100 things you don't need to do before you die

[Dillytante]

Although I don't have a bucket list because I'd find it guilt inducing (more things to do that I just don't have time for) I am a bit of a sucker for feeling like I should do things. So was pleased to read this Graun article 100 things you don't need to do before you die so I could cross a few things off.

I'm already crossing climbing Everest off as I have just read Into Thin Air about the 1996 disaster where a load of climbers died. And the ones that didn't seem to have such a miserable time anyway. So defo not doing that.

Anyone else got any more I can cross off my list? Places I don't need to go? Books I don't need to read?

[redrubyshoes]

Elephants
Yep agree with the Eden Project. Most of it looked like a GCSE art project. I would have preferred it to have been left to nature.

[ErrolTheDragon]

You do not have to watch any of those mega US TV series.

You also do not have to watch any reality TV shows or 'talent shows'.

Honestly!

[tolittletoolate]

these are brilliant! I had no idea I wasn't missing out on so much :)

[Eastwickwitch]

Ride a camel, uncomfortable & they spit
Paragliding, made me vomit
Eat Pray Love/One Day, both tosh
Sleep on the deck of a yacht, you wake up too early
Save up to travel in First, the seats are comfy but you don't arrive any quicker
Make your own Christmas pudding, Waitrose taste much better
Buy a lottery ticket, more likely to get struck by lightening

[TaudrieTattoo]

Make your own meringue.
Go to Blackpool.
Get a fake tan.
Persevere with a book, film or series you are not enjoying. Nobody will hand you a medal at the end.
Persevere with a relationship that does not enhance your life. See above comment about a medal.
Get married. Just sort your wills out and keep your hands on your own money/house. There's something very satisfying about climbing into bed with someone at night out of choice rather than duty.
Expect taking a holiday or having a child with a person you no longer like. It won't help matters.
Go to Rhyl.
Diet all your life.

[NomDeOrdinateur]

Buy a parrot! (Unless, of course, you are 100% happy to spend the next 30-60 years living as though you have a permanently tiny child, and working on ironing out all of the little problems your rookie taming efforts created because parrots live too long for #1 to be regarded as the "beta bird". Fortunately, it turns out that DH and I are fine with this because she's so lovely, but we'd probably have chickened out of buying her if we'd known what we were letting ourselves in for...)

[Dededum]

Buy a hamster
Join the PTA
Go to reception class coffee mornings
Watch Strictly Come Dancing
Play golf, it's old en, but why spoil a good walk
Become an elite rower (or any elite sport) think of all those mornings on the river in the freezing cold.

[toldmywrath]

I had no idea I wasn't missing out on so much haha I love this comment
tolittle
Blackpool-it's dire!

[ElephantsAndMiasmas]

Avoid the O2 Arena. It's like the worst shopping centre imaginable but without the shopping.

Don't bother trying to read things in the original language (e.g. Chaucer in the original ME, Madame Bovary in French) unless you're already super excellent at it. Find a translation that reads like a proper book and enjoy it.

[ElephantsAndMiasmas]

redrubyshoes - indeed, I like a good quarry. :)

[ErrolTheDragon]

Don't bother trying to read things in the original language (e.g. Chaucer in the original ME

I had to do some Chaucer for O-level, can't remember a thing about the story. Definitely a waste of time.

[barbarianoftheuniverse]

Join facebook

[ErrolTheDragon]

Or follow anyone on twitter... if anything interesting comes up it'll be reported via other media.

[helzapoppin2]

Don't join a cult.

[LizaTarbucksAuntie]

assemble flatpack anything

[Awks]

Dont waste 3 hours going to see Les Mis. It's shit and you will be eating your hands, willing her to just fucking die.

[Mirage]

Don't visit the Meteor crater in Arizona,hours of driving to stare at a big hole in the ground-thanks for that DH.Also,don't stay in Flagstaff,in a cheap motel,opposite the railway siding where they appear to be unloading metal sheets all night and where there is a man with blood stained bandages wandering around the parking lot and a giant spider on the balcony.In fact,don't go on a trip with my DH!

[Galaxymum]

Don't go to a toilet at a music festival unless you are in the VIP section for the day. Or a bad experience will put you off festivals for life. Just don't drink for a few hours.
Don't book for one of those really expensive kids arena shows if you live over 2 hours away.....and don't book it during snowing season or it will be a very costly no-show.
Don't go to HobbyCraft on a whim that you think you are going to suddenly become expert at beading, embroidery, knitting, glueing bits of paper on toilet roll like stars.
If All Saints ever get back together don't bother buying a reunion ticket. They cannot sing live and the two sisters sing at one end and the other two who could sing at the other....so if you're at the wrong end it's a rubbish night out.

[helzapoppin2]

Visit the NEC, Birmingham.

[CooCooCachoo]

Oh loving mobile phone stock on page 1 - brilliant rural, will deffo cross that one off!

[girlsyearapart]

Definitely agree with dont go to Blackpool.

Don't go to see the Mona Lisa- tiny painting behind a huge glass frame behind a rope behind a crowd of Japanese tourists..

Don't say don't do a marathon as I'm training for my first (and only) marathon. Only need encouraging please.

Don't listen to your mum when she says children should not eat processed meat or watch tv if aged under 3. She then looks after the children gives them ham sandwiches & lets them watch tv

Gone Girl was ok not great.

[ihatethecold]

Great thread.

I wholeheartedly agree with not finishing booksyou can't get into to.
Playing golf/cricket
Eating offal!!!
Clacton on sea. Grim
Southwold, overrated and expensive.
Tate modern, load of overrated shite.

[catslave]

Don't read The Hive - it will make you stubby.
Eat tripe - just vile and slimy.

Narrowing down the 'don't visit Indonesia' thing - just give Sumbawa a miss. Never been menacingly propositioned more when travelling as a lone female. Not fun. Also, don't bother getting up at dawn to see the coloured lakes at Kelimitu on Flores. Just take a trip to St Austell as they have flooded clay pits the same colour - ditto an equally nice one if you glance to the left on the A30 halfway between Launceston and Bodmin. (The dragons are ace, though...)

[mouldyironingboard]

Don't bother buying any celebrity fitness DVDs, they all end up in a car boot sale.

Don't bother to go on a diet. Stick to eating three normal, balanced meals a day including a variety of fruit and vegetables and your weight will be fine.