# To Do List before you die **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322 "2005-02-10T01:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/21 "2005-02-10T17:37:06Z")
Oh, one more. I want to juggle lit torches. ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/22 "2005-02-10T19:32:39Z")
Hmmmm, 1. travel all the world 2. win the lottery/retire/something so that I could do what I wanted every day all day. 3. eliminate animal cruelty 4. never to have smoked 5. swim with a beluga whale in the open ocean 6. wear a full, hooped dress with cape and all TAFN, ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/23 "2005-02-10T19:44:01Z")
1. Not die. I figure everything else will sort itself out if I can accomplish that one. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/24 "2005-02-10T19:55:25Z")
I’d like to love and be loved. Marriage would be nice. StG ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/25 "2005-02-10T20:11:40Z")
> [@Lightnin'](#): > > 1. Not die. > > I figure everything else will sort itself out if I can accomplish that one. “I plan to live forever. So far, so good.” - Steven Wright “I don’t plan to achieve immortality by my works; I plan to achieve immortality by not dying.” - Woody Allen ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/26 "2005-02-10T20:14:41Z")
Wife, a job I love, a nice house, dog, cat, white picket fence, maybe a kid or two if I’m crazy enough and all that. Boring stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/27 "2005-02-10T20:55:03Z")
Yo, **Kythereia**! You’re still young, so I can cut you some slack, but you gotta get to work on these: 1. Have a PhD 2. Teach at university 3. Write a book or two 4. Get over your bloody fear of flying already and go on a backpacking trip to Europe 5. Have a car 6. Have a nice apartment or house 7. Have a cottage up north 8. Have, at least, a steady boyfriend 9. Start and maintain a charity Hurry it up, woman! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/28 "2005-02-11T00:04:01Z")
Kilimanjaro Get laid ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/29 "2005-02-11T00:24:48Z")
Needless to say, Japanese twins are on my list. 🙂 Uhhh… yeah… thats about it. ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/30 "2005-02-11T00:26:15Z")
Remembered to add - Learn a hakka - Enter in the World Series of Poker, doesn’t matter if I get spanked in the first ten hands ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/31 "2005-02-11T00:32:20Z")
I wanna save somebody’s life. I don’t have a specific plan in mind, but I know CPR and have an extra kidney floating around. I could maybe talk someone out of suicide, or push them out of the way of an oncoming train. Or stop a bank robbery, but I never go to the bank anymore. Does it count if I technically do it after I die, like my heart or lungs get transplanted? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/32 "2005-02-11T00:35:35Z")
in no particular order: -Travel Europe -Visit Tahiti -Spend a night in the Ice Hotel -Own (drive) a exotic sports car -Ride a full century -Do an unsupported bike tour -Learn to fly -Have enough money when I retire, I can travel -Own a classic car ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/33 "2005-02-11T00:36:38Z")
[ul] [li]Watch my kids grow up and be happy and successful[/li][li]Grow old gracefully and in good health, along with my wife[/li][li]Record an album and have it at least be acknowledged[/li][li]Accumulate enough money for it not to be a problem[/li][li]For America to quit being so damn right-wing[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/34 "2005-02-11T00:38:27Z")
I’ve done a few things that are on other people’s lists. Definite ego boost there. Own my own home. Somewhere civilized, not in the middle of nowhere. Be flexible enough to do the splits. Visit every continent. (3 down, 5 to go counting India) Have enough money to not have to work. Threesome. Be a published illustrator. Or author. I’m not picky. Achieve widespread recognition for something. Preferrably something good. Hmm, if these are my goals, why am I not working towards them? How depressing. ---
**Author:** ![MsPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MsPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsPrufrock)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/35 "2005-02-11T00:44:23Z")
Hmm, well here’s a short list in no particular order: 1. Fall in love, get married, that whole bit 2. Write a novel 3. Travel through Europe, Aisa and Africa 4. Pet a Bengal Tiger 5. Lose weight and keep it off for at least a little while! hehe 6. Get a PhD 7. Visit all 50 states 8. Travel the route of the Eastern theater of the US Civil War 9. Go to a Civil War re-enactment 10. Buy a house that is on the historical registry 11. Get my palm read I could go on and on. And on and on and on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/36 "2005-02-11T00:49:30Z")
> [@Sengkelat](#): > > Hmm, if these are my goals, why am I not working towards them? How depressing. Too true. And judging by how many people have literary goals on their list, we all should be writing right now! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/37 "2005-02-11T00:56:03Z")
Finish writing The Great American Vampire Novel Teach Shamus the Senegal Parrot to talk Have a successful career as a massage therapist Holy Cities World Tour- Rome, Jerusalem, Mecca, Medina, Lhasa, Benares, and Salt Lake City Spend a month in Istanbul Learn to speak Klingon Teach Shamus the Senegal Parrot to speak Klingon ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/38 "2005-02-11T01:18:33Z")
– Get married, legally if possible – Conceive or adopt a child – Take said child to Walt Disney World – Visit Australia – Visit Germany – Visit Spain – Visit Rome and see the Coliseum – Write a novel and get it published – Write a screenplay – Be lead designer on a videogame – Make a webcomic – Finally get the missing sections of my website finished – Become fluent in Japanese – Learn to play the banjo ---
**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:** [February 11, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/39 "2005-02-11T01:27:50Z")
Get a 3.3 CGPA in college Be flexible enough to do the splits (I can touch my toes to my wrists when I do the seated hamstring, but I can’t do the splits or come near it) Get a Masters or PhD (probably masters) in a scientific field Do 10% better in school lose another 30 lbs and keep it off learn more about nutrition Invest wisely enough and make good enough frugal decisions that money is not a major concern in life Partially retire in my 40s and only work 20 hours a week until full retirement at 70 Like myself more, realize I may not be what I wanted to be but i’m close enough Feel like my life mattered Hell, i’m only 25 so its hard to know what I will consider important enough to put it on a list before I die since I wont die until 2065 or so. Its only 2005 right now. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322/40 "2005-02-12T03:50:50Z")
Hmmm… -See the aurora borealis (I’m Canadian, yet miss it every time it’s been around) -Ride a horse -Go SCUBA diving -Go travelling -Not be famous, but at least have my artwork known and liked by some people -Get my driver’s license (I’m 25, just haven’t got around to it yet) -Get a dog I’m a simple sort of person that way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-do-list-before-you-die/289322.md?page=3)