Life is too short to sit around on the net all day reading about other people’s experiences in life, so we have put together a nice little list of ten absolutely fabulous, fun, naughty, and neat things to do before you get too old. Some of these items might put you in danger of jail time, but that just adds to the thrill!
Who doesn’t love cocktails? There are thousands of spirits and liqueurs out there for the tasting – so go to a liquor store, stock up, and try as many variations as you can. You are bound to stumble upon a great tasting cocktail to show off to your friends next time you have a party. Remember to keep a bucket handy – after a night of tasting cocktails you will need it.
Flash mobs have become a worldwide phenomena in which a large group of unrelated people all converge in one place, perform an unusual action for a short time, and disburse again. Flash Mobs were invented in 2003 in Manhattan, but they can now be found in almost every city in the world. To illustrate the scale and awesomeness of flash mobs, in 2006 the London Underground was overtaken by 4,000 people who all silently danced to their ipods (video clip above).
This one is an easy task for most people living in California, but not so easy for people in other states and countries. But it is worth the airfare to get to a premiere if you can afford it. I was fortunate enough to see the premiere of one of the Lord of the Rings movies and I had a fantastic night – you definitely must do this at least once. Who knows, maybe a superstar will see you and fall in love with you (that didn’t happen to me, alas).
It is possible that many of you will have already performed this task, but for those who haven’t (myself included), why not give it a shot? All you are going to cost someone is the time cleaning up after you. Pick a nice clean spot and go to town with spray paint. Be careful not to put anything that will lead the cops to your door. For added points, try to graffiti in a nearly impossible to reach spot – you are more likely to leave a permanent mark that way.
Disclaimer: If you do this, Listverse and JFrater will not be held responsible. Now this is something that I can say I have never done, though I have left a store with free things that the staff didn’t ring up (accidentally), but I do have friends who have done this. The trick is to go to a very fancy restaurant (don’t forget to dress up), order something from every course – preferably things you have never eaten before – or can’t afford to eat, then do a runner from the restaurant without paying. Just remember: this is theft, so don’t pick a small family run restaurant that can’t afford to foot your bill.
You may have noticed the absence of items such as bungee jumping and sky diving – the reason is that I think they are insane things to do and I would never recommend them. So, in lieu of other “flight” related things to do, I propose that you learn to fly a plane. You might need to save money for a while as lessons can be very expensive. If you do decide to give it a go, I would recommend that you shave off any long facial hair you may have.
This one may be a little risky, but it is worth it for the kudos you will get from your friends and family. First off you need to paint yourself a piece of art; it doesn’t matter whether you can draw or not – most modern art is unrecognizable anyway. Once your painting is dry, sneak it in to the fanciest art gallery you can find and tape it up on the wall. If you want to go for a special extra touch, you can make your own wall plaque to hang beneath it – and include a price tag. Who knows, you may be discovered!
This is something you have to do at least once in your life. Save up some money and book a night at the poshest hotel in your city – and book the most expensive suite. While you are there make sure you saved enough cash to tip well and to enjoy all of the benefits of the hotel – like fabulous food, massages, pool, and spa. There is nothing grander than waking up in a magnificent penthouse suite with a hangover. Just remember, if you steal the bathrobes you may find an unexpected bill turning up on your credit card the following month.
If you volunteer at your local cop shop you can often be invited to participate in a lineup. Doing so can be fun – and you sometimes get a free lunch as well as cash (though not always). If you do get to appear in a lineup, be sure you didn’t commit the crime! Wear something fun like a tee-shirt that says “I did it” and be sure to look shifty. If you accidentally get picked as the perp, you might want to check out the Top 10 Prison Survival Tips.
We live in a fast paced society where gadgets exist for virtually every task – but occasionally you find that nothing exists to do exactly what you want to do. Instead of ranting and raving, why not try your hand at inventing it? It can take months – even years – to invent something, but if you have a good idea, it is worth the effort. Just remember, as soon as you have completed your invention, patent it and give it a truly awesome name. Who knows, you may even get rich off the idea.
Contributor: JFrater
112. gabi319
“96: Gatorade and Vodka?!?!?! That sounds ingenious!”
CurtShmurt will never steer you wrong…lol case in point: He is my aforementioned good friend!
The problem with labeling this list as “tongue in cheek” is that some of the suggestions could be taken seriously. Mixing new drinks is fantastic! And treating yourself to a luxery suite is something I agree everyone should indulge in at least once.
When you combine that with dine and dashing and graffiti? Not so much.
Next time, keep the theme consistent, not some humorous and some serious. Otherwise, this exact response will happen.
I got some!
Create a cult in which you are the glorious leader!
Bring back Communism in three States!
Shoot a small child in the arm and run away giggling (I won’t be resonsible if you do this, even though I’m suggesting it)
Invent a worldwide fasion trend!
Yay! You can either break the law or try for something virtually impossible without financial backing!
Some of these would be interesting to do, especially 8 and 3, though I do wonder at bungee jumping and the like being ‘insane’ to you and yet theft is a-okay.
Great list! I’ve done 7, 3 and 1 already and would love to do the others.
To these I would also add a couple of my own suggestions.
1- Freight hop/hitchhike across a country with no money or credit card.
2- Join Volunteer Service Overseas (the Canadian equivalent to the Peace Corps)
3- Complete an Olympic triathlon (because it’s the ultimate way to test your fitness)
4- Build my own house
5- climb a mountain (already did it, I climbed a volcano in Mexico, the Nevado De Toluca)
6- Visit Antarctica (my ultimate dream is to cross-country from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole)
I did number 5!! (flying a plane) It was the best experience- do it!!
There are some good ones there, but the runner one is not cool at all. The waitstaff put in hard work to serve you and don’t deserve to be stiffed or worse yet, have your meal taken out of their paycheck, which I’m sure will happen at some establishments. I don’t care how exhilerating it is for the runner. If others are being negatively affected, then I think it’s *****ry.
1- Freight hop/hitchhike across a country with no money or credit card.
That sounds like a blast, but I would be WAY too chicken.
you forgot go to a gwar show!!! seriously its unlike anything else!
#6
The restaurant, however small, or large and fancy, will not cover your unpaid bill. The minimum wage earning server will cover your bill. How lovely and fun, lets go to work tonight, earn $30 and owe the house $350 when you leave. No food for me this week I guess. But I really hope you found it thrilling to steal my money.
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My city has anti-graffiti laws that force the property owner to pay for the clean up or face hefty fines. Again, lets all have a big thrill causing a small business owner money to clean your paint off the wall.
Not impressed by your suggestions. Why not try some victimless thrills.
see Red Hot Chili Peppers and GWAR and Tool and Method Man + Redman and Blitzen Trapper = five dieselest concerts you will ever see
I think you folks who take some of these suggestion seriously need to get high or laid or remove stick from ass. Clearly the way list was structured you have some things that would be fun to do and some things that are absurd. Maybe that`s just JF`s humor im sure he don`t want people breaking the law (Judas Priest reference).
skydiver- an airplane that ain`t crashing is perfectly good and just because the doors open don`t mean you have to enter.Would you go into a restroom of the opposite ***** cause the doors open ? Just kidding, im to old and chicken to skydive. Peace out.
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One of my fave things to do is to give the bartender $100 and say give free drinks until it’s gone. I usually do this in my fave haunts or at my alma mater. Lasts about 10 minutes but worth it to see peoples reactions. I do this anonymously. I don’t want personal gain or thanks. Just giving back to the community.
What a dumb list. Sorry. You think bungee jumping and skydiving are insane so you don’t mention them, but theft and vandalism are ok? WTF is wrong with you?
MPW (92) Love ya babe.
Wow, i’ve already done 3 on this list…7 more to go, i better slow down. I enjoyed this list (unlike some other people). It made me smile after a rough day. Thanks JFrater!
119. Cyn: I like you best when you’re being “offensive”.
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132. Vera Lynn: That is a great idea! I never would have thought of that, though I have secretly paid for the order of the car behind me at a drive-thru when I lived in L.A.
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I’ve discovered why the past few weeks I have been out of sorts and not posting much.
I have shingles! They finally broke out in blisters on Thursday, and I saw my doctor on Friday. So I’m in a lousy mood, but now that I know why, I can work around it.
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well, i am quite good at it
and oh *****! the shingles totally suck. known some folks w/ that…ugh. yeah see the doc and get better.
segue!! I am so sorry. Your body fails you, yet your spirit is golden. I pray for you every night. You are not like any one I have known before. Personal strength aside, you give strength to others. That’s amazing. You are a wonder.
My number one thing to do in life before I die is to not waste any more time reading cyn comments. zz
I can’t believe you are actually TELLING people to vandalise other people’s property through graffiti. I have a lot of respect for you JFrater, but that point on this list is a disgrace.
Cyn, I agree with you. I love this site and how it is set up. I’ve sent every friend I know to this site (that regularly uses the internet) and they all love it too. My problem earlier today was that you were defensive way to quick and almost accusing. If you would of just politely pointed out that it was meant to be humorous then my response would of been 100% different. But you response was aggressive, so mine was. I apologize for acting butt hurt, but hey, it was a human reaction, being extremely hungover probably made me a little more snippy as well.
So ya, I’m sorry, but I still think that the humor in this list was a bit to subtle considering that all i have to judge it by is words, and not tone of voice. Judging some of the comments before and after our little tiff, I think people would agree.
Anyways, hopefully we’ll have friendlier words to exchange on future lists.
Great list! Actually I was pretty surprised when I read the comments and saw people getting all snarky.
I mean, seriously, do you think people who would never do graffiti will suddenly change their minds after reading this? So much for free will.
On the other hand, take it as a compliment JFrater… obviously your lists are so influential you might have to start watching what you write.
At any rate, if anyone is thinking about graffiti do me a favour and please write something interesting on a toilet wall? Quotes or random trivia… or maybe even a top 10 list. One of my favourite places to be is a well scrawled toilet.
IndigoMoth:
http://listverse.com/humor/top-12-examples-of-graffiti-humor/
It’s a good image list of some funny grafitti.
sdggrant: i agree
gabi319:
Cheers! Thats a good list, that one. hehe… bacon.
Saying that graffiti is ok, and that “all you are going to cost someone is the time cleaning up after you” is incredibly naive and irresponsible. Shame on you JFrater. A black mark on an otherwise excellent website.
How would you feel if someone decided to take up your advice on your property? Or your mother’s? Or Anybody’s?
Well said, crimson_05.
My front fence was recently attacked with graffiti and I am ashamed to go in my front gate, it’s a disgusting mark on something I only recently paid a lot of money to be painted!
“Participate in a Police Lineup” – Now that sounds fun!
Participating in a lineup is no fun if you’re the guy!
Not that I’d know anything about that.
40: Skydiver: “Statistically, you’re more likely to die in a car accident than skydiving. ”
This statistic is hilarious. I’m agreeing with it though because I’m pretty sure people drive almost every day, but don’t go skydiving almost every day. Just a thought.
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73. Skydiver – February 1st, 2009 at 12:23 pm
“70. bigski
Why would someone jump out of a perfectly good airplane ?”
There’s two common answers to that question given by us skydivers:
1. There are no perfectly good airplanes.
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2. Why not? The door was open.
LOL… The door was open… Thank you for making me laugh. Still not going skydiving though… Too much of a chicken!
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143. gabi319 : Thanks for that link! The bacon one was hilarious!
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136. segue: Ouch! Hope you´re feeling better soon!
jfrater – I don’t care what anyone says… I think it’s a great list!
Film premiers are as lame as it gets. I went to one in London for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because my sister wanted to see Johny Depp, I stood there for 4 hours while little tiny bopper girls where screaming and yelling….WHATEVER YOU DO AVOID FILM PREMIERS UP UNTIL YOU DIE. That is my imput.
40: Skydiver: “Statistically, you’re more likely to die in a car accident than skydiving. ”
That’s the silliest and most misleading thing ive read on this list. That “statistic” illustrates nothing about the activities themsevles, just the frequency of how often people participate in them.
Not to mention, define “crash”. There are 100 ways that getting into a car accident can end, most of the time nonfatal. Yet the only way to crash from falling out of the sky is usually to your death or a wheelchair. Just a few details you left out.
Relax jim, it’s called specious reasoning.
The inherent danger of skydiving is more than obvious to me. If it weren’t dangerous, it wouldn’t be nearly as exhilarating. I’ve had a couple of close calls but thankfully, no major injuries.
We like to use that ridiculous statistic because it’s true; if you ignore the variables
. You have a 1 in 6000 chance of dying in a car accident, and a 1 in 100,000 chance of dying from skydiving. Of course, those would probably be YOUR odds, mine are likely to be very different… haha.
We are a crazy bunch however, and use any logic we can to recruit.
Incidentally, 63.7% of all statistics are fabricated.
I would love to do #8 (film premiere), but only if I were invited to it or participated in it. I don’t want to be standing outside; I want to walk the red carpet!
Did #4, although it wasn’t a gallery per se, it was a public art show. I’m no artist, but I produced a fairly good portrait and put it in the show. It wasn’t for sale but people said they liked it.
Skydiver–my sister went skydiving (tandem). She loved it but there is no way I would do that! I went parasailing once and nearly died of fright!
Some of my bucket list:
–Climb a mountain (preferably Everest – I’d settle for visiting base camp.)
–Publish a book (written a couple; not published yet).
–Date a celebrity – just for fun!
–Ride in a Bentley. I did actually see one a couple of weeks ago!
–Learn to surf. Must move back to California first.
–Spend the night in a haunted hotel.
One thing that was already on my bucket list that I got to do was (don’t laugh) see Shamu at Sea World. I always wanted to do that!!!
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in a given number of people who skydive, say…1000, and any given 1000 people who drive, a greater number will die from driving statistically
Skydiving was the funnest most exciting thing I’ve ever done. I must recommend it, it would be a crime not to! Suck it up, don’t think about it & JUST DO IT!
“in 2006 the London Underground was overtaken by 4,000 people who all silently danced to their ipods”
Silently?
*comment edited by admin for threats against the site*
Hey thanks for this list! It helped me finally shake my addiction to your page!! I mean now that you’re endorsing stealing (#6 Doing a runner) you’ve officially started on the path to “How low can I sink to?” Congrats!! I guess you’ve run out of ideas and have started to scrap from the bottom of the barrel.
Owning a restaurant is a grueling 14 hour a day job that you invest your life into. Having some douches steal your time, money and effort by doing a “runner” is in no way fabulous: it is criminal and destructive. Even if it is a big restaurant, hell even if it is a multi-national fast food chain, it’s stealing and somebody is going to pay for the theft. Maybe the waiter who served the douches will get the meal deducted from his or her pay or better yet: maybe he’ll get fired!! How fun!!
I have another fabulous thing to do before you die: *edit* “!” Oooooh! Wouldn’t that be just GRAND!
*comment edited for threat against the site. obviously this one time commentor did not bother to read preceding comments prior to ranting and then threatening LV. please read preceding comments for context. as in this case renders this entire comment moot. and do not threaten LV. it is just a website. this is just a list. it was written for entertainment purposes only. this list was never intended to be taken seriously. as for drive by commentors who feel the need to post threatening comments…see a therapist.* Cyn
How about throwing a shoe at Bush?
Nah I guess i have better things to waste my time with
164. psychosurfer nice one that should be #1
Now if you excuse me i have job to do……………
does anyone know where bush lives don`t tell me in the bushes i tried he is not there
I say, go ahead and skydive, the whole point of the list is to do thrilling things right? I agree with most of these commentors however in that advocating #s 6 and 7 is inappropriate for your otherwise upstanding site.
I have just read a book called “The know-it-all” by AJ Jacobs. To fill in the gaps in his education he reads through the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica. Various members of his slightly eccentric family are introduced, including his father, who is fond of eloborate practical jokes. He is a non-drinker, but when hosts at parties ask him what he wants to drink, he’ll say [the made-up name of a coqtail which I can't remember because I'm typing this at school and the book's at home] then explain that it’s two parts lemon Kool-Ade and one part tequila. He does this because almost nobody is going to have both of those ingredients on hand. When they apologise, he shrugs and says “Then I’ll have iced water, please”.
Yeah, J, as much as I love Listverse, I have to say I’m not too keen on the “Runner” one – not exactly the kind of thrill I would want – a bit mean, not to mention, BAD. But, Mattayeaux, I LOVE the idea of doing something unexpectedly nice for someone else. The thing at the drive-thru was great! I know that just made your day! As for something else I’d like to do before I die – I always wanted to go on an African Safari. And I would love to go to Australia and/or Greenland.
I just went dolphin swimming 4 days ago, unbelievable.
170. tmnt-93: I just went dolphin swimming 4 days ago, unbelievable.
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Where? So many places have outlawed it now; danger to both dolphin and swimmer. It’s absolutely on my list if I can do it safely!
1. Make peace with those i’ve hurt or harmed
2. Give all my possesions to my loved ones
3. Hug and kiss all my loved ones, tell them how much i love them and ask then to forgive me anywrongs i done them and then pass on as much wisdom as i have learn’t to them
4. I would tell them to live good life, do your best not to sin, go to chapel, receive holy communion, say the rosary and love God with all your heart and trust in Jesus, He will guide you through your life. I would get masses said for lots of different people, including myself
5. I would get the last sacraments of the church
6. I would make sure everyone knew i loved them
7. I would like to die quietly and eventually meet allmy loved ones in the next life
That sounds pretty good Paul (#172), but you forgot the most important one – join the mile-high club.
Very disappointing list.
It’s wrong to steal from a restaurant, especially for this reason…
..if you run out on the bill usually the waiter/waitress who’s serving you is stuck footing the bill. If you order expensive things off the menu that’s basically their entire night’s work for nothing.
Don’t be an *****.
Believe it or not i joined the mile high club a long time ago
Flying from New Zealand to Singapore
Some people seriously need to grow some balls……YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!!!! Who gives a *****! LIVE A LITTLE and all that crap!!
I would add buying a CD from a band you’ve never heard of before.
I will do No.3 & No.7 from the list plus No.2,3,6 & 7 from Paul’s (#172)