Wednesday 7 November 2007

Vi - 56.6% a few more than half

Right, thanks Vi I did it 85 out 150, just a few more than half....it took me bloody ages, but took my mind off the stinking cold I have developed since being off work.....typical eh?

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (Only when I have won at cards late on, only max of six of us though)

02. Swam with wild dolphins

03. Climbed a mountain (Cairngorms skiing, Mount Tedi)

04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (not quite but I have driven one, the same one Prince Naz trashed on the M1)

05. Been inside the Great Pyramid

06. Held a tarantula (You all no my fear of spiders, no chance)

07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (Yes I love this and do it on my own regularly)

08. Said “I love you” and meant it

09. Hugged a tree

10. Bungee jumped

11. Visited Paris (Does it count passing through on a coach?)

12. Watched a lightning storm at sea (Watched it over the river)

13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise (Summer salsters a few years ago)

14. Seen the Northern Lights

15. Gone to a huge sports game (Quite a few)

16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa

17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables ( Iwas brought up on a farm)

18. Touched an iceberg

19. Slept under the stars (Yep more than once).

20. Changed a baby’s diaper (many times!)

21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon

22. Watched a meteor shower

23. Ever Gotten drunk on champagne (Very and I don't like it much!)

24. Given more than you can afford to charity


25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope

26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (Meetings is my fav place for this.)

27. Had a food fight

28. Bet on a winning horse

29. Asked out a stranger (Yes and ended up with him for a while too)

30. Had a snowball fight

31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (it's my release this one do it regularly but not often with an audience)

32. Held a lamb (More than one newborn)

33. Seen a total eclipse

34. Ridden a roller coaster

35. Hit a home run

36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (all the time)

37. Adopted an accent for an entire day

38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (Oh god yeah much more so nowadays)

39. Had two hard drives for your computer

40. Visited all 50 states

41. Taken care of someone who was drunk (To many times to count!)

42. Had/Have amazing friends(absolutely still have)

43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (With a waiter in Turkey - Marmaris)

44. Watched whales

45. Stolen a sign (Yes and a belicia beacon)

46. Backpacked in Europe

47. Taken a road-trip

48. Gone rock climbing

49. Midnight walk on the beach (Does midnight naked swin count?)

50. Gone sky diving (On yes at 18 years old Solo, my mum only found that out a few years ago)

51. Visited Ireland (Went to Dublin with Ex a few years ago, just when the smoking ban had just come in over there and all I remember was sweaty farts...)

52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love (Widdower)

53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them

54. Visited Japan

55. Milked a cow

56. Alphabetized your CDs

57. Pretended to be a superhero (fancy dress party)

58. Sung karaoke (Only pissed)

59. Lounged around in bed all day (Last Sunday after a rough night)

60. Played touch football (does touch rugby count because I have played that more than once)

61. Gone scuba diving (Always wanted to but had a DVT 17 years ago so can't)

62. Kissed in the rain

63. Played in the mud (Like I say brought up on a farm of course!)

64. Played in the rain

65. Gone to a drive-in theater

66. Visited the Great Wall of China

67. Started a business (Does Ebay count?)

68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken

69. Toured ancient sites (Windsor Castle, Whitby Castle, it's haunted you know?)

70. Taken a martial arts class (Kick Boxing)

71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight (no, does Tetris count?)

72. Gotten married

73. Been in a movie

74. Crashed a party

75. Gotten divorced

76. Gone without food for 5 days (Only when I was out of it after having my drink spiked in Tenerife)

77. Made cookies from scratch

78. Won first prize in a costume contest

79. Ridden a gondola in Venice

80. Gotten a tattoo

81. Rafted the snake river

82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”

83. Gotten flowers for no reason

84. Performed on stage (school plays, pub every Saturday night)

85. Been to Las Vegas

86. Recorded music

87. Eaten shark

88. Kissed on the first date

89. Gone to Thailand

90. Bought a house

91. Been in a combat zone (Apprently Turkey was on Grade 1 alert while we where there a few years ago)

92. Buried one/both of your parents (Dad 17 years ago)

93. Been on a cruise ship

94. Spoken more than one language fluently

95. Performed in a Rocky Horror Picture Show

96. Raised children

97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour

98. Passed out cold (I used to do it all the time when I was a kid, big rugby matches, weddings the lot)

99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country

100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (Once)

101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge

102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking

103. Had plastic surgery

104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived (Was in a car that rolled when I was 16, we all got out ok though was very lucky!)

105. Wrote articles for a large publication

106. Lost over 100 pounds ( I lose £100 pound constantly...lol...)

107. Held someone while they were having a flashback

108. Piloted an airplane

110. Broken someone’s heart - Yep not long ago

109. Touched a stingray

111. Helped an animal give birth (Cows - yes I have had my hand up a cows backside and sheep)

112. Won money on a TV game show

113. Broken a bone (My arm jumping off a swing while swinging, foot, walking into someone at rugby, leg sliding down the side pole of the slide, toe on my bloody bed, I used to break bones my sister used to cut herself on anything and everything, Dad spent more weekends in a & e then at home with us two)

114. Gone on an African photo safari (Went on a Safari in Tenerife if that counts?)

115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ear

116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol

117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild

118. Ridden a horse

119. Had major surgery

120. Had a snake as a pet

121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

122. Slept 30 hours in a 48 hour time frame

123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states

124. Visited all 7 continents

125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days

126. Eaten kangaroo meat

127. Eaten sushi

128. Had your picture in the newspaper

129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about

130. Gone back to school

131. Parasailed (Turkey a few years ago)

132. Touched a cockroach (Not willingly but I have)

133. Eaten fried green tomatoes

134. Read “The Iliad”

135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read

136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Chickens, Pheasants)

137. Skipped all your school reunions

138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (I work with Consultants..lol...yes)

139. Been elected to public office

140. Written your own computer language

141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream (My one true love seven years ago springs to mind)

142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care

143. Built your own PC from parts

144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you

145. Had a booth at a street fair

146. Dyed your hair - Every 8 weeks

147. Been
a DJ (Youth Club disco years ago)

148. Shaved your head

149. Caused a car accident

150. Saved someone’s life (Not sure I was the first on scene at a car accident where they driver was in a bad way he had been thrown out of the car and I put him in the recovery position while the ambulance arrived, he wasn't conscious, I was amazed by the amount of people that gathered just to gorp at what was happening...wierd)

Please feel free to steal, it may take a while though...x

3 comments:

Vi said...

LOL! love it how who twisted it to say you did it! (river instead of sea, £'s instead of pounds, etc) Umm, I don't think you can count turkey as really being a battle zone (you would be in more danger at my house when the kids run riot!)

SIMON said...

Some interesting answers there Em, I can see how it might have taken you a while though!!

Dark Side said...

Vi - Maybe I was pushing it a bit with Turkey..lol..

Yep Si - You try it..x