therapy for any of us) finish raising my children. One teenager and one very close to.
Get my sweetie on THIS coast.
Finish learning to speak Italian, then
See the town in Italy where my grandfather was born
Teach my daughter to surf
Teach my son to cook
Win the 7 stud event at the World Series of Poker
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### Author:  [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-significant-things-to-do-before-i-die/244367/30 "2004-05-14T17:22:08Z")
Learn to fly - Check
Completed CCNA course - Check
Now, if I could actually get licensed in these things, I’d be set. -ParentalAdvisory, Victim of procrastination.
Now on to some things that I’ve yet to accomplish:
1. Get girlfriend.
2. Sustain relationship (requires #1).
3. Jump out of a plane.
4. Travel outside of the United States.
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