14 Things To Do When Your Bored
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Looking for something to do while your totally bored? Take a look at the list below
Have you ever been so bored you thought watching the grass grow would be exciting? Are you sick of sitting around watching the same old boring reality TV shows on television? You don't know what to do with yourself, so you sit there and stare at the floor, while your eyes glaze over slowly crossing, falling into the back of your head. Well pick yourself up and take a look at the list below and fight that boredom.
Word Of Caution
I cannot be held responsible for any lack of of fun or boredom you fail to have. Enter at your own risk. These are only suggestions, they do not however guarantee to fix your boredom. So proceed with caution.
1. Get up and go outside, take a nice long walk around the block exactly a dozen times. Count the cracks in the sidewalk. That is if you have a sidewalk. There are places that don't, believe it or not. So you will have to improvise.
2. Brush your teeth to the count of 1,000 while dancing to the beat of AC/DC. Suggested song--->TNT. If this doesn't get you moving, nothing will.
3. See if you can stand on your head. Stay clear of anything that may break. Unless of course your doing this outside, which is probably a good idea anyway. If you haven't done this in awhile, be prepared to get dizzy and your head will get sore.
4. If you have a dog, go outside and play tag. Better yet, play fetch. Your dog will love watching you run after the stick.
http://www.dogteachers.com/fetch/
5. Watch a movie that you have already seen, see if you can recall things you may have missed the first time around. Or try catching some goofs that don't belong. This will take a keen eye and a lot of concentration. You will really have to pay attention.
6. Try to do some cartwheels. It is very important you do these outside, because you more than likely will miscalculate and break some furniture if you try doing them indoors. Like with the hand stand, open area's are best. The last thing you need is to flop down on the glass coffee table, and end up in the emergency room with 7,000 glass shards in your back. Remember, proceed with caution here.
7. Make some old fashioned crank phone calls. But be aware of caller ID. They will crank you back. Remember it is very possible they could be crazy and start stalking you, so maybe use a friends phone instead.
8. Chew on a wad of tin foil, see how long it takes you to spit it out. This could really freak you out so I suggest if you have fillings to proceed with extreme caution. Believe it or not, People actually do this. This is one example how people get so bored they will do anything to fill that void. So have fun chomping people.
9. Watch Dr. Phil. Now this is a tough one, this could go either way for. It depends on what Dr. Phil's topic is for the day. It might be something very interesting, or it might take you right back to watching the grass grow. As you can see in the photo, my cat Sully wasn't real thrilled with him at all. So, you choose.
10. Read a good book, write a letter some you haven't talked to in a long time, doodle, paint a picture, send an e-mail out to everyone in your address book, tell someone something you have been meaning to tell them. Now is a really good time.
11. Try listening to music you hate. You just might learn something new. You might learn you don't hate it as much as you thought. You might learn a bit of tolerance instead. Check here for your search of music you hate.
12. Push all the buttons while your riding in an elevator. Be very careful if you should decide to do this, it makes some people really very mad. They call this elevator rage. So you must be really bored and prepared to face the consequences.
13. Play trash can ball with crumpled up wads of paper. When your done your cat will love batting them around with you. If your cat is really smart like mine are, she might even bring the paper balls back you. Which then begins a game of paper ball fetch with the cats. Isn't fighting boredom fun?
14. If all else fails, go take yourself a nap and sleep it off. What is better than a good old fashion eight hour nap? Okay five hours. Whatever amount of time you choose. It's all good.
So, there you have it, 14 whizbang things to do when your totally bored out of your mind. It's up to you to do them, or leave them, or just keep watching the grass grow.
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im 8 years old and im a girl i wanna play outside but i just can't cause im into playing in the computer and i need help making my self not to play in the computer please help i really wanna play outside!
That was hilarious man haha
reading this list is fun until your done reading this list then you'd want 2 do the stuff on the list
go outside and play capture the flag a very active fun time consuming game do 2-2 or 3-3 or 4-4
It relly help to get over bad times 10q
hahahah sweet gonna go have some fun
mmm might trie these!!thanx 4 the help...:P
this really helped by reading this I wasnt bored and I'm so sorry my cat died to ;(
kool
go to walmart and shop out of other ppls baskets
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
i am sooooooo super bored. i need to have some fun!!!!! ppl need to have fun. if ur bored jump up and down and dance like me now and then try pulling pranks thats a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wish that i can stand on my head
This list is BORING! Just kidding! Its great :D! Thanks for curing bordisem! You are awesome!
umm hahahaahahaha really good thingz to do when you're bored
this pub was really entertaining. and sully is the SECOND best cat name right after geraldo of course ;)
i shall comment for sully :3
comment :3 just for crazybeanrider
Woah you answered a lot of questions, maybe one of your suggestions could be making a hub and see how many people try to troll you or get angry ;D
Loved the sense of humor by the way. :)
Like it says in the name, I was literally lol'ing at this. I might actually try chewing on tin foil... that's how insane I am. To the people who said it was lame/stupid, I feel sorry for you - you obviously can't appreciate humour. And how exactly, may I ask, is watching a film and looking for errors, or playing fetch with your dog a bad idea? Hell, BREATHING is a bad idea. Think about it - we could breathe in toxic gas and DIE. So don't say these ideas are stupid. Anyway, what's the point in commenting to say that you're bored? Is THAT helping with your boredom?
Hiya person I love all these things the tin foil interested me the most but after reading all the mean comments I wasent so borred it goes to show how stupid and mean pros can be
It's a really funny hub.
The sad thing is that I was bored enough to type, "Thingz to do when bored" into google
I know it's been said a lot but my heart goes to Sully. If I die I'll give her some paper balls to chase.
I thinks its nice that you answer all you commenters, I almost had as much fun reading the comments as I did the actual hub.
I can't wait for your next boredom hub, looking forward to more ideas, more humour and more idiots who post funny negative comments.
Look forward to a reply, Ima bookmark this hub for whenever boredom overpowers me.
~Derav
Sorry for your cat, Sully, but I'm sure shes happy somewhere and I'm sure she misses you too. These things are great, usually I am totally bored in the morning and now I am entertained! Ps. Don't pay attention to the negative comments about the tin foil, this is great. But you could add a few more things to your list!
I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank You for your ideas they really helped. :)
sooooooooo much fun, i tried the tin foil
Hey, i totally LOVE this hub. But i'm almost never bored because I am always doing something.
P.S.: I'm really sorry about Sully.
I bet he/she was a great cat.
Cookie :)
My sister loves this site! She stood on her head for 1 minute and 23 seconds. She hated Dr.Phil but now she watches it whenever she can. Our dog starts barking, almost like laughing, at her every time she tries to chase a squirrel or a stick. She once prank called my aunt Linda. Thanks for the fun things to do!!!
yup it worked
Nice.
ahahahahahahh absolutely hilarious!!!! ahahaha im still laughing at how pathetic blaahh was! if he thought it was stupid why did he come bak! bahahaha!
On a more serious note, sorry to hear about Sully, even tho it was a while bak now. I myself lost my nanna recently so i no how u feel/felt.
Thanks for writing this!
maddy
thanks you gave me some ideas to do and laugh at.
ANOTHER THING YOU COULD DO IS JUST BE BORED, lol take advantage of this time.. not everyone gets free time because of work, kids, uni etc.
Love the ideas i get bored alot!... i would actually like trying to stand on my head :)
this could be fun!!!!!!!!
Awesome ideas, didn't think there was a cure 2 boredom. just stay quiet if they don't have anything nice 2 say, because, even without seeing you, we know you're insecure. Thx 4 the ideas tho, mega awesome! :)
i just fought boredom reading this,also gr8 jon n keep it up
this really helped me I have a 11 year old sister and all she does is go on facebook its so crazy like do something with me like,COME ON
Hi! I tried commenting before but it didn't work. These ideas are so awesome. It's sad how some people were so rude and don't have a sense of humor. I hope you write more and when my little brother get's sick or is bored, I'll show him this list and he'll see all the creative things he can do. Thanks for making this list!
OMG!!!
Thank you SO much! I had such a great time!
haha i love how you dont care what people think:) its pretty pimp sorry bout the cat.... you should write something on like 5 thing to do when you arnt home and bored out of your mind:) but cool ideals might try them some time:)
Thank you so much for giving us this list. It is so sad that people make those rude comments and appearantly don't have a sense of humor. I love your comebacks though. I will definitely try some of these things. Thanks again for the list!
OMG!!!!!!! Im sorry of your cat going to kitty heaven. BUT I LOVE the ideas. I did ALL of them. They were ALL sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they are all useless try standing on your head i dont think anyone could do that if they havenever done it before THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i so love not being bored and ur cat is sooo CUTE!!! u gotta luv kitties
I tried doing handstands and cartwheels outside ,but i feel over
Its boring reading it all but i do like some of them thanks :D !x
Your ideas and comments def helped with my boredom at least for a little while :) the negative comments annoyed me however.. Wow some people just really don't have a sense of humor at all. I found it amusing :) i mean clearly chewing tin foil Isn't an awesome idea lol but funny to read so thank you for making me not bored for about ten mins lol
I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry for your loss :( I hope Sully will allways be happy in kitty heaven.
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( R.I.P. )
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llllllllllllllllllllll( She was )llllllllllllllllllllll
lllllllllllllllllllll( a good )lllllllllllllllllllll
llllllllllllllllllllll( and happy )llllllllllllllllllllll
lllllllllllllllllllll( kitty )lllllllllllllllllllll
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Anyways, great hub! I really enjoyed it. I'll have to use your ideas next time I'm bored.
love,
Flumpy
THANKS ALOT
useful but i dont have any pets but a horse
Okay so I have had the worst day of my entire lufe and this made me smile. Thanks. I have already done like half of these things already though. They do get boredom out of the picture. LOL. Keep writing and to those who have a negative comment,Well I think you can just be bored now can't you.Ruining someone's day is just mean. And Thanks for writing ! (:
i sad same time but the best way for me walk in road and kick cola bottale
this is so cool i can not belive i am just reading this now and by the way i tried the sidewald thing and it worked
Awsome!
hey i liked the stuff you got nothing nice to say dont say it craybeanrider atleast you did something to make peple laugh:)
were u bored when u wrote this? then so bored u decided to continue replying to comments for 3 years!!!!! hahaha! funny ideas, laughed at playing fetch with ur dog..
this is so coool! not. actuay yes! its genius. -ly dum (yes i know i spelled it wrong :)) hehhe rrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaawwwwwww i luv cats you rock, not yes
These are really cool ideas. I'll have to try them out during fall break. Considering Im bored out if my mind after I get kicked off the ps3. I was pretty entertained from reading comments though.
Ps- pretty sure hatred never write a hub cuz they got TOLD. :)
I am sorry your cat died. I have wanted a pet for so long! Btw you have some great ideas
Thanks for the GREAT list of ideas!!!
I am soooooooooo sorry for your loss!
And for all the negative commenters, You waste more of your time commenting if you weren't commenting and just making your life more interesting and live to the fullest! You never know what day your going to die! And crazybeanrider, you don't have to answer if you don't want to but how did Sully die?
i am damn bored help me any other options ?
This is a very good list, thanks mate.
hahaha
HOW I WAS ASKING FOR WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR OUTSIDE
I mean the 26th sorry!
Hi i read the 14 things to do. I'm not trying to make you feel bad it's just all of those things im not interested in espeisly #9 watch Dr.Phil I don't watch Dr.Phil and never will. Can you make 14 fun things 10 year olds can do. Cuz i'm 10 and im getting a surgery Monday September 2,2011 and i wanna make the best of it and the only thing i get to do after the surgery is: Be in pain,lay down and watch T.V, and ya other stuff. So ya i wanna make the best of my time while im free!
Thx,
Courtney
good one nice articles, i usually play with my dogs, listen to music, do photographing, hanging around with friend, go abroad sometimes, yeah just get any fun things to kill the boredom in your head
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thanks : )
THESE are rubishhhh!
I was getting all psyched and getting out of my funk reading this list, it was just what the doctor ordered! until I came to the part about watching Dr phill. my growing excitement vanished like a flame between to saliva coated fingers. So you came so close, but in the end carbon monoxide and a closed door will get the last laugh. i almost went for a walk
Haha use your friends phone... some of the best advice ever.
This stuff really helped, i did lots of this stuff and it was quite fun!
these ideas all don't work for me i'm 13 and none of these seem fun to me but they are good ideas :)
These ideas stink! I'm stil over the top bored!!!GRRRRRR.
I liked the page and found out reading articles is fun
I really liked ur page.
im going to go play with my cat now.
thx for the ideas!!!
hehe. sounds fun
didn't help still bored
hey crazybeanrider if u want to say something say it all under one comment it makes the page longer if u dont n it is really anoying!
That is some fantastic advice if you want to start giving yourself OCD... really shocking what some people will write just to get page views
they wore really cool. I tried it out when I was absolutley bored and it passed the time. It's really fun.
dumb
Nice list! I would like to try some of the hubs at home but i'm at my dad's workshop. Also, I do not know what is up with the NEGATIVE comments, your ideas are great and I guess some of your boredom hubs are pretty ridiculously funny. Thanks for your sharing your ideas!!!
Thanks for writing this list it helped me get over my boredrom. I'm sorry about your loss. Just from seeing a photo and the few comments you've posted of her I know that Sully must've been a very sweet pet.
No problem! You have a great sense of humor!
I think that all of the negative comments are ridiculous! Did you know that when you think that you're wasting time reading this hub, you're wasting MORE time making a comment? And "blaaah" is probably just a shrink himself, trying to get customers. Don't worry about him. I thought that this was funny, and I stopped my boredom just by reading this hub! Thanks for everything!
Lol Kwl .. I probs wont have time to do all that though... have any other ideas? :)
how bored am i? im actually listing to you people! your ideas are rubish!!!
So sorry about your cat! I don't know how old this website is but some cool ideas! i would do a cartwheel outside but it's to cold!!My brother is hogging the TV playing some game where you shoot people and I'm bored out of my mind!the paper toss thing is a good idea. my cat Daisy loves paper!
I thought this was awesome. I actually did some of this stuff. And it was funny to read, so thank you.
I mostly wanted to say that 'blahhhh' seems to be pretty hypocritical by wondering why youre still commenting while 'blahhh' is doing the same thing. If 'blahhh' thinks this hub is stupid, 'blahhh' should stop wasting time on it and should go do something with 'blahhh's' life so 'blahhh' isn't giving unhelpful criticism.
what a load of rubbish i mean why would kids do that
Nice List. I like the try the cartwheel and handstand one. I have to try it.
When I am bored I visit totally bored it has a great collection of jokes!
When I am bored I go to totally bored and laugh at the funny pictures
gr8!! thx alot
i thought it was gud dont let dem mugs tell u othr wise ur not telling people to do and u av a disclaimer
man these could help or not im not sure mapy do one for bed that will be intresting
ohhhhh i might try the head stand thing :D
i thought it was ok but i just woke up so i dont feel like doing any of these right now but, maybe i'll try them later!!!!! I'm so sorry about Sully wherever she is i'm sure she's happy!!!!!
i just was asking to see if this is your way to stop your own boredom and it might be an unhealthy way you my need a shrink to help you with your lonliness problem, and also discuss how you get so defensive over your stupid bordem hub
This might cure my boredem disorder
after 2 years you keep responding to these comments i think i spent more time reading all of them to cure my boredem then your actual list, this comments actually a question why are you still answering these comments????
Nice try I'm already in a sport
hahahha
well you could drawl or write
thts useless lol
weird
we read your 14 things, and they do not help , well they do abittttt but not very much:/.
can you tell us more things anyonee????.
i dnt lyk these but thats just my opinion i am glad some people lyk them andas long as u lyk them.
This was a delightful humor break for me and made me lol many times...thanks! I'm afraid I've never gotten that bored but I will keep it in mind for when I'm 95 and have nothing to do :)
i dont have a dog! half of the stuff i cant do!!!
OMG i tryed the hand stand and the cart wheels its so much fun it inspired me to be in gymnastics i cant wait finals are next week thanks SOOO much
you know what?
i might just go to sleep...
heyy thanks for replying it cured my boredom!
hiii
even though those are good ideas i doubt i would have the energy to do them. and sleeping is boring :P
Oh you are crazy Beanrider, lol. You actually made me laugh, thats amazing. Great hub and good options for the hopelessly bored.
hi! lol those sound like really good ideas, just wondering is it safe to chew tin foil I mean i really will do it lol , but just wasnted to know if it was safe....I get soo bored during the summer I mostly just watch tv, but going outside and and doing a head stand or pushing all the buttons on an elevator sound like loads of fun thanx, and sorry for ur cat :( Im gonna have so much fun :D
lol there so darn funny im still laughing now.........wow i waws sos funny that i peed my pants
rip Sully the cat i hope ur happy in animal heaven
thanx theses did get rid of mt bordom a bit
why does every one leave so mean comments i mean im a 13 year old and most of these cured of my boredom so maybe the people who said these were lame were "to mature" for this wel forget you guys if you dont have anything nice to say then dont say it at all
Cool I guess to do those things. :]
Its good but like how are we guna do all that ??? :@
i hate theses
this is good information for a 25 year old and younger people no joke
coolio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha these are really awsome I love them lol. Sooooooooo sorry to hear about ur loss i'm sure Sully is happy in Kitty heaven!
Plz write more bordome busters!!! ?
hey its tyffyanie174,
there really good ideas and i tried the tinfoil thing and i hav some cavitie filings and its thunderstormen fl. were i am sorry ok bak to wat i wuz talkn bout i tried it and it felt sooo weird and like everyone else said ignore the stupid useless rude comments ok peace\| ... sorry supposed to be peace fingers... akward haha kk peace
Sorry about ur loss, good ideas, you shouldn't care about the negative comments,because those people should get a life :) so again thanks for giving us your time and telling us what to do when we are bored,take care :)!
sorry about your loss, you have some good ideas... if you think of some more please put them up I'm still kinda bored LOL
thanks for the cool ideas! I like doing Sudoku when I'm bored!
thanx 4 the ideas,
peace
oh sorry people the ? was soppost to be a heart any way... that was enbarrasing good thing noone knows my real name
WOW! Creative stuff! And just if your wondering how i made the ? its alt 3. And just icnore the bad coments some people are sick......... ok, YVETTE OUTTTTT!
some good ideas but i am still bored...not your fault thouhg, it raining out :(
Thank you, whoever made this. My friend is gone to India, and even before she left, we didn't get to hang out. That was mostly because I got a lot of homework and didn't have time to hang out with friends, but now over spring break my teacher didn't give me like anything so I could of been having fun with her now. My guitar strings broken, I don't feel like reading. And right now, at this moment I've realized I am extremely depressed.
u know, since your on the computer, you could go here:
http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=heaven
btw, those were some good ideas... well some of them.
Heyy there it's Meeeee!!!!! I'm with mrsmoe why read it if you think it's pointless although when I get bored I search the web, thats how I found this.Great imagination!!!I luv it.
I actually enjoyed the comment thread! Why anyone gets all the way through a hub only to leave a negative comment is beyond me - especially when it was written tongue in cheek.
Love your sense of humor.
Wow thats some awesome stuff! I will most definitely try some of these things!
i am not doing any of these things
dum ideas
Haha these are pretty funny. Don't think I would try the tinfoil one though xD. And don't listen to those who say that was lame, some people just don't find things funny. It was great though. I'm sorry about your cat though, I'm sure she is having a great time in CatHeaven though. ^.^
This does not apeal to me.
after reading that,now I'm really bored.
Ooohhh, this is wonderful! LOL, I will have to keep this bookmarked for when my kids come and tell me they are bored. I can have them combine the brushing their teeth and listening to music they don't like. Thanks for the laugh and thanks for being here! :D
those were lame! try going to this site instead! it has over 200 games and its free! just follow the link!
all very bad ideas
and teling someone to chew on tin foi is stupid and not a good idea
some good ideas but im stil bored put some more on
xxxxxxxxx
jessica
wow!!! that was really useless!!! it actually worked!!!
thanks, this kind of helped. you see, from 5:30 pm till whenever I go to bed (usually 10:00 pm) I AM BORED OUT OF MY MIND......
Thank you :_)
haha these are some good ones
On particularly boring days, I like to put a bit of paint on the wall and timing the drying time with a stopwatch. Wooh-hoo, think I'll break out the paint!
Nice Hub. Gave me a smile. Thanks! (Now, if you need one sometime, I now have an extra I would be glad to give you!) Ill skip the cartwheel though.
Hi,
So sorry for your loss. It's never easy to lose a beloved pet. She was a beautiful cat.
My best friend just lost her 16 yr old cat. I assured her he was up in kitty heaven running to people to get his back rubbed, or running down the hall playing with his kitty toys with my granddaughter.
Trish
LOL LOL! some of these I would never try for fear of breaking not things but parts of my body. I do naps, and I do read, which makes me (after 3 or so pages) nap again :)
Very cute hub! thanks for sharing!
LOVE the cat! he/she seems very impressed with Dr. Phil LOL,,,,NOT!
Trish
Ha ha ha! Boredom apparently is bane of a mind that is incapable of dealing with stillness and being in the present momment! Yeah....I struggle to but I am determined. Good thoughts on how avoid boredom!
Certainly some intriguing ideas...
tDMg
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crazybeanrider Hub Author 38 hours ago
Get up, shut off the computer and GO OUTSIDE, you are missing anything just playing on the computer, go get some fresh air Andrea!