Failed Hobbies.

Pighead

Pighead has tried many new hobbies over the years in an attempt to seem interesting and windswept to the casual observer (ie chicks). Trouble is I'm a bit lazy so almost all of these hobbies began on a Monday and were aborted by Friday.

When Pighead was a kid he bought a bongo in Cumiskeys Music Store and brought it home with the intention of becoming the best damn bongo player the town had ever seen. The lack of bongo players around at the time was a definite factor when choosing my instrument.

Anyway bought the bongo on a Friday and practised that night until my hands bled. Brought it to Susie the Slappers houseparty on the Saturday and late on in the night after a lots of drink I whipped out me bongo and started banging it furiously(easy!). Went down like a lead balloon though. Every fcuker was stoned and apparently Pighead was "Ruining their buzz man".

I knew it was time to give up my latest hobby when I seen one of the chicks at school pointing me out to her friend as"The Mongo with The Bongo" So have any of you lot had a failed hobby?

Diarmsquid

Juggling.
Got some free juggling balls one day in the summer, and spent about a week trying to juggle.
Annoyed the hell out of me, didn't get it at all.
And you get that feeling "All that time wasted.."
:mad:

Ruu_Old

Don't give up so easily like I did, Pighead old chum. I bought a pair of rollerblades no longer than a month ago. I tried using them 3-4 times but no use. I would rather keep the use of my legs and arms, thank you very much. They were promptly returned back to the shop they came from.

connundrum

1. Rollerblading...

I had rollerblades and thought that this would be the biz, cos sure, when one has rollerblades one will not have the need for any other mode of transport. How wrong was I?? As soon as the first winter rains came, the rollerblades were tucked discreetly into a cupboard and were rarely seen again.

1.1. Roller Hockey...

The following summer, in an attempt to rescue the rollerblading idea, I joined a roller hockey team. One practice session later and I was assigned a place on the sidelines, mainly cos I was moaning too much about having no knee skin left. Oh well.

2. Building a website...

Bought an instructional book. That is all.

3. Learning a language...

I got really motivated one summer and decided that a new European language was for me. Two days later when I still hadn't decided on what language is best, I came to the conclusion that English was probably best, and that what I should do is try to refine my accent.

4. Write a book...

This thought lasted 45 minutes

Faith

Gymnastics, playing the piano, hockey, tennis (although those two did last several years), tango (never even made it to the first class) and many more that I've forgotten about.

Now, as a result, I have no productive hobbies!

Pighead

Ruu wrote:

Don't give up so easily like I did, Pighead old chum. I bought a pair of rollerblades no longer than a month ago. I tried using them 3-4 times but no use. I would rather keep the use of my legs and arms, thank you very much. They were promptly returned back to the shop they came from.

You done the right thing Ruu, rollerblading isn't a hobby, its a deathwish.

bluto63

To what extent do you mean fail? I've done plenty of hobbies where I've gotten the basics and no more. Such as juggling. Can do the basic three ball juggling, but then when it comes to the technical stuff I just can't get it

Pighead

bluto63 wrote:

To what extent do you mean fail? I've done plenty of hobbies where I've gotten the basics and no more. Such as juggling. Can do the basic three ball juggling, but then when it comes to the technical stuff I just can't get it

To what extent? Pigheads talking about opening your wardrobe to pick out a shirt for a night on the tiles and cursing furiously when that fishing rod you used once back in 87 has tangled itself up and got hooked onto your collar thus forcing you to wear your sweat smelling T-Shirt again.

bluto63

Well in that case I think all I have is a tennis racket.

Diarmsquid

Oh, and skateboarding...
I went through a phase. Bought a ramp and all. I could do anyhitng on it. Not even the most basic "ollie".

Archeron

Learning Irish. Got a great book off of eBay. Glanced through it and had horrible memories my Irish teacher in school making me write conversations out 10 times to "help" me remember it. I still glance over it now and then, but none of it sticks.

Archery. Tried this and it turned out that everybody else in my class was under 10. I'm nearly 30 and felt like a gimp. Plus, I lost about 10 arrows in the three weeks I attended. (might try this one again someday though, theres something good about the whoooooosh of something flying through the air and the plunk of it hitting something thats very satisfying)

Piano. I only got as far as making the enquiry. The lovely lady told me she wanted €28 per half hour lesson and that she wanted me to pay for 10 lessons up front. I like Fur Elise, but not that much.

Writing course. Oh dear. I paid €500 for this home study course and still havent even started it. I will though, I will.....

A band. Me and three friends started a band. then we realized that none us could play an instrument, or sing. Forever people by the Shamen thorugh a kids karaoke mic will not get us a number one hit more than once. (this was years ago, before you all laughing at me)

Edit. Great thread.

MrJoeSoap

Had the intention of having a model railway going all around my room but quit when I realised how expensive that might be.

(After spending about €100)

Trinity

Ballet - 1 class

hip hop - 2 classes

astrology - 3 classes

psychology - first few pages of a book

gym - couple of times

writing a book - never got past the first line

tap dance - about 4 classes

saxophone - 1 class

drums - less than a class!

keyboard - had one at home played around with it

few more course never finished, cant even remember them now

mused over loads, even booked them but never made it...........biggest regret being not getting those singing lessons.........

Pighead

Archeron wrote:

A band. Me and three friends started a band. then we realized that none us could play an instrument, or sing. Forever people by the Shamen thorugh a kids karaoke mic will not get us a number one hit more than once. (this was years ago, before you all laughing at me)

Shame we didn't know each other back then. I'm sure that with a bit of a bongo beat in the background we could have made it big.

Not exactly a hobby, more of a venture but when Pighead was in school he started copying tapes for people in 2nd class with his buddy Fintan. We taped all the latest releases onto blank tapes and then sold them for 3 quid at school. Things were going great for about a week but unfortunately the CD format exploded onto the scene thus leaving the lads ignored and broke (and also with a shedload of blank tapes.)

Ruu_Old

Brilliant*.


*give you a quid for that shedload of tapes

Lurk

Was about to take shooting lessons when I saw that Hugh Hairy-Whittenchuff feller off the telly kill a bunny close to his River Cottage wreck of a place. (The Nally thread has also turned me off a bit). I'm excited to report that my next failed hobby will be tap dancing. I got the legs already.

Archeron

Lurk wrote:

I saw that Hugh Hairy-Whittenchuff feller off the telly kill a bunny

That is without a doubt the weirdest sentence I have ever read

trilo

Pighead wrote:

Not exactly a hobby, more of a venture but when Pighead was in school he started copying tapes for people in 2nd class with his buddy Fintan. We taped all the latest releases onto blank tapes and then sold them for 3 quid at school. Things were going great for about a week but unfortunately the CD format exploded onto the scene thus leaving the lads ignored and broke (and also with a shedload of blank tapes.)

Well there you go, you also tried it as an entrapeneur... how many people can hold there hands up and say that..and made some money from it.:D

I did loads things when younger, gynnastics, badminton, acting/dancing etc, karate, basketball (which i had to stop cuz my eye sight went bad and i began throwing the ball to the opposite team..doh!)

Tried the guitar, learned 2 songs, the strings irritate me so stopped that.

I deicided take upa new hobby a couple of months ago, bought the gear cheaply, however i've yet to get out there and do it..have i failed that as well.:(

Lisapeep

I've sometimes thought that I'd like to be able to iceskate properly but didn't think it was possible to learn in Ireland. But if you ever go to Smithfield or the RDS at Christmas there's all these really skilled people flying around the ice, some working there, some not. Where do they all come from?!

Pighead

Trinity1 wrote:

hip hop - 2 classes

Are you serious? You actually went to two hip hop classes? Oh my good God. Pigheads heard it all now. Did they teach you to talk like a gangsta? Did you have to wear jeans 7 times to big for you? And the most important question: WHERE WERE THE CLASSES?

Jello

^Lol.

I failed at Airfix Models, though I enjoyed it while I did it.

Archeron

Lisapeep wrote:

I've sometimes thought that I'd like to be able to iceskate properly but didn't think it was possible to learn in Ireland. But if you ever go to Smithfield or the RDS at Christmas there's all these really skilled people flying around the ice, some working there, some not. Where do they all come from?!

They keep them in a cardboard box in the attic with all the other Christmas decorations.

Lisapeep

Pighead wrote:

Are you serious? You actually went to two hip hop classes? Oh my good God. Pigheads heard it all now. Did they teach you to talk like a gangsta? Did you have to wear jeans 7 times to big for you? And the most important question: WHERE WERE THE CLASSES?

There are hip-hop classes on everywhere! I'm surprised you've never heard of them before. You don't have to wear jeans that are 7 times to big for you - that would be rapping that you're thinking of!! Hip-hop is learning to dance to pop music!

monkeyfudge

I bought a huge expensive telescope earlier in the year and got lots of books to go with it... but I haven't used it once because frankly I'm terrified of it... I'm terrified of glimpsing the vastness of the cosmos... I have nightmares sometimes about looking through the lens on that thing....

I should probably just start out simple and spy on the neighbours and then work my way up to the moon and such.

sioda

Soccer failed
Hulring failed
Martial Arts failed
Good ol stamp collecting still have the stamps so partial success
Skateboard broken arm and fingers to show

Always fall back on lego anyone can build a hobby from that

Pighead

monkeyfudge wrote:

I bought a huge expensive telescope earlier in the year and got lots of books to go with it... but I haven't used it once because frankly I'm terrified of it... I'm terrified of glimpsing the vastness of the cosmos... I have nightmares sometimes about looking through the lens on that thing....

I should probably just start out simple and spy on the neighbours and then work my way up to the moon and such.

Ha Ha, can just imagine how that would turn out

Monkeyfudge: But officer, I was only pointing my telescope at Mrs Andersons bedroom as a starting point in my journey through the great vastness of the cosmos. Honest!

Officer: I'd be more inclined to believe that story if you had of told it without your trousers hanging around your ankles. You're nicked son.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Starting off with banging bongos and juggling balls, how did this thread not degenerate into something worse....?

In answer to Pighead's question, yes:

Bowling - took six years to give it up.
Stamp Collecting - Who hasn't...?
Adding Green smileys to posts - Going strong, but only two days in
Smoking - gave it up inside a week.
Driving - four lessons before he'd let me out of the estate and crashed on the sixth. End of story...

Heisenberg.

This post has been deleted.

Lurk

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

Smoking - gave it up inside a week.

It's difficult, but you have to keep at it. I'm now a professional.

greenkittie

eep... lots, I'm an enthusiastic starter!...

stamp collecting - 3 stamps

ballet - 1 year

piano - a few lessons

trampolining - 1 lesson

violin - 1 school term (thought it looked easier than piano)

scouts - 1 term

athletics - 1 lesson, it was on a Saturday morning - it wasn't happening

diving - a few lessons

badminton - 2 lessons

squash - 1 term

photography - broke my camera

windsurfing - till i got my 1 star

kayaking - till i got my 2 star

competitive swimming - a couple of years until i got bored of everyone else being better

judo - a good few years until some fat girl kept landing on my head when we were practicing moves

horse riding - a good few years, loved this one but needed my own horse to progress any furthur... will do it again when i can afford one

orienteering - 1 course, was fun but I'm lazy

Territorial army - 1 year

yoga - 2 years, would have kept this one up but the class ended so i didn't bother

Japanese lessons - 1, it was enjoyable but i was too tired for every other one

football - 1 training session, i couldnt kick the ball!

dungeons and dragons - ongoing, but cant find a group down in Dublin to play with so rarely

surfing - ongoing, but getting to a beach is a hassle so rarely

WhiteWashMan

boards.ie

i still cant get the hang of it.


coins. i actually collected coins many years ago. had some pretty old ones as well. but seriously, who knows where th **** theyve been!
did try stamp collecting, but once youve stuck stamps in an album, i mean, what do you do with them? i think i amused myself by throwing them in the bin actually.

mountainyman

Hunting down pighead and torturing him to death over several days.
Also taking methamphetamine.

MM

Tar.Aldarion

Stamp collecting, coin colleecting, soccer, gaelic, hurling, basketball, golf, darts, snooker, rugby, table tennis, shot put, guitar, tennis, swimming, karate, sports karate, surfing, body boarding, badminton.


I did all those for years, some to national level, gave em up. Wrecked myself with injuries.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Life.

kano476

Failed:
Tai kwon do - got to yellow tip.
Guitar - 4 lessons
boxing - couple of fights (although the amatuer friday night takeaway punch ups are good)
choir - couple of lessons (ssshhhh)
Pokemon - got 143 of the c*nts
Football stickers - any year i collected them
Hurling - one training session when i was 7. got kicked out for throwing the hurley at my own goalkeeper
african drumming - 3 lessons
paint by numbers - completed 1. i have no paitence.
athletics - 1 year
basketball - 3 years
football - 4 years

Succeeded:
drinking - 4 years going strong
smoking - 2 years cant quit!
**** - since those two twins were on neighbours years ago. 7 times or more a week
poker - proper hobby. 2 years
bass - ahh kind of
pint glass ballet - hard to explain, can go very wrong.

Piste

Shotokan- Did this for a year or two, gave i up for...

Choir- Did this for 4/5 years, was sick of singing hymns which I didn't like anyway, and also it was clashing with...
Swimming- I didn't look good in a bathing suit and I was far too slow, despite having done a lot of...
Dance- All sorts, hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, a bit of tap. I gave up dancing in school after I left primary school and then went to dance classes for two years which I stopped once the Junior Cert started, but I've taken it back up again in school now.
Guitar- I hated having a group class. And the way we always went so slowly. Oh and that I was 11 and everyone else was 20+
Soccer- Was no good
Hockey- Ditto
Basketball- Ditto again. Even though I was the vice captain of the As in 1st year I was still ****e, sports aren't really my thing.
Spanish- I taught myself for a while our of boredom in summer '05 and did it as a TY module this year. I'm determined to take it back up again. Porrr queee? Porque amo espanol!
Nationstates. Y'know that website, www.nationstates.com I used to play that for a few months, but stopped because it was pointless.
Quake- I was crap and had exams coming up so I didn't bother with it.
Pokemon- But in fairness, who didn't?

But what I have kept up:
Singing- took a break for a year, have now gone back
Piano- though I'm still no good
Drama- I'm not doing it this year though because I haven't the time.
Japanese
Juggling

What I'd love to do:

Ballet- It's so lovely looking!
Gymnastics- I'd love to have perfect balance and be all flexible and be able to move in all those cool ways!

Waltons

Golf when I was younger. Just couldn't be bothered after a while.
Played piano for a good 5 years or so when I was younger as well, but that was more to do with my parents' 'encouragement' than any particular personal enjoyment of playing. That said, I wouldn't mind going back.

Been playing drums for a good few years now. Unfortunately they've taken a bit of a backseat recently

Tar.Aldarion

Damn you all for giving up piano, I want to learn it so much. Learned my first thing at the weekend, Frère Jacques.

Frère Jacques,
Frère Jacques,
Dormez-vous?
Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines!
Sonnez les matines!
Din, dan, don.
Din, dan, don.

theTinker

Building electricity producing wind mills.
Built a small alternator that madea bulb glow, so i began a 3 phase 9 coil alternator for a wind mill. Carved the blades, built the stand, halfway through the alternator I got my hand caught between strips of metal and magnets lifting 1000lbs+.....Horrible moment.....had to pry my hand out with a screw driver + 2 other people.....selling magnets btw.
So that was a costly failure.....600+ since i got power tools etc...scared of magnets now too.

meditating....I did it for 2 weeks then just kinda faded out
It turned out to be remarkably helpful and positive but still ...just got lazy.

Piste

Aromatherapy too, I was big into that when I was 10-12.

Pighead

mountainyman wrote:

Hunting down pighead and torturing him to death over several days.
Also taking methamphetamine.

MM

Pighead thinks these two hobbies may be interconnected. By the way you were wasting your time with the whole plan to torture me to death over several days. Pigheads a highlander.