50 Things to have done by the age of 50

[Saigon]

I'm 10 for 10 in Dubious Achievements...

I think you can take some pride in that....!

If you are going to do somthing dubious - you might as well go the whole way!

 

[KissMy]

I scored a 39. I have no desire to get devoiced or see any more of the worlds tourist trap cities.

 

[Saigon]

I scored a 39. I have no desire to get devoiced or see any more of the worlds tourist trap cities.

Maybe not - but I think you have the highest score so far, anyway!

 

[Againsheila]

Phantom -

Is that 34?

That's a great list - particularly as you have all the achievements section!

yeah 34. I could probably add a few but they would be stretches. I climbed a mountain in Wengen Switzerland but I am not sure if it meets the minimum height requirement. It would be close. Been head hunted is a bit of a grey area. If you mean like someone was looking for me to kick my ass, then yeah. If you mean to actually kill me then probably not. And the illegal sex act would probably apply if I lived in Utah but threesomes are legal in Oregon and Arizona.

The rest are on my list to do actually as well as a few more that I want to do and some I have done. I really love lists like this because it tells how much a person has actually lived life. Take the following 25 for example:

1. Run with the bulls in Pamplona - Done
2. See the Aurora Borealis - Not Done
3. See the Great Wall of China - Not Done
4. Leave Las Vegas with more money than you came with - Done
5. Ski Saudan Couloir at Blackcomb with aggressiveness - Done
6. Smoke grass in public in Amsterdam - Done
7. Visit every state in the USA - Not Done (still have the New England states to go)
8. Be personally blessed by the Pope - Done (wasn't on the list - it was a freak accident but it's cool enough to claim...and I am not even Catholic. )
9. Hold public office - Not Done
10. Wake up in a different city than you started partying in without knowing how you got there - Done
11. Lose a fight - Done
12. Win a fight - Done
13. Spent an entire day in bed with your spouse/lover - Done
14. Seen Stonehenge - Not Done
15. Seen the Taj Mahal - Not Done
16. Explored the Louvre - Done
17. Expored the Smithsonian - Done
18. Almost got killed by a bear - Done
19. Received a standing ovation - Done
20. See the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Not Done
21. View a full Messier Marathon - Not Done (but I keep trying)
22. Tell your boss to fuck off - Done (hence why I got fired in the original list It was worth it...trust me)
24. Catch a marlin- Not Done
25. Get a hole in one - Not done (been SO fucking close so many times)

Does miniature golf count?

 

[The Professor]

Anyone who thinks that getting a driver's license is a dubious achievement is a fool. Anyone who thinks that “performing a sex act that is probably illegal illegal” is a dubious achievement is an unimaginative, sex-starved, brain-dead, chronic masturbating misanthrope. Without further inquiry, I can tell you what is in each such person's spice rack: salt and pepper. Period. What a bunch of unfulfilled idiots, both them and their partners (if they have one).

Once, a man in Georgia was given 5 years hard time for eating his wife's pussy. Personally , I would imprison every man who didn't.

 

[Big Black Dog]

Sports & Outdoors

- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiiied downhilll

Achievements

- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience

Dubious Achievements

- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted


Culture

- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet

Geography

- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people

cities and places

- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa

- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins


Emotions and spirituality

- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration
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Don't know how to score it but I've done all the things in bold print.

 

[Mr Natural]

Sports & Outdoors

- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiiied downhilll

Achievements

- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience

Dubious Achievements

- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted


Culture

- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet

Geography

- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people

cities and places

- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa

- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins


Emotions and spirituality

- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration

 

[jillian]

i saw this in a finnish magazine, and thought you might enjoy it.

I doubt anyone is going to get to 50, somehow!

Do tell us your score!

sports & outdoors

- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiiied downhilll

achievements

- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience

dubious achievements

- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted


culture

- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. You chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet

geography

- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people

cities and places

- paris
- london
- south america
- asia
- africa

- angkor wat
- auschwitz or dachau etc
- the pyramids at giza or saqqara
- jerusalem's old city
- macchu piccu and the inca ruins (with a proviso that i saw mayan ruins at tulum, mexico, but only made it as far as lima, peru.


emotions and spirituality

- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering i was at live aid and the human rights now! Shows. Does that count?
- been to a major political demonstration does the 1992 democratic convention count?

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[Saigon]

It's good to see most of us have fired weapons and been to London - not so many have voluntarily read poetry!!

I only sneaked that one because my cousin wrote two and I read those!