At the moment a lot of bloggers are doing these lists (see Bloggers4labour, Rullesnberg Rules, The Thimble, and many others) so I thought I would have a go.

The thing is, its not as easy as it looks at first. For the list to work I believe they should be things which are so common that its almost an acheivement not to done them (like ‘Own a television’) or something which you would like to do but haven’t been able to, and preferably a mixture of these. There would be no point in just listing things like ‘walked on the moon’, ‘won a Nobel prize’, etc.

My problem is twofold. Firstly my mind has gone a bit blank, and secondly I have done quite a few things in my time, many of them the sort of thing which would sit well in such a list if only I hadn’t done them. For example, I have ridden in the drivers cab of a train, been bitten by a snake, flown a helicopter, acted at the Old Vic, stood for public office, spent an entire day speaking only in a foreign language, put a child’s pet out of its misery (on Xmas Eve!), been up the Empire State Building, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Eiffel Tower, and lets not mention any of the sex and drugs-related exploits! 😉

Up until last year I could have put ‘watched the original Star Wars films’ on the list, which would have been an achievement for someone of my age and inclinations.

Lets have a go anyway. I have never:

1. Dived from a diving board
2. Been to the Glastonbury festival or the opera
3. Fired any gun except an air rifle
4. Run a marathon
5. Fathered a child
6. Tried skiing, surfing or snorkeling
7. Been to Scotland, Ireland or Cornwall
8. Watched Raging Bull, Citizen Kane or The Godfather
9. Owned anything by Bruce Springsteen or Neil Young
10. Read Catcher In The Rye, or anything by Jane Austen

All I can say is, that there are a lot of things I wish I could add to that list but unfortunately can’t…