Push your eyes for an interesting light show(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes)

See a variety of blobs, stars and flashes. Try to make out things-is your subconcious

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?

Try not to think about polar bears (AP: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.

Hurt yourself (AP:1-3 minutes)

What is pain? Why is it unpleasant? There's nothjing physical about it-it's all in your

mind. Plus, after pinching yourself for a while, boredom will seem nice next to being in

pain.

Try to swallow your toungue. (AP:1-3 minutes)

There's not much to say about this one. It is possible.

Look at something for awhile, shut eyes, study after image (AP: 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 (AP: 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 Youself"]

See what's in your neighbor's trash (AP:20-30 mintues)

You can learn a lot about people by what they throw out. You mihgt uncover some dark

secret about them. Plus, they might throw out something of value that still works, like a

VCR.

Watch TV, repeat everything that's said in an Italian accent (AP:5-10 minutes)

Sort of entertaining. Fun to pretend the people on the screen are actually talking that

way.

Make prank phone calls (AP:20-60 minutes)

Very entertaining, but requires discepline. Remember-vulgarities don't make a call

funny, but getting the other person to believe a ridiculous story will. One to get you

started off: call McDonald's and try to make reservations.

Pretend all humans will die except for the people in the room with you (AP: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. Best to do it with people you

know.

Step off curb with eyes shut, imagine it's a cliff (AP:2-5 minutes)

To get any benefit out of this one, you have to have a good imagination. Don't step off

imediatly, build up to the jump. Study the ravine below. Fell the winds at that altitude.

Step off and... Aaaaahhh!!

Burn things with a magnifying glass (AP:2-30 minutes) Ants are always fun to use for

this, but buring the face of someone you don't like can be just as entertaining.

Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around (AP:2-5 minutes)

This works on the "i have the feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an

expiriment-dioes this really work?

Have a "who is less competitive" competition (AP:1-3 minutes)

Trying to win at this will make you lose. Trying to win makes you lose which makes you

win. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose.

Pick up a dog so it can see things from your point of view (AP:3-5 minutes)

Think about it: your dog has only seen the house from a viewpoint from 6" to 2' high.

It's never seen the tops of counters, what you keep on the desk, the tops of shelves,

etc. Try looking at things from it's point of view, too.

Pull out hair, stick it in someone's ear (AP:1-5 minutes) Best done to sleeping people.

Added challenge in having no one else around, because then you can't blame it on

anyone else.

Pour water in hand, make sneeze noise, throw water on back of person's neck

(AP:5-15 minutes)

Always a good gag. For an even bigger reaction out of the person, act like your not

sorry at all for what they think you did. Comment instead on how big that sneeze was or

about how there was a lot of mucus in that one.

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