Things You Must Do Before You Die!

Mac Masters

So the other day I was studying for an exam and as always I procrastinated and I ended up writing a list of things to do before I die and I'm up to 69, no joke! And I just started to wonder, what everybody else thought thinks they must do before they die?

My top five (which I would be allowed to post!) are:
1.Ride a bike naked.
2.Declare my love to a woman in a really public way.
3.Save somebody's life.
4.Shoot a harpoon gun at something (or someone )!
5.Start a secret society/cult!

Now if everybody could write between one and five things, we could piece them together and see what kind of a 'List' we get! :cool:

phasers

Go to the shops for my mam, she needs bread

Disease Ridden

Go to a world cup match involving the Irish team!

Own a jacuzzi

Do a ski-jump

Do a marathon I suppose!

Bungee jump!

Iwasfrozen

1.Go Skinny Dipping.
2.See the new Trekkie movie. [I will get round to it, eventually]
3.Fight in a War.
4.Punch my Biology teacher, if you knew her* you'd understand.
5.Stay up for a week, without sleep.
*yes I did say her, if you knew her you'd understand.

liah

1.) Explore a national park in New Zealand on horseback.
2.) Partake in a camel race.
3.) Talk face to face with my father (might be impossible, he could be dead and I really don't want to get into the business of gravedigging.)
4.) Live through a natural disaster.
5.) Witness urban warfare first-hand.

Borneo Fnctn

I'm always hearing about the swimming with dolphins thing. I'd rather spend some time with chimpanzees. If you can teach a dolphin to swing on a rope and masturbate then maybe. But the chimps are way ahead.

Schism

Write my will.

Caoimhín

Have just one day without back pain.

Mac Masters

Another good two I had:

Order a mail order bride and then leave her at the airport! (I actually knew a guy that did that!)
Crash a gay wedding and then make a toast at it!

K4t

A black and an Asian. Together would be fine.

davyjose

Reach 4,000 posts

Manic Moran

liah wrote: »

2.) Partake in a camel race.

!? The rest make some sense.


1) Get a twin-jet license.
2) Watch kid get married. (Requires having kid first)
3) Lead men in a pitched battle. (It's what I've trained for, just the battles don't seem to be coming my way. Am trying in Afghanistan next month)
4) Set foot in every continent. For longer than two weeks. (May be consequential to #1) Unsure about Antarctica.
5) Publish book. Been in a few, just want one of my own.

regob

1. influence the world in some sort of way
2. do something to make my parents especially proud
3. discover something inredible
4. write a best seller
5. help in a third world region for year

Biggins

Threesome,
Skydive,
Date more than one person at the same time,
Fire a weapon,
Be wanted by a forigne state,
Be chased by the Gardi,
Get your revenge on a stalker/lunatic.

One of the above has yet to happen still for me (but will soon).

davyjose

regob wrote: »

1. influence the world in some sort of way
2. do something to make my parents especially proud
3. discover something inredible
4. write a best seller
5. help in a third world region for year

If 3, 4 & 5 don't cover 2, you have some bad-ass parents, my friend.

regob

Biggins wrote: »

Threesome,
Skydive,
Date more than one person at the same time,
Fire a weapon,
Be wanted by a forigne state,
Be chased by the Gardi,
Get your revenge on a stalker/lunatic.

One of the above has yet to happen still for me (but will soon).

good one thats clear lies

Hagar

Live.
Live every day as if it will be you last.
As if every conversation will be the last words people remember hearing you speak.

regob

Hagar wrote: »

Live.
Live every day as if it will be you last.
As if every conversation will be the last words people remember hearing you speak.

so wats the five things ???????

easyeason3

I'd eventually like to have confidence in myself & be happy.

Other than that there's nothing really, I usually take each day as it comes.

If I'm meant to skydive/ swim with dolphins/ save someones life then I'm sure it will happen at some stage.

lisajane

Mmm, i would like to

1. See garth brooks live in concert (he's retiretired though)

2. Go somewhere on a plane (i was never on a plane before)

3. Go back to college to do veterinary nursing

4. Make/win millions of euro so i would never have to worry about money, ever

liah

Manic Moran wrote: »

!? The rest make some sense.

You know you CAN ride camels, right?

They actually do race them for lulz, I think it'd be fun to be a camel jockey.

T1890

Start studying for exams sooner than the day before

Riddle101

(1)Move to America or Canada
(2)Learn how to play my Guitar
(3)Scuba Dive
(4)Take a car trip around Europe with friends
(5)F*ck 1 woman from every country I visit

BaconZombie

Summer Glau

Christina Ricci

Angelina Jolie { Would need a time machine to go back to ~'95-00ish

Pherekydes

Not die.

Jet Black

Get this* book some funny and intersting stuff in it.
Even has stars in the back so you can reward yourself when you complete a task.





*not from this shower.

Looby_Loo

I want to make a difference in a strangers life, see as many off the wall tourist attractions in America as possible (I am thinking of large balls of string etc) and see Les Miserables in the West End or Broadway.

TheTubes

i have a list fo stuff to do before im 30,
its:
run a marathon
climb a mountain
skydive

i havent done any of them yet.
i hope to get them done tho.


if i dont get them done by the time im 30 ill try and do em b4 i die.

ill let ye know how it goes.

It wasn't me!

See the world by motorcycle
Take up scuba diving
Re-learn to flyfish and spend time doing that
Buy a boat and spend time at sea
Lead soldiers
Grow older disgracefully, without getting fat or stale
Do things that frighten me, and beat them
Shoot in an Olympics
Win gold in all rifle events at the same Olympics
Have somewhere quiet and pleasant to myself, where I can hunt and fish and reflect on a life full of interesting memories and people.

TheTubes

Looby_Loo wrote: »

I want to make a difference in a strangers life

send me 5e by paypal.
you're welcome.

tony1kenobi

1. Master time travel
2. Be the Second Coming
3. Learn to count past 3.

Jako8

1) Live

RonMexico

1) Have a threesome with Natalie Portman & Summer Glau in a champagne filled jacuzzi.

2) Drink a jacuzzi full of champagne and get cheered on by Natalie Portman, Summer Glau and Megan Fox who turned up after the fun but promised to make up for it whenever I want.

3) Present Bill Clinton with a box of the finest Cuban cigars and thank him on behalf of every red-blooded male with a slutty intern in the office.

4) Expose Enda Kenny as a cross-dresser

5) Give Kathy Kenny the ride of her life.

Saibh

Things to do before I die: I haven't got a clue

pebbles21

i think he died the way he wanted to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7---mGq7G_Y

seanybiker

1: Be alive for my and my wifes 50 wedding anniversary. im a big softie like that. (must get married)
2:Take a corner on me bike fast without ending in the ditch.
3: Kareoke, I know its only something stupid but I would love to just get up there and belt out a few songs I have saved for the occasion. (in my head it turns out great)
4: Travel to as many countries as possible on my bike. So far I ahve Waterofrd done lol.
5: Worry less about the future and live for the present.


jaysus Im a boring chap lol.

af_thefragile

Probably in order of how it might happen...

1. Set up my Punk band (hopefully this summer!).
2. Go trekking in the himalayas (plan to do it next summer).
3. Own a Ducati.
4. Publish my novel (working on it currently) and become an accomplished writer.
5. Climb Everest.
6. Finish Med school, work in Africa for a while.
7. Start a proper business.
8. Own a Lamborghini.
9. Help a 3rd world country.
10. Go on a road trip around the world, taking photographs.
11. Sail around the world, taking photographs and all.
12. Publish aforementioned photographs in a gallery or as a book or something.
13. Get into politics? Actually not sure about this one, but i'll certainly get involved in politics at some state probably indirectly supporting a party/candidate of my choice.



About it for now i should say... I may have had missed a few... But i don't as a lot from life.

seanybiker

af_thefragile wrote: »

3. Own a Ducati.

What ya want one of them for tut tut. lol

Saibh

seanybiker wrote: »

What ya want one of them for tut tut. lol

Seany knows what bikes to own

af_thefragile

seanybiker wrote: »

What ya want one of them for tut tut. lol

A Ducati monster is my dream bike for now...
Once i've gotten that, i'll dream about getting a MV Agusta Brutale or a Harley V-Rod... :pac:

oh and Felix rocks!!, i'm addicted to that show lately...

Biggins

Biggins wrote: »

Threesome,
Skydive,
Date more than one person at the same time,
Fire a weapon,
Be wanted by a foreign state,
Be chased by the Gardi,
Get your revenge on a stalker/lunatic.

One of the above has yet to happen still for me (but will soon).

regob wrote: »

good one thats clear lies

:pac:

* Did a skydive and admittedly nearly crapped myself when jumping through the plane door! LOL The thought "I must be fcuking mad" came instantly into my head as you can well imagine!
* Dated more than one person at a time when a teenager. Not as much fun as it seems - its like juggling balls - keep it up long enough (no pun intended) and you drop one and get caught out!
* Fired a weapon through legal means (thats all I can say about that)
* I was a bold boy (14 at the time) one night and with cousins 'borrowed' some neighbours flowers. Chased by the Gardi! :rolleyes:

Ainekav

I recently did an art piece based on a list of things to do before i die.
here's the blurb:

Aine Kavanagh
Born Sligo 1987
“The Collaborative Listage Movement”
(Installation)

The work is based on a list of things to do before I die that I compiled when I was fifteen. This initiative aims to open a dialogue with the public surrounding the list and encourage the sharing of experiences. The list itself has been transposed onto a google map, with documentation and “how to” sections.

The ethereality of the balloon reflects the sometimes idealist nature of the list. To balance this, I incorporated a facility where people can “file away” slips of paper into a box labelled “Lost dreams and unachieved goals”. This action represents the acknowledgment of failings, while not being held back by them.

The list acts as a tracker for the whole of the human experience, documenting achievements in the persons time on earth.


I projected the google maps onto a 6 foot balloon, It was quite cool! must upload photos actually. Ps heres my list

¬Things to do before I die – 2008 Edition.

1. Become a professional photographer/ artist and sell some work
2. Skydive (Lake Bled, Slovenia, August 2008)
3. Get a tattoo
4. Go to Africa
5. Spend a summer working in America
6. Have Children
7. Get married
8. Visit Gina in New Zealand
9. Buy myself a nice car
10. Get Laser Eye surgery
11. Get the mole removed
12. See all the films my lecturer ever talked about
13. See South America-Machu Picchu
14. Write a book
15. Get a photo published
16. Cook a big family dinner properly (March 2009, For mark and elaine)
17. Go to Sziget (July 2009)
18. Travel around Europe (August 2008)
19. See U2 in concert (June 2006)
20. Ride on an elephants back
21. Go to the World cheese awards! (September 2008, Dublin)
22. Go onto a rollercoaster (Venice 2004)
23. Get my belly-button pierced (Dublin 2004)
24. Design my house, complete with circular hole in the wall for a door,wild garden with
hammocks, graffiti room, view of the sea.
25. Watch a very scary film such as children of the corn, psycho etc. (Red Dragon, few years ago)
26. Buy myself a) a designer bag, b) Jimmy Choo’s or something equally ludicrously
Expensive (21st- Paul’s Boutique, Guess, DKNY)
27. Visit the (accessible) five continents (Europe, Interrailing 08…)
28. Attend a gospel service in America
29. Ride a hot-air balloon
30. See an african sunset
31. Be happy with my body
32. Get a chinese dress made for nothing in Asia
33. See the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro
34. Get a golden Labrador and call him Garfunkel (Funk for short)
35. Snowboard or Ski
36. Go to Jamaica and make Cool Runnings jokes all day
37. Kiss underwater
38. Buy a Volkswagen Hippy Van and travel in it
39. Swim with Dolphins
40. Go to an All-Ireland Final (Paddy’s Day 2009- Kilmacud Crokes v Crossmaglen Rovers)
41. Volunteer abroad
42. Climb or at least visit Mt.Kilimanjaro
43. Read Ulysses or a similarly great novel-Joyce, Dickens
44. Skinny Dip (Lake Bled August 2008)
45. Live in Dublin (September 2006)
46. Join the mile high club
47. Go to a film premiere
48. Go to San Francisco
49. Leave my mark in graffiti
50. Play Monopoly
51. Send a message in a bottle
52. Sleep under the stars with no tent!
53. Find a job I love
54. Get my tongue pierced (Tried to, 2007)
55. Visit a concentration camp (Auschwitz, Poland, August 2008)
56. Climb the Eiffel Tower (August 2007)
57. Go to a coffeeshop in Amsterdam and see the Red Light District (July 2008)
58. See the murals from the Troubles in Belfast – a Black Taxi tour
59. Get a smear test
60. Go to a beach party (Birthday age 12, Rosses Point, Summer 2007, Strandhill)
61. Learn the art of cocktail-making
62. Invent a cocktail (July 29th 2008, Denise’s 21st WKD,Vodka,Lime juice,pineapple juice,cranberry juice)
63. Work in an Irish Bar (not in Ireland)
64. Go to Glasnevin cemetery
65. Go to the botanical gardens
66. Live on my own in a house full of strangers (September 2006, 46 Kirwan St.)
67. Have three 21st parties (The Glasshouse 6th, My house 4th…two was enough)
68. Eat at a Michelin-starred restarant that has been reviewed (Shanahans, December 4th 2007)
69. Go to the Galway races
70. Give my children Irish names and teach them to speak it
71. See fork lightning (March 8th 2009, Marks House)
72. Go on holiday with Mark
73. Make cheese
74. Eat lobster, oysters and mussels
75. Organise/Attend an Ursuline Reunion
76. Go to a Hip-Hop concert
77. Go to the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
78. Attend the Burning man festival in Death Valley
79. Get into NCAD (September 2006)
80. Take part in a protest (October 22,2008, No Fees)
81. Ride on a motorbike
82. Live in Australia
83. Play a proper game of poker
84. Go to Slane
85. Design a website (16th February 2009)
86. Be made a character on the Simpsons!
87. Be an extra in a film
88. Give Blood
89. Make a feature-length film
90. Learn all the functions on my camera and use them
91. Go to Las Vegas
92. Play a Saxaphone
93. Have my own cheese shop/factory
94. Go to the Beach in Thailand
95. Drive a Cadillac or another american muscle car
96.See the Taj Mahal
97. Do a backflip
98. Have waist-length white hair when I’m an old woman
99. Write a restaurant review
100. Show work in an exhibition (May 2008)
101. Fall in Love (Sligo, 2006)
102. Do a Portfolio (Summer 2005)
103. Go Ice-Skating (November 26, 2003)
104. Save someones life (Concern Sponsored Silence 2002/3)
105. Go to a Strip-club (November 2006, Prague)
106. Go to New York
107. Get a picture with the Royal Guard outside Buckingham Palace (5th April 2009)
108. Play the piano again
109. Go to Kickboxing ( 2004)
110. Go white-water rafting (Lake Bled, August 2008)

Tarzan_man

Save on my car insurance.

Acacia

liah wrote: »

4.) Live through a natural disaster.
5.) Witness urban warfare first-hand.

Proof that maybe the Celtic Tiger cubs do have things a bit too easy...:pac:

Why on earth would you want to experience such things?

It wasn't me!

Acacia wrote: »

Proof that maybe the Celtic Tiger cubs do have things a bit too easy...:pac:

Why on earth would you want to experience such things?

To know that you can come through them through personal strength and force of will? Plenty of people don't want life to be easy or comfortable. Too bloody boring by half.

Acacia

It wasn't me! wrote: »

To know that you can come through them through personal strength and force of will? Plenty of people don't want life to be easy or comfortable. Too bloody boring by half.

The people who don't want an easy or comfortable life, are usually those that have such a life (and perhaps take it somewhat for granted). They don't realize how lucky they are, imo.

There's a difference between 'not boring' and 'traumatizing' .

I bet if you asked a tsunami survivor or a child soldier which they would rather do- live through their experiences again, or have a 'boring' comfortable life in Ireland, they would pick the latter a heartbeat.

My name is URL

Ainekav wrote: »

97. Do a backflip

Well, good luck

Lorrs33

1. Get a book published
2. Finish college
3. Go to San Francisco
4. Skydive
5. Marry
6. Have kids
7. Get my driver's license
8. Be at the front of a moshpit
9. Learn to play guitar
10. Get drunk at least once
11. Volunteer on Christmas Day
12. Achieve highest qualification in Psychology
13. Work in Google
14. Get my ears pierced again (3 more times)
15. Buy dream home
16. Travel
17. Visit Cliffs of Mohor
18. Go to the George
19. Pick up my niece from school
20. Name a star after somebody (I've already bought my mam a moon acre!)
21. Donate blood
22. Meet one or all of my favourite bands
23. Go on at least one roller coaster

Those were in no order, of course

Seaneh

1) Cook in a michelin starred kitchen - done
2) Run with the bulls in Pamplona - done
3) TV - done
4) Move out of athlone - Done FTUW!
5) Meet Paolo Maldini
6) Sky dive
7) Visit every continent (includint ant-arctica)
8) Attend the following football matches
Milan - Real
Milan - Manchester United
Real - Barcelona
9) Work for a summer in barretstown
10) win the champions league with athlone town in football manager 09.... this might be the hardest...

Manic Moran

Acacia wrote: »

Proof that maybe the Celtic Tiger cubs do have things a bit too easy...:pac:

Why on earth would you want to experience such things?

They will certainly put your current easy lives into perspective. You can probably never appreciate what you have until you have a basis for comparison. These will certainly provide such. Is there any point in going through life without fully appreciating the nice bits for what they are?

I mean, I never truly appreciated the joys of sitting in a traffic jam until I came back from Basic.

NTM

It wasn't me!

Acacia wrote: »

The people who don't want an easy or comfortable life, are usually those that have such a life (and perhaps take it somewhat for granted). They don't realize how lucky they are, imo.

There's a difference between 'not boring' and 'traumatizing' .

I bet if you asked a tsunami survivor or a child soldier which they would rather do- live through their experiences again, or have a 'boring' comfortable life in Ireland, they would pick the latter a heartbeat.

Yeah, they have the life, and it bores them, and they want more, and they find it in the form of experiences that shape them violently, and that's fine. If this weren't the case, explain the people who go off to be soldiers, knowing it's a job that comes with fear, exhaustion, hunger, mental exhaustion and strain. There's nothing wrong with someone wanting to see the entire spectrum of the human experience. It teaches appreciation for the good bits of it.

Manic Moran wrote: »

They will certainly put your current easy lives into perspective. You can probably never appreciate what you have until you have a basis for comparison. These will certainly provide such. Is there any point in going through life without fully appreciating the nice bits for what they are?

I mean, I never truly appreciated the joys of sitting in a traffic jam until I came back from Basic.

NTM

Pretty much exactly what I was going for. See it all, then love the good bits all the more, for knowing what the other side is really like. Someone who doesn't experience the worst can't appreciate the best to its fullest.