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My score is 17. Geez, I'm so boring (Original Post) MrScorpio Jan 2020 OP
Mine is 4. Croney Jan 2020 #1
Three here. MontanaMama Jan 2020 #2
Crossed skydiving off my bucket list last year VWolf Jan 2020 #118
I'm a 9. nt PunkinPi Jan 2020 #3
Me, too. flor-de-jasmim Jan 2020 #66
Same. Duppers Jan 2020 #70
Mine was 19.😳 these are fun. dewsgirl Jan 2020 #4
You need to get busy young lady..... diverdownjt Jan 2020 #123
LoL. All the reminders here, I think I've too busy.😉 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #129
12 (nt) matt819 Jan 2020 #5
Score of 8. highplainsdem Jan 2020 #6
Another 8 denbot Jan 2020 #73
20! Laffy Kat Jan 2020 #7
I'm a 9 ....but just one small tattoo away from an 8 MLAA Jan 2020 #8
I'm a 10. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #9
I turned it up to 11. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #39
we have a lot of 11s. pansypoo53219 Jan 2020 #68
I'm a 7. in2herbs Jan 2020 #10
me too Evergreen Emerald Jan 2020 #85
me too. A zip line sounds fun but I don't like heights! nt Vadem Jan 2020 #88
Fellow 7s unite! OriginalGeek Jan 2020 #93
I'm a 7. lkinwi Jan 2020 #126
I generally don't mind going in a plane OriginalGeek Jan 2020 #132
7 here also..zip line...never. Tikki Jan 2020 #99
Same here. Another 7! TruckFump Jan 2020 #127
I got 17, but my interest score ashling Jan 2020 #11
My score: 14. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #12
My score is also 14. Polly Hennessey Jan 2020 #42
Same sakabatou Jan 2020 #48
mine is 13 MFM008 Jan 2020 #13
I'm a 7. woodsprite Jan 2020 #14
10 here. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2020 #15
I got 20 but I'm still boring. Raven Jan 2020 #16
for the very 1st time ever in my life dweller Jan 2020 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Jan 2020 #18
I have never done 11 of those things Skittles Jan 2020 #19
Same here. 11 Delmette2.0 Jan 2020 #43
11 here KT2000 Jan 2020 #54
Another -,..... 11 magicarpet Jan 2020 #58
Should we 11s if they all match??? TNNurse Jan 2020 #97
4 defacto7 Jan 2020 #20
19 DiverDave Jan 2020 #21
10 and proud of it! lunasun Jan 2020 #22
Doesn't mean you're boring frazzled Jan 2020 #23
I'm a 5.... AJT Jan 2020 #24
16 here Generic Brad Jan 2020 #25
9 here. nocoincidences Jan 2020 #26
A 5 and one of the tasks is impossible for me bottomofthehill Jan 2020 #27
4 MuseRider Jan 2020 #28
12 sarge43 Jan 2020 #29
I'm at 9, but giving birth is unfair. CanonRay Jan 2020 #30
I am a 6 Except for a technicality I would be a 5 yellowdogintexas Jan 2020 #31
I got 19 but I'm good with boring. blueinredohio Jan 2020 #32
I'm an 8 but I' m still in labor. Okay I lied, I'm a guy. dameatball Jan 2020 #33
9 happybird Jan 2020 #34
7 is my score solara Jan 2020 #35
I am a 10. nt avebury Jan 2020 #36
I scored 7.... is that good or bad? samnsara Jan 2020 #37
I'm 11. Still time though. I'm good with that. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #38
Lucky #7 sdfernando Jan 2020 #40
I'm a 3 maybe a 4. lark Jan 2020 #41
18 maybe 19 rurallib Jan 2020 #44
trust ne..... diverdownjt Jan 2020 #124
20 vercetti2021 Jan 2020 #45
I got 7! Still Sensible Jan 2020 #46
As I suffer from explosive diarrhea, sky diving & zip lining is not in my future. Kaleva Jan 2020 #47
The earthbound world thanks you. wnylib Jan 2020 #106
Skydiving, observers on the ground could track my descent by the brown plume I leave behind Kaleva Jan 2020 #114
I'll take a pass on the pic. wnylib Jan 2020 #121
13 am I am mightily impressed with those of you who scored 10 or less. Fla Dem Jan 2020 #49
8 GeorgeGist Jan 2020 #50
12, but I feel that my life has been full Rorey Jan 2020 #51
10 here! Heartstrings Jan 2020 #52
I scored 10. onecaliberal Jan 2020 #53
8 or 9. I don't quite remember about one of those things.... FM123 Jan 2020 #55
I went in an ambulance at an auto show does that count? Wabbajack_ Jan 2020 #56
8. N/T CottonBear Jan 2020 #57
My score is 9. wendyb-NC Jan 2020 #59
well I may be boring now, but I never really thought I was just because I haven't done a few things Kali Jan 2020 #60
12 Doc_Technical Jan 2020 #61
8 for me Wolf Frankula Jan 2020 #62
7. I'm ok with that. nt Ilsa Jan 2020 #63
7 here secondwind Jan 2020 #64
A 14 but all the girls used to say I was a 10. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #65
I got a 13 jmowreader Jan 2020 #67
9. nt Duppers Jan 2020 #69
11. I'm not sure if this is good or bad. Rhiannon12866 Jan 2020 #71
I'm 10 stopwastingmymoney Jan 2020 #72
10, but I really don't want to sing karioki. And you wouldn't want me to ... marble falls Jan 2020 #74
Got you beat at 22 Rebl2 Jan 2020 #75
8 Moral Compass Jan 2020 #76
5 or 6 cate94 Jan 2020 #77
Those Tats count for WAY more than the half dozen The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #133
I've never been one but 10. redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #78
8 TrogL Jan 2020 #79
Mine is 9 mnhtnbb Jan 2020 #80
12 rickyhall Jan 2020 #81
I'm 9. CaptainTruth Jan 2020 #82
I got 4 iscooterliberally Jan 2020 #83
7 here. Dem2theMax Jan 2020 #84
10... I don't count "giving birth" since it's impossible. Blue_Tires Jan 2020 #86
Mine is 4. hunter Jan 2020 #87
Mine is a 2. ekelly Jan 2020 #89
I'm 18 BHDem53 Jan 2020 #90
Calm down A.C. fan SilasSouleII Jan 2020 #113
8 MerryBlooms Jan 2020 #91
I'm an 11. LudwigPastorius Jan 2020 #92
6 for this guy BigOleDummy Jan 2020 #94
I'm a 19, and I have lived in France, demigoddess Jan 2020 #95
Mine is 14. pazzyanne Jan 2020 #96
3 for me Olafjoy Jan 2020 #98
Do it - you won't regret it n/t VWolf Jan 2020 #116
7 or 8, not sure if camping in a cabin counts IronLionZion Jan 2020 #100
I'm a 10. Not sure if that's good or bad. Stonepounder Jan 2020 #101
Does a BB Gun NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #102
My score is 15. 49jim Jan 2020 #103
Another 11 here. subterranean Jan 2020 #104
oh my... 3 handmade34 Jan 2020 #105
Scuba is other-worldly. Do it while you can. VWolf Jan 2020 #117
13 here. wnylib Jan 2020 #107
15. nt tblue37 Jan 2020 #108
11 Mersky Jan 2020 #109
I'm boring (10) but have different excitements get the red out Jan 2020 #110
11 here SCVDem Jan 2020 #111
13 here but... llmart Jan 2020 #112
3! Stay thirsty, my friends! VWolf Jan 2020 #115
well... there is handmade34 Jan 2020 #119
5 have had opportunities to scuba dive and skydive kimbutgar Jan 2020 #120
My score is ten. Collimator Jan 2020 #122
11, and... Silver Gaia Jan 2020 #125
14. :p NCLefty Jan 2020 #128
4 The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #130
I got two! :) importDavid Jan 2020 #131
Teaching a writing class I'd say pick three experiences and write a story about each. hunter Jan 2020 #134
7 Dukkha Jan 2020 #135

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
118. Crossed skydiving off my bucket list last year
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 10:26 PM
Jan 2020

Too old for braces, can't give birth.

Unless I get a piercing, I'm stuck at 3.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
93. Fellow 7s unite!
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 07:23 PM
Jan 2020

Let's get those scores down...but I'll always be at least a 1 because unless it's jump or crash, I ain't planning to skydive.

but if I did, that would probably take care of break a bone too.

edit~ make that always a 2 - I don't think I'll ever give birth...I was in the room when my wife did and that was more than enough of that for me.

lkinwi

(1,477 posts)
126. I'm a 7.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 05:25 AM
Jan 2020

I’ve been skydiving once, on a dare many years ago at age 18. Now, I don’t even fly anymore.

ashling

(25,771 posts)
11. I got 17, but my interest score
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 05:38 PM
Jan 2020

which is the number of comments you have gotten in a single post, divided by the number of views by DUers

is about .002

woodsprite

(11,908 posts)
14. I'm a 7.
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 05:45 PM
Jan 2020

No skydiving, cruise, tattoo, scuba, zip lining, or shooting for me. Haven’t done karaoke, but would be willing to try.

Response to MrScorpio (Original post)

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
23. Doesn't mean you're boring
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 06:47 PM
Jan 2020

I mean, I’m kinda proud never to have fired a gun or gotten a ticket. And zip lining is not my thing.

What if the list had included things like:

Read a Pulitzer or Nobel prize-winning novel
Baked a Sacher torte
Attended a symphony orchestra concert
Played lacrosse
Took mescaline
etc.

A person who scored well on the first list may have scored poorly on this one. Neither could be said to be more or less “boring.”

I’m off to hear John Cale (Velvet Underground) this evening. But I’ve never broken a bone. Does that make me a boring person?

nocoincidences

(2,218 posts)
26. 9 here.
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:19 PM
Jan 2020

There is nothing on the list that I would want to do that I haven't done already.

Well, maybe skydiving.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
29. 12
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:35 PM
Jan 2020

Skydiving, limo, braces, massage, tattoo, given birth, karaoke, scuba diving, zip lining, skinny dipping, TV, cruise.

yellowdogintexas

(22,243 posts)
31. I am a 6 Except for a technicality I would be a 5
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:38 PM
Jan 2020

I haven't been scuba diving but I do love to snorkel!

Mine are:

fired a gun
skydiving
tattoo ( and my daughter is a gifted tattoo artist!)
karaoke
zipline
scuba
Of these I would like to go on a zip line I think they look like a ton of fun and advancing to scuba would be neat if I could afford it!

happybird

(4,599 posts)
34. 9
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:45 PM
Jan 2020

I’m perfectly fine with the ones I haven’t done.

Edit: Ooops- all except having never left the country. Planning to fix that in 2021 with a trip to Japan, with a long layover in Europe!

sdfernando

(4,929 posts)
40. Lucky #7
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 08:14 PM
Jan 2020

being of the male persuasion, I have never given birth. I also have a healthy fear of heights so most relating to that I haven’t done....or plan to do.

lark

(23,078 posts)
41. I'm a 3 maybe a 4.
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 08:23 PM
Jan 2020

Think I broke my little toe one time but was told there's nothing to do about it so never saw a dr.

The other 3 are skydiving, tat and braces. We were too poor for me to have braces, although recommended, and skydiving isn't something I've ever been interested in. I have twice been in tattoo parlors to get a tattoo with my husband. He's gotten 3 and I've gotten zero - stupid fear of needles.

I've had a kinda interesting life and looking forward to traveling to more interesting places. Also want to try having big streaks of purple in my hair - maybe before I go visit my friend in Harlem?

Kaleva

(36,290 posts)
114. Skydiving, observers on the ground could track my descent by the brown plume I leave behind
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jan 2020

I could post the pic of a bungee jumper who apparently had loose bowel issues.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
51. 12, but I feel that my life has been full
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 10:35 PM
Jan 2020

There are a whole lot of things that aren't on the list that I've done that have been awesome. Or dangerous. Or crazy.

Kali

(55,006 posts)
60. well I may be boring now, but I never really thought I was just because I haven't done a few things
Sun Jan 26, 2020, 11:02 PM
Jan 2020

never jumped out of an airplane, had braces, got a tattoo, dyed my hair, sung karaoke, gone scuba diving (lots of snorkeling, though), or gone on a big zip line (have played on small ones)

oh and I have eaten some VERY strange things but oddly never had sushi

marble falls

(57,055 posts)
74. 10, but I really don't want to sing karioki. And you wouldn't want me to ...
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 10:43 AM
Jan 2020

and giving birth is out of my wheelhouse.

cate94

(2,810 posts)
77. 5 or 6
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 11:20 AM
Jan 2020

I have three tattoos, they are just dots for aiming radiation. Part of me thinks they shouldn’t count because they weren’t by choice and represent nothing. OTOH, they do represent something... 5 or 6?

The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)
133. Those Tats count for WAY more than the half dozen
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:33 PM
Jan 2020

I got as a young dumb kid.

Get all the credits my friend

iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)
83. I got 4
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:47 PM
Jan 2020

The things I haven't done are sky diving, tattoos, piercings and given birth. It's not too late for me to get it down to just one, but tattoos and piercings just don't appeal to me. Birth will never happen. I don't have any great desire to go sky diving either.

Dem2theMax

(9,650 posts)
84. 7 here.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 01:23 PM
Jan 2020

This was fun. It took me back to a lot of good memories.
Especially the one about skinny dipping in the ocean.

😁

hunter

(38,309 posts)
87. Mine is 4.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 02:59 PM
Jan 2020

Haven't been skydiving, haven't had braces, haven't gotten a tattoo, haven't given birth.

I have been bungee jumping and have suffered long dental procedures, if that counts.

I don't have any tattoos because I have a phobia about needles. Getting a simple flu shot is pushing my limits.

I was really good at skipping school even before I quit high school entirely. In college I was twice forced to take time outs, the first time for fighting with a teaching assistant. I once flunked organic chemistry because I could make a lot of money skipping class to move furniture.

My ear was pierced by a woman who was probably laying claim to me. It was our good fortune the spell didn't take. It was some very dangerous magic we were playing with.

It occurs to me the women in my life tend to have lower scores on this quiz than I do. There's a lot of ones and zeros among my siblings, relatives, and in-laws. For most of the ambulance rides they haven't been the patient.

LudwigPastorius

(9,126 posts)
92. I'm an 11.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 07:10 PM
Jan 2020

Zzzzz....

Although, tattoos are so ubiquitous now, I would argue that NOT having one is more interesting.

BigOleDummy

(2,270 posts)
94. 6 for this guy
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 08:19 PM
Jan 2020

As a male one of those is impossible but I DO have a daughter and grandkids....... soooooooooooo 5.5? ;D

IronLionZion

(45,403 posts)
100. 7 or 8, not sure if camping in a cabin counts
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:35 PM
Jan 2020

some camping purists claim tent or nothing, in that case it would be 8 for me.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
102. Does a BB Gun
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:49 PM
Jan 2020

count as a gun?

Obviously, never given birth

no tattoos, no skydiving, no ziplining, no skinny dipping, and no piercings, oh and never dyed my hair

So, 7 or 8 depending on the BB Gun answer.



49jim

(560 posts)
103. My score is 15.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:55 PM
Jan 2020

Never gave birth-nothing pierced-broken a bone and many others. However, went to "special beach" in St. Martin.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
104. Another 11 here.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 05:10 PM
Jan 2020

This list is pretty random. It might be interesting to see it done as a poll, so we could see what percentage of us have never skipped school, gone skinny dipping, watched Star Wars, etc.

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
105. oh my... 3
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 05:13 PM
Jan 2020

there is something wrong with me

never skydived ...but I have flown in a glider at +10,000ft thought I was going to throw up

never been scuba diving …but have tried on the suit

no braces on my teeth …but I had an external fixator on my broken leg for weeks

and to be fair, the tattoo was temporary

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
117. Scuba is other-worldly. Do it while you can.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 10:22 PM
Jan 2020

Same for skydiving, but I can understand your reservations.

Still … you could easily be a 1.

get the red out

(13,460 posts)
110. I'm boring (10) but have different excitements
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 06:00 PM
Jan 2020

But my husband and dogs don't care. Neither do I!

But there are other exciting things (for me), competing in Dog Agility with my Layla, nothing like running the "mouth of the south" and trying to keep up on cueing her as she blasts through the course. Shelter called her litter Border Collie mix, I think they nailed it.

llmart

(15,535 posts)
112. 13 here but...
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 07:20 PM
Jan 2020

I think we could come up with a better list.

For instance, is dying one's hair really an exciting or especially dare devilish act?
Giving birth is only pertinent to one gender.
I considered myself having gone on a cruise, but it was one of those dinner cruises when vacationing in Hawaii.
Is skipping a class in college considered skipping school?
I've traveled out of the country but I live in the Detroit area and Canada is 20 minutes away, so I've been there many times.
For those of us who are older, braces were rather rare back in the day. Only the rich kids got them.

It was fun taking the test anyway.

kimbutgar

(21,103 posts)
120. 5 have had opportunities to scuba dive and skydive
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 10:55 PM
Jan 2020

Both times I mentioned to my parents I was going to do it and they lost their minds shaming me into promising not to do it.

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
122. My score is ten.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:32 AM
Jan 2020

No tattoos, no babies, no karaoke and no official massage. (That's what you mean, right?) I have never scuba dived or skinny dipped. I may never travel outside the country. [sigh] If there is a zip line out there that can hold my weight, hell, I'll give it a try.

I vaguely remember riding in a limo to my brother's wedding. And I have been near famous people, does that count? David Morse, from the show, St. Elsewhere, was waited on by the customer service rep next to me in the returns department at IKEA once.

I, meanwhile, was waiting on an obnoxious young woman who wanted a return on a balsa wood utensil holder costing all of $3. She had no receipt and the thing had soap scum and mold on the plastic bottom, but hey, she-just-bought-it-and-look-what-happened.

Tennis champion, Pam Shriver, was in a student group visiting the classroom that I was teaching in back in 1979. She looked right at me, and I was introduced by name to the group. Surely that must count? And Frances Nuyen once winked at me when we passed in the hall at a sci-fi convention. Wow, am I cool or what?

All the other things that I did do don't feel like that big a deal. Does getting a ticket make you a cool bad-ass when you cry for an hour and half afterwards because the cop yelled at you?

Silver Gaia

(4,542 posts)
125. 11, and...
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 04:04 AM
Jan 2020

out of those, theres only one I'm planning to do someday, and one more that I might do or might combine with the other one. The rest are things I'm either GLAD never happened, didn't need to do or have, or have no desire whatsoever to do. I'm good with this score. No regrets!

The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)
130. 4
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 07:28 AM
Jan 2020

Never had braces or babies never dyed my hair or went on a cruise.

But a lot of these were one and done incidents

importDavid

(219 posts)
131. I got two! :)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:48 AM
Jan 2020

Never:
- Had braces
- Given birth

Disclaimer:
- Gotten a tattoo (nothing permanent but several Henna tattoos)
- Gotten anything pierced (left ear for a hoop many years ago)

hunter

(38,309 posts)
134. Teaching a writing class I'd say pick three experiences and write a story about each.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:58 PM
Jan 2020

Two of your stories must be true, one has to be fiction.

I might write about braces. I've never had braces myself but I could easily write about it because my children had braces and they did everything they could to make their misery my misery.

When their braces were finally removed, believe me, I was as happy as they were.





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