Things you only do once

[DedalusBloom]

Mine was walking down stairs with my hands in my pockets. Didn't end well

Drink absinthe.

@RampantIvy

Go on the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando.

I felt so sick. Never again.

First few times I went on it. Absolutely fine loved it. The last time I went on it we all rode single rider. I got on and sat on the end to let another family sit together. Said family comes on and then for some reason all got kicked off. Didn't bother filling the rest of the seats up so off I go by myself. Downside been sat on the end of the row it wasn't greatly balanced . Got round the first bit felt fine, got to the next part started feeling a little queasy. By the time I was at the quidditch pitch I had to clamp my hand over mouth to stop me vomiting everywhere. As soon as the ride had finished I pretty much staggered off it managed to get off the moving walk way and collapsed in a heap on the floor. Apparently I was as white as a sheet. Also same ride different holiday. Bloody thing broke down. Spent 2 hours tipped backwards whilst they tried fixing it. In the end they had to manually tilt us back up and take us off using a platform. Least that one was a bit more comfortable unlike the Air ride at Alton towers. Got back to the start. Ride malfunctioned and everyone was trapped facing the ground. That day I would've been willing to drop 5-6 foot onto the floor just to get off the bloody thing.

So far I think andouillette and paintballing are tied in the lead of everyone's once in a lifetime experiences, with anal bringing up the rear, so to speak.

[quote Ylvamoon]@coronafiona - DH took the DC on a couple of £9.50 Sun Holidays when they were little... he has fond memories!

I always opted out, couldn't imagine anything worse[/quote]
Lager at 8am? Fist fighting at midnight (man and wife/gf? Pool that could do with a clean... never again !

Going on holiday with a certain -now ex -friend

Eat marmite

Eat durian fruit, I was the only brit in the group so had to do it for my country.

It tastes as bad as it smells.

Rock climbing and gorge walking.
I'm an outdoorsy person so thought I'd like these activities but hated them both.

Travelling by Megabus to Heathrow. Journey up was ok but journey back was awful. We had to get off in Bristol and wait around (at night) for another bus. Never again.

@Katie9806xx

Go on a water slide (with a small child)

I can’t swim whatsoever and not confident in the water at all but DH convinced me I’d be absolutely fine going on a water slide with our (at the time) toddler. I flew down the slide and off the end of it so fast, I went under and let go of small child. Thankfully she had a life jacket so she didn’t sink but was a scary as it took me a while to find my feet and get back hold of her

my DH did something similar to DS...
Difference was he actually threw DS before he entered the water! Luckily I was right at the end of that slide to rescue my poor then 3 year old!
But I still have flashbacks of DS flying through the air and myself and a lifeguard rushing to the rescue.

Tried to wax between my bum cheeks. It did not work and I couldn’t get the wax off. Sections kept sticking together for days.

Cockles

Wax up my nostrils. You get a kit. It was awful

Camping. Never. Never. Again.

Aged seven I tried to convince my friends that your nose and mouth connected inside. “I’ll prove it” I said and proceeded to ‘drink’ orange juice through my nose with a straw. Not an experiment I will ever repeat.

Go to Vegas.

@MrsHamlet

Drink fermented mare's milk. Ditto camel milk.

I love both. But only in small quantities!

(lived in Central Asia for a while)

@sashh

Eat durian fruit, I was the only brit in the group so had to do it for my country.

It tastes as bad as it smells.

The secret is to hold your nose, as it is the smell that you are 'tasting' so if you hold your nose it tastes fine.

Locals say you need to try it 5 times before you say you don't like it.
I have had it twice, so I when asked if I liked Durian, I could use the local phrase for no which is 'not yet' and add I haven't tried it 5 times yet!

@Latenightreader

Tried to wax between my bum cheeks. It did not work and I couldn’t get the wax off. Sections kept sticking together for days.

I'm crying, this has made my day 😂 brilliant.

YY to quad biking. I lasted a few minutes before I had to be decanted, shaking and crying, onto my boyfriend's bike.

Worst experience of my life was being the person in a towed car. When the rope snapped and I drifted out onto a (mercifully small) roundabout, it took several minutes to get my hands to unclamp from the wheel, I was incoherent with terror.

Honey roasted cashews. Thought I'd give them a try after all the hype on here for Christmas lists. DH and I couldn't finish a packet between us.

I haven't laughed this much at a thread on here ever. It's absolutely brilliant and everyone who's posted should be proud of their outraged and justified disbelief that life really will take the p:ss out of them/us and yet 'eventually' we can still laugh about how nonsensical it all is. There's hope for us all eh?

@DedalusBloom

So far I think andouillette and paintballing are tied in the lead of everyone's once in a lifetime experiences, with anal bringing up the rear, so to speak.

Go to Blackpool

Sushi

Also, eating in COSMO "restaurant" (the kids persuaded me).

Never ever again!