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Your Ideas for the Fun-O-Meter?

By Alex in Everything Else on Aug 6, 2008 at 2:38 pm


Remember the Idea Machine / Fun-O-Meter / Funulator story we posted on Neatorama before? Jake Bronstein of Zoomdoggle, the originator of the whole thing is now asking YOU, dear Neatorama readers, for ideas.

The idea (heh!) is to suggest fun things that can be done right now – anything, really – Jake’s favorites include combing your hair like Donald Trump (he has the diagram), take a high jump picture (like this how-to he wrote), and so on.

So. Here’s your chance: what fun ideas would you suggest to Jake for his next installment of the Fun-O-Meter?


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  1. susan
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    -built a fort
    -buy a mad lib book and do them (using words such as fartknocker, boobs, butthole, ballsack, etc. of course)
    -have a burping contest with a friend
    -walk around down yelling 'braaaaiiinnnss!!!'
    -learn a schuhplattling dance

  2. Jake D.
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    -Go play in the fountains at Columbus Circle at night with a friend (then take a shower because bums pee in there)

    -Ride a subway and move between cars while it's moving. You'll feel like Indiana Jones!

    -Try to casually enter tourists pictures, and make a subtly odd face toward the camera.

    This is assuming he's still in nyc.

  3. mustardhamsters
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    Well, what I did right now was really dig around in the links you posted. I went to the high jump page, then to the Facebook album Jake linked on one of his pictures, then to the other pages of the album with the pictures Jake didn't include. Here's a gem: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=776054&id=519667937&l=324d6

    Things you could do right now:
    Blow a raspberry
    Grab someone's butt (two scoops)
    Scratch yourself all over
    Stretch your eyes
    Throw the change in your pocket on the ground as hard as you can and yell something like "Damn kangaroos!"
    Take a homeless guy out to lunch or order them a pizza
    Draw a mustache on your finger for instant 'stache on the go
    Imagine you're a whale or a cop car
    Profile suspects
    Mail something cool to someone you don't know
    Whistle a song in the highest register possible
    Lowly hum a buzzing sound and make up responses as to what that noise is when people ask
    Take crotch shots of yourself or your friends (I think Jake already hit on that one)

  4. SenorMysterioso
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Buy a newspaper, read the comics and do the crossword puzzle

    compliment a stranger

    if youre wearing a tie, loosen it. If not wearing a tie, pretend you are and loosen it

    pull up your socks

  5. Jake D.
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    So if our choices are picked, what do we win? Hopefully it's a speedo like in the picture mustardhamsters posted.

  6. stormie24
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 10:24 pm

    - give someone a free hug
    - buy a stranger lunch
    - go to the closest park and sketch a tree

  7. stacyj
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    - Hug the nearest friendly dog
    - Read a book beneath a tree
    - Flip through a catalog and play the "What would you order if you could/had to order ONE item on each page?" game
    - Learn to spin a pen around your fingers
    - Alphabetize your books, pantry items, things in your glove box - anything that CAN be alphabetized

  8. AJ
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 1:40 am

    Building on stormie24's idea, dress like a hippy and carry around a cardboard sign reading, "FREE HUGS."

    When someone takes you up on the offer, finish by whipping a score sheet out of your pocket and ask the person to rate your hug.

  9. ted
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 5:21 am

    Get a job?

  10. SenorMysterioso
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 11:08 am

    quit your job

  11. Lukas
    Aug 8th, 2008 at 2:46 am

    -Walk sideways for 5 minutes or so
    -Buy a cactus
    -Ride the subway and stare at one person the entire trip. Be far enough away so they won't approach you, and if they look at you look away.
    -Pretend you're in the middle of a rodeo

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