101 Things To Do

Everyone dies at some time
So make the most of your life while you’ve got it
Here is what I suggest you do before Death comes knocking

Write a best-selling book
Swim with whales, dolphins and sharks
Win an award, maybe an Oscar, maybe a Grammy
Catch a fish with your bare hands
Make a discovery and show it to the world
Throw a house party when your parents are out
And don’t get caught
Be part of a threesome; any three will do

Realise your childhood dream
Be it flying to the moon or a Kenyan safari
See the New York skyline and learn an instrument
Leave your mark in graffiti
Extra points if it doesn’t get rubbed off
Chase a tornado
Get a piece of art into an exhibition
Be it the next Mona Lisa or an unmade bed

Meet someone with your own name
And family doesn’t count
Ride the world’s biggest rollercoasters
Stage dive and crowd surf at a concert
Get into the Guinness Book of Records
Own a pointless collection
Read the Karma Sutra at least once
And put the theory into practice more than once

Master poker and win big in Las Vegas or Blackpool
Get backstage and pull a rock star
Be a human guinea pig
Go up in a hot air balloon
Get arrested and see a space shuttle launch
Though probably not at the same time
Capture an unbelievable moment in a photograph
And sell it to the papers for large sums of money

Bungee jump
Witness a volcano erupting
Sky dive
Meet your idol, which could be tricky if they died
Stay in the best suite in a five-star hotel
Experience weightlessness
See the Aurora Borealis
Score a hole in one on the golf course

Design your own cocktail and try to get it patented
Play a part in your favourite TV show
Visit every country on Earth
Or, if you’re lazy, every continent
Make fire without matches
Travel the world and see penguins
But you have to see them in the wild
See wild tigers, elephants and koalas too

Go racing, be it greyhounds, horses or camels
Get a free upgrade on a plane
Be friends with your ex
Learn to hit your targets
Throw a dart into a map and travel to where it lands
Even if you get the Sahara Desert
Attend a film premiere
Leave a fancy restaurant without paying

Go scuba diving
Milk a cow
Be there when your country wins the World Cup
See solar and lunar eclipses
Write your name over a star on the Walk of Fame
And see who notices
Learn another language
Travel all the way across America

Read, anything and anywhere
Never keep a book from your collection
Just because you might not have time to read it
Make one huge purchase you can’t afford
Score the winning goal
Gatecrash a fancy party
See the greatest films of all time
Including Toy Story and Shrek

Live in the place you love for at least a year
Leave a job you hate
Take part in a police line-up
Get away with the perfect hoax
Join the mile-high club
Make the front page of a national newspaper
Drive a car at top speed
Just not down a country road

Shout, “Drinks are on me!” in a bar
And live up to your agreement
Be part of a flash mob
Visit the greatest wonders of the world
Including Uluru, the Grand Canyon and the Pyramids
Save someone’s life, even if you just give blood
Learn to swear in a foreign language
Invent a word that gets into the dictionary

Have sex somewhere you shouldn’t
Or with someone you shouldn’t
Have enough money to never have to worry about money
Stand on the International Date Line
Learn to fly a plane
Get a tattoo or piercing
Invent something that benefits mankind
Learn astronomy and read the night sky

Drink a vintage wine
Answer a personal ad
Maybe even write one
Spend Christmas on the beach
Get barred from a pub
Build your dream house from scratch
Go skinny-dipping at midnight
Sell all your junk on eBay and make a profit

Visit the world’s tallest buildings
Run a marathon and don’t collapse
Conquer your fear
Get married in an unusual way
Be it naked or while underwater
Throw away the instant noodles
And do some proper cooking once in a while
Join the 16-mile high club

Publish a cult website
But be sparing with the images of you in underwear
Own an original work of art
Complete the Monopoly board pub-crawl
Get something named after you
Get revenge
Be an extra in a film
Live out of a van

Go on a demonstration
Confess your sins at least once
Eat something that’s still alive
Reach one hundred years old
And if you get a chance
Remember to continue your gene pool
There’s no point in doing all these things
If you have no children to tell