quade 4 #1 September 10, 2003 Skydiving comes in at #6. The sample size was 20,000 so it's probably a pretty valid stat -- at least for the UK. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=441924 Facinating what's ranked higher or lower. 11. Walk the Inca trail to Machupicchu?!? Like this is on a lot of people's list?!?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #2 September 10, 2003 QuoteReligion failed to make the top 50, with "giving my life to Jesus" ranking in the sixties. For some reason, this just really made me laugh.A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiltboy 0 #3 September 10, 2003 Depending on the sharks I think I'd do that one last. David Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarge 0 #4 September 10, 2003 If they were Polling Chicagoans I'd expect the same result... "No interest in watching football..." (or at least the Bears for that matter....-- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #5 September 10, 2003 Okay so I'm game here are the things that I have done...and would like to do. Done: 1. Swim with dolphins 2. Scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef 4. Go whale-watching 5. Dive with sharks 6. Skydiving 7. Fly in a hot air balloon 8. Fly in a fighter jet 10. See the Northern Lights 11. Walk the Inca trail to Machupicchu 13. Escape to a paradise island 15. Go white-water rafting 18. Ride the Rocky Mountaineer train 19. Drive along Route 66 20. Fly a helicopter over the Grand Canyon 24. Ride a motorbike on the open road 25. Go cowboy ranching 27. Wonder at a waterfall 30. Trek through a rainforest 31. Gallop a horse along a beach 37. Fly over a volcano 40. Ride a rollercoaster 41. Fish for a blue marlin 47. Visit Walt Disney World, Florida 48. Gamble in Las Vegas Still left to do: 9. Go on safari 16. Walk the Great Wall of China 21. Take the Orient express from Venice to London 22. See elephants in the wild 29. Explore the Galapagos islands 32. Ride a camel to the Pyramids in Egypt 35. Go wing-walking 42. Go paragliding 44. Watch mountain gorillas (in the wild) 45. See tigers in the wild 49. See orang-utans in Borneo 50. Go polar bear watching (in the wild) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #6 September 10, 2003 Hmmm...done these: 1. Swim with dolphins 4. Go whale-watching 6. Skydiving 7. Fly in a hot air balloon 10. See the Northern Lights 13. Escape to a paradise island 15. Go white-water rafting 19. Drive along Route 66 20. Fly a helicopter over the Grand Canyon 24. Ride a motorbike on the open road 27. Wonder at a waterfall 30. Trek through a rainforest 31. Gallop a horse along a beach 35. Go wing-walking (does climb out count?) 40. Ride a rollercoaster 41. Fish for a blue marlin 42. Go paragliding 47. Visit Walt Disney World, Florida 48. Gamble in Las Vegas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #7 September 10, 2003 QuoteThe sample size was 20,000 so it's probably a pretty valid stat -- at least for the UK. How about: Find a house for under £75000 ($115000) ? I suppose i'm being unrealistic now though. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #8 September 10, 2003 Huh?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarge 0 #9 September 10, 2003 I have NOT A DOUBT you will do those, and other, "undone" things... Geez!!! I think you should send those producers a wake-up call that those 20,000 pollsters don't have a clue about what they're missing out on by not living life TODAY !!!! edit to add... Quote 30. Trek through a rainforest yeah... but did you do it without any deet!?!?!! then I'd be really impressed!-- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #10 September 10, 2003 Quote have NOT A DOUBT you will do those, and other, "undone" things... Geez We shall see.... I took a train up through the Yukon during the spring thaw. That was pretty educational as well. So much to see and do, so little time to do them all. Well having money helped too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarge 0 #11 September 10, 2003 I'm gonna call National Geographic and see if they'll sponsor you!!Oh Yeah!!! and.... Quote 31. Gallop a horse along a beach ... But ... bare-back and topless?? -- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #12 September 10, 2003 QuoteBut ... bare-back and topless Have galloped horses bareback on the beach but NO to the topless...we'll save that for the purky youngins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #13 September 11, 2003 I was just supprised that, that didn't make it into the top 50 things to do before you die. House prices have gone st00pid over here. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #14 September 11, 2003 QuoteQuoteThe sample size was 20,000 so it's probably a pretty valid stat -- at least for the UK. How about: Find a house for under £75000 ($115000) ? I suppose i'm being unrealistic now though. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! i was in millets the other day, you cant even pick up a tent for that any more...Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
