# Things you do purely for adrenaline **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720 "2001-06-22T01:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/1 "2001-06-22T01:06:57Z")
Whenever I need a quick shot, I get on my bike and ride six blocks to the busiest, steepest hill in Seattle. I pump as fast as I can and shoot down at 40 mph. Sometimes I ride inbetween cars, only an arms length away. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/2 "2001-06-22T01:22:55Z")
I used to race gokarts. They don’t do it for me anymore. I moved on to mini sprint cars. They’re not much better than gokarts. So I started working on a race car. That worked for all of one summer. This year it aint’ enough. Dammit, I need to buy me a stock car and drive it! I _would_ just drive real fast on the road, but that’s just stupid and it recklessly endangers other people. If I’m going to be recklessly endangering myself, it’s one thing. I dont’ wanna hurt anyone else. So until I can afford to buy myself a race car, I’ll just have to do drugs to get adrenalin, or something… ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/3 "2001-06-22T01:30:42Z")
motorcycles are a good start…having some jerkoff pass you in your own lane at 80 mph is a real rush… ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/4 "2001-06-22T01:35:24Z")
Allow me to amend my previous post: I can and do drive fast on the highway, but that’s _straight-line speed._ I’m more of a road-course girl. I need _challenge._ Unfortunately, driving performance on a curvy road means using ALL of the road - not viable on a shared street. ::sigh:: Someday I’ll be in Grand Prix or something, and y’all can say you knew me when. 🙂 I might get a motorcycle, just because they FEEL faster than a car, at the same speed. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/5 "2001-06-22T02:26:02Z")
Penn Station to Grand Central to make a train in 15 minutes. Actually I am always trying to make some funky connection with no time to do it - I usally just make it. Sometimes I run down to the platform just to see the doors close (AND THEY DON’T MOVE THE F#$%EN TRAIN FOR 2 WHOLE MINUTES). ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/6 "2001-06-22T12:23:14Z")
Change my baby boy’s diaper. In a draft. Without pulling the new diaper out of the bag first. In a white shirt. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/7 "2001-06-22T21:07:14Z")
[Tongue planted firmly in cheek] Doggy-style sex with **Supergirlfriend** , I’ll call her by someone else’s name, and see how long I can hold on. [/Tongue planted firmly in cheek] ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/8 "2001-06-22T21:19:02Z")
Speed. Lots of it. As in drivin’ fast. I’m with **racinchikki**. Someday when I’m racing in CART or any other open wheel racing I think I’ll have fixated my need or speed till then it’s just drivin’ 120’ish on the freeway when no one else is around. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/9 "2001-06-22T23:57:25Z")
I put a hungry ferret in my pants. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/10 "2001-06-23T04:37:15Z")
Skiing in glades at night, fast as I can, w/ a small mag light on my head. scares the hell outta me, u gotta try it! (who the fuck puts a rodent down their pants?) ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/11 "2001-06-23T04:52:18Z")
Nod off ever so briefly at the wheel. In heavy traffic. At 70 mph. While talking on a cell phone. And eating a Sausage McMuffin. With cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Mats\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Mats\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mats_K)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/12 "2001-06-23T14:46:01Z")
Snowboarding at Mt Buller (About 5-6 hours from Melbourne). And since I work in a bar, telling a drunk to sober up or I won’t serve him. _pulls out his nice steel baseball bat_ ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/13 "2001-06-23T17:50:36Z")
I take my hydrocortisone pills. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-purely-for-adrenaline/69720/14 "2001-06-23T17:52:45Z")
I drive a minivan! [sub]well, not really