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Things To Do Before You Die
Lu Xun writes "A group of British scientists has brought some meaning to our lives by providing a list of 100 scientifically-oriented things to do before you die. The suggestions include 'joining the 300 Club at the South Pole (they take a sauna to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, then run naked to the pole in minus 100 F) or learning Choctaw, a language with two past tenses - one for giving information which is definitely true, the other for passing on material taken without checking from someone else.'"
at long last. I have not failed it. One down.
'Things to do before you die' is a very apt term for this, I think.
I hear there's rumors on the Slashdots
Homo Anonymi?
or learning Choctaw, a language with two past tenses - one for giving information which is definitely true, the other for passing on material taken without checking from someone else.'" - I think /. moderators already speak in Choctaw, too bad most of them only learned the second past tence.
You can't handle the truth.
"Threesome with Japanese twins"
Amen.
Free XBox, PS2
Looks like I can't die yet.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
Where's "get laid by 2 hot chicks at the same time"? Hello?
When I came back from seeing this during the summer, noone believed me. Now I have somewhere to point them to...
take a sauna to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, then run naked to the pole in minus 100 F
Introduce the Celsius system to the US
I don't need a signature.
The suggestions include 'joining the 300 Club at the South Pole (they take a sauna to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, then run naked to the pole in minus 100 F)
Wrong list... I think that's from "100 Things To Do When You've Lost Your Sanity."
The problem with socialism is that they always run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher
and solve the mathematical mystery of the number 137
To join that 'elite' group you need to insert another 3 in the middle.
;-)
Are you local? There's nothing for you here!
Good luck learning to speak Choctaw. If you look *real* hard, you might find someone who speaks Choctaw -- but chances are, they are too busy running the casino to teach you anything useful.
Pick of the list
Extract your own DNA by spitting gargled salt water into diluted washing-up liquid and slowly dribbling ice-cold gin down the side of the glass. Spindly white clumps which form in the mixture are, basically, you
You know, there are easier, and much more fun, ways to create clumps of white goo that contains your DNA.
... I plan to discover the Secret to Immortality.
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
Use your excreta to enter the amazing world of the dung beetle. Much more basic but just as fascinating for some. If you are ever caught short in the open, says New Scientist, turn the accident into an opportunity by lingering nearby and watching what happens. "It won't take long for the beetles to appear, scuttle boldly up to your deposit and begin rolling balls of it away, head-butting it and pushing it with their forelegs." Reassuringly, it gets used as food and a beetle breeding nest
I tried this in the food court at my local mall, but security showed up before I saw any beetles.
"then run naked to the pole in minus 100 F"
/.er who runs naked in their direction....
Why the *FUCK* would I want to do that??
I really *shouldn't* be telling you this but....
There are rumors that, at the Pole, there are nubile virgin maidens ready to pleasure any
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
http://www.lifegem.com/secondary/gallery/Lifegem_g allery_main.htm
Gallery, funny - they don't have before and after pictures....
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At those temps I don't think it would be hard for long.
I'm sure many /. readers achieve multiple orgasms... 2, maybe 3 before they die - yeah, they're mostly rather young so I think it's statistically possible.
then it would only be the 166.66666666666666666666 club. Doesn't sound as cool.
> The common saying goes "Plant a tree, have a child, write a book" before you die.
I'm impotent, allergic to trees, and have lost the use of my right hand. Thanks for making me feel good.
Actually at those temps it would be fozen solid.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
'...assisting at the birth of an animal. "This is one of life's most surprising and moving experiences..."'
I grew up in a rural area where my uncle raised cattle. Consequently, I've "pulled" calves on numerous occations. My first experience, the cow projectile-shat all over me. Surprising? yes; moving? I'm not so sure.
Proverbs 21:19
(Yes, it's gecko, but I just had to leave my typo in.)
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Two bottles of "Hello Kitty" hand lotion doesn't count.
A LifeGem is a certified, high quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one
I can see this now. A guy proposing to his girl:
Guy: I want to to have this. (Slips ring on her finger.) It was my grandmother.
Girl: You mean it was your grandmother's ring?
Guy: Ummm. No.....
(Their storage area is already full of bare-ass frozen tourists-onna-stick with a very stupid expression on their faces.)
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
...you see, I'm going to live forever, or die trying!
Star in your own Murder mystery:
Your demise is inevitable, why not make good fun of it:
- Pick a handful of suspects to frame for your "murder"
- Plant, and contrive evidence to implicate the "suspects" in your death
- Secretly make silent calls from suspect's phones, nearing the night of your demise. When questioned they will deny any knowledge of such phone calls further raising the suspicion
- Intentionally accuse potential suspects of plotting your death, say things like "I know what you're doing, you won't get away with it!," just load enough to be overheard
- Change your will to benefit the suspects, but don't make them aware, they'll deny any knowledge of the change the in the will. But it gives them a motive
Watch the hilarity ensue
I'm impotent, allergic to trees, and have lost the use of my right hand. Thanks for making me feel good.
See kids.. that's what happens when you spend too much time looking at things you shouldn't.
of 100 nerdly things to do before you die.
... /.
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43. Get a FP on
44. Modify a computer to look like something else
45. Contribute some code to an open source project
46. "Daydream" about two chicks at the same time
47. Reference the movie Office Space 400 times in a single day
Choctaw has taint()! Just goes to show how failing to rely on the "-T" flag can allow your entire nation to be conquered by European invaders, overflowing your treaty buffers with cannon.
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make install -not war
If I should die before I wake
All my bone and sinew take
Put me in the compost pile
To decompose me for a while
Worms, water, sun will have their way,
Returning me to common clay
All that I am will feed the trees
The plants, the fishes in the seas
When radishes and corn you munch
You'll be having me for lunch
And then excrete me with a grin
Chortling "There goes Lee again!"
--Lee Hayes
It's not wasting time, I'm educating myself.
I'd rather plant a tree, which has a child, which gets turned into a book.
Learn everybody to use English proper
Could be worse. Could be ex-wives. "So you'd like us to add another diamond to the ring, Mr Bluebeard?"
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
How do you spell "weapon of mass destruction" in Choktaw ?
I'm impotent, allergic to trees, and have lost the use of my right hand.
Yowza, I hope those 3 conditions ain't related...
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You are worried about frostbite on their feet?
Oh well, I guess marketing didn't approve of it...
Fee! Fo! Fi! Fum!
I smell the stink of a Slashdot bum!
Be he 'live, or be he thing,
I'll compress his bones, to make my bling!
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Well, we can apply Slashdot's perennial test for difficulty, the mom test.
Ok, well, my mom's been to the South Pole research station, so it can't be that hard. In fact, the process must be downright intuitive. I don't know that she ran around naked while she was there, but come to think of it, I never asked either.
KFG
I've seen Galileo's midddle finger. What I want to do before I die is help the fellow have one last posthumous laugh, and orient the finger so it faces towards the Vatican. :)
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Gareth Keenan: Hmm?
David Brent: We're just doing the ultimate fantasy, we're all doing it.
Gareth Keenan: Two lesbians probably, sisters. I'm just watching.
Rowan: OK. Erm. Tim? Do you have one?
Tim Canterbury: I'd never thought I'd say this, but can I hear more from Gareth please?
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
If you sit over the wing, won't you get blown off?
White man.
--- I do not moderate.
Well actually the languages of the western cultures once had that too, but only one form was necessary after the introduction of politics, marketing and marriage.
Please tell me you haven't actually attempted this? :-)
People are telling me to attempt this all the time.
Just have to do it twice then...