# 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:** 6
**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 31, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/101 "2017-03-31T12:36:24Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Same here. Because the robot arm is all you need? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/102 "2017-03-31T12:58:24Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I’ve never been dumped. Yep, it’s true. > > (Before you hate me, I should explain that I was raised in a chaotic home filled with mental illness and dysfunction. As a young person I had a strict zero tolerance policy for conflict and drama. Such things are, of course, not uncommon in youthful relationships. At the first whiff, I’d be out the door! By the time I’d recognized I _could_ actually handle such stuff, I’d already fallen in with my now partner, 30+ years ago.) > > (I have never, ever, not once, shared this with anyone. Anticipating being harshly judged and called names. Plus it’s not really anything to be proud of, I feel. I was simply being immature in a different way from my peers is all.) Good for you for not letting yourself fall into the same trap as the rest of your family. If I had had the backbone to do that as a teen/young adult it would have made my life during my 20s a hell of a lot easier. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/103 "2017-03-31T14:14:14Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Never have I ever: > > - Played golf (won’t be caught dead - can’t stand the thought even) > - Been to Vegas (not a gambler so…) > - Read the bible (tried but found it unbearable) > - Had a McFish Fillet (ugh…) I’ve never done any of those things. Nor have I ever - skied (snow or water) - dove into water - ridden a motorcycle - had sex with anyone except my wife ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/104 "2017-03-31T15:02:53Z")
I have never been in Cliff Clavin’s kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/105 "2017-03-31T15:21:20Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Me neither. Nor England, nor Heaven. But I’ve been to Oklahoma. > > On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia. Oklahoma… not Arizona? Joking aside, I’ve done and experienced a lot during my years on the planet. I understand that I only get one trip through here… I’m going to experience all i can, while I can. That being said, I’ve not tweeted nor jumped from a plane. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/106 "2017-03-31T15:36:32Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Never have I ever: > > - Played golf (won’t be caught dead - can’t stand the thought even) > - Been to Vegas (not a gambler so…) > - Read the bible (tried but found it unbearable) > - Had a McFish Fillet (ugh…) What’s wrong with golf? I mean I get it you said “it doesn’t interest me” but to say “won’t be caught dead?” That’s a pretty serious statement. I’m going to Vegas this September for vacation. I’m not a gambler either, but that has nothing to do with anything. Las Vegas has some of the greatest shows, hotels, pools, and other wonders in the USA. I can’t wait and it’s quite possible I’ll never bet a single penny. I would theorize that most people who try to read the Bible from beginning to end would find it unbearable. You have to take in to consideration when the books were written, and why. They books of the Bible were written in different languages - literally and figuratively. Worse case scenario, one should use a study Bible, best case take a Bible study class. Is it all fish sandwiches you don’t like, or just the McDonalds’ one? > [@Chefguy](#): > > At age 70, I’ve never been to a funeral; this includes for my parents and siblings. Just curious, why not? Victim of circumstance, or personal choice? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/107 "2017-03-31T15:38:43Z")
I’ve never had a headache. I’ve had pain in my head, usually from getting punched in it, but I’ve never had what I understand to be a “headache.” ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/108 "2017-04-01T01:32:46Z")
Flown on any kind of aircraft. Yep, never been off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/109 "2017-04-01T01:58:27Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I have never had a cup of coffee. Me either. Not even a sip. Closest I came was accidentally eating coffee flavored ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/110 "2017-04-01T02:07:20Z")
Eaten a beet. Touched a gun. Been fired. Watched an episode of _Friends_. Sat through an entire sports game from beginning to end (baseball, football, basketball, ice hockey, soccer, et al.). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/111 "2017-04-01T02:23:59Z")
I have never: Listened to a song from _Hamilton_. Drank coffee. Swum. Driven a car. Been drunk. Partaken of recreational drugs. I could go on. For example, I also have not eaten a muffin. Or a doughnut. Or most other foods. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/112 "2017-04-01T04:37:51Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Not me (lord knows, not me!), but I know someone who has never masturbated. I think you mean “… someone who _claims_ never to have masturbated”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/113 "2017-04-01T12:32:22Z")
I got nothing but a vote for the thread winner—never worn jeans, thus far. I can’t even imagine. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/114 "2017-04-01T13:08:24Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > I think you mean “… someone who _claims_ never to have masturbated”. 😉 i.e. every 12 to 20 year old guy in existence. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/115 "2017-04-01T13:18:16Z")
I could _almost_ claim to have never drunk a cup of coffee (small sips were enough to convince me that I didn’t like it), but for one incident: I was at a Thai restaurant with some friends, and I’d heard that Thai tea (served cold with milk) was good, so I ordered some. I got a glass of a beige-ish liquid, and tried it. It tasted really bad, and I concluded that I just didn’t like Thai tea, but I had ordered it, and I was thirsty, so I finished it. Only to find when the waitress brought our bill that she had accidentally given me Thai coffee instead: No wonder it tasted so bad! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/116 "2017-04-01T13:26:35Z")
Never had my wisdom teeth come out, because they never came in. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/117 "2017-04-01T13:35:21Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Never had my wisdom teeth come out, because they never came in. another one for me. except in my case I didn’t need mine pulled because they all came in straight. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/118 "2017-04-01T13:40:32Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > another one for me. except in my case I didn’t need mine pulled because they all came in straight. Me too. All of my kids needed at least two pulled, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/119 "2017-04-01T14:07:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I was at a Thai restaurant with some friends, and I’d heard that Thai tea (served cold with milk) was good, so I ordered some. I got a glass of a beige-ish liquid, and tried it. It tasted really bad, and I concluded that I just didn’t like Thai tea, but I had ordered it, and I was thirsty, so I finished it. Only to find when the waitress brought our bill that she had accidentally given me Thai coffee instead: No wonder it tasted so bad! Calls to mind the words of Dr. Samuel Johnson, when served a cup of some indeterminate and not-nice liquid: “If this is tea, bring me coffee; of if coffee, bring me tea.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-activities-that-you-have-never-engaged-in-and-lets-select-a-thread-winner/783338/120 "2017-04-01T14:12:59Z")
Oh, I’ve been to Nice and the isle of Greece, while I sipped champagne on a yacht. I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I’ve got. I’ve been undressed by kings, and I’ve seen some things that a woman ain’t s’posed to see. I’ve been to paradise … But I’ve never been to me. [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=5) [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=7)