# What have you never done? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128 "2011-06-28T12:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/1 "2011-06-28T12:13:46Z")
Think of some relatively common experiences you have never had. I have never: Been stung by a bee. Watched a single episode of X-Files. Carried a beeper. Gone skiing. Lived in an apartment. Fired a gun. Ordered lobster in a restaurant. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/2 "2011-06-28T12:16:52Z")
Watched “The Sound of Music”. Gone fishing. Had a manicure. Watched porn. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/3 "2011-06-28T12:18:14Z")
Jumped out of a perfectly good aircraft. Rafted through the Grand Canyon. Been to the moon. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/4 "2011-06-28T12:18:58Z")
I have never: had a headache had a cavity gotten poison ivy/oak seen _Citizen Kane_ seen _Gone With the Wind_ taken a train (non-subway) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/5 "2011-06-28T12:22:32Z")
oooh … I used to be able to say your second one too. Until last month :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![xkit0katx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/50afbb/32.png) [@xkit0katx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xkit0katx)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/6 "2011-06-28T12:37:24Z")
I have never: gotten poison ivy passed out walked in on anybody during an intimate moment caught lightning bugs in a jar driven cross-country broken a bone gone to “sleep-away” camp been on a cruise ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/7 "2011-06-28T12:40:53Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > oooh … I used to be able to say your second one too. Until last month :sigh: Was that watched an X-Files episode or had a cavity? Me: ## Done a cartwheel Joined the NY Bar (passed, but never joined) SCUBA dove Hit a home run Flown a plane Resisted posting in this thread I have, however, done _everything_ else. One of these days I’m going to start one hell of an “Ask the…” thread. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/8 "2011-06-28T12:42:12Z")
I have never: Driven a car. Broken a bone. Watched _The Godfather_. Eaten a steak. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/9 "2011-06-28T12:48:27Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I have never: > > Driven a car. > > Broken a bone. > > Watched _The Godfather_. > > Eaten a steak. I highly recommend you try 75% of your list. mmm ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/10 "2011-06-28T12:53:48Z")
I have never: Fathered a child Lived in a different country Ingested/smoked an illegal drug Paid for sex Strangled a man with my bare hands ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/11 "2011-06-28T12:56:42Z")
I have never… Ridden a bicycle. Broken a bone (possibly related to above). Eaten lobster. Watched _Casablanca_, _Gone with the Wind_, _Snow White and the Seven Dwarves_, _Bambi_ or _The Lion King_. Procreated. Lost my keys. Voluntarily watched an episode of a soap opera. Looks like I have a busy week ahead of me. > [@DCnDC](#): > > I have never: > > had a headache Damn, I can feel an envy headache coming on… ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/12 "2011-06-28T13:09:10Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Was that watched an X-Files episode or had a cavity? The latter. Watching X-files was not nearly so painful! ---
**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:** [June 28, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/13 "2011-06-28T13:09:32Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I have never… > > Voluntarily watched an episode of a soap opera. What wicked and nefarious means were employed in order to force you to watch them? mmm ---
**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/14 "2011-06-28T13:20:20Z")
Going to the moon and strangling someone are common experiences? It seems I’ve led a sheltered life. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/15 "2011-06-28T13:20:26Z")
I have never: Seen a purple cow Smoked tobacco Ridden a motor bike Visited South America ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/16 "2011-06-28T13:21:53Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > What wicked and nefarious means were employed in order to force you to watch them? [This](http://files.sharenator.com/alex_de_large_RE_a_safe_prison-s400x300-68250.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/17 "2011-06-28T13:42:28Z")
> [@LionelHutz405](#): > > Going to the moon and strangling someone are common experiences? > It seems I’ve led a sheltered life. I was just feeling one thing should be silly. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/18 "2011-06-28T14:07:30Z")
Never committed adultery. Killed anyone. Been breathalysed. Gone roller skating. Had a snowball fight. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/19 "2011-06-28T14:59:12Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I have never: > > Driven a car. > > Broken a bone. > > Watched _The Godfather_. > > Eaten a steak. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I highly recommend you try 75% of your list. > mmm Yeah, I wasn’t that crazy about The Godfather either. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128/20 "2011-06-28T15:02:56Z")
I’ve never been to me. (But I have been to Paradise). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-never-done/587128.md?page=2)