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ride a roller coaster

go to a football match

own a t-shirt with a bandname on it

Have my first kiss

adopt a cat or dog from an animal shelter

go zorbing

get a massage

Fall in love

volunteer for something

10.

have a movie marathon

11.

do yoga

12.

visit all 7 continents

13.

write a song

14.

eat sushi

15.

Fly First Class

16.

type with 10 fingers

17.

graduate from school

18.

learn to drive

19.

hold a snake

20.

go camping

21.

Swim with dolphins

22.

go on a honeymoon

23.

play a round of golf

24.

Do ten full push-ups

25.

have a library

26.

learn how to cook

27.

get a job

28.

buy a useless electrical appliance

29.

Read a classic

30.

read "to kill a mockingbird"

31.

Go skydiving

32.

go on a cruise

33.

spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back

34.

plant a garden

35.

ride a bike to work

36.

horse ride

37.

Watch 1000 movies

38.

scuba dive

39.

Own a car

40.

win something

41.

sponser a child

42.

eat a pizza in italy

43.

Make my own bread

44.

overcome a fear

45.

bake a cake

46.

have a romantic candlelit dinner at home

47.

Make love.

48.

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

49.

fly a kite

50.

be an audience member for a TV show taping

51.

have breakfast in bed

52.

ballroom dance

53.

grow vegetables

54.

Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty.

55.

Dance in the rain

56.

visit the Holy Land

57.

Kiss in the rain

58.

ride in a hot air balloon

59.

write a book

60.

Spend a whole day reading a great novel.

61.

climb a mountain

62.

Write a will

63.

abseil

64.

Walk Down Abbey Road

65.

Complete a highropes course

66.

find a four leaf clover

67.

milk a cow

68.

ride a motorcycle

69.

Float on the Dead Sea

70.

ask to see the menu when ordering pizza by phone

71.

Donate blood

72.

tell someone I love them

73.

karaoke in Japan

74.

Sit on a jury

75.

knit something

76.

go whale watching

77.

Go to an anime convention.

78.

Egg a house

79.

get something off ebay

80.

ride in a blimp

81.

have a picnic

82.

ride an elephant

83.

Go on a roadtrip with no particular destination

84.

Go on a safari

85.

Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge

86.

complete a video game

87.

teach a child to read

88.

ride in a helicopter

89.

go to a drive in theatre

90.

lie in bed all day.

91.

hold a tarantula

92.

Break a Bone

93.

Attend a film premiere

94.

foster or adopt a child

95.

96.

stay in a 5 star hotel

97.

Eat at a 5 star restaurant

98.

make homemade ice cream

99.

bake cookies

100.

read a novel in a foreign language

101.

Read every book in a series that has more than 10 books in it

102.

sleep under the stars

103.

Build a snowman

104.

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

105.

smash something on purpose

106.

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

107.

run through a busy street in a foreign city wearing pjs

108.

attend or hold a surprise birthday party

109.

make a prank phone call

110.

Host a dinner party

111.

Read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

112.

speak another language fluently

113.

Ride a Camel

114.

learn to play an instrument well

115.

see the pyramids

116.

dye my hair

117.

go to the olympics (either watch or compete)

118.

go ice-skating without falling over

119.

make an origami crane

120.

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

121.

write a love letter

122.

be a vegetarian for a week

123.

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

124.

Visit 20 capital cities

125.

Donate old clothes to charity

126.

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

127.

see three movies at a cinema in a day

128.

experience a white christmas

129.

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

130.

dye easter eggs

131.

shop in the world largest shopping mall

132.

run barefoot in the snow

133.

make a snow angel

134.

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

135.

try curling

136.

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

137.

see a musical on Broadway

138.

go see an opera

139.

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

140.

Research my family tree

141.

Play DDR

142.

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

143.

Swim at 10 different beaches around the world

144.

have a deviantART account and actually have something on it

145.

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

146.

do something spontaneous

147.

have oreos and milk together

148.

complete a first aid course

149.

solve a rubix cube

150.

visit stonehenge

151.

finish a sudoku puzzle

152.

complete a 1000 piece puzzle

153.

read a book in a day

154.

Have a water balloon fight

155.

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

156.

Watch the Sound of Music

157.

do scrapbooking

158.

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

159.

Be in a food fight

160.

have a garage/yard sale

161.

sleep in a caravan

162.

Try caviar

163.

eat at an american diner

164.

play a game of monopoly and win

165.

Go skiing

166.

go rock climbing

167.

Sing in the rain

168.

do something illegal

169.

have to spend a night in hospital

170.

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

171.

reuse wrapping paper at least once

172.

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)

173.

drive a car on a racing track

174.

Hold/attend a fancy dress party

175.

get drunk once

176.

bake something for a bake sale

177.

Go on a scavenger hunt

178.

witness a solar eclipse

179.

watch a hayao miyazaki film

180.

Roll on your side down a grassy bank

181.

receive/send a postcrossing postcard

182.

use bookcrossing

183.

organise/take part in an easter egg hunt

184.

Have a slumber party

185.

own a piece of gym equipment

186.

sing in the shower

187.

start a mexican wave at a major sporting event

188.

go to a concert of someone you dont like, and throw something at them

189.

visit a museum

190.

visit an art gallery

191.

have your photo taken at a famous monument

192.

Read The Lord of The Rings

196.

Read every harry potter book

197.

compete in either a walkathon or marathon

198.

get completely soaked in the rain

199.

run a mile

200.

complete any course other than first aid

201.

leave a HUGE tip to a waitress or waiter

202.

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

203.

drive the alaska canadian highway

204.

do a strip tease/lap dance

205.

call in sick - when you're not

206.

track down/look up an old friend

207.

catch a snowflake on my tongue

208.

make an infant laugh/smile

209.

swim in each of the seven seas

210.

Take a mud bath

221.

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

222.

bathe a baby/child

223.

have a bath with at least 3 bath bombs at once

224.

join a gym

225.

meditate

226.

Tell the next Jehovahs witness to come to your door about a great spaghetti monster

227.

build something out of wood

228.

recite the alphabet backwards

229.

visit a 3rd world country

230.

catch the bouquet (even if you are a guy)

231.

make my own sushi

232.

have watched at least three monty python movies

233.

have my palm read

234.

have someone else clean your place

235.

witness a birth

236.

pull off an april fools prank

237.

play scrabble... and win.

238.

ride a gondola in Venice

239.

Roast marshmallows

240.

make paper dolls

241.

Send or receive a secret valentine

242.

swim in the rain at night

243.

line dance

244.

inspire someone

245.

start a trend

246.

go to a prom/formal

247.

cosplay at an anime/star wars etc convention

248.

camp in your backyard or anywhere..by yourself

249.

own a copy of the ONE ring to rule them all

250.

pole dance

251.

play strip poker

252.

try vodka

253.

slow dance

254.

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

255.

Win a trophy

256.

Find my hidden talent

257.

surf/boogie board

258.

watch lost

259.

See Ayers Rock

260.

cry in the rain

261.

touch a stingray (they're furry)

262.

catch a fish longer than your forearm

263.

visit the Taj Mahal

264.

learn about a religion other than your own

265.

attempt to order a pizza at mcdonalds

266.

play the lottery

267.

see an egyptian mummy in a museum

268.

to be boss

269.

Read the book "Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code"

270.

see a falling star/comet

271.

learn how to ride a skateboard

272.

sell something on ebay

273.

try ten different cheeses

274.

mow a lawn

275.

try prawns

276.

rollerblade

277.

have a room with a view

278.

brew my own beer

279.

send someone a dozen red roses with an anonymous love letter

280.

write a letter to Santa

281.

Get a promotion

282.

karaoke to the spice girls

283.

spend christmas on a beach in the southern hemisphere

284.

take a photograph you can proudly hang on the wall

285.

drive a porsche

286.

learn how to write your name in japanese

287.

Kiss on top of the Eiffel Tower

288.

build a house of cards

289.

re-create a scene from a movie with food

290.

play a game of tennis

291.

swing on a swing

292.

slide down a slide

293.

play marbles

294.

read a manga

295.

walk along a beach and hunt for sea shells

296.

read a marvel comic book

297.

have my picture in the newspaper

298.

ride in a limo

299.

read 10 parodies

300.

make a great pizza from scratch

301.

make lemonade

302.

leave a letter in a library book for someone to find

303.

drink hot chocolate

304.

Play spin the bottle

305.

build a sandcastle

306.

own a michael jackson CD

307.

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

308.

write a poem

309.

grow a herb garden

310.

have a meaningful conversation with a stranger

311.

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

312.

keep a journal for at least a month

313.

Meet someone face-to-face from 43things

314.

try hanggliding

315.

own a gaming console

316.

Give a homeless person a meal

317.

give a homeless person a christmas gift

318.

live for at least a week in a caravan

319.

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

320.

lean against the leaning tower of pisa

321.

Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef

322.

See a musical

323.

hold a koala bear

324.

go fishing

325.

Play cricket on or near the beach

326.

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

327.

celebrate christmas at least ONCE

328.

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

329.

change a diaper

330.

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

331.

paint my nails

332.

watch a bollywood film

333.

be in a play/musical

334.

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

335.

go to a thanksgiving parade in NYC

336.

get something pierced

337.

Get a tattoo

338.

eat an insect

339.

eat a foreign cuisine in its native country

340.

go on a train ride (as a holiday)

341.

visit an old person in an old folks home

342.

sell sea shells by the sea shore

343.

go white water rafting, canoeing etc

344.

blow a raspberry on a baby or toddlers stomach

345.

learn a new artisan craft just for fun

346.

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

347.

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

348.

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

349.

Download a song from the internet

350.

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

351.

dance a hora

352.

Toilet paper a house

353.

Go to a rodeo

354.

create a monument for a dead loved one

355.

build a tree house

356.

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

357.

get peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth

358.

dance like no one can see you even though they can

359.

go to work with a hickey on your neck

360.

finish a giant jawbreaker

361.

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

362.

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

363.

have your heart broken and heal it with ice cream

364.

play beer pong

365.

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

366.

do a handstand

367.

Play a joke on a telemarketer

368.

Wear slogan shirts every day for a week

369.

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

370.

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

371.

learn calculus

372.

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

373.

buy something off amazon.com

374.

visit a graveyard at midnight

375.

attend a ball

376.

see shamu at sea world

377.

give a beggar a sandwich instead of money

378.

win a game of freecell on your computer

379.

kiss someone with your eyes open

380.

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

381.

custom make your own teddy bear

382.

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

383.

go a full night with no sleep

384.

play super mario brothers

385.

play tetris on your mobile phone

386.

spend more than four hours talking on the phone to someone

387.

See a Glacier

388.

own a wedding ring

389.

have acrylic nails done

390.

get your picture taken in a photo booth at a mall

391.

try all types of seafood

392.

drop your cellphone in a toilet

393.

have a funny voicemail message

394.

wave at people when driving past them

395.

own a pet with a funny name

396.

fill your entire bed with stuffed animals

397.

ride a banana boat

398.

have a ridiculous ringtone

399.

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

400.

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

401.

listen to an audio book

402.

read an ebook

403.

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

404.

hold doors open for people

405.

put change into someone else's parking meter

406.

take an interest in politics

407.

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

408.

Listen to 1,000 albums in my lifetime

409.

make your way through a hedge maze

410.

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

411.

Ride on a ferris wheel

412.

watch fireworks with someone special

413.

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

414.

move away from my family

415.

love your mom

416.

love your dad

417.

find inner happiness

418.

wing it!

419.

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

420.

eat real motzarella cheese

421.

gather eggs from chickens

422.

visit another country and try to speak their language (doesn

423.

introduce yourself to someone at a bar

424.

Rescue an animal

425.

teach a child to cook

426.

teach a child a song

427.

wear flip flops

428.

whistle while you walk down the street

429.

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

430.

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

431.

go pool hopping

432.

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

433.

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

434.

Eat a Belgian Waffle in Belgium

435.

eat fries in france

436.

eat french toast in france

437.

Drink Vodka in Russia

438.

celebrate your ‘half’ birthday,

439.

know your neighbors

440.

bring cookies to your neighbors

441.

set up a neighborhood party

442.

go on a organized pub crawl

443.

sleep in a hammock overnight

444.

jump in a puddle

445.

climb a fence in heels/dress shoes

446.

call a random number and order a pizza

447.

drive across the US

448.

drive across the Play and win a carnival game (darts in balloons, ring around the animal, knock down the pins, etc) US

449.

ask a famous person for an autograph

450.

ask a completely random person for their autograph

451.

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

452.

go to the super bowl

453.

Go backstage for a music event

454.

be able to name 10 different plants

455.

See a monkey in the wild

456.

Get a perm

457.

set up something electronic all by yourself

458.

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

459.

play battleships

460.

build a birdhouse

461.

Sew a piece of clothing

462.

bake a perfect cheesecake

463.

go down a zip line

464.

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

465.

answer a pay phone

466.

watch an Audrey Hepburn film

467.

Look for opportunities to say dramatic lines like, "You'll live to regret this" or "Hello, my name is Indigo Montoyo. You killed my father! Prepare to die."

468.

eat at a Hard Rock Cafe

469.

have a funeral for a squashed snail

470.

see a real Geisha in Kyoto, Japan

471.

see the cherry blossoms in the spring in Kyoto, Japan

472.

kiss someone under a waterfall

473.

go trick-or-treating

474.

cry in front of a stranger

475.

laugh for 5 minutes straight

476.

lose the game

477.

Read Romeo and Juliet

478.

read macbeth

479.

Ride a segway

480.

watch the breakfast club

481.

read hamlet

482.

watch one of the old superman films

483.

drink milk right after milking it

484.

either drink tea or eat scones in england

485.

ride a double-decker bus.

486.

own a garden gnome

487.

eat chocolate covered strawberries

488.

jump on a trampoline

489.

win a game of trivial pursuit

490.

see glow worms in the wild

491.

collect money in a piggy bank

492.

jump on my bed

493.

Try Wasabi

494.

be in two states at once

495.

ride a cable car in san francisco

496.

go sailing

497.

go snowmobiling

498.

Go to Mardi Gras

499.

drive a Ferrari

500.

Go parasailing

501.

go to an auction

502.

Go on a Glass bottom boat

503.

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

504.

ride the London Eye

505.

Take a professional cooking class

506.

Spend the weekend at a spa resort

507.

Go to a vineyard

508.

order room service

509.

Ride a Steamboat down the Mississippi River

510.

do laser skirmish

511.

be friends with my ex

512.

wear yourself out playing frisbee

513.

cuddle with a puppy

514.

take a nap with a group of your closest friends in one bed!

515.

laugh

516.

be free

517.

photocopy your ass

518.

go to a hurling game (in Ireland)

519.

try blood pudding

520.

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

521.

have a webcam conversation

522.

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

523.

babysit

524.

ride tandem

525.

meet/converse with an amish mennonite

526.

see Port Dover, ON on friday the 13th

527.

take an IQ test (online)

528.

write a play/screenplay and attempt to have it produced

529.

attend a road/picture rally

530.

leave a good book on a bench for someone

531.

leave a CD on a bench for someone

532.

have your shoes shined

533.

enter a contest

534.

partake in Ramadan

535.

learn a song backwards and attempt to sing it

536.

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

537.

Do the A-Z author challenge

538.

visit New Zealand

539.

see Mt. Everest

540.

Meet obscure relatives and have a conversation

541.

become relatively fluent in an obscure language

542.

Sing a Beatles song in the subway

543.

own either a beatles or Elvis album

544.

learn to dance the Nutbush

545.

perform the macarena at a really inappropriate time

546.

Help someone learn English

547.

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

548.

stay up all night just to watch the sunrise

549.

show up unexpectedly at a friends place

550.

bring sexy back

551.

Read a cheesy romance novel

552.

contribute to wikipedia

553.

contribute to uncylopedia

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Created by Drenner on Dec 28, 2006.