# What are some common activities that you have never engaged in? (and let's select a thread winner) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338 "2017-03-30T11:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/41 "2017-03-30T16:10:57Z")
I just suddenly realized how fulfilled I am in life. The ONLY thing in this entire thread that I’ve never done is “see Titanic.” Yes. I’ve skydived, been arrested, and traveled to Spain… ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/42 "2017-03-30T16:11:36Z")
I’ve never eaten a steak. Not even one bite. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/43 "2017-03-30T16:21:51Z")
The only thing I got is that I’ve never eaten Ramen before. The super cheap college-kid staple Ramen (not the real stuff). Never felt the need to in both college AND grad school. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/44 "2017-03-30T16:37:02Z")
Never tweeted or texted. Never ate Spam or a Twinkie. Never played a video game. Never saw a gun, except in a cop’s holster. Never had sex with a woman. But dear god, don’t ask me about the things I HAVE done. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/45 "2017-03-30T16:47:29Z")
Too much fun, that’s news to me Too much fun, there must be A whole lotta things that I never done But I ain’t never had too much fun. - Commander Cody and His Lost Plant Airmen ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/46 "2017-03-30T16:59:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Almost 60 and have never swam. _::shoves Czarcasm into the pool::_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/47 "2017-03-30T17:03:31Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > _::shoves Czarcasm into the pool::_ I never said I never _tried_, but I sink to the bottom every time. I sink in cold water, hot water, salt water…hell, I went to the Great Salt Lake and sank. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/48 "2017-03-30T17:09:53Z")
Oh dear. ::hauls Czarcasm back out of the pool:: I thought of another one: I’ve never played a game of checkers. Every other common board game, but never checkers. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/49 "2017-03-30T17:26:02Z")
Never lived on my own Never lived in an apartment Never changed a baby Never fed a baby Never broke a bone Never sprained anything Never balanced a checkbook (tried, but failed) Never grew roses in the garden Never waxed a floor Never owned a cat Never grasped math higher than high school algebra Never attended a deathbed Never attended a professional football, basketball, or soccer game ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/50 "2017-03-30T17:31:39Z")
I have never: - drunk tea or coffee - smoked anything (i.e. cigarettes, cannabis) - used illegal drugs - learnt to drive - ridden a horse (I have ridden a camel and an elephant though 🆒) - used social media (no tweets,no texts, no Facebook, no Linkedin etc.) - watched Titanic - worn jeans ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/51 "2017-03-30T17:42:27Z")
I’ve never had Archibald Leach, Bernard Schwartz and Lucille LeSueur in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/52 "2017-03-30T17:56:09Z")
I’ve never seen a Godfather movie. My brother assures me this makes me a freak. I’ve never water skied. I’ve been dragged around half the lakes in Texas with two slats strapped to my feet by a holding on to a rope tied to a boat with a maniac at the wheel. Usually a cousin. I have suffered lake water enemas from Texhoma to Boerne. I have glubbed down mouthfuls of Lake Waco and Lake Thomas. But I have never managed to ski. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/53 "2017-03-30T18:08:14Z")
I’ve never smoked a cigarette but I have smoked a cigar. I’ve never flown in an airplane but I have flown in a helicopter. If I’ve ever changed a baby’s diaper I don’t remember doing it, I managed to make myself scarce when that task came up when my nieces were little. ---
**Author:** ![bobtimusprime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@bobtimusprime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobtimusprime)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/54 "2017-03-30T18:11:56Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > If I’ve ever changed a baby’s diaper I don’t remember doing it, I managed to make myself scarce when that task came up when my nieces were little. You’ll never become Dr. Mrs. The Monarch with that attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/55 "2017-03-30T18:19:19Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > There are two types of skiing. Skiing and water skiing. You can also grass ski and sand ski. Neither of which I’ve done. I’ve never lived alone ---
**Author:** ![BelZarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BelZarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BelZarak)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/56 "2017-03-30T18:39:20Z")
I have never -Been Snow Skiing. (have been water, grass, sand, and rock skiing. the last one was not overly fun) -Seen Titanic. -Flown in an airplane -Been outside the United States. -Been more than 500 miles from my place of birth. -Been more than 2 states away from my place of birth. -Seen a full episode of “Friends”. -Read a MMP without smiling at least once. (Sometimes its just from seeing certain usernames and being glad they are still around.) -Belz ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/57 "2017-03-30T18:43:04Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I have never…worn jeans Wow. This may be a contender. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/58 "2017-03-30T19:26:45Z")
I have never: Tried a cigarette. Taken an illegal drug. Had an “Energy Drink” Lied to my wife. Understood why my brother listens to Hip Hop. Never coffee is pretty crazy, but never jeans has to be the winner. Are you allergic to denim? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/59 "2017-03-30T19:42:15Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > _Well, I’ve never been to Spain…_ Me neither. Nor England, nor Heaven. But I’ve been to Oklahoma. On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia. ---
**Author:** ![ToughLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@ToughLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToughLife)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/60 "2017-03-30T19:48:48Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > Never had sex. Really? In what sense ?😕 As in “I did not have sexual relations with that woman …” or as in Woody Allen’s quote "Don’t knock masturbation, it’s sex with someone I love. " [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338.md?page=4)