6 months to kill - suggestions?

irishpacker · 04-02-2009 01:37AM #1

Evenin' all!

What would you do if you had 6 months free with a guaranteed good job waiting at the end of the period???

Right, I'll be finished college at the start of June (ahh! Real world!!!) and I have a career-wise job 99% confirmed to start in January of 2010... So basically I have 6 full months from mid June till mid December to go and travel/work/have a mad adventure! And I'm just interested in hearing your ideas if you were in my situation???

Things to bear in mind:
- Been lucky enough to have done the US and Canada in my youth, so not interested.

- Not interested in a J1 visa/Aussie visa booze cruise/crappy job type holiday.

- I want to do something mad and aventurous! While bearing in mind that I don't really have a lot of money to start off with so I'll probably have to work for a bit... but sure I'd like to do that in another country anyway!

Right, fire away with your suggestions!!!

AlmightyCushion · 04-02-2009 01:46AM

Phew.

*wibes brow*

I thought you were going on a killing spree and were looking for suggestions for some victims.

*walks off and crumples up list*

Actually you could do that.

Doctor DooM · 04-02-2009 01:56AM

Moving as nothing to do with being up late or anything spooky.

Enjoy!

artanevilla · 04-02-2009 02:08AM

Catch all 150 pokemon.

MizzLolly · 04-02-2009 02:09AM

You could grow two thirds of a baby!

Fizman · 04-02-2009 02:11AM

irishpacker wrote: »

- I want to do something mad and aventurous!

1. Run around the streets screaming "Ah haha hahaha, I have a career job starting in 2010 and I have 6 months of worry-free bliss to burn before I get there".

2. For the entire 6 months, wear a placard saying "I LOVE FF".

3. Combine suggestion 1 with suggestion 2.

THAT would be mad and adventurous!

Pen1987 · 04-02-2009 02:14AM

Spend it realising that that 1% figure is highly likely to grow in the next six months. In fact it probably multiplied in the last 6 hours after Cowen's little chat.

irishpacker · 04-02-2009 02:18AM

I think I'm in the wrong forum!

mp3guy · 04-02-2009 02:21AM

Dole agus d'ól

CDfm · 04-02-2009 02:24AM

Lie about college and get a McDonalds job.

Biggins · 04-02-2009 02:27AM

I must be tired and stupid - I honestly thought I was reading for a sec' you had 6 Moths to kill!!!
I was like "What the heck???"

Yep, I'm losing it!

anonymous_joe · 04-02-2009 02:32AM

Learn self-defence through street dancing.

Biggins · 04-02-2009 02:33AM

Seek out "The Island" - go ask Leo!

minidazzler · 04-02-2009 02:38AM

So Brian Cowen is on your list of people to Kill right?

And Mary Harney you could have fun killing that whale!!!

CDfm · 04-02-2009 02:41AM

buy an anorak and get a monthly unlimited bus ticket for dublin bus taking all the buses on the roots -until you comple all the stops.

MIN2511 · 04-02-2009 02:45AM

1. Go to Africa
2. Go travelling in Europe
3. Play poker
4. Watch Porn
5. Travel around Ireland: go to all the counties! Spending your dole money

KIVES · 04-02-2009 02:46AM

Man, the way things are going at this moment in time - I wouldn't puzzle yourself too much over how best to fill your time...You say you've got the guarantee of a job next January- I know I'd start by grinning inanely and come Halloween I'd reassess my 'options'...to grin even more inanely or just tone it down a level - perhaps a long knowing snigger in the run up to Christmas - the world really is your oyster man...

CDfm · 04-02-2009 02:50AM

forget about personal hygene until you start you new job

jimmycrackcorm · 04-02-2009 02:51AM

I would start with killing small stuff like ants and work your way up to killing elephants and whales. 6 months should give you enough practice.

MrMiyagi · 04-02-2009 07:37AM

Hello,

You could buy a one month interrail pass to travel around Western Europe. Stay in cheap hostels while locking your valuables in safety lockers at train stations.

For the second month do Eastern Europe but dont buy an interrail pass for Eastern Europe as the rail fares are dirt cheap.

Then you could consider Thailand where you could live on 200 a month. Do a tefl if you want to work there.

I think it takes 6 months after leaving college to get the dole but you can get if you lie about that. But the welfare crowd are checking everything now.

Good luck

CreepingDeath · 04-02-2009 07:44AM

irishpacker wrote: »

What would you do if you had 6 months free with a guaranteed good job waiting at the end of the period???

Ah the naivity... thinking a job offer was guaranteed in times like this.

Overheal · 04-02-2009 07:49AM

Why not go explore mainland europe? Or you could do some charity work in Africa.

CreepingDeath · 04-02-2009 07:52AM

Invent something and then go on "Dragons Den".

kowloon · 04-02-2009 08:25AM

Get your postcount to ub3r133t levels. Or not.

Overheal · 04-02-2009 08:33AM

kowloon wrote: »

Get your postcount to ub3r133t levels. Or not.

.....done. Now what?

kowloon · 04-02-2009 08:43AM

Overheal wrote: »

.....done. Now what?

Contemplate the meaning of enlightenment as you ascend to a higher level of conciousness and become a being composed entirely of interwebs.

Sam Vimes · 04-02-2009 08:43AM

invent the toaster. No one's invented that yet have they?

Agent Smith · 04-02-2009 08:45AM

Overheal wrote: »

.....done. Now what?

Seppuku yourself

Adam · 04-02-2009 08:54AM

Agent Smith wrote: »

Seppuku yourself

harsh...but fair.

eagle eye · 04-02-2009 08:55AM

In this order.

1. Do a bunjy jump
2. Do a parachute jump.
3. Sky dive

and when you think you have scared the bejaysus out of yourself with them, try whitewater rafting.

Enjoy and I hope you come back alive.

here.from.day.1 · 04-02-2009 09:11AM

Hibernate?

6 months to kill - suggestions?

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