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see the northern lights

Send a message in a bottle

go to a rock concert

Read 1,000 books

bunjee jumping

ride a roller coaster

go to a football match

own a t-shirt with a bandname on it

Have my first kiss

10.

adopt a cat or dog from an animal shelter

11.

go zorbing

12.

get a massage

13.

Fall in love

14.

volunteer for something

15.

have a movie marathon

16.

do yoga

17.

visit all 7 continents

18.

write a song

19.

eat sushi

20.

Fly First Class

21.

type with 10 fingers

22.

graduate from school

23.

learn to drive

24.

hold a snake

25.

go camping

26.

Swim with dolphins

27.

play a round of golf

28.

Do ten full push-ups

29.

have a library

30.

learn how to cook

31.

get a job

32.

buy a useless electrical appliance

33.

Read a classic

34.

read "to kill a mockingbird"

35.

buy a home

36.

Go skydiving

37.

go on a cruise

38.

plant a garden

39.

ride a bike to work

40.

horse ride

41.

Watch 1000 movies

42.

scuba dive

43.

Own a car

44.

meet someone famous

45.

Donate to charity

46.

win something

47.

sponser a child

48.

eat a pizza in italy

49.

visit europe

50.

Make my own bread

51.

overcome a fear

52.

bake a cake

53.

visit a zoo

54.

have a romantic candlelit dinner at home

55.

Make love.

56.

Write a letter to the editor to a newspaper or magazine about an issue that touches me

57.

go skinny dipping

58.

fly a kite

59.

be an audience member for a TV show taping

60.

have breakfast in bed

61.

ballroom dance

62.

grow vegetables

63.

Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty.

64.

Dance in the rain

65.

visit the Holy Land

66.

Kiss in the rain

67.

ride in a hot air balloon

68.

write a book

69.

Spend a whole day reading a great novel.

70.

climb a mountain

71.

Write a will

72.

abseil

73.

Walk Down Abbey Road

74.

Complete a highropes course

75.

find a four leaf clover

76.

milk a cow

77.

ride a motorcycle

78.

Float on the Dead Sea

79.

ask to see the menu when ordering pizza by phone

80.

Donate blood

81.

tell someone I love them

82.

karaoke in Japan

83.

Sit on a jury

84.

knit something

85.

go whale watching

86.

Egg a house

87.

get something off ebay

88.

ride in a blimp

89.

have a picnic

90.

ride an elephant

91.

Go on a roadtrip with no particular destination

92.

Go on a safari

93.

Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge

94.

complete a video game

95.

teach a child to read

96.

ride in a helicopter

97.

go to a drive in theatre

98.

lie in bed all day.

99.

hold a tarantula

100.

Break a Bone

101.

Attend a film premiere

102.

foster or adopt a child

103.

104.

stay in a 5 star hotel

105.

Eat at a 5 star restaurant

106.

make homemade ice cream

107.

bake cookies

108.

read a novel in a foreign language

109.

sleep under the stars

110.

Build a snowman

111.

go into a library and randomly select a book, then borrow it out and read it.

112.

smash something on purpose

113.

find an item of clothing you would never wear out in public, then wear it out in public

114.

run through a busy street in a foreign city wearing pjs

115.

attend or hold a surprise birthday party

116.

make a prank phone call

117.

Host a dinner party

118.

Read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

119.

speak another language fluently

120.

Ride a Camel

121.

learn to play an instrument well

122.

see the pyramids

123.

dye my hair

124.

go to the olympics (either watch or compete)

125.

go ice-skating without falling over

126.

make an origami crane

127.

show up at the airport with a bag & a passport & take the first flight available.

128.

write a love letter

129.

be a vegetarian for a week

130.

share a plate of spaghetti with a loved one like the lady and the tramp

131.

Visit 20 capital cities

132.

Donate old clothes to charity

133.

Go door-to-door to collect money for a charity

134.

see three movies at a cinema in a day

135.

experience a white christmas

136.

join a book club, even if you know you'll only last a week

137.

dye easter eggs

138.

shop in the world largest shopping mall

139.

run barefoot in the snow

140.

make a snow angel

141.

convince someone to join you in creating a concrete angel (dry concrete)

142.

try curling

143.

cover all three bases in a day (yes THOSE bases)

144.

see a musical on Broadway

145.

go see an opera

146.

go into a cd store, randomly select a cd and buy it

147.

Research my family tree

148.

start your own strange holiday (eg. Happy Aluminium Underpants Day)

149.

Swim at 10 different beaches around the world

150.

eat a supersize meal at mcdonalds (yes, I know its gross)

151.

do something spontaneous

152.

have oreos and milk together

153.

complete a first aid course

154.

solve a rubix cube

155.

visit stonehenge

156.

finish a sudoku puzzle

157.

complete a 1000 piece puzzle

158.

read a book in a day

159.

Have a water balloon fight

160.

sing New York, New York in a street in New York (just to yourself is fine)

161.

Watch the Sound of Music

162.

do scrapbooking

163.

own either a "vote for pedro" or a "save ferris" shirt

164.

Be in a food fight

165.

have a garage/yard sale

166.

sleep in a caravan

167.

Try caviar

168.

eat at an american diner

169.

play a game of monopoly and win

170.

Go skiing

171.

go rock climbing

172.

Sing in the rain

173.

do something illegal

174.

have to spend a night in hospital

175.

have a 100+ item collection of something (eg stamps, rocks, CDs)

176.

reuse wrapping paper at least once

177.

give someone a birthday card with an age number that is at least ten years out (Eg, they're 30, give them a card saying 40)

178.

drive a car on a racing track

179.

Hold/attend a fancy dress party

180.

get drunk once

181.

bake something for a bake sale

182.

Go on a scavenger hunt

183.

witness a solar eclipse

184.

Roll on your side down a grassy bank

185.

receive/send a postcrossing postcard

186.

use bookcrossing

187.

organise/take part in an easter egg hunt

188.

Have a slumber party

189.

own a piece of gym equipment

190.

sing in the shower

191.

start a mexican wave at a major sporting event

192.

visit a museum

193.

visit an art gallery

194.

have your photo taken at a famous monument

195.

compete in either a walkathon or marathon

196.

get completely soaked in the rain

197.

run a mile

198.

complete any course other than first aid

199.

leave a HUGE tip to a waitress or waiter

200.

make a list of the top 5 people who have positively influenced you and write them all letters

201.

drive the alaska canadian highway

202.

do a strip tease/lap dance

203.

call in sick - when you're not

204.

track down/look up an old friend

205.

catch a snowflake on my tongue

206.

make an infant laugh/smile

207.

swim in each of the seven seas

208.

Take a mud bath

209.

take a bubble bath and blow the bubbles off your hand all over the place

210.

bathe a baby/child

211.

have a bath with at least 3 bath bombs at once

212.

join a gym

213.

meditate

214.

build something out of wood

215.

recite the alphabet backwards

216.

visit a 3rd world country

217.

catch the bouquet (even if you are a guy)

218.

make my own sushi

219.

have watched at least three monty python movies

220.

have my palm read

221.

have someone else clean your place

222.

witness a birth

223.

pull off an april fools prank

224.

play scrabble... and win.

225.

ride a gondola in Venice

226.

Roast marshmallows

227.

make paper dolls

228.

Send or receive a secret valentine

229.

swim in the rain at night

230.

line dance

231.

inspire someone

232.

start a trend

233.

go to a prom/formal

234.

camp in your backyard or anywhere..by yourself

235.

pole dance

236.

play strip poker

237.

try vodka

238.

slow dance

239.

majorly disrupt a public library (use trumpet, mobile phone etc)

240.

Win a trophy

241.

Find my hidden talent

242.

surf/boogie board

243.

watch lost

244.

See Ayers Rock

245.

cry in the rain

246.

touch a stingray (they're furry)

247.

catch a fish longer than your forearm

248.

visit the Taj Mahal

249.

learn about a religion other than your own

250.

attempt to order a pizza at mcdonalds

251.

play the lottery

252.

see an egyptian mummy in a museum

253.

see a falling star/comet

254.

learn how to ride a skateboard

255.

sell something on ebay

256.

try ten different cheeses

257.

mow a lawn

258.

try prawns

259.

rollerblade

260.

have a room with a view

261.

brew my own beer

262.

send someone a dozen red roses with an anonymous love letter

263.

write a letter to Santa

264.

Get a promotion

265.

spend christmas on a beach in the southern hemisphere

266.

take a photograph you can proudly hang on the wall

267.

drive a porsche

268.

learn how to write your name in japanese

269.

Kiss on top of the Eiffel Tower

270.

build a house of cards

271.

play a game of tennis

272.

swing on a swing

273.

slide down a slide

274.

play marbles

275.

walk along a beach and hunt for sea shells

276.

read a marvel comic book

277.

have my picture in the newspaper

278.

ride in a limo

279.

make a great pizza from scratch

280.

make lemonade

281.

leave a letter in a library book for someone to find

282.

drink hot chocolate

283.

build a sandcastle

284.

own a michael jackson CD

285.

Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"

286.

write a poem

287.

grow a herb garden

288.

have a meaningful conversation with a stranger

289.

sit at a bus stop one day and tell your life story just like forest gump

290.

keep a journal for at least a month

291.

Meet someone face-to-face from 43things

292.

try hanggliding

293.

own a gaming console

294.

Give a homeless person a meal

295.

give a homeless person a christmas gift

296.

live for at least a week in a caravan

297.

visit ten of the big things around the world (eg Big banana, big pineapple etc)

298.

lean against the leaning tower of pisa

299.

Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef

300.

See a musical

301.

hold a koala bear

302.

go fishing

303.

shoot a basketball from the three point line and get it in

304.

celebrate christmas at least ONCE

305.

complete 1000 goals on 43things that were originally on your goal list

306.

change a diaper

307.

complete any listsofbests list other than this one with more than 100 things on it...one I didn't create

308.

paint my nails

309.

watch a bollywood film

310.

be in a play/musical

311.

make up a parody song and sing it/give it to someone

312.

go to a thanksgiving parade in NYC

313.

get something pierced

314.

Get a tattoo

315.

eat an insect

316.

eat a foreign cuisine in its native country

317.

go on a train ride (as a holiday)

318.

visit an old person in an old folks home

319.

sell sea shells by the sea shore

320.

go white water rafting, canoeing etc

321.

blow a raspberry on a baby or toddlers stomach

322.

learn a new artisan craft just for fun

323.

have an imaginary friend for a day and convince someone they exist

324.

Pretend to be from another country for a day and convince someone else of it

325.

Spend time with and truly try to understand someone whose world view and ideas are radically different from yours

326.

Download a song from the internet

327.

Buy a CD of music that is a genre you have never listened to before

328.

dance a hora

329.

Toilet paper a house

330.

Go to a rodeo

331.

create a monument for a dead loved one

332.

build a tree house

333.

get dressed up in a formal/prom dress/suit and go to a fast food restaurant

334.

get peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth

335.

dance like no one can see you even though they can

336.

finish a giant jawbreaker

337.

hug someone you don’t know and say “thanks for last night”

338.

sing a song at the top of your lungs even if you don’t know the words

339.

have your heart broken and heal it with ice cream

340.

eat so much at thanksgiving/christmas that you can’t button your pants anymore

341.

do a handstand

342.

Play a joke on a telemarketer

343.

Wear slogan shirts every day for a week

344.

Spend a day with someone who has nothing in common with yourself

345.

Take the Myer-Briggs personality test and discover your personality type.

346.

learn calculus

347.

buy something for a stranger from their Amazon.com wish list

348.

buy something off amazon.com

349.

visit a graveyard at midnight

350.

attend a ball

351.

see shamu at sea world

352.

give a beggar a sandwich instead of money

353.

win a game of freecell on your computer

354.

kiss someone with your eyes open

355.

watch a movie the whole way through with the directors commentary playing

356.

custom make your own teddy bear

357.

do a weird accent when speaking to someone through a drive thru window

358.

go a full night with no sleep

359.

play super mario brothers

360.

play tetris on your mobile phone

361.

spend more than four hours talking on the phone to someone

362.

See a Glacier

363.

own a wedding ring

364.

have acrylic nails done

365.

get your picture taken in a photo booth at a mall

366.

try all types of seafood

367.

have a funny voicemail message

368.

wave at people when driving past them

369.

own a pet with a funny name

370.

fill your entire bed with stuffed animals

371.

ride a banana boat

372.

have a ridiculous ringtone

373.

record yourself screaming into your mobile phone and set it as a ringtone

374.

have the hairdresser cut your hair way shorter than you really wanted it to be

375.

listen to an audio book

376.

read an ebook

377.

initiate a conversation with a stranger on the plane and talk for most of the flight

378.

hold doors open for people

379.

put change into someone else's parking meter

380.

take an interest in politics

381.

superglue a coin to the ground in a public place and wait to see if someone tries to pick it up

382.

Listen to 1,000 albums in my lifetime

383.

make your way through a hedge maze

384.

travel through some sort of tunnel that is underwater (by car, walk) etc

385.

Ride on a ferris wheel

386.

watch fireworks with someone special

387.

watch a sporting event at a stadium that you have never had any interest in before

388.

move away from my family

389.

love your mom

390.

love your dad

391.

find inner happiness

392.

wing it!

393.

help someone with a stroller/suitcase get up/down a set of stairs

394.

eat real motzarella cheese

395.

gather eggs from chickens

396.

visit another country and try to speak their language (doesn

397.

introduce yourself to someone at a bar

398.

Rescue an animal

399.

teach a child to cook

400.

teach a child a song

401.

wear flip flops

402.

whistle while you walk down the street

403.

put your MP3 player on and sing along while you are in public

404.

use the pool facilities at a hotel you are not staying at

405.

go pool hopping

406.

tell your boss what you really think about something (but don’t let it end in unemployment)

407.

Fall in love a second time and realize that it is possible

408.

Eat a Belgian Waffle in Belgium

409.

eat fries in france

410.

eat french toast in france

411.

Drink Vodka in Russia

412.

celebrate your ‘half’ birthday,

413.

know your neighbors

414.

bring cookies to your neighbors

415.

set up a neighborhood party

416.

go on a organized pub crawl

417.

sleep in a hammock overnight

418.

jump in a puddle

419.

climb a fence in heels/dress shoes

420.

call a random number and order a pizza

421.

drive across the US

422.

ask a famous person for an autograph

423.

ask a completely random person for their autograph

424.

Go to the World Cup (final game if you can!)

425.

go to the super bowl

426.

Go backstage for a music event

427.

be able to name 10 different plants

428.

See a monkey in the wild

429.

Get a perm

430.

set up something electronic all by yourself

431.

re-plumb your sink (who needs a plumber?)

432.

play battleships

433.

build a birdhouse

434.

Sew a piece of clothing

435.

bake a perfect cheesecake

436.

go down a zip line

437.

randomly perform a duet with someone in a public place so that EVERYONE can hear

438.

answer a pay phone

439.

watch an Audrey Hepburn film

440.

eat at a Hard Rock Cafe

441.

have a funeral for a squashed snail

442.

see a real Geisha in Kyoto, Japan

443.

see the cherry blossoms in the spring in Kyoto, Japan

444.

kiss someone under a waterfall

445.

go trick-or-treating

446.

cry in front of a stranger

447.

laugh for 5 minutes straight

448.

lose the game

449.

Read Romeo and Juliet

450.

read macbeth

451.

Ride a segway

452.

watch the breakfast club

453.

read hamlet

454.

watch one of the old superman films

455.

drink milk right after milking it

456.

eat a crepe in France

457.

eat french cheese

458.

Search for the Loch Ness Monster

459.

enter a photo contest

460.

enter a writing contest

461.

enter a contest

462.

take a random bus and see where it takes you in the city

463.

Drive an 18-Wheeler

464.

Take a professional cooking class

465.

order room service

466.

go to an auction

467.

ride the London Eye

468.

try blood pudding

469.

Eat Haggis

470.

stay in a static caravan

471.

conduct an orchestra

472.

Take a boat down the Amazon

473.

swim in the Great Salt Lake

474.

swim with sea lions

475.

win a prize at a carnival game

476.

Play beach football/soccer

477.

go to a concert of a band/someone you've never heard of

478.

Go on a Glass bottom boat

479.

Yell so much at a sporting event that you can’t talk the next day

480.

Spend a weekend at a spa

481.

win in las vegas

482.

Ride a Steamboat down the Mississippi River

483.

do laser skirmish

484.

be friends with my ex

485.

wear yourself out playing frisbee

486.

photocopy your ass

487.

go to a hurling game (in Ireland)

488.

have a webcam conversation

489.

make a film with your own camcorder and show it to your friends/family

490.

babysit

491.

ride tandem

492.

take an IQ test (online)

493.

leave a good book on a bench for someone

494.

leave a CD on a bench for someone

495.

have your shoes shined

496.

partake in Ramadan

497.

visit that gravestone you’ve been avoiding and remember the good times

498.

Do the A-Z author challenge

499.

see Mt. Everest

500.

Meet obscure relatives and have a conversation

501.

own either a beatles or Elvis album

502.

Help someone learn English

503.

Celebrate a national holiday in another country [St. Patrick’s Day, Canada Day, 4th of July (non-Americans), etc.]

504.

stay up all night and watch the sunrise

505.

show up unexpectedly at a friends place

506.

either drink tea or eat scones in england

507.

ride a double-decker bus.

508.

own a garden gnome

509.

eat chocolate covered strawberries

510.

jump on a trampoline

511.

win a game of trivial pursuit

512.

see glow worms in the wild

513.

collect money in a piggy bank

514.

jump on my bed

515.

Try Wasabi

516.

be in two states at once

517.

ride a cable car in san francisco

518.

ride a funicular

519.

go sailing

520.

go snowmobiling

521.

Go to Mardi Gras

522.

drive a Ferrari

523.

Go parasailing

524.

Use a Twizzler as a straw

525.

read a trashy romance novel

526.

spend a weekend in my jammies

527.

ride in a sub

528.

live on a houseboat

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Created by hydra on Jul 23, 2006.