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?

[MardyBra]

Should I bother watching The Sopranos?

[ErrolTheDragon]

I already covered that under mega US TV drama series. I've not watched The Sopranos and don't feel impoverished thereby. (or many of the others. US comedies OTOH are worth watching as a means of making doing the ironing tolerable)

[IHaveA]

*IKEA - just don't.
*Opera
*Having friends you don't really like
*Pouncy restaurants - I have been to loads but I have realised my local pub and Lebanese cafe are better and more enjoyable
*Facebook or Twitter - seriously what is the point
*Recording/photographing everything.
*Big weddings
*Reading any book or watching any film, play etc you are not enjoying
*Anything woo
*Niagra Falls is a bit meh.
*Going anywhere really popular AND crowded. I don't do crowds
*Worrying too much
*Listening to anybodies DREAMS however interesting they say they are
*Regretting the past. Learn from the past then move on.
*Wasting time carefully writing posts that no one will read


Ps Lake Titicaca was fab fab fab (25 years ago)

[guccigirly]

Don't buy a Mulberry bag if you have young children. You promise yourself that you will look after it, but two months in and you find a melted Chewit sweet in the bottom of it.

Don't spend too much time on the internet - I waste whole evenings researching things I will never do / buy. Limit yourself to one hour per evening.

Don't watch the "Soaps". They are a big commitment and are far too depressing with their storylines.

[KatyTheCleaningLady]

Don't do krokodile. It's nowhere near as fun as it looks.

[ZingDollyChops]

Ihavea

good list. just saying. I read it. your time wasn't wasted!

[pollywollydoodle]

don't bother with holiday travel, just spend a few minutes on google earth looking at where you'd thought of going and have a or
You'll have hours in the bank and feel like you've had a holiday...which,lets face it, rarely happens when you actually go away...

[SantiagoToots]

If you go to Niagara Falls you can see all that water stuff in about 3 seconds, spend the next 2 hours in bewildered awe staring at the 100-piece "Smith family" party who are ALL scarily obese Americans on a family reunion. Fascinating anthropological study.

[ILoveMakeUp]

Don't pay to fly Business Class. It's hugely expensive and just not worth it. Save the money to spend on your holiday instead.

[MadAsFish]

the Eiffel Tower. Never go to that fucking thing unless you want to be cold, windswept, disillusioned, possibly propositioned if you hang around the park at the base, get into an argument with the staff and have to walk miles to the nearest Metro.

The RER's about three (slow walking) minutes away?
On another note - you really don't need to walk up the Champs Elysées when you visit Paris, it's rubbish. Even the BBC agrees.

[CuntyBunty]

I need to hear from the poster who has advised us, "Don't bother taking part in an orgy". Tell us more...

Yes to camping. I hate it. It's damp, unhygienic, noisy and you won't get a good sleep. Urggh.

Sophie Kinsella books. I've said it before and I'll say it again: "Shopaholic" is not a premise for a series of novels; it's a mental illness.

[cumfy]

Shark swimming

Anal sex

Liquid nitrogen cocktails

Point swapping

[BaronessBomburst]

I'm so excited about St Austell being a fair stand in for Indonesia.

I nearly wet myself laughing when I read that! And that says a lot as my pelvic floor is the only thing DS hasn't destroyed.

[ZingDollyChops]

how about helium balloons? are they as much fun as they are made out to be?

[mignonnetteZOMBIEKILLEROFHQ]

New York City is always worth it. Especially at Christmas and in the Spring.

One place that does live up to the hype.

[Badvoc]

Wastes of your life....;
Shopping as a Leisure activity
Camping
Chick lit
Misery lit
Any book by Jeremy clarkson
The daily mail
Spending time with people who judge you for what you wear, where you live or how much money you have.

[BananasInNegligees]

Oh god, YY to Malta.
I think it zapped all my energy when I arrived. The brochures are definitely of somewhere else. Much nicer places to visit.

DH will be glad when I tell him we don't need to go to France now. Thanks :)

[ElephantsAndMiasmas]

Don't go clubbing.

[ErrolTheDragon]

how about helium balloons? are they as much fun as they are made out to be?

You can buy your child one once provided you take it in a car so that they can see how it moves when you accelerate/decelerate.

Apart from that, no - helium is a finite resource which is needed for serious applications, and balloons released into the wild are a hazard to wildlife.

[Edithmark]

Don't bother with anything Disney or Disney esque. Your DCs will be bored when queuing and then scared stiff on the ride. It's not at all magical even small kids can see its a naff rip-off.

Doing a tree walk thing though is worth it, or one of those 'go ape' adventures with ropes and ladders n stuff. That was exciting and quite magical being so high in the trees. (So they said anyway, I waited on the ground with a good book and a flask of tea). And was about a tenth of the price of the Disney thing.

[Catchhimatwhat]

The whole of America is boring
All art is pointless

[theDudesmummy]

Re the Ice Hotel: I had already seen the northern lights before (used to live in Canada) so I suppose neither the extreme cold or the lights were a novelty for me, hence my lack of excitement!

[theDudesmummy]

Also to be missed:
camping in any form
climbing in any form
absinthe

[LouiseAderyn]

Don't go on a diet.

You will only get fat again when you stop, and you will have wasted precious months where you could have been eating chocolate oranges!

[ElephantsAndMiasmas]

Don't bother doing a masters degree. Not one person I know with a masters is doing a job they couldn't have just done with their first degree. It's just an interlude to go to the library a lot while spending tens of thousands of pounds.