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Push your eyes for interesting light show
(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes)
See
a variety of blobs, stars and flashes. Try to make out things your subconscious is trying to send you a message? Can you control
what you see by pressing different areas with different forces? Would it be possible to somehow see the same effects on TV?
See
how long you can hold your breath
(Amusement Potential: 4-20 minutes)
Not that much fun, but it sure passes
the time. Play with a friend, or try to beat your own personal best. Some tips: hyperventilate before hand, and stay as still
as possible. My personal best is 2:00 (exactly).
Try to not think about polar bears
(Amusement
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 polar bears anyway.
Repeat
the same word over and over until it loses its meaning
(Amusement 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.
Try
to swallow your tongue
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
There's not much to say about this one. It is possible.
Pretend
to be a car
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
Make appropriate revving noises in your head as you walk along
and add a racing commentary as you pass strangers in the street. Use blinking eyes as indicators for extra authenticity.
Look
at something for awhile, shut eyes, study after image
(Amusement 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.
See what's in your neighbour's
trash
(Amusement Potential: 20-30 minutes)
You can learn a lot about people by what they throw out. You might
uncover some dark secret about them. Plus, they might be throwing out something with value that still works, like a VCR.
Watch
TV, repeat everything said in Italian accent
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)
Sort of entertaining. Include
flamboyant shoulder shrugs for added impact, or go for a Marlon Brando set of grunts.
Make
prank phone calls
(Amusement Potential: 20-60 minutes)
Very entertaining, but requires discipline. Remember
- vulgarities don't make a call funny, but getting the other person to believe a ridiculous story will. TYry seeing if you
can get them to make noises to 'test' the line. One to get you started off: Call McDonalds with weird complaints about their
food.
Pretend all humans will die except for people in room with you
Amusement Potential: 10-20
minutes)
What would you do if this really happened? Would the group stay together, or would there be factions? Who would
join what group? Remember, there would only be power for a few days before the plants ran out of fuel or broke. To travel,
you would always have to be near cars to siphon gas out of. Best to do with people you know.
Step off a curb
with eyes shut, imagine it's a cliff
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)
To get any benefit out of this one,
you have to have a good imagination. Don't step off immediately, build up to the jump. Study the ravine below. Feel the winds
at that altitude. Step off and...AHHHHHH!!!!!
Burn things with a magnifying glass
(Amusement Potential:
5-30 minutes)
Ants are always fun to use for this, but burning the face of someone you don't like, under some circumstances,
can be just as entertaining.
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