Hobbies

Jack B. Badd

I'm bored and in a rut and I want a hobby, or several. Anyone have any suggestions? Bear in mind that I am also lazy (as evidenced by this thread).

MrJoeSoap

Reading?

iFight

Badminton, recently started playing, and it's really good.

May have to overcome laziness though

nuttz

Learn to play an instrument.

What interests you?

stepbar

Drinking and poker... are they hobbies?

Sarky

Try Pen&Paper roleplaying. You get to sit around with a group of friends for 3-4 hours having a laugh while eating pizza. Fun AND lazy.

Bob the Builder

well, do you have broadband?

Caryatnid

Sarky wrote:

Try Pen&Paper roleplaying. You get to sit around with a group of friends for 3-4 hours having a laugh while eating pizza. Fun AND lazy.

What's this?

DonkeyStyle \o/

Print your own custom book-covers with zaney titles... take a normal book, slip the new book cover on... head out to a cafe and sit there reading it for an hour.
See if anyone notices you're reading 'Armed robbery for Dummies' or 'The Complete Guide to Body Disposal'.
I'd imagine this is a hobby you could spend many many hours doing and thinking about.
Let us know how it goes.

Ruu_Old

^^ As above, don't forget to take pictures and post them back up here.

connundrum

Write motivational speeches.

Sarky

Caryatnid wrote:

What's this?

What? You've never heard of Dungeons&Dragons, Call Of Cthulhu, Vampire/Werewolf/World Of Darkness/Exalted, Unknown Armies, GURPS, Feng Shui, Warhammer Fantasy etc. etc. etc.?

Adam

Sarky wrote:

What? You've never heard of Dungeons&Dragons, Call Of Cthulhu, Vampire/Werewolf/World Of Darkness/Exalted, Unknown Armies, GURPS, Feng Shui, Warhammer Fantasy etc. etc. etc.?

Isn't that dead yet?

Caryatnid

Um. *blush*
Will you laugh at me if I say I dunno what you're talking about?

Adam

Caryatnid wrote:

Um. *blush*
Will you laugh at me if I say I dunno what you're talking about.

No.


We will laugh at you regardless.

KamiKazi

do you have broadband?

if not get it. then go and buy a copy of counter strike: source.

it will take over your life

stepbar

stepbar wrote:

Drinking and poker... are they hobbies?

wtf??????

Sarky

Caryatnid wrote:

Um. *blush*
Will you laugh at me if I say I dunno what you're talking about?

No. I will however point you towards the Roleplaying forum and provide the simplified explanation that it's your favourite computer RPG with more freedom and possibilities, not to mention a lot more humour.

Troglodyte

How about interfering with yourself. Good way to pass the lonely nights.




*Troglodyte gets his coat and leaves the building.

Dave!

jerk off to my avatar.

Troglodyte

DaveMcG wrote:

jerk off to my avatar.

Well, it does look rather fetching;)

Dave!

Troglodyte wrote:

Well, it does look rather fetching;)

Why, you misquoted me, you saucy minx!

Troglodyte

DaveMcG wrote:

Why, you misquoted me, you saucy minx!

Why, indeed I did! How scurrilous of me!;)

bluto63

I say learn an instrument

Earthhorse

Sarky wrote:

Try Pen&Paper roleplaying. You get to sit around with a group of friends for 3-4 hours having a laugh while eating pizza. Fun AND lazy.

Or failing that, boardgaming. Roleplaying is a lot of effort for a lazy man like the OP to make. You have to come up with a character, not to mention all those dice roll modifiers!

Seriously, designer games like Settlers of Catan are a great way to spend an evening with some friends. It's not only a hobby you can really get into but a great excuse to have friends over.

Dave!

DaveMcG wrote:

jerk off to my avatar.

:eek:

Who did it? Who edited my post? :mad:

Dead-man!

Adam

roffle

Sarky

Earthhorse wrote:

Or failing that, boardgaming. Roleplaying is a lot of effort for a lazy man like the OP to make. You have to come up with a character, not to mention all those dice roll modifiers!

Seriously, designer games like Settlers of Catan are a great way to spend an evening with some friends. It's not only a hobby you can really get into but a great excuse to have friends over.

Settlers is excellent. I don't think the trading phrase "I've got wood for sheep" will EVER get old.

Also try the Game Of Thrones and Arkham Horror boardgames. GoT is very simple and based on G.R.R Martin's books, and Arkham Horror is more complicated and based on Call Of Cthulhu. Both are lovely and shiny and feature stunning artwork. And both are insanely fun to play.

Black Swan

Mico-brew beer.

Karl Hungus

I say learn to play an instrument. There's a lack of drummers, so learn the drums.

The Hill Billy

Try fishing, or porn appreciation.
But not both at the same time coz you can get arrested for that.
Do you have a pet?
Why not buy a goat or chickens?
Or goldfish.
Then you could do indoor fishing & the whole porn appreciation thing in the privacy of your own home.
They can't arrest you for that.
Unless you invite the neighbours' kids in.
By "kids" I mean children not young goats.
But I think that they can arrest you for that too.


Jebus it is only 8:25 & I'm off on one already.
It's gonna be a long day.

CrowdedHouse

Ham Radio

www.irts.ie

Idgeitman

Try make something,

http://www.instructables.com/group/make/

kodute

Start playing World of Warcraft

You wont have any free time once you're hooked! (evil laugh)

Jack B. Badd

Hmmm...most of the hobbies I have at the minute fall into the "appreciation" catagory; books, films, music. I feel that I need to find something that makes me feel like I contribute or produce something. One friend suggested origami which I'll probably look into as I really like folding things. Learning a musical instrument would be cool except that past experience has taught me that I have all the rhythm and musical ability of a small stone. Unfortunately, the pet thing is kinda out of the question at the mo but I'd absolutely love to get a dog at some point
Custom book covers sounds right up my street
And don't chicks get funny looks when it comes to the whole roleplaying malarky?

18AD

Yet again I will recommend coin-stacking.

As seen here:
http://www.fincher.org/Misc/Pennies/

Can add to stress levels quite easily.

Earthhorse

Sarky wrote:

Also try the Game Of Thrones and Arkham Horror boardgames.

I've heard Game of Thrones is horribly unbalanced. The fourteen year old in me wants Arkham Horror but I've a funny feeling it would never see the table.

I've a pretty good collection going in Ticket to Ride, Tikal, Tigris & Euphrates, Traders of Genoa (lot of 'T' games) and some Carcasonne games. Not sure what I'll go for next.

Jack B. Badd wrote:

And don't chicks get funny looks when it comes to the whole roleplaying malarky?

Actually, I imagine your gender would make you even more welcome at an adult table. Maybe *too* welcome. Roleplaying is a good hobby to mix the active and passive. You and your group effectively get to tell a story with everybody taking turns.

Léan

Extreme Ironing.

http://www.cultkanaal.nl/Sport/Extreme%20ironing%201.jpg

Jack B. Badd

Earthhorse wrote:

Actually, I imagine your gender would make you even more welcome at an adult table. Maybe *too* welcome.

That's what I was getting at with the "funny looks" comment. Shudder...

Earthhorse

Ah right, you shouldn't let it put you off. It's only a stereotype. You should be able to find some mature heads easily enough I would think.

bluto63

18AD wrote:

Yet again I will recommend coin-stacking.

As seen here:
http://www.fincher.org/Misc/Pennies/

Can add to stress levels quite easily.

That looks amazing. Looks very hard too

Beruthiel

How can anyone ever be bored when there are so many books in the world to read?!

The Hill Billy

How about writing a book - "The Life of a Bored Boardie"?

I'll start you off...

Chapter 1
It was a dark & stormy night. I was bored. Beruthiel's avatar sprang to mind. Something stirred...

Jack B. Badd

Hill Billy wrote:

Beruthiel's avatar sprang to mind. Something stirred...

It is a damn hot avatar

The Hill Billy

Alternatively you could take up Electricity Pylon photography.
Some samples...
http://www.gorge.org/pylons/
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/bigh/bigh/intropage.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~AYGulesin/te-pylon.html

Or, & I sh1t you not, you could join The Pylon Appreciation Society... :eek:

zilog_jones

Learn car chassis codes, so you can annoy people by saying "EE102" instead of "Toyota Corolla".

Tar.Aldarion

Beruthiel wrote:

How can anyone ever be bored when there are so many books in the world to read?!

My sentiments exactly, I've only gotten through one or two thousand and there are so many more I want to read. The ultimate hobby.
That and stamp collecting.

toiletduck

i agree, read!

Jack B. Badd

I read. Believe me, I read loads! But at the same time I'd like to be able to do something else, something that gives me a finished product at the end would be nice.

Daelus

Jack B. Badd wrote:

I read. Believe me, I read loads! But at the same time I'd like to be able to do something else, something that gives me a finished product at the end would be nice.

Write a book?

The Hill Billy

Jack B. Badd wrote:

I'd like to be able to do something else, something that gives me a finished product at the end would be nice.

I can't believe that this post has been sitting there since 17:16 yesterday and no snotty-little-studenty-smart-arse-type bothered to post "Have a w@nk!"

The youth of today - no interest in smut & double-entendres. What's the world coming to?