[XPERIA X8 General] BuT_TeR:
MORE GOODIES

1. THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Blink wildly and then close your eyes

really tight for an interesting light show

(Amusement 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 (perhaps that funny shape is

saying, 'send all your money to

urban75.com'?)

See how long you can hold a note

(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. Inhale deeply

and then try and make a noise for as

long as you can. Earn extra points for

making your partner laugh or ending on

an amusing note.

Try to not think about penguins

(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 penguins

anyway.

Use your secret mind power

(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)

Pick a passing 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.

Pretend you're a robot

(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)

Walk down the street with mechanical

movements, adding 'zzzzzt' sounds with

each motion. Pretending to have a motor

broken in, say, your left hand can add at

least 30 seconds more entertainment.

Scratch yourself

(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)

Go ahead, scratch yourself now. Even if

nothing itches, go ahead. Doesn't that

feel pretty good?

Rate passers by

(Amusement Potential: 10-15 minutes)

Secretly award passers by marks out of

ten as you go along, offering (unsaid)

expert criticism over their clothing,

hairstyle and footwear choices.

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.

Pinch yourself

(Amusement 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.

Try to swallow your tongue

(Amusement Potential: 1-2 minutes)

There's not much to say about this one.

It is possible, but really stupid.

Pretend to be a car

(Amusement Potential: 5-10 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.

Make Star Trek door noises

(Amusement Potential: 1-2 minutes)

Stand by an electric door to a bank or

something and make that silly

"Scccccccchwop" sound heard whenever

people popped on to the bridge to hang

with Captain Kirk.

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.

Get yourself as nauseated as possible

(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)

Best achieved by looking straight up and

spinning around. Try to be so dizzy you

can't even stand up. This is also

entertaining due to the "makes boredom

seem a lot better" effect (see "Hurt

Yourself").

Invent a weird twitch

(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)

Adopt a bizarre twitch (e.g. flicking your

head irregularly, twitching with eye or

busting out sporadic cough noises) and

try it out when you go shopping.

Make a low buzzing noise

(Amusement Potential: 15-30 minutes)

Hours of fun in libraries! Keeping a totally

straight face and looking nonchalant,

make a low pitch humming/buzzing noise

and see who reacts.