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What's On Your Bucket List?
Who doesn't like a challenge?
One of my favorite quotes is:
Do or don't do. There is no try. -Yoda
There is no gray area with this quote. It's a simple phrase to follow. Either do or don't do. Don't just try.
Imagine the rush you will feel when you do. If you don't feel comfortable with the challenge than don't do.
Either way at least you don't waste your time trying...Just do. See how simple that is.
The ideas listed could be added to your bucket list.
They could also be done on the weekend when you are in need of an exciting adventure.
Or you could just consider them a challenge to try just, once in a lifetime.
You could at least try to do something you've never done before. You never know, you might really enjoy it. You then might want to do it more often.
Whether you are carefree or a rebel...never stop doing.
Once in a lifetime...
50 Things To Do...
- Pull an all nighter. Do not sleep for 24 hours. You might enjoy it or you might not, I bet you appreciate the experience.
- Eat the entire cheesecake. I guarantee you never do that again!
- Go for a ride on a motorcycle! Even if some people might consider it a donor-cycle, you might enjoy the thrill of the ride. Do or do not wear a helmet.
- Swim in the ocean and don't fear sharks. What are the chances a shark will be there lurking about? Use caution in waters around the state of Florida.
- Change a diaper. A messy one. There are plenty of people who haven't maneuvered this yet. Be daring!
- For women: Shave your hair off. Britney Spears did it and so can you!
- For men: Grow a fu manchu mustache.
- Climb a mountain. To the top.
- Spend the entire day in bed. Whether solo or with a partner...enjoy the moment.
- Create a YouTube video of yourself singing karaoke. Post it on Facebook.
- Build a snowman. Taste the snow. Eat the snow...while it's fresh and hasn't been sitting around and has shades of yellow on it.
- Write your memoirs. Who knows you better than you know yourself. Create an eBook of you.
- Spend the day outdoors with no shoes. I love being barefoot and I would love to be daring enough to do this. It's just not sanitary or safe. I need to practice what I preach.
- Don't skirt around the sprinklers, walk through them.
- Go fly a kite. When is the last time you took the time to enjoy a beautiful day outdoors just being a kid again? If you have kids, by all means, invite them along.
- Go skinny-dipping. Either solo or with your entire book club. Hey, this is your bucket list...aim high.
- Write an erotic poem. Express the inner romantic in you.
- Read the first and last page of a book, use your imagination to figure out what was written on the other pages.
- Have flowers delivered to someone you love.
- Dine at a Chinese restaurant and order a pizza with extra pepperoni. Seriously, their expressions would be quite a memory.
- Go skydiving, parachuting or bungee jumping. This would be considered daring. Godspeed.
- Leave the car at home and travel by bus for a far-out adventure.
- Let your voice be heard by joining a protest for any cause.
- Dine on frog legs while hopping around.
- Send an email to the President and share your thoughts.
Be daring...
Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman
26. Go horseback riding while appreciating a nature trail.
27. Visit a farm. Milk a cow. Feed a pig.
28. Sleep under the stars.
29. Test drive a Lamborghini.
30. Take a pole dancing class.
31. Take a long walk off a short pier.
32. Go White Water rafting.
33. Get a piercing or a tattoo.
34. Poop in the woods. Steer clear of poison ivy.
35. Get drunk. Yes, sloppy drunk. But, don't drive. Prepare ahead of time to be ill afterwards.
36. Roast marshmallows at a campfire.
37. Smoke a little smoke while listening to the Doobie Brothers.
38. Jump in the lake!
39. Forgive a foe. No one says you have to forget, but forgiving someone who wronged you is good for your health.
40. Swim with the dolphins.
41. Take a stroll through Central Park. Make it a kodak moment with many photos.
42. Write your eulogy. Have your voice heard one final time. What would you want every one to know about your life.
43. Spend a weekend at a nudist beach, or maybe a day, or a minute.
44. Ride in a limo and pretend you are a celebrity. Dress like a success!
45. Go to a midnight showing of a movie. Indulge in buttered popcorn.
46. Plant a tree in memory of a loved one.
47. Dress up as Santa and give out candy canes in June.
48. Volunteer at a homeless shelter.
49. Train and run in a 5K.
50. While in London tickle a Royal Guard.
Keith Urban - Once In A Lifetime
Will you try any of these interesting ideas?
© 2012 Linda Bilyeu
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Hi Thelma...One day I will walk into a chinese place and order that pizza! :)
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Way to go, Peg!! Keep on kickin'!!
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Wishing you good luck with your bucket list peachpurple! :)
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Oh Audrey, I sure hope you get to sing your duet with Keith Urban! I volunteer to sing back up! :)
LOL! I have done some but not dare to do a few like bungee jumping or so. I would love to try ordering pizza when I´ll be next time in a chinese restaurant and tickle the royal guards next time I´ll be in London. That would be fun. Thanks for the ideas. Well done! I loved reading this.
This is a fun list, Sunshine. Did 1, 3, 4, 5, working on 7 (Fu Man Chu), 9, 22, 28, 33, 34, 34 (Never again, please!), 36, 37 (saw them in concert, didn't inhale), 38, 39, 40, 43 (really creepy guy mowing the lawn in tennis shoes-just shoes), 44, 45, 46. Looks like I have a few more to go before the old bucket kick, I hope.
interesting bucket lists that i doubt I could accomplish even 20 of them
I've completed about six on your list since reading your hub 2 years ago. What fun! I've just added one more to my bucket list. Singing a duet with Keith Urban!
YOU DAMNED-WELL BETTER HAVE LINDA SUE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON YOUR BUCKET LIST.......IT'S THE BASH OF THE YEAR!!
#3, #4, # 21.. no way! lol. This is a great list you have compiled here. voted up!
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Thank you Vinaya! :)
You have shared some great ideas. I will love to climb a mountain (Everest). I began writing my eulogy 5 years ago and you remind me to continue with my work.
God bless you.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas Doc, dwachira, mary, Richie, Gabby, Mike and Michelle! :)
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Life as a blog...How was that cheesecake? :)
Coming in again to say I'm all for No. 40. I would like to say hi to some dolphins! Sharing this list. We should make the time to do the things we want to this year!
I am a huge Fan of Linda Bilyeu..
very funny and uplifting list! "whether you think you can or you can't, you are right"
Nice list, I've tried some of them. I loved how you said do or don't. Yes, Master Yoda in Starwars said it, too. "There is no try."
I just came back to check off the things I have done, still have a lot to do! I shared, Pinned and Tweeted.
I did #13 [Spend the day outdoors with no shoes.] It is the norm of many African kids and although it has been a long time since i spent a day outdoor without shoes, i know i can manage that, however i would love to try #21 Skydiving, looks like it can be real fun. Voted up.
Came back to see if I have done any more from my previous 29/50 - I had a temporary tattoo during my vacation and danced around a lamp post? Do they count? do they? do they? Tweeted this awesome list.
Interesting and funny hub! I've done some of these things and may try some of the ones I haven't yet (probably 'eat a whole cheesecake').
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Thank you Rajan and Steph!
Keith ... sounds like fun! WTG!
I just did number 5 a few days ago! My nephew is a crazy little monster...LOL
This is still a great list and an inspiration for us to write down our own bucket lists! :0
Linda, fun ideas these. I wish I could do 25 & 50. Great ideas.
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Rich, I imagine your grandchildren being mesmerized by any tale that you share with them. They will ask for more stories while you pass out more scoops of ice cream!:)
Linda -
You would be amazed at how many of these things I've actually accomplished! No, I never shaved my hair off or gotten a tattoo, but you can count the others not accomplished on one hand. I could add extracting venom from snakes, tagging alligators in the everglades, hunting venomous reptiles in many countries, taking a high speed performance driving course with speeds in excess of 150 mph (2 years ago), and a host of others. You might say I'm an adrenaline junky. It was never my desire to be that old man on the porch swing wishing he'd of done something to tell his grandkids about. Great list!
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Keith! I so agree about the children. Haha! :)
Maria...have fun and keep us posted! :)
Thanks for stopping by my peeps!
As old as I am, I only have ONE left to accomplish...
now to find a roll of Charmin before heading out...!!
Voted UP & extra FUNNY, although across the board!
Love, Maria
I have always wanted to milk a cow! I got scared to do so ever since I watched that erotic cow on Family Guy...LOL Hmmm, Halloween is coming up in two months, I'll give it a try at a farm (there's a carnival at a farm ever year in my town).
Now then...about Dressing up as Santa in June...I think this may be something worth doing every single day :D It's always fun to freak out children? LOL jk
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jpcmc and MarieAlice, thank you both for stopping by and sharing your thoughts! Your comments are appreciated!:)
So many things to do!!!! I guess I have done a lot but still have to try many... like writing an erotic poem, I don´t think I could do!!! haha I´m so shy for those things!!! And I´m not sure if I could ever shave my hair ...But you are giving me some good ideas to try!!!!
Nice list. I've done most of them. but there are some that i don't think I can do. The cheescake suggestion is a must try for me. But I need to find a sugar-free one first. Skydiving is still in my bucket list. I haven't milked a cow but I did milk a goat once.
Is there a law against tickling a Royal Guard. If none, I'll put it in my list.
Enjoyed the hub. Voted up!
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My oh my Docmo! I'm going to have to create another list to challenge this list since you have already done so much of it! Way to go!!! :)
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Hi Michelle! Your brother sounds like a rebel...too funny! Thanks for sharing!
Sunshine- you could have written this one for me. With every successive number - I was grinning wildly as I have done about 29 out of the 50 ( 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,11,13,14,15,1617,18,19,20,22,23,27,28,34,35,36,37,38,39,45,46,48) ! I was only talking about doing #49 yesterday. You've made my day as I feel like I have accomplished something in my life. I have done over half of sunshine's list! Yeehaw! As always you know how to talk to the 'reader' and engage them in a really intense way. You have the pulse of the masses. what a wonderful writer you are!
I'm really into no. 12 and 50!! My brother did number 50. Honestly. The guard absolutely did not flinch! But he did get a glaring though. A cool list!
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Oh my! I have missed a few comments on this hub! I apologize BUT I appreciate you sharing your witty comments! Thank you!
Looking through this list....I have accomplished 34 of the items....and since for a man there were only 49 items to do....that gives me a decent 69% success rate....and the fact that I am only 21 gives me an outstanding chance of completing the list....voted up and funny.....great job Sunshine625.
Believe it or not, Ihave done lots of these things. I just changed a poopy diaper yesterday, thanks to my one year old Great granddaughter. Ugh! I've always wanted to skydive, but I probably won't at this late stage of life!
Voted this UP, funny!
I am proud to say that I have accomplished a lot of them, but won't tell you which ones :)
Had fun reading it, and giggling..... Voting up and awesome!
Great list and thanks to Olde Cashmere for sharing! I still have 30 things to do on this list, except I'm not going sky diving for love nor money so I'll say 29! lol Voted up and stuff, Jen
These are very creative ideas. Voted up funny and risky!
Dine on frog legs while hopping around... Lol.. I like the sound of that. These are very good ideas. I wouldn't be caught dead riding a motorcycle nor in the ocean surrounded by sharks. Lol.
Love how you opened with a Yoda quote Sunshine, that did it for me already. This list you compiled is awesome and full of great humor. Love your style. Voted up, shared, useful, funny, awesome, and interesting :)
Test drive a Lamborghini...I think I'm too poor to get in the door of the dealership!
For my hmm, 50th b'day I rode in a limo in NYC with my head sticking out the sunroof and waved at all the passersby...it was a blast!
I would add, if you see someone famous, walk up to them and introduce yourself.
This is a great list as always Queen of Lists. Voted up, funny, useful and awesome.
Hi Sunshine: Would LOVE to do 29 and 40!!! Nice, lighthearted hub! Voted up. :)
I've done many of these, but I will pass on pooping in the woods (unless a dire emergency). And I will spare the world and forego the YouTube karaoke video! I haven't swam with dolphins, but I did once swim with sharks. And I wasn't that afraid!
Ha-ha, sounds very adventurous and crazy at times, but it's really worth doing some of the things listed in your hub :)
I would love to fly a kite, ride a horse, swim with the dolphins and plant a tree. Also I wonder what would happen if I did point #50??? =D
I like the positive mood of your writing, Sunshine! :D
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I love all these comments! The things that y'all have done, hope to do, wouldn't dare do or are too funny to do! Awesome!!!
Thank you all for sharing!!!
Sandy Frost - Toomuchmint - PDXkaraokeguy - Spartacusjones - Melchi - Headfullofsound
I was actually thinking of the Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" but ANYWAY...
Some of these ideas are quite silly but the underlying concept is golden. I want as much as possible to simply kick out the jams and not give a fuck. I think it's healthy to always question why certain societal norms are in place. Are they there for a good reason? If not, forget them! People may think you're a freak but you've also got to ask yourself, are they really happy living boring, nondescript lives?
I took a ride in a vintage World War II airplane and it was fabulous! I'm from The Bronx, NY so Central Park was done as well as White Water rafting. I have to check off the one's I must do from your list. Great Hub!
Sunshine, these are awesome ideas!! I've probably only done a couple of them, but you've really made me think. Life is ours - it's right there, and there are so many things we can do "just because"! Voted up and sharing!! :)
I did: 1, 2 (more than once!) 4,5,9,11,13,14,15,16,18,22,23,26,28,31,34,35,36,38,39,41,42,45,46
I might consider doing: 7,8,10,12,19,20,24,27,40,44,48,50
The others I will take a pass on.
Really fun list!
I've done: 1,3,4, 5,7,9, 10,11,14,15,16, 17, 19, 22, 26, 28, 32, 33, 34,35,36, 38,39,41, 45
will do: 18, 29, 37, 42,44,50
never do: the rest
fun list :-)
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Lol - of all the things I've managed to do, changing a messy diaper isn't one of them. I'll bump it to the top of my to-do list.
Double thumbs-up for the pole dancing class! Although it could use a caution - It's addictive. Once you start dancing you may never stop ;-)
Again, interesting hub. A great read. Voted-up!
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Hello Crystal, Martie and Raci! Thank you for sharing your witty comments!!:)
hahahaahha...i'm thinking how would a British Guard react?
i'll try a thing or two once in a while...
Lol! Some I've already done, some I still want to do and some I will definitely never do....
Linda, your enthusiasm is contagious!
I have done quite a few of these already, but some of them are on my bucket list. Some I will never do because they are just not suitable for me... like eat a cheesecake. I do not like cheesecake! lol. I have done about 20 of them, but I have my own bucket list that I am working on. Still you gave me a few ideas. I forgot to put swimming with dolphins on my bucket list and I've always wanted to do that! I also have quite a few things that you do not list such as go dune buggying and rock climbing! I have so many more, but really this is a great hub and a great list!
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I've considered it Pam. Instead I just went very short. I lacked the courage. It takes a brave woman to shave her hair off. Thank you for your thoughts!
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Yvonne, 3inch cheesecakes are good to go! All gone!:) In Orlando we have a theme park where you could swim with the dolphins...it's a very popular park. I would pass. Thanks for your comment!
I love all your suggestions and I have done many of those things, but I must tell you I am not shaving my head. Sorry,but I am up for all the rest! This is a great, entertaining hub! Interesting and funny.
Interesting list. I’ve done a few of them, but I think I’d be sick if I tried to eat an entire cheesecake. But wait, we get little round cheesecakes about 3 inches across. I’ve eaten an entire one of them more than once! I can cross that one off. And I rode a motor bike when I was 3. Can’t remember a thing about it, but it counts! My favourite are 38, 39 and 49, (I’ve done 38 and 39) though I have read that the Whales and Dolphins conservation society don’t actually recommend we swim with dolphins so maybe I’ll just go on dreaming about it…
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Thanks kikalina! It's just a thought:)
Hi Sannel, I could imagine eating an entire cheesecake...i'd be sick for more than a week!
Thank you Tina for stopping by and sharing your thoughts:)
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Hi Mary! I want to also, just to watch it grow back!! Yes, of course stick your head out of the sunroof of the limo. Excellent idea!!:)
I love the humor and the message in this hub, it feels so good to do adventures things! I can consider doing many of these and I have done a few, but I will not shave my hair off! Thanks for a great hub and a fantastic list Linda! Enjoyed reading this:)
Tina
What a great list Linda! I'm surprised to find out that I have done most of the things, lol! I have eaten the entire cheesecake, yes it happened in a very weak period in my life. Believe me, I will never ever do it again!!! I was sick for a week afterward, lol. Thanks for this fun read!
This is what you do when I'm away from my computer oh list queen? It depends on the size of the cheesecake and how hungry you are whether or not you'll do it again. I've done so many things on your list and there's so many I'd like to do. I really would like to shave my head but my husband has apoplexy every time I mention it. Oh, when you're in the limo, be sure to stick your head out the top driving down the street in NYC and just wave at everybody!
So many things...life is short, do them!
Voted up, useful and interesting as always.
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Rahul, Thank you for sharing your adventures! 14 out of 50 is good, not great but you have plenty of time for lots more fun!:))
Thank you Beth!:)
Such a cute hub, I love your list! Voted up :)
Pull an all nighter. Do not sleep for 24 hours. You might enjoy it or you might not, I bet you appreciate the experience.- DONE( in regular practice)
Go for a ride on a motorcycle!- DONE ( broke ribs thrice)
Change a diaper. A messy one. There are plenty of people who haven't maneuvered this yet. Be daring!- DONE( my sis was born 10 years after me.. and I dared!)
Don't skirt around the sprinklers, walk through them!
Go fly a kite!
Have flowers delivered to someone you love
Leave the car at home and travel by bus for a far-out adventure.
Let your voice be heard by joining a protest for any cause
Sleep under the stars.
Get drunk!- ooh! In plenty :)
Jump in the lake!
Forgive a foe- many came and went
Go to a midnight showing of a movie!
Plant a tree.
Done these many....14 out of 50...
Sunshine.... I need to focus on LIFE101... so i have to rush :)
Great hub!
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I'm looking forward to that poem Lesley!:)
I love your list, I might give 17 a go....
Haha, have done a few of those things already, so am on a good way to complete the others hopefully in time...thanks for sharing this fun.
#51, go for a treasure hunt show. Have a nice day.
What a fun list, I only have 18 left to do, but I won't be shaving off all my hair or getting a tattoo. Lol I could always forget the rest and just go skydiving another 18 times Lol, love it
Great fun hub Sunshine, thanks for the smiles
This is an interesting hub and funny in some parts. I have done most of the 50, but am too old and conservative to do a few like tattooing and skydiving.
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Hi Levertis, 20 is a good start! Only a few more to go. Have fun:)
What a list! I have done 20 of them. Voted up and other positives.
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Way to go Alecia! You've done quite a bit. My daughters participated in Relay for Life while in High School, they enjoyed it. I rode on a cycle a couple of times. I didn't like it and have no desire to do it again. I've never been drunk, but came close! Thank you for your comment!:)
I've done 1,5, and 9. Technically I did 12. And I hate to say it but I do number 9 a lot. I think that's an indulgence you should do once every few months. Number one was not related to my studies. I stayed up for Relay for Life but it was worth it. The only thing I didn't like was that it was March Madness so I only slept a few hours before watching the tourney. I like changing diapers once I figure out the configuration of the diaper but I love babies so much I don't mind.
I'm honestly too chicken to get on a motorcycle and I don't think I could get drunk either but I'll just act like I'm drunk and say I was! Great hub!
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Good luck with your 5K alocsin! Keep us posted. You could celebrate with a cheesecake!:)
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Way to go Ruchira!! Santa in June is actually my husband's idea, he'll be pleased to hear you have done that!! Woohoo!!
I've done quite a few of these things but "eating an entire cheesecake" might be something to aspire to. I am building my endurance for my first 5K, though not sure when that will happen. Voting this Up and Interesting.
Haha...sunshine I am proud to inform you that I have done plenty...got drunk, forgiven a foe, volunteered at a shelter, become a Santa in June thanks to my kid who wanted a Santa for his birthday and could not find any...lol
Have driven in a limo but did not pretend to be a movie star (bummer!!!)
Your list is so sweet that just reading it (again) gave a smile :)
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Hi Dana! I hope your friend joins in the fun with you! I'd like to hear how your adventures turn out!:)
Stoker! Congrats on your 5K...you make mama proud!!!
Way to go Vinaya! Keep up the good work!
I appreciate y'all stopping by!
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Thank you American View for you comment and excellent view!
Hi Ruchira! I'll stop by your hub to check it out!
Be sure and keep us posted on which things you do!!
Thanks for stopping by!:)
Wow, I have done many of the things you have listed here.
Train and Run a 5K! Woohoo that is me!! :) I have to try a few more of these.. makes life a little more exciting! Fun list!!
This was absolutely amazing to read. Who would think that a list could bring up so many emotions and memories...
I have 28 to go, and plenty of time to get there. I am going to post this on a friend's facebook page with a proposition that she and I complete the list :o)
What variety! You're motivating me to make more of my weekend now :) Some items on the list had me laughing while for others I was nodding as I read. Vote up!
this is just what i am trying to tell people...LISTEN TO YOUR HEART BEAT :)
Loved it Sunshine. voted up as awesome and interesting and sharing it across.
How about I tag your hub to my hub...listen to your heart beat. link below...https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Let-your-Heart-...
let me know...
sunshine 625
You do create the best lists here on HP! Great hub as always.
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Hi Posh! This list is similar to a bucket list, but it's not mine. It's intended for random, fun things for all to do or don't do:)
I'm looking forward to your bucket list. One day I'll write mine. Keep on hubbin'!
Here in England we call it a bucket list.'Things to do before you kick the bucket' For want of a better word...DIE. I have it on my list of Hubs to write, so watch out sometime for Posh's Bucket List.
Great job Linda.
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Hi Timetraveler, Thank you for sharing what you've accomplished! I have only done 19 things so far from this list. Others I might do or might not. Depends on my mood :)
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Emer, I have a couple of friends in London who just might complete the task of tickling the royal guard! Keep us posted if you get around to it!:)
What a fun hub! I've done many of these things plus a few others few people would ever have the opportunity to do such as: ride in a wild buffalo roundup, write a book, be an extra in a movie and have a one time erotic kiss backstage with one of the dancers from a Flamenco group. I can honestly say that I have really lived, and apparently, so have YOU!!
I have already done a few of these things. However, I have some work to do now. Can't wait to tickle a royal guard..haha. I loved this hub. :)
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