1. Blink wildly and then close your eyes really tight for an interesting light show
(amusment potential: 1-5 Minutes)
See a variety of blobs, stars and flashes. Try to make out shapes and see if your subconscious is trying to send you a message.
2. Try to no think about penguins
(amusment potential: 1-5 Minutes)
This is especially hard, because by trying too much, you remember what you were trying to avoid thinking of. If you try too little, you end up thinking about penguins anyway.
3. Use your secrect mind power
(amusment potential: 5 - 10 Minutes)
Pick a passer by and try to use your mind power to command them do something, like drop their bag or knock into someone. The law of averages dictates that sooner or later one of your mind commands will come true, so you can convince yourself that you really have super human powers and waste even more time trying them out.
4. Scratch yourself
(amusment potential: 1 - 3 Minutes)
Go ahead, scratch yourself now. Even if nothing itches, go ahead. Doesn't that feel pretty good?
5. Repeat the same work over and over in your head until it loses its meaning
(amusment potential: 1 - 3 Minutes)
Pick a random word out of a magazine and say it aloud to yourself until it becomes a meaningless set of noises.
6. Hurt yourself
(amusment potential: 1 - 3 Minutes)
What is pain? Why is it unpleasant? There's nothing physical about it - it's all in your mind. Plus, after pinching yourself for awhile, boredom will seem nice next to being in pain.
7. Try to swallow your tounge
(amusment potential: 1 - 3 Minutes)
There's not much to say about this one. It is possible, but really stupid.
8. Look at something for a while, shut your eyes, study after image
(amusment potential: 2 - 5 Minutes)
Another great time waster. It takes about 30 seconds of staring to create an after image, and the image is then viewable for about the same length of time. Fun to combine this one with pushing on your eyes.
9. Invent a weird twitch
(amusment potential: 5 - 10 Minutes)
Adopt a bizarre twitch (e.g. flicking your head irregularly, twitching with eye or busting out sporadic cough noises).
10. Send spooky emails
(amusment potential: 15 - 60 Minutes)
Look up someone's CV on the web, do some research on them via Google and then send them an email full of personal references claiming to be an ex-work colleague who fell in love with their shoes. Or something.
referenced from here
EDIT: and yes, write these sort of threads!
(amusment potential: 1-5 Minutes)
See a variety of blobs, stars and flashes. Try to make out shapes and see if your subconscious is trying to send you a message.
2. Try to no think about penguins
(amusment potential: 1-5 Minutes)
This is especially hard, because by trying too much, you remember what you were trying to avoid thinking of. If you try too little, you end up thinking about penguins anyway.
3. Use your secrect mind power
(amusment potential: 5 - 10 Minutes)
Pick a passer by and try to use your mind power to command them do something, like drop their bag or knock into someone. The law of averages dictates that sooner or later one of your mind commands will come true, so you can convince yourself that you really have super human powers and waste even more time trying them out.
4. Scratch yourself
(amusment potential: 1 - 3 Minutes)
Go ahead, scratch yourself now. Even if nothing itches, go ahead. Doesn't that feel pretty good?
5. Repeat the same work over and over in your head until it loses its meaning
(amusment potential: 1 - 3 Minutes)
Pick a random word out of a magazine and say it aloud to yourself until it becomes a meaningless set of noises.
6. Hurt yourself
(amusment potential: 1 - 3 Minutes)
What is pain? Why is it unpleasant? There's nothing physical about it - it's all in your mind. Plus, after pinching yourself for awhile, boredom will seem nice next to being in pain.
7. Try to swallow your tounge
(amusment potential: 1 - 3 Minutes)
There's not much to say about this one. It is possible, but really stupid.
8. Look at something for a while, shut your eyes, study after image
(amusment potential: 2 - 5 Minutes)
Another great time waster. It takes about 30 seconds of staring to create an after image, and the image is then viewable for about the same length of time. Fun to combine this one with pushing on your eyes.
9. Invent a weird twitch
(amusment potential: 5 - 10 Minutes)
Adopt a bizarre twitch (e.g. flicking your head irregularly, twitching with eye or busting out sporadic cough noises).
10. Send spooky emails
(amusment potential: 15 - 60 Minutes)
Look up someone's CV on the web, do some research on them via Google and then send them an email full of personal references claiming to be an ex-work colleague who fell in love with their shoes. Or something.
referenced from here
EDIT: and yes, write these sort of threads!
Last edited by theDude5B (2006-06-30 03:57:51)
