500 Things You Have To Do Once in A Lifetime
Posted by Kirstie on January 26, 2012
One of my Christmas presents from mum this year was a deck of cards. not just any cards though, these take the form of cards with ten things on each, all somprising a list of ’500 Things You Have To Do Once in A Lifetime’. Just for fun, I thought it would be interesting to write them out and see how many I’ve already completed.Completed tasks are struck through.
- Milk a cow.
- Go up in a hot air balloon.
- Smash plates in a Greek restaurant.
- See the ruins at Chichen Itza, Mexico.
- Swim with dolphins.
- Ride a gondola in Venice.
- Throw a surprise party.
- Learn another language.
- Dance in a tropical rainstorm.
- Run a marathon.
- Read the complete works of Shakespeare.
- Make a pumkin jack-o-lantern for Halloween.
- Be an extra in a film.
- Give blood.
- Join a flash mob.
- Dress up as a superhero.
- Try to break a world record.
- Save a life.
- Gamble in a casino.
- Eat a fruit you’ve never tasted.
- Take a vineyard tour.
- Go snorkeling.
- Go first class on a plane.
- Stand at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
- Do a parachute jump for charity.
- Ride in a stretch limo.
- Visit the Taj Mahal, India.
- Host a dinner party.
- Learn the names of the stars.
- See the sun rise and
set over the sea. - Double Dutch with a skipping rope.
- Haggle in a bazaar.
- Cross the equator.
Compile a mix CD for a friend.- See three films at the cinema in one day.
- Cut all your hair off.
Go to the cinema on your own.- Sleep in a hammock.
- Spend a day talking like a pirate.
- Stand in a prison cell.
- Dance all night.
Travel on a steam train.- Shout ‘drinks are on me’ in a bar.
- Try hang-gliding.
- Get a personalised registration plate.
- Learn to tie a knot with a funny name (like a sheepshank or an icicle hitch),
- Go out in pyjamas.
- Learn to juggle.
Rescue an animal.Watch a lunar and solar eclipse.- Learn a poem off by heart.
- Ride an elephant.
Invent your own game.- Make fire by rubbing two sticks together.
- Give food to a homeless person.
- Walk along The Great Wall Of China.
Wait at a stage door for autographs.Cry in public.- Send a message in a bottle.
- See the Northern Lights.
- Eat caviar.
- Get married.
- Buy a world map, and stick pins in the places you’ve visited.
- Visit the ruins of Pompeii.
- Sleep in an igloo.
- Learn the phonetic alphabet.
- Catch a firefly.
- Learn to windsurf.
Buy one extravagant purchase.Drive a dodgem car at the funfair.Write a letter longhand.See a firework display.- Get hypnotised.
- Climb Mount Everest (at least to Base Camp).
Sell something on eBay.- Take part in a fencing match.
Leave a job you hate.Play Monopoly.- Visit a famous movie location.
- Toast marshmallows in a real fire.
- Take a flying lesson.
Keep a change jar.- Go to the Brazil carnival.
- Memorize every country name and capital city.
Watch a lightning storm.- Go paintballing.
- Have a caricature done.
Ride in a police car or ambulance.- Restore something old.
- Buy something from a TV shopping channel.
- Be a demonstration hair model.
- Teach someone to read.
- Play bingo.
- Go to a yoga class.
- Go out all night then go straight to work.
- Go on a blind date.
Visit Disneyland.Play with toys in the bath (over the age of 18).Ride a rollercoaster.- Stay in a five star hotel.
Catch a bus in another country with the locals.- Throw a slumber party.
Get a qualification.- Grow a bonsai tree.
- Go to the dog races.
Sing in a choir.- Cruise down the Nile.
- Form a band.
- Sing or recite poetry at the top of a mountain.
Take an afternoon nap.- Order the most expensive wine in a bar.
- Dance on a table.
- Win an award.
- Ask for a raise.
Adopt an endangered animal.- Ride a Harley Davidson.
- Give a massage.
- Do a bungee jump.
- Take a luxury holiday.
- Join in London’s Notting Hill carnival.
- Give old clothes to a shelter or charity shop.
- Learn to swear in three languages.
- Go rock climbing.
- Go to the ballet.
Learn to ride a bike.- Paint a work of art.
- Go to a comedy club.
- Read a religious book from cover to cover.
- Take part in a police line-up.
- Wear your shirt backwards for a day.
- Say the alphabet backwards fast.
- Take part in a demonstration.
- Bet on a horse.
- Go to Lapland to meet Santa.
- Design your own cocktail.
- Sky dive.
- Skim stones at least five times across a stream.
- Visit Uluru in Australia.
- Gatecrash a party.
- Learn how to use a pogo stick.
- Swim in the sea at night.
- Join in the mosh at a concert.
- Write to your hero.
- Dive in a submarine.
- Record your life story on CD and give it to a loved one.
Watch a silent movie.- Write a love letter.
- Volunteer abroad.
- Spend a day not walking but skipping.
- Make an item of clothing.
- Shine your shoes.
- Talk in a silly helium voice.
- Go on a safari.
- Drink Champagne out of the bottle.
- Go white water rafting.
- Attend a film premiere.
- Float in the Dead Sea.
- Spend the night in a haunted house.
- Learn a magic trick.
Outstare a cat.- Learn to hula hoop.
- Live in a different country for at least three months.
- Drive a forklift truck.
- Write a song.
- Spend a day at a health spa.
Make a confession.- Wear a crown or tiara for a day.
Meet your idol.- Buy shares (they can go down as well as up).
- Look through a telescope.
- Stand under a waterfall.
- Make your own ice-cream flavour.
- Mush a Husky Sled.
- Visit the Acropolis in Athens.
- Take an evening course at college.
- hug a tree.
- Travel to the Alhambra in Spain.
- Have a go on a potter’s wheel.
Enlarge a photo and hang it on your wall.- Design a T-shirt.
- Meditate.
Write a blog.Photograph London’s Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.- Catch and eat a fish.
- Fly in a helicopter.
- Order room service in a hotel.
- Visit a model village.
- Take a martial arts course.
- Sit in thermal hot springs.
- Scuba dive.
- Walk over the Abbey Road crossing in London.
- Drive a convertible with the top down.
- Row a boat.
- Take a Turkish bath.
Calm a crying baby.- Get your face painted.
- Learn the 50 states of the USA.
- Down a pint of Guinness in one.
- Hire a metal detector.
- Take a road trip.
- Drink Kopi Luwak coffee.
- Abseil.
Shop in New York.- Look for the Mona Lisa’s eyebrows.
- Learn to roller blade.
- Listen to whale song.
- Name a rose.
- Watch a film marathon all in one day (e.g Star Wars I-VI, Indiana Jones, Lord Of The Rings).
- Learn to yodel.
- Hitchhike.
Paint a room.- Take a cooking class.
- Flirt with a stranger.
- Wear odd shoes in public, on puropse.
- Sign up for an experiment.
Buy a lottery ticket.- Visit every continent.
- Grow your own vegetables.
- Ride on a toboggan.
- Wangle an upgrade.
Stand at the top of the Empire State Building, NYC.- Hold a snake.
- Touch an iceberg.
- Be a spectator at the X Games.
- Ride a Bullet train.
- Travel the Trans-Siberian Express.
- Write a will.
Build a tower of cards.- Woyage through the Galapagos Archipelago.
Win a competition.- See a glass blowing demonstration.
- Wisit a jazz or blues bar.
- Ride a camel in the Sahara.
- Get a backstage pass to a concert.
- Ride on a jetski.
- Take the Orient Express.
- See Stonehenge in Englad on Midsummer’s Day.
- Go to a street party.
Learn an instrument.- See a geyser blow.
- Jump on a trampoline.
- See a Shakespeare play on stage.
- Watch a horror movie on Halloween.
- Declutter your home.
- Go skinny dipping.
- Conquer a fear.
- Keep a journal.
- Go to see an illusionist.
Go on holiday alone.- Go on an organised pub crawl.
I’ll post the other half in a day or two!
Enid said
Well looking through those i,ve actually done 44 out of the 250…BUT i can see loads i,d love to do.
MsLeftie said
Done a few more than you have marked off but there are lots on there I would like to do!
Let’s see if I can be of some help…
Phonetic Alphabet http://www.phonetic-alphabet.org.uk/ I know this from all those boring call centres!
Swear words in different languages… I’ll give you a 4th one!
Swedish – Fan Ta Dig [F**k Off]
Italian – Vaffanculo [F**k Off]
Croatian – Odjebi! [F**k Off]
Polish – Spieprzaj [Piss off]
MsLeftie said
If I have counted correct then I have done 93, I am actually rather shocked! Passed an hour or two doing that!
1. Milk a cow. Folly Farm, Wales
2. Learn another language. Swedish
3. Make a pumkin jack-o-lantern for Halloween Two years ago, never again far too much hassle!
4. Give blood. Use to frequently prior to going on medication!
5. Eat a fruit you’ve never tasted. Rhubarb last year for the first time, was rather nice!
6. Double Dutch with a skipping rope. In the school play ground!
7. Haggle in a bazaar. A Turkish one!
8. Compile a mix CD for a friend. Frequently
9. See three films at the cinema in one day. Yeah use to have one of those monthly passes and Saturday’s I would spend all day at the local cinema!
10. Go to the cinema on your own. All the time!
11. Stand in a prison cell. On a tour of the local police station when I was a Brownie, and ermmmm another incident which we won’t mention!
12. Travel on a steam train. Llangollen Railway
13. Go out in pyjamas. Frequently to the bins!
14. Learn to juggle. I can juggle 3 balls does that count!
15. Rescue an animal. Three times, the last time a stray dog in the middle of the road two years ago!
16. Invent your own game. Psychology class 2010, last piece of assignment work, apparently mine was the best!
17. Wait at a stage door for autographs. A few times, the last time London August 2011
18. Cry in public. When I fell and broke my leg!
19. Send a message in a bottle. Did throw something in the sea in Dawlish once, no reply!
20. Learn the phonetic alphabet. Useful thing to do in a call centre!
21. Buy one extravagant purchase. White Gold & Diamonds
22. Drive a dodgem car at the funfair. Several times, happy days!
23. Write a letter longhand. In the days before computers, although I still write by hand to my Godmother!
24. See a firework display. See a few but the best was a child at the local football ground one November 5th!
25. Sell something on eBay. Frequently!
26. Leave a job you hate. 5 Times…
27. Play Monopoly. I love this game, played with dad when I was younger!
28. Visit a famous movie location. Sound of Music, Salzburg 1988!
29. Keep a change jar. Once saved £52 in 5p’s when I was a teenager!
30. Watch a lightning storm. Love lightening storms!
31. Ride in a police car or ambulance. Police car once when I was 6, and ambulance 4 times… the first time when I was 13!
32. Play bingo. Too many holiday camp holidays…
33. Play with toys in the bath (over the age of 18). Iggle Piggle (Don’t ask!)
34. Ride a rollercoaster. First one Alton Towers 1993, last one more than likely Blackpool about 10 years ago!
35. Stay in a five star hotel. Sweden
36. Catch a bus in another country with the locals. Marmaris, Turkey – now that was a squashed bus journey… .
37. Get a qualification. Yes, last one my Access Diploma 2010
38. Sing in a choir. Church Choir, School Choir – I was an angel growing up!
39. Form a band. Does being 9 years old count in a Butlins talent show!
40. Take an afternoon nap.
41. Win an award. Best student at RE in Primary School, I got a little wooden trophy!
42. Ask for a raise.
43. Give old clothes to a shelter or charity shop. Frequently!
44. Learn to swear in three languages. Yes
45. Learn to ride a bike. Yes as a child!
46. Bet on a horse. Lots of times!
47. Learn how to use a pogo stick. Bong! Bong! Bong! Had one as a kid!
48. Join in the mosh at a concert. The Rasmus, Manchester!
49. Write to your hero. Haydn Gwynne and Kevin Whately also got a reply from both!
50. Make an item of clothing. GCSE Fashion 1993, a summer outfit (with a little help from mum!)
51. Shine your shoes. If our shoes did not shine in school we got detention!
52. Drink Champagne out of the bottle. Last time, mum’s 60th Birthday 2008!
53. Learn a magic trick. I can do one card trick!
54. Learn to hula hoop. Child activity, probably could not fit in one now!
55. Meet your idol. Per & Marie and Haydn Gwynne!
56. Look through a telescope. Do the ones on piers count!
57. Take an evening course at college. Currently English GCSE!
58. Have a go on a potter’s wheel. Pottery at school, I made a pen holder… even funnier was the fact that my 2nd year classroom was the pottery room and our tutor was the pottery tutor!
59. Enlarge a photo and hang it on your wall. Yes last year mum and dad’s 25th anniversary that I took in 2000
60. Design a T-shirt. Concert’s T-shirt, I’m famous for mine!
61. Write a blog. Currently
62. Photograph London’s Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Yes, twice.
63. Fly in a helicopter. Blackpool, prior to 1995 it was one of those fun rides in a helicopter and the first time I’d ever flown in anything!
64. Order room service in a hotel. Several times!
65. Visit a model village. Babbacombe Model Village, Devon – A must see!
66. Row a boat. Butlins!
67. Calm a crying baby. Babysitter for the neighbours!
68. Get your face painted. Often in the local park for fun days, actually hated it!
69. Watch a film marathon all in one day (e.g Star Wars I-VI, Indiana Jones, Lord Of The Rings). Stieg Larsson Trilogy, Poltergeist, and Halloween!
70. Paint a room. Several
71. Flirt with a stranger. Yeah, unfortunately…
72. Sign up for an experiment. Research study into Breast Cancer 6 years ago now… last gave them my blood last year!
73. Buy a lottery ticket. I use to a lot, don’t anymore!
74. Grow your own vegetables. Tomatos!
75. Ride on a toboggan. Bobsleigh at Oakwood Theme Park, Wales!
76. Wangle an upgrade. Told a hotel receptionist once it was my 4th time at their hotel and she upgraded me to a double deluxe room for the entire week!
77. Hold a snake. Blackpool
78. Touch an iceberg.
79. Be a spectator at the X Games.
80. Ride a Bullet train. X2000 in Sweden between Stockholm and Gothenburg!
81. Win a competition. A few over the years!
82. See a glass blowing demonstration. Blackpool
83. Get a backstage pass to a concert. Gessle 2003 & Gyllene Tider 2004
84. Go to a street party. Charles & Di’s Wedding July 1981
85. Learn an instrument. Recorder & Guitar
86. Jump on a trampoline. PE class in secondary school, loved it!
87. See a Shakespeare play on stage. Richard III, Old Vic, London – August 2011 [Fantastic!]
88. Watch a horror movie on Halloween. Halloween!
89. Declutter your home. Every week!
90. Conquer a fear. Ants
91. Keep a journal. As a teenager I did!
92. Go on holiday alone. Often!
93. Go on an organised pub crawl. With friends a few years back now!
Odd ones…
Drive a convertible with the top down. – Not driven but been a passenger in friends in Guernsey!
Hug a Tree – Not yet, but could be doing really soon, there is a talking tree to hug in the new garden on the mental health ward… don’t ask!
Things I really want to do:-
Visit & Shop in NY
Fly first class (Done business class but had no choice!)
Visit Florida
Learn to play the piano!