I've whined about memes, but this one looks fun (nicked from Bruno)

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Have you ever done any of these things? Point them out in bold.
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain - (sings): "Monte Grappa, tu sei la mia patria..."
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it. Cathy. Ruth. Clare. Debbie.
09. Hugged a tree (I stopped doing it when people started talking about it)
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights (not yet...)
16. Gone to a huge sports game (When I was a kid I watched the great Gianni Rivera, the greatest footballer Italy ever produced, crush a Yugoslav team virtually by himself)
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity (stupid idea; getting into debt yourself does nothing for the poor of Africa)
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (who hasn't)
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar (and people had meaningful conversations with me when I was one)
40. Seen a total eclipse (Nearly. I saw a 97% one - couldn't afford to go to Cornwall on the day)
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run (Getcher heads outta Yankeeland, kids! In the real world people play soccer!)
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (every time I was in -- guess whose? -- company)
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states (like I already said, kids, getcher heads outta Yankeeland!!)
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends (Always. There is nothing in my life of which I am prouder than of my friends)
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving (Only once, but it was on the Great Barrier Reef! Like saying that you've had sex only once, but it was with Ursula Andress!)
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken (It's even possible???)
86. Toured ancient sites (My family live in Rome... what do you think?)
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman.
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have (Clare... what the fuck was that about?)
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days (you wouldn't believe it by looking at me...)
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert" (The program hasn't been marketed yet, though, and goodness knows whether it will ever be)
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently (Ah, croyez-moi, messieurs...)
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did (among my ancestors are the great painter Guercino and the order founder St.Clelia Barbieri)
132. Called or written your Congress person (translated out of Yankeelandish, I have written to my MP, as well as to the Queen, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, and the Pope)
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (from Rome to London)
134. ...more than once? - More than thrice?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
140. Wrote articles for a large publication (depends on what you mean by large, but I have published for years on Britain's leading comicbook industry magazine)
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
142a.Had a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart (I'm not sure, but I think I may have)
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle (long ago, before I was old enough to vote)
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol (in the Army)
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (guess what? I've only visited 2 US states!)
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name (extended it, adopting two confirmation names and my mother's surname)
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad (it's part of my job)
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read (dozens)
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Poetry. Drawing. Comics. Prose writing.)
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions (Never heard of one taking place)
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream (18.30, 14 November 1994, Tottenham Court Road station)
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196: Dyed your hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested

Comments

[bruno-greengras.livejournal.com]

Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
*is curious*
I'm not going to ask 'bout #200, though. ;)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I once fell in the road in the path of a speeding car. And once I nearly died choking - believe it or not - on a scotch egg! And the worst thing is that there I was choking to death, and the people in the street just walked by... English, of course...

[bruno-greengras.livejournal.com]

What's a Scotch egg?

Yeah, know that problem - same here in Norway. One of the papers here did a research on this once; one bloke dressed in shabby clothes and laid down on the street, the biggest, most popular street in Oslo...and no one reacted. It took half an hour or something like that before anyone stopped and asked him if he was all right...

[fpb.livejournal.com]

It's a hard boiled egg wrapped in sausagemeat and breadcrumbs. At its best it can be nice, though loaded with calories, of course.

[bruno-greengras.livejournal.com]

Blergh. :p

;)

[jennilee.livejournal.com]

Ah, I was going to ask about the accident but it looks like bruno_greengras beat me to it!

What bone did you break, and when/how?

Why/How did you choose London to move your life to?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

A small one in my foot, when my mother went to sleep on the Via Cristoforo Colombo (the highway that goes from Rome to the sea) and elegantly wrapped the car on three sides of a remarkably solid sea-pine tree. London... because I had already studied in British schools and universities.