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Anyone want to guess the hobby? Easter holiday game!

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CurlewKate · 29/03/2024 08:09

I actually have what I think is a pretty niche hobby. Would anyone like to try and guess what it is? I'll answer questions (unless it is "what is your niche hobby?) and I will say what it is when everybody, including me, gets bored.

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ErrolTheDragon · 29/03/2024 08:34

CurlewKate · 29/03/2024 08:20

I can do it anywhere. I have done it with other people but I much prefer doing it alone, although other people are usually involved. For me it wouldn't be as much fun without them.

Alone but with other people suggests some sort of remote interaction.
Would this hobby have been possible before the Internet?

CurlewKate · 29/03/2024 08:35

@ForestBather "Pole dancing or burlesque?"

That would be more embarrassing for me-but probably not for many others!

It's not forest bathing either!

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OzziePopPop · 29/03/2024 08:38

Morris dance?

ForestBather · 29/03/2024 08:40

So alone or with others, you can do it anywhere, and it might be outing and a bit embarrassing? Hmmmm.

CurlewKate · 29/03/2024 08:54

@ErrolTheDragon "Alone but with other people suggests some sort of remote interaction.
Would this hobby have been possible before the Internet?"
This is an interesting question. Yes-it's been around a long time. It did have a bit of a heyday in the 1970s-pre internet but it was much harder work than it is now!

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crumblingschools · 29/03/2024 08:56

Trainspotter

GalileoHumpkins · 29/03/2024 08:56

Do you go around spotting drain covers?
Cheese rolling.
Geocaching.
Naked flash mobs.
Do you make ridiculous edits on Wikipedia?

CurlewKate · 29/03/2024 08:57

Nothing would be as embarrassing as solo morris dancing!

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GalileoHumpkins · 29/03/2024 08:58

Macrame.
Something to do with radios.

JuneWhitfieldshandbag · 29/03/2024 09:01

Do you use electronic equipment to do it

CurlewKate · 29/03/2024 09:02

@GalileoHumpkins I made the mistake of telling my niece that Desmond Swayne MP gave my my first ever garlic bread and she kept editing his Wiki to include it!

But that's not it.

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Jasmin1971 · 29/03/2024 09:06

Orienteering

CurlewKate · 29/03/2024 11:19

@JuneWhitfieldshandbag "Do you use electronic equipment to do it"

Yes-but it's not strictly necessary.

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Jasmin1971 · 29/03/2024 11:25

Astronomy

SevenSeasOfRhye · 29/03/2024 11:28

Geneaology.

DrJoanAllenby · 29/03/2024 11:29

Do you collect shells on the beach and glue them together and make them into frogs playing a band?

AnneKipankitoo · 29/03/2024 11:30

Do you run a fan club?

DrJoanAllenby · 29/03/2024 11:31

Macrame bondage gear?

You once tied yourself in knots and had to be rescued by the fire brigade.

DrJoanAllenby · 29/03/2024 11:31

Flower pressing.

DrJoanAllenby · 29/03/2024 11:32

Matchstick boats in bottles.

DrJoanAllenby · 29/03/2024 11:33

Using matchsticks do you knit scarves for mice?

DoIhavegreeneyes · 29/03/2024 11:33

How competitive is this activity?

DrJoanAllenby · 29/03/2024 11:35

Bead necklaces

www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/336010822169373911/

DrJoanAllenby · 29/03/2024 11:36

Handmade snow globes.

DrJoanAllenby · 29/03/2024 11:36

Driftwood art.

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