The 101 Things

Richard Horne’s

101 Things To Do Before You Die

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Completed (52 of 101)
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2 – Swim with…
3 – Win an Award, Trophy or Prize
4 – Catch a fish with your bare hands
6 – Throw a house party
8 – Realise Your Childhood Dream
9 – Learn that instrument
10 – Leave your mark in graffiti
15 – Stage dive or Crowd Surf
17 – Own a pointless collection
18 – Study the Karma Sutra and put theory into practice
21 – Be a human guinea pig
26 – Bungee Jump
28 – Sky dive
29 – Meet Your Idol
34 – Design your own cocktail
37 – Make fire without matches
38 – See these animals in the wild
39 – Go to the dogs
41 – Be friends with your ex
42 – Hit your targets
43 – Throw a dart into a map and travel to where it lands
45 – Do a Runner From a Fancy Restaurant
46 – Scuba dive
49 – See both solar and lunar eclipses
50 – Write your name over a star on the walk of fame
51 – Learn another language
53 – Complete a coast to coast road trip across America
54 – Make at Least One Huge Purchase You Can’t Afford
57 – See the All-time Greatest Films
58 – Live in the Place You Love
59 – Leave a Job You Hate
61 – Get away with the perfect practical joke or hoax
64 – Drive a car at top speed
65 – Shout “Drinks are on me” in a pub or a bar
66 – Be part of a flash mob
69 – In various languages learn to…
70 – Invent a Word That Makes It into the Dictionary
71 – Have adventurous sex
74 – Learn to fly a plane
77 – Learn Astronomy and read the night sky
78 – Drink a vintage wine
80 – Spend Christmas on the beach
79 – Answer a Personal Ad
81 – Get barred from a pub or bar
83 – Skinny dip at midnight
84 – Sell all your junk on eBay and make a profit
87 – Conquer your fear
89 – Throw Away the Instant Noodles
91 – Publish a cult website
93 – Complete the Monopoly board pub crawl
95 – Get revenge
98 – Go on a demonstration

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To be Completed (49 of 101)
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1 – Write a Best Seller (In Progress)
5 – Make a Discovery (???)
7 – Be Part of a Threesome (???)
11 – Storm Chase a Tornado (Visit Alex in the US)
12 – Get a Piece of Art into an Exhibition (I love “Interpretive Art” aka “Looks like a 5 year old did it”)
13 – Meet Someone with Your Own Name (???)
14 – Ride the World’s Biggest Rollercoasters (Thorpe Park + Trip to US)
16 – Get into the Guinness Book of Records (Big Plans for this, but it’s years away)
19 – Master Poker and Win Big at the Casino (Errrgh, I hate casinos)
20 – Get Backstage and Get Off with a Rock God
22 – Go Up in a Hot Air Balloon
23 – Get Arrested (I keep trying dammit!)
24 – See a Space Shuttle Launch (Definitely US Trip)
25 – Capture the Moment in an Award-winning Photograph (Need to start submitting more photos)
27 – See an Erupting Volcano (Hawaii – US Trip?)
30 – Stay in the Best Suite in a Five Star Hotel (???)
31 – Experience Weightlessness (See #16)
32 – See the Aurora Borealis (Greenland – 2012)
33 – Get to Score a Hole in One (???)
35 – Play a Part in Your Favourite TV Show (???)
36 – Visit Every Country/Continent (South America and Antarctica to go – flying over them doesn’t count)
40 – Get a Free Upgrade on a Plane (???)
44 – Attend a Film Premiere
47 – Milk a Cow (Need to find a farm)
48 – Be Present When Your Country Wins the World Cup (Rugby/Cricket – Olympics count too)
52 – Read the Greatest Books Ever Written (Slowly working through this)
55 – Score the Winning Goal/Try/Basket (I’m sure I have, just never thought about it)
56 – Gatecrash a Fancy Party (???)
60 – Take Part in a Police Line-Up (???)
62 – Join the Mile-High Club (???)
63 – Make the Front Page of a National Newspaper (See #16)
67 – Visit…. (Only a few on this list left)
68 – Save Someone’s Life (???)
73 – Stand on the International Date Line (Hawaii – US Trip?)
72 – Have Enough Money to Do All the Things on This List (Won’t know till I finish it!)
75 – Get a Tattoo and/or a Piercing (This is half-planned, but not for a while)
76 – Invent Something
82 – Build Your Own House (Few years off this)
85 – Visit the World’s Tallest Buildings (Ones left are in Malaysia – not planning a trip at this stage)
86 – Run a Marathon
88 – Get Married Unusually (???)
90 – Join the 16-mile-high club (See #16)
92 – Own an Original Work of Art (Seen some incredible art lately – when I have somewhere to hang it)
94 – Get Something Named After You (I’m thinking some sort of annual PHYSSED event)
96 – Be an Extra in a Film (???)
97 – Live Out of a Van (This one is ALL planned out)
99 – Confess (See #1)
100 – Reach 100 Years of Age (Not liking the chances of this one)
101 – Continue Your Gene Pool (Do we really want this? Is THIS what the people really want?)