# The perfect leisure-time activity **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085 "2013-01-23T08:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085/21 "2013-01-23T23:01:41Z")
I thought reading in the bathtub was a good fit until I got to #7. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085/22 "2013-01-23T23:03:45Z")
Word games are free, and you can play them with friends, though I can’t think of any you can play alone (unless you’re playing against a computer/website.) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085/23 "2013-01-23T23:12:14Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Word games are free, and you can play them with friends, though I can’t think of any you can play alone (unless you’re playing against a computer/website.) There certainly are word games you can play alone, if you count things like crossword puzzles. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085/24 "2013-01-24T00:28:02Z")
Video games. “Not a complete waste of time” wasn’t one of your criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085/25 "2013-01-24T01:02:23Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Video games. > > “Not a complete waste of time” wasn’t one of your criteria. You may consider it wasted time but when the zombie apocalypse comes I have been highly trained to fire a virtual assault rifle. Lets see all the knitters and stamp collectors say that. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085/26 "2013-01-24T01:23:46Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > You may consider it wasted time but when the zombie apocalypse comes I have been highly trained to fire a virtual assault rifle. Lets see all the knitters and stamp collectors say that. I can’t find a single flaw in this logic. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085/27 "2013-01-24T01:50:55Z")
Juggling. Get three lacrosse balls, it should keep you busy for months. Get five and most people are set for life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-leisure-time-activity/648085.md?page=1)