# What silly thing is on your bucket list? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937 "2018-04-23T04:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/61 "2018-04-26T04:12:44Z")
I want to scratch a manatee’s armpit, hang glide at Kitty Hawk (and crashland on the Wright Brothers’ sand dunes), and frolic with dolphins while they echolocate my companion’s pregnant belly … Oh, crap. My bucket list is done. Does that mean it’s time to check out? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/62 "2018-04-26T22:31:56Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I want to scratch a manatee’s armpit, hang glide at Kitty Hawk (and crashland on the Wright Brothers’ sand dunes), They’re not really dunes. More just small hills covered in grass, not on the beach. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/63 "2018-04-27T02:12:35Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > They’re not really dunes. More just small hills covered in grass, not on the beach. Well, [they look pretty dune-y](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2012/5/hang-gliding-outer-banks/). And luckily they’re big… and soft. They didn’t hurt when I pushed instead of pulled, went up to about 30 feet, stalled and nosedived into the sandy, sandy dunes. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/64 "2018-04-30T14:38:46Z")
Oh, and I want to find a fossil. Doesn’t have to be a T. Rex or a mastodon, just any kind of fossil. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/65 "2018-04-30T19:30:39Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Well, [they look pretty dune-y](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2012/5/hang-gliding-outer-banks/). And luckily they’re big… and soft. They didn’t hurt when I pushed instead of pulled, went up to about 30 feet, stalled and nosedived into the sandy, sandy dunes. The pic is not where the Wright brothers conducted their first flight. The caption says it was 5 or 6 miles up the road. There’s a big national park at the sight of Kitty Hawk and it’s not on the beach. [![](http://www.carolinaouterbanks.com/Images/wright/DSCF0118_WrightPylon.jpg) ](http://www.carolinaouterbanks.com/Images/wright/DSCF0118_WrightPylon.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![IaMoDiNaRy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IaMoDiNaRy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IaMoDiNaRy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/66 "2018-05-02T00:57:34Z")
I’ve seen two of my bucket list wishes mentioned here… Here are my most thought of bucket list wishes in no specific order: 1. I’d very much like to go on a long train ride and see some beautiful scenery while enjoying a cocktail or two… 😃 2. See the Northern Lights for REAL instead of just enjoying the many videos on YouTube. 3. Visit Egypt and see the Valley of the Kings. I’ve always had a weird strong attraction to Egypt. ??? 4. I’ve ridden and shown horses all of my life but I’ve never ridden along a beautiful ocean beach. 5. Visit Rome, Italy and specifically the Coliseum. 6. Spend a night out on the ocean where I could listen to the whales talking to each other. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/67 "2018-05-02T01:04:17Z")
I already posted but wanted to add this line by President Obama at one of the White House Correspondents Dinners: “I don’t have a bucket list, but I have something that rhymes with bucket list.” I think I might start one of those. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/68 "2018-05-02T02:04:00Z")
I’ve done several in the last few years that weren’t real difficult to pull off. Saw a solar eclipse, drove the Blue Ridge parkway and Natchez Trace, saw Death Valley and all the cool parks in Southern Utah. I’d still love to see the Northern Lights (and Alaska, for that matter) and if a miracle were to happen, I’d see Africa if I could. A wildlfe safari. Oh - Autumn in New England. That’s still on my list. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937/69 "2018-05-02T14:38:41Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > I want to see the Northern Lights. Not badly enough to spend possibly an extended trip in ice/snow or really cold weather to see them. If they were more predictable so I could see spend a weekend in Nome and be assured to see them I could do that. > > or the Southern lights Depending on what latitude you’re at, they might be visible where you are at some point. I’m at between 38° and 39° N, and a number of years ago, my wife and I saw the Northern Lights from our front yard. There are websites that will tell you what’s visible in the night sky, and since there’s a few days’ lag time from whatever solar disturbances cause the Lights actually happen, and when the disturbances affect our atmosphere, you get a few days’ advance notice that a night with high potential for the Northern Lights is coming up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-thing-is-on-your-bucket-list/812937.md?page=3)