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What's the dumbest thing you do for fun?

My friends and I still play Laser Tag. It's stupid as hell, and most of the people at the Laser Tag place are half our ages, but it's still loads of fun.

Spin 'round and 'round for about five minutes then attempt to walk in a straight line while balancing a cup on my head singing the Oompa Loompa song.

Yeah, thats what I do, minus the balancing and the singing.

Watching God awful movies like Troll 2.

I play a broken guitar all day, just out of habit, despite sounding horrible. Though I'd sound pretty good on a new one, I think. :)

Well, I post here... and I also sometimes skip on street stones, or create patterns of walking if the pavement has a pattern.

And I have a very hard time walking past swings without trying them out.

Make engine noises for no apparent reason. I won't even think about it, I'll be sitting around and maybe do a V8 shifting then have to look around really quickly to make sure no one heard me.

Crap, I almost forgot! I also check my mail bare ass naked sometimes on Saturday moring, just to see my neighbors reaction. And I'm not a pretty sight I must add.

I might also mention: hand rotating.

Sounds weird, and probably is, but it's a huge relief to me for some reason. It's like this: hold your hand out like you're greeting someone, then rapidly rotate your wrist, which should send your hand quickly flapping around, like an egg-beater. No idea why I do it, but I kinda have to when I get upset or nervous or stressed, usually the right hand but sometimes both at once. :)

Beatboxing horribly, snapping my fingers for an annoyingly long time, or popping my knuckles. My friends say that is the most annoying quality I possess.

Flickin' watermelon seeds, Dane Cook style, at people in the parking lot beneath my flat.

I might also mention: hand rotating.

Sounds weird, and probably is, but it's a huge relief to me for some reason. It's like this: hold your hand out like you're greeting someone, then rapidly rotate your wrist, which should send your hand quickly flapping around, like an egg-beater. No idea why I do it, but I kinda have to when I get upset or nervous or stressed, usually the right hand but sometimes both at once. :)

That's a bit autistic...

I might also mention: hand rotating.

Sounds weird, and probably is, but it's a huge relief to me for some reason. It's like this: hold your hand out like you're greeting someone, then rapidly rotate your wrist, which should send your hand quickly flapping around, like an egg-beater. No idea why I do it, but I kinda have to when I get upset or nervous or stressed, usually the right hand but sometimes both at once. :)
OMG! You're a fucking genius! This is great! I never knew my hand did this!

Dane Cook

:mad:

That's a bit autistic...
Not if you use it as a personal dis-integration device for people you meet.
I suspect it works well, and is more than mildly amusing in the process.

I attempt to debate. :rolleyes:

:mad:

This, iirc, is *not* the first time you've expressed displeasure at me having anything to do with Dane Cook. Perhaps there's more you'd care to share?

Well, I post here... and I also sometimes skip on street stones, or create patterns of walking if the pavement has a pattern.

And I have a very hard time walking past swings without trying them out.

:)

Fass, you so often sound so angry, and yet here you sound whimsical! A side I've not noticed before.
(I like swings too. Taking nieces to the park gives me an excuse to use them. "What? I'm watching my nieces, see?")

This, iirc, is *not* the first time you've expressed displeasure at me having anything to do with Dane Cook. Perhaps there's more you'd care to share?

http://www.danecooksucks.com/

He has no actual material, just weird expressions and word choice, he isn't respected by other comics and he steals jokes.

http://www.danecooksucks.com/

He's not funny and he steals jokes.

Ah, i get it now.
So you caught the Rogan film on YouTube (or wherever) regarding Mencia too, perhaps?

BTW - thanks for indulging me.
:)

Ah, i get it now.
So you caught the Rogan film on YouTube (or wherever) regarding Mencia too, perhaps?

BTW - thanks for indulging me.
:)

I knew Mencia stole jokes long before Rogan put that video on YouTube. I'm blessed with a very good verbal memory.

OMG! You're a fucking genius! This is great! I never knew my hand did this!

Heh. I think I can go about 300rpm with it after all these years. I just wish I didn't do it involuntarily. :p I usually cross my arms toward my chest when I do both hands at once, like I was going downhill on a tobogan. :)

Heh. I think I can go about 300rpm with it after all these years. I just wish I didn't do it involuntarily. :p I usually cross my arms toward my chest when I do both hands at once, like I was going downhill on a tobogan. :)

You must've been a natural at treading water as a toddler, eh?

That's a bit autistic...

I must've missed that part of Rainman. :p

:)

Fass, you so often sound so angry, and yet here you sound whimsical! A side I've not noticed before.

My life is governed by whim. That's why I fit in so poorly with the national Swedish neurosis of punctuality and why no one ever expects me on time, 'cause they know I'll probably get distracted on my way to wherever... just the other day, I went exploring this synagogue I like instead of meeting a friend for coffee. He was pissed not that I was late, but that I never showed up. Meh, the synagogue was much more fun! The people there so kind.

(I like swings too. Taking nieces to the park gives me an excuse to use them. "What? I'm watching my nieces, see?")

Do you also close your eyes while you do it and just feel the wind through your hair and in your face? And do that whole "legs extended on the way down and forward, legs tucked in on the way back and up" thing? Those rule!

I knew Mencia stole jokes long before Rogan put that video on YouTube. I'm blessed with a very good verbal memory.

I knew Mencia was doing it when i heard him talk about using Mexicans to guard the "wall" or "fence" 'twixt hither and thither. I knew i'd heard that joke before.

So ... who made up the joke about flippin' cashews then?

:)

Fass, you so often sound so angry, and yet here you sound whimsical! A side I've not noticed before.

In the spring a livlier iris changes on the burnished dove;
In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

:)

Ahh Spring, when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love :)

You shut your yap! I mentioned my "boyfriend" in that other thread in confidence... >.>

Do you also close your eyes while you do it and just feel the wind through your hair and in your face? And do that whole "legs extended on the way down and forward, legs tucked in on the way back and up" thing? Those rule!

...ok, so I am trying to figure out how you managed to get the hidden cameras planted all the way from Sweden...

And of course. How better to get more height on the upswing?

You must've been a natural at treading water as a toddler, eh?

Coincidentally, I kinda was. :p I did pretty well at water polo in high school. :)

I post on NSG.

Coincidentally, I kinda was. :p I did pretty well at water polo in high school. :)

There's certain disciplines of "martial arts" that would find that particular ability quite advantageous.
*nods*

I draw nations on paint (I just do some island/continents in Grey and go over them with random blobs of national colour) and spend about a hour playing through history

oh and all nations have a light Grey square (because dark doesn't show so well) which represents the capitol :)

There's certain disciplines of "martial arts" that would find that particular ability quite advantageous.
*nods*

Underwater karate? :p

...ok, so I am trying to figure out how you managed to get the hidden cameras planted all the way from Sweden...

And of course. How better to get more height on the upswing?

Depends on the swing. If it's a tire swing, you can get a buddy to stand on the rim behind you and push with his legs while you do nothing... well, buddy, kid you bribed with ice cream, same thing, really.

Depends on the swing. If it's a tire swing, you can get a buddy to stand on the rim behind you and push with his legs while you do nothing... well, buddy, kid you bribed with ice cream, same thing, really.
With tire swings it's standing on it, leaning forward and back to get a good swing going until the tire starts hitting the posts and see how long I can go before I end up on the wrong end of the tire and get slammed into the pole. It's not my goal for my body to hit the pole, but I tend to keep pressing it until that happens.

With tire swings it's standing on it, leaning forward and back to get a good swing going until the tire starts hitting the posts and see how long I can go before I end up on the wrong end of the tire and get slammed into the pole. It's not my goal for my body to hit the pole, but I tend to keep pressing it until that happens.

I was thinking about this type of tire swing (http://paulaz.se/wp-content/blogg06/sept/algsjon-gunga.jpg). I have a hard time imagining you were thinking of the same. Perhaps you were thinking of one of these:

http://www.boras.se/images/18.633e5e10039748abd7fff34316/Gunga.gif

climb on the roof and stare at the sky.

I'd worry about falling.

climb on the roof and stare at the sky.

I was thinking about this type of tire swing (http://paulaz.se/wp-content/blogg06/sept/algsjon-gunga.jpg). I have a hard time imagining you were thinking of the same. Perhaps you were thinking of one of these:

http://www.boras.se/images/18.633e5e10039748abd7fff34316/Gunga.gif

CToaN may have been thinking of this setup: http://www.tinypineapple.com/archives/2004/01/images/tire_swing.jpg

I start making the weirdest sounds, like a dead bird or wooshing noises. And sometimes, out of nowhere, I add 'hahaha' to my sentences. Even when it's not funny.

And I like talking to my cactus. :)

CToaN may have been thinking of this setup: http://www.tinypineapple.com/archives/2004/01/images/tire_swing.jpg

Oh. We don't have that type here, it would seem.

What's the dumbest thing you do for fun?

My friends and I still play Laser Tag. It's stupid as hell, and most of the people at the Laser Tag place are half our ages, but it's still loads of fun.

Pfft, you're never too old for Laser Tag.

How old are you, anyway?

I stay up until 4:00 am on the computer and then wonder why I'm tired the next day. I spend way too much money on books. I watch idiotic shows about ghosts and ufos on TV then scream at the TV about how stupid they are. I berate the Naked Archaeologist.

Swings. I haven't been on a swing since my kids were small. I'm hoping for grandchildren soon so I can have a legitimate reason to start up again. Or I can just call it my second childhood. I miss swings.

I was thinking about this type of tire swing (http://paulaz.se/wp-content/blogg06/sept/algsjon-gunga.jpg). I have a hard time imagining you were thinking of the same. Perhaps you were thinking of one of these:

http://www.boras.se/images/18.633e5e10039748abd7fff34316/Gunga.gif

CToaN may have been thinking of this setup: http://www.tinypineapple.com/archives/2004/01/images/tire_swing.jpg

It wouldn't have occurred to me that there where so many different kinds of tire swings, but it makes sense now that I think about it...

No, I was thinking about this kind (http://www.recreationdynamics.com/images/large/TIRESW~1.jpg) with the three chains so that standing between two of the chains cause the other end to stand up, and the chains are connected to a swivel that allows the tire to spin.

In my area, the tires where bigger and they were usually (or are usually, I still see them) held up buy large log frames. Once you get going it spins pretty easy and you have to jerk your weight around (too easy...) to avoid a body blow to the wooden posts.

Walking barefooted... oh and posting here of course!

Underwater karate? :p

You could pull off that whole Matrix thingie and not break a sweat!
...not that you'd notice or anything ;)

I'd worry about falling.

Actually, being Zilam, i'd be more worried about floating away!

I stay up until 4:00 am on the computer and then wonder why I'm tired the next day. I spend way too much money on books.Comrade!
I watch idiotic shows about ghosts and ufos on TV then scream at the TV about how stupid they are. Well, you might consider instead just screaming at the ghosts and UFOs themselves, just skip the middleman.
I berate the Naked Archaeologist. Erm, m'kay. o.0

About a year and a half ago, a bunch of my friends made a game out of sneaking up on eachother and zapping eachother with stun guns.

Stun gun tag was quite fun. :)

It eventually evolved into smacking eachother with wooden and bamboo practice swords. The welts were impressive. *nod*

Unfortunately, except for the occasional paintball ambush, we haven't done much in the way of stupid fun lately.

What's the dumbest thing you do for fun?



post in nsg

I still run for no reason, and jump, and whistle and hum and argue and yell at the top of my voice.

What's the dumbest thing you do for fun?

My friends and I still play Laser Tag. It's stupid as hell, and most of the people at the Laser Tag place are half our ages, but it's still loads of fun.

Yeah, silly.

You should move on to airsoft. :D

Yer mam. Oh the hilarity!

I eat. Usually junk food.

Laser tag sounds fun, though.

What do I do for fun thats stupid... I post here!

I also lie around and try to think of amusing commercials or advertising campains for companies and things... and share them with people.

I used to play the game of death, but I haven't in aaaaages.

Spread rubbing alcohol on the floor and set it on fire.

If we're talking about swings, does anyone do that thing where you jump off at the highest point, then have to dodge the returning swing?

Recently, my friends and I returned to Eureka (http://www.eureka.org.uk/) for the first time since we were about six. It was so amazingly awesome, they have a miniature shop with working barcode and stuff.

doing nothing i guess, there isn't much dumber than that (I could for instance do some work so that I don't have to do it when I'm not bored), although i can enjoy it.

drinking probably.

Uhhh...*blushes*...when I'm at home I split wood. A lot of it. Every morning when I wake up.

Usually the oak from my neighbors farm. They've got a lot of trees, and every year two or three go down on their fences during the winter, leaving me lumps of wood for the splitting come summer.

When I'm really bored, I wave stick around like its a sword. I still don't know why I do this. I also sleep in the bath tub.

Get a real sword! Thats what I do.

Pish, my nunchuks are better.

When I'm really bored, I wave stick around like its a sword. I still don't know why I do this. I also sleep in the bath tub.

Get a real sword! Thats what I do.

Get a real sword! Thats what I do.

I would, but it wouldn't be as dumb.

I swing a sword too... an 8lb Crusader Bastard replica. Helps improve upper body strength.

I like to attach weights on the end of a bungee cord to my genitals and wander around with them in the living room and up and down the stairwell to my apartment complex, to work on mid-range and waist-area strength.

I like to attach weights on the end of a bungee cord to my genitals and wander around with them in the living room and up and down the stairwell to my apartment complex, to work on mid-range and waist-area strength.

Good man. :)

jump through a glass window. got blood everywhere.