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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGive Yourself One Point For Each Thing You Have NOT Done
Slept In A Tent
Broken A Bone
Punched Someone
Visited A Foreign Country
Been Skiing
Swam In An Ocean
Ridden A Motorcycle
Been Stung By A Bee
Changed A Dirty Diaper
Been To The Grand Canyon
My score is 1. I have never been skiing.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)Phoenix61
(16,993 posts)tblue37
(65,227 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)a bone skiing!
iwillalwayswonderwhy
(2,601 posts)Never visited the Grand Canyon
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)tblue37
(65,227 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)dchill
(38,442 posts)I may never get there. But I want to.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)dchill
(38,442 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)I havent punched or broken a bone. Maybe I will accomplish both at the same time one day.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)barbtries
(28,769 posts)you can break your hand.
dchill
(38,442 posts)hlthe2b
(102,119 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)hlthe2b
(102,119 posts)Mandatory qualifier:
To any MAGA nuts trolling DU, I'm not actually a threat to you.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,955 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)I have seen the Grand Canyon from the air, but I'm not sure if that counts.
PETRUS
(3,678 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)PETRUS
(3,678 posts)I've done almost everything else on the list enough times that I'm not sure what the count is.
I thought there would be a lot more people on DU who have never punched anyone... (I used to do kickboxing - it's not like I go around assaulting people.)
doc03
(35,295 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)I have gone water skiing many times, but Ive never tried snow skiing.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)However, since Im from and live in the South, snow skiing has not been a sport Ive been able to participate in. It seems to be expensive and dangerous to ones knees and legs!
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Never have I ever;
Broken bone,
Swam In An Ocean
Been Skiing
And sadist one of all since I live in Arizona, Been To The Grand Canyon
tblue37
(65,227 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)My mom called me her pussycat. Loved sushi at a young age and forget water.
I clean up under a slow shower.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)we gotta meet up somewhere...
tblue37
(65,227 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)enjoy !!!
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,595 posts)I swam in the Atlantic around Jupiter Beach, FL. I hated the way it smelled, the sand got in everywhere (everywhere!), and a piece of seaweed caught around my ankle and scared the hell out of me.
Give me the mountains any day.
Oh, and a 2 for me: never been on a motorbike and haven't broken a bone. That can't be a coincidence.
barbtries
(28,769 posts)but I have swum in all you mentioned otherwise, plus the Caribbean
unblock
(52,116 posts)i'm known many people in the new york area who have never been to the status of liberty or the top of the empire state building.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Shrek
(3,975 posts)I've done the rest of it more than once.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Ohiogal
(31,909 posts)Never punched someone, or been to the Grand Canyon.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)Unless you count Miami Snow...then it would be a zero.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Zero!
TomSlick
(11,088 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)I have never punched anyone.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Thank you for that, Turbo man. I was beginning to feel hopeless about myself.
unblock
(52,116 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)sdfernando
(4,925 posts)Never broken a bone.
Everything else I've done at least once....having 14 Nieces and Nephews...I've change a ton of diapers!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)HelpImSurrounded
(441 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)sagesnow
(2,824 posts)Grand Canyon. Will have to go soon.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)kimbutgar
(21,055 posts)Done all the things on the list. Slap punched a guy who touched me on the boob when I was a young lass.
Would love to go skiing again but no one will go with me. And its not fun doing it by yourself.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Jeroen
(1,061 posts)I have never changed a diaper
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Response to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)
Jeroen This message was self-deleted by its author.
Cartoonist
(7,309 posts)I've punched a few people. Nothing to be proud of.
Never broken a bone. Thank you.
I may have been stung by a bee. I can't recall.
Haven't been skiing. Haven't missed anything except a broken bone. I guess it's one way to avoid a bee sting.
I swam in the Atlantic, but not the Pacific, and I've been living in California for 30 years.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)lark
(23,061 posts)I'm pretty sure I broke my toe but never had it confirmed since our PA friend said they'd just tell me to wear a sock and sandals for 3 weeks I think it was.
I have been Nordic skiing, so think that counts.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)sagesnow
(2,824 posts)Which rim of the Grand Canyon is best?
https://grandcanyon.com/planning/which-rim-of-grand-canyon-is-best/
Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)Liberal Jesus Freak
(1,451 posts)A lot of people on this thread have been encouraged to punch someone at the Grand Canyon
Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)wonderful place.. lots of tourists now, but still worth the trip.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,587 posts)Does flying over the Grand Canyon count? I've slapped someone and sprained an ankle, do I get half credit for those?
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)mopinko
(69,990 posts)tho i did wade in both of them.
punched the neighborhood bully in the nose for picking on my little sister. other people i just slapped.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)I bought some skis and boots once and one day i tried cross country skiing but the next day I discovered somebody had stolen my new skis and boots. so that was the end of that.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,482 posts)Never slept in a tent or been to the Grand Canyon.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)CousinIT
(9,218 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,389 posts)And yes, those would be easy to do at the same time. Which is one reason I havent skied.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)tblue37
(65,227 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Voltaire2
(12,958 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)avebury
(10,951 posts)Motorcycle ride.
In my defense for punching someone, I used to study Karate and that just went with the territory when you are sparring.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Glorfindel
(9,719 posts)Never been to the Grand Canyon (please, God, don't ever make me!)
Never broken a bone (thank goodness)
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Rainbow Droid
(722 posts)Somehow.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Loge23
(3,922 posts)No motorcycling
No bee stings
and no dirty diaper duty (no pun intended, I never had children)
The punching was very, very long ago - schoolyard stuff.
To those whom have not seen the Grand Canyon: do so, it's spectacular - beyond words!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)occasion I have wished I was wearing one while riding.
Right you are about the Grand Canyon.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 6, 2019, 06:17 PM - Edit history (1)
BBG
(2,525 posts)Used to have to practically punch my sister to get in on it.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)MFM008
(19,803 posts)never seen Grand Canyon
never skied.
sarge43
(28,940 posts)Ridden a motorcycle, visited the Grand Canyon
Yes I know, ride a motorcycle to the Grand Canyon.
Don't think that's a possibility anymore. It's 2000 miles away.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,417 posts)No bee stings or dirty diapers. Closest thing is picking up poop if my dog goes in someone's yard. Somehow, that seems a lot cleaner, safer and more sanitary than changing a screaming baby's diaper.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)ananda
(28,834 posts)nt
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)Sadly Ive not seen the Grand Canyon. Would like to do that, though not up for skiing or motorcycles.
Done all the rest, though!
proud patriot
(100,704 posts)I've not broken a bone .
Mr.Bill
(24,238 posts)Never ridden a motorcycle, changed a diaper or been stung by a bee.
Dem2theMax
(9,637 posts)I've never changed a diaper!
dlk
(11,512 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,302 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)The docs made my wrist sound trivial but I had to wear a cast for a few days.
Come to think of it, broke a toe a couple of times, too.
PaulRevere08
(449 posts)Broke my nose 3 times but not a bone.
homegirl
(1,427 posts)I have never been to the Grand Canyon. On my bucket list and time is running out!
whathehell
(29,034 posts)I only regret one -- Maybe you can guess which.
rateyes
(17,438 posts)0
Done it all.
dameatball
(7,394 posts)catbyte
(34,333 posts)Rhiannon12866
(204,761 posts)And I kinda went skiing once, but it was cross country, there was ice and I fell so that was it for me.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)I drove a motorcycle once as a teen - before I turned 16 - just because the twin brothers and their family I was camping out with said I could do it. It wasn't a full-sized one, but I only remember because we were at a lake and I drove the motorcycle like 4-5 yards right into the lake. I think I just froze and didn't turn.
Oops.
the motorcycle was okay after it dried out. I was as well, though I was, obviously, embarrassed.
Not counting my brother, I punched one kid in middle school - this kid that had been bullying me for most of the school year.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)And, let me tell you, that's the last time I go camping at the Grand Canyon with that motherfucker and his baby.
BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)Never changed a dirty diaper.
Lithos
(26,403 posts)Skiing and Broken Bone...
I wonder if they are related
nocoincidences
(2,215 posts)I get 1 and a half.
No baby diapers, but I have come within a few seconds of punching someone. In one case, I kicked the window in but they ran out the front door.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Because I've done almost all of them dozens of times (the only exception being the Grand Canyon ... three visit..)
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)Skittles
(153,113 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)Finally I win at nothing.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)Never been skiing and never been to the Grand Canyon.
Runningdawg
(4,512 posts)Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)Broken abone, skiing, motorcycle, Grand Canyon.
I do not wish to break a bone whilst skiing a motorcycle into the Grand canyon.
csziggy
(34,131 posts)Only slept in a tent once so that was close to being a 4.
yankeepants
(1,979 posts)Steven Maurer
(459 posts)Counting cracking my kneecap to be a broken bone.
TeamPooka
(24,207 posts)Collimator
(1,639 posts)I have never been to the Grand Canyon or a foreign country. I definitely have never broken a bone. (Not from lack of effort, I am a major league clutz and once sprained my ankle four times in four months.)
I've slept outside, but not in a tent. I slapped someone when I was about 11 years old. (Still ashamed of it.) But I have never really punched someone.
Visited the ocean many times in my youth, stung by a bee more than once and went in anaphylactic shock. I was technically on skis at one point in my life, but I am not sure that you could count what I did on them as skiing.
I've been on the back of a motocycle one time and changed a modest share of diapers in my time.
Just to just to add a few items to a possible new list: I've ridden a horse once; likewise have been on the back of an elephant, gone sky-diving (tandem) and rappelling. I've never explored a cave. (I do not count visiting Lurray Caverns.) I also have never been arrested or been part of a protest march.
applegrove
(118,492 posts)on the back of a moped and a three wheel all terraine vehicle) and never seen the grand canyon. I promise you i will never do any of them.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)LakeArenal
(28,802 posts)My older brother used to punch me but I was too chicken to punch back.
barbtries
(28,769 posts)I may be correcting that this year or early next however.
mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)I got zero. Wow! feeling pretty lucky here.
CapnSteve
(217 posts)0, yes I am old as (insert expletive)
Rebl2
(13,462 posts)the first 5. Actually I cant swim, so I only waded into the ocean, but not too far.
japple
(9,808 posts)present memory. I might have done some fighting in my childhood that I can't remember.
Phentex
(16,330 posts)I said the same thing. Didn't read your post first or I'd have just dittoed!
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)I guess I've lived a full life, dirty diapers and all.
Phentex
(16,330 posts)maybe as I child I did?
I give myself one point.
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Turbineguy
(37,291 posts)I need to get out more.
DinahMoeHum
(21,774 posts)n/t
FakeNoose
(32,579 posts)I've never been to the Grand Canyon. Flew over it once, does that count?
But I haven't seen it on the ground.
Boxerfan
(2,533 posts)One of my earliest "memory" or memory of a memory was when I was 4 years old.
My dad had a private plane & we flew over the Grand Canyon. Hit a air pocket.
My memory is being glued to the ceiling in the back of a Cessna 17T as we dropped a few thousand feet.
So yes I have been to the Grand Canyon but for some reason forgot till just now. I'm also rare to punch & frankly very bad at it kinda forced into it-juvenile BS.
Alpeduez21
(1,749 posts)having done all of those multiple times. On the one hand I'm good father and insipient tourist. On the other hand, I am a terrible person.
doc03
(35,295 posts)k8conant
(3,030 posts)trueblue2007
(17,193 posts)gopiscrap
(23,726 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)don't remember punching someone, but I'm sure I did at some point
hiked the Appalachian trail and slept in a tent...
broke bones riding a motorcycle
X-country skiing, water skiing and downhill once (didn't enjoy it)
I am a bee-keeper and while I don't often get stung, it has happened
5 kids so I have changed many diapers
Canada and Mexico
Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico
most spectacular of all is hiking down into the Grand Canon twice!!!!!
most of this I was able to do because of my work (traveling the U.S. mapping and demographics)
Wolf Frankula
(3,598 posts)Never Been to the Grand Canyon, Swam in an Ocean, Been Skiing, or Ridden a Motorcycle.
Wolf
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)Should have included shit like masturbating on the bus and waking up nude in a strange place.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Multiple times!
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,544 posts)Tikki
(14,549 posts)Tikki
panader0
(25,816 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)Wawannabe
(5,631 posts)Fractured my wrist two weeks ago rollerskating! First broken bone in nearly 50 years. Surgery last Friday.
The Grand Canyon is awesome best time to go is November go early Nov and you might still find Pinyon pine nuts.
Nac Mac Feegle
(969 posts)But part of my job involves The Canyon. I make the joke that I've done rim-to-rim-to-rim (South to North and back to South) in a day. And I didn't take the short cut by walking across, and even stopped for lunch at the Historic Trading Post at Cameron (their Navajo taco is awesome). Drove all the way; right at 200 miles each way.
When you're a communications tech, you get to do some WEIRD stuff. I have some wild pictures. I get to Phantom Ranch a couple times a year, even gotten 'stuck' down there overnight a couple of times.
I wholeheartedly recommend visiting The Canyon sometime in your life, you can do anything from hiking some of the most famous trails in the world, to just sitting back and watching a sunset, or sunrise.
If you can, try to visit the North Rim, way less crowded, but it's closed from mid-October to mid-April.
There is a reason The Canyon is the most visited tourist attraction in the world: It is truly spectacular.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,564 posts)Oh, wait, that wasn't on the list...I guess I was just fantasizing.
My real score is 0. The punch occurred in 6th grade when I heard a seventh grade bully running up from behind to knock me over. At the last instant I ducked, pivoted and punched him as hard as I could in the gut. He doubled up, fell to the ground gasping for breath, and never bothered me again.
Duppers
(28,117 posts)Broken little toe counts, right?
Except for breaking that toe, I've done all the others more than once. Been to the Grand Canyon twice.
Punched my brother when we were kids a couple of times. Later, as an adult, I punched a couple of men who really deserved to be hit.
retread
(3,761 posts)through neighborhood streets?
Callalily
(14,885 posts)Niagara
(7,557 posts)Broken A Bone- I severely sprain an ankle as a teen. I had to use crutches for what seemed like forever.
Visited A Foreign Country- Never had the opportunity.
Been Skiing- Neither snow or water skiing.
Swam In An Ocean- I've never had a desire to swim in an ocean. Although, I would never be opposed to visiting an ocean beach and enjoying a Mai Tai.
Been To The Grand Canyon- Never had the opportunity. It's on my bucket list.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)does that count?
If not: 1.
MontanaMama
(23,295 posts)Never been to the Grand Canyon.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)exboyfil
(17,862 posts)2 if you don't count water skiing (which I only did once).
Fla Dem
(23,586 posts)I may have give someone a friendly, gentle punch on the shoulder, but never punched someone in anger. Never hit anyone in anger.
Paladin
(28,243 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,652 posts)Though I may be applying a very narrow definition of "punch."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Punched my brothers many times when I was a kid. I don't think I ever hurt them. They usually laughed at me.
Doc_Technical
(3,521 posts)Was in Japan as a military "brat"
Was in West Germany in the U.S. Air Force
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)imavoter
(646 posts)I haven't been to the grand canyon.
Never been stung by a bee.
I punched a neighbor one time, yea, I know. sounds bad, but I broke up a fight.
A female broke up a fight between two dudes. And they stopped.
(edit: I think they were more shocked that I would do something to stop it, but hey...
I didn't know I was a bad ass. Since then I've felt a little safer because I know what I can do in an emergency)
I say .5 because I've been on a snow mobile, which is kind of skiing, and when I was 8 I went water skiing.
But my water skiing days were quickly ended because I was utter fail and my god dad decided he wasn't
going to send me back drowned to my mom. So I don't know if any of that counts.
(2nd edit: I broke a pinky toe when I was a tween. and boy does that count.)
cool list. happy Saturday.
Demovictory9
(32,421 posts)denbot
(9,898 posts)Im not sure if thats good or bad..
DFW
(54,281 posts)Never been skiing and never broken a bone
(yet)
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I've never seriously punched anyone.
does a dislocated toe sub for a broken bone?
Tripper11
(4,338 posts)For all the sports I played, hockey in particular, not even a crack.
yardwork
(61,538 posts)sakabatou
(42,136 posts)1. I haven't broken a bone.
2. I've never been skiing.
3. Never been stung by a bee.
4. Never changed a diaper
5. Never been to the Grand Canyon
Generic Brad
(14,272 posts)The punch was an accident. I was showing my cousin how Muhammad Ali held an opponent at bay with his reach, misjudged, and socked him in the jaw. To this day I feel bad that it happened.
randr
(12,409 posts)benld74
(9,901 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,413 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Never punched someone.