Things to do when you are bored...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Fri, 19 Apr 1996 20:03:20 +0100


Hiya People...

Yet another one from Dragon...

If anybody tries these out, I'd love to hear how you get on...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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Dear All, 

Things to do when you are bored... 
      
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Push your eyes for interesting light show 
    (Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes) See a variety of blobs, stars  
    and flashes. Try to make out things-is your subconscience trying  
    to send you a message? Can you control what you see by pressing  
    different areas with different forces? Would it be possible to  
    somehow see the same effects on TV? 
      
See how long you can hold your breath 
    (Amusement Potential: 4-20 minutes) Not that much fun, but it sure  
    passes the time. Play with a friend, or try to beat your own  
    personal best. Some tips: hyperventilate before hand, and stay as  
    still as possible. My personal best is 2:00 (exactly). 
      
Try to not think about polar bears 
    (Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes) This is especially hard, because  
    by trying too much, you remember what you were trying to avoid  
    thinking of. If you try too little, you end up thinking about 
    polar bears anyway. 
      
Scratch yourself 
    (Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes) Go ahead, scratch yourself now.  
    Even if nothing itches, go ahead. Doesn't that feel pretty good? 
      
Hurt yourself 
    (Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes) What is pain? Why is it  
    unpleasant? There's nothing physical about it - it's all in your  
    mind. Plus, after pinching yourself for awhile, boredom will seem  
    nice next to being in pain. 
      
Look at something for awhile, shut eyes, study after image 
      
    (Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes) Another great time waster. It  
    takes about 30 seconds of staring to create an after image, and  
    the image is then viewable for about the same length of time. Fun  
    to combine this one with pushing on your eyes. 
      
Get yourself as nauseated as possible 
    (Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes) Best achieved by looking  
    straight up and spinning around. Try to be so dizzy you can't even  
    stand up. This is also entertaining due to the "makes boredom seem  
    a lot better" effect (see "Hurt Yourself"). 
      
See what's in your neighbor's trash 
    (Amusement Potential: 20-30 minutes) You can learn a lot about  
    people by what they throw out. You might uncover some dark secret  
    about them. Plus, they might be throwing out something with value  
    that still works, like a VCR. 
      
Watch TV, repeat everything said in Italian accent 
    (Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes) Sort of entertaining. Fun to  
    pretend the people on the screen are actually talking that way. 
      
Call up people who write editorials you disagree with 
    (Amusement Potential: 15-60 minutes) I'm surprised no one has  
    thought of this before. Unleash your fury on the person who had  
    the nerve to write a letter like that! I'm pretty sure it doesn't  
    qualify as a prank phone call, too. 
      
Make prank phone calls 
    (Amusement Potential: 20-60 minutes)  Very entertaining, but  
    requires discipline. Remember - vulgarities don't make a call  
    funny, but getting the other person to believe a ridiculous story  
    will. Even more fun if you get a bunch of people on the line using  
    a Wonderphone and take turns making the calls. One to get you  
    started off: Call McDonalds, try to make reservations. 
      
Pretend all humans will die except for people in room with you 
    (Amusement Potential: 10-20 minutes) What would you do if this  
    really happened? Would the group stay together, or would there be  
    factions? Who would join what group? Remember, there would only be  
    power for a few days before the plants ran out of fuel or broke.  
    To travel, you would always have to be near cars to siphon gas out  
    of. Best to do with people you know. 
      
Step off a curb with eyes shut, imagine it's a cliff 
    (Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes) To get any benefit out of this  
    one, you have to have a good imagination. Don't step off  
    immediately, build up to the jump. Study the ravine below. Feel  
    the winds at that altitude. Step off and...AHHHHHH!!!!! 
Burn things with a magnifying glass 
    (Amusement Potential: 5-30 minutes) Ants are always fun to use for  
    this, but burning the face of someone you don't like, under some  
    circumstances, can be just as entertaining. 
      
Have a water drinking contest 
    (Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes) While the competition is fun,  
    you probably won't feel too good afterward. To give your event an  
    old western theme, slam the cups upside down on the tables after  
    you have emptied them. 
      
Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around 
    (Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes) This works on the "I have the  
    feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an experiment-does  
    this really work? 
      
Have a "Who is less competitive" competition 
    (Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes) Trying to win at this will make  
    you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not  
    trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you  
    lose. 
      
Pick up a dog so it can see things from your point of view 
    (Amusement Potential: 3-5 minutes) Think about it: your dog has  
    only seen the house from a viewpoint from 6" to 2' high (15 to 60  
    cm for all you metric fans). It's never seen the tops of counters,  
    what you keep on your desk, the tops of shelves, etc. Try looking  
    at things from its point of view, too. 
      
Pull out a hair, stick in someone's ear 
    (Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes) Best done to sleeping people.  
    Added challenge in having no one else around, because then you  
    can't blame it on anyone else. Try to beat your record number of  
    times before the person catches on. 
      
Pour water in hand, make sneeze noise, throw water on back of person's 
    neck 
    (Amusement Potential: 5-15 minutes) Always a good gag. For an even  
    bigger reaction out of the person, act like you're not sorry at  
    all for what they think you did. Comment instead on how big that  
    sneeze was or about how there was a lot of mucus in that one.