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Author Topic: Why is everyone "too cool" to do anything? (even free things)  (Read 13550 times)

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Re: Why is everyone "too cool" to do anything? (even free things)
« Reply #135 on: February 06, 2011, 03:43:37 pm »

Seconding movie night.

Potlucks and sewing bees? :D  Everyone learns to knit?
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Re: Why is everyone "too cool" to do anything? (even free things)
« Reply #136 on: February 06, 2011, 08:00:44 pm »

I'd also recommend movie night, but I do have a friend with a home cinema system...
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Re: Why is everyone "too cool" to do anything? (even free things)
« Reply #137 on: February 06, 2011, 10:15:30 pm »

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That might kinda work actually. I have the original NES and Sega. Also Playstation. No N64 personally but possible. Of course I'd be a little worried about someone mashing my vintage gaming systems but yeah.... Location? Hum, Library? Rec center? Not sure exactly.

As for the number of people I'm not really sure. The more the merrier I suppose. As long as you make sure the people are acceptable and not nuts I guess it'd be ok. That is the issue though.... Meh.
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Re: Why is everyone "too cool" to do anything? (even free things)
« Reply #138 on: February 07, 2011, 03:37:11 am »

Not to sound nerdy, but... Book night? Perhaps Music night? Chess night? XD

...Probably not good ideas, but I know I'd like to attend them.
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« Reply #139 on: February 07, 2011, 08:06:21 am »

...Probably not good ideas, but I know I'd like to attend them.

I'd totally join too.
Even though this wouldn't invalidate your concern that it might be considered nerdy...
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« Reply #140 on: February 07, 2011, 08:54:24 am »

I would like to put forward a poker night. Keep the stakes low, I don't go for more than £5 to £10 per person.
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Re: Why is everyone "too cool" to do anything? (even free things)
« Reply #141 on: February 07, 2011, 10:25:19 am »

Twister and other ridiculous party games night? Hide and Seek night? Real life Cluedo night?  :D
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« Reply #142 on: February 07, 2011, 08:43:07 pm »

Real life Cluedo night?  :D
I dunno, murdering people does seem a bit extreme, no matter how fun the game might be.
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« Reply #143 on: February 07, 2011, 09:21:28 pm »

Real Life Mafia Night! I'd go. I'd go to most of the others too. I endorse boardgame night especially.
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Re: Why is everyone "too cool" to do anything? (even free things)
« Reply #144 on: February 08, 2011, 12:23:43 am »

Real life Risk night.
Send people to various parts of the world and have then strive for world domination  :)

or real life monopoly night.
Buy major streets and charge people for landing on them. Build houses when appropriate.
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« Reply #145 on: February 08, 2011, 01:40:38 am »

or real life monopoly night.
Buy major streets and charge people for landing on them. Build houses when appropriate.


I'm gonna get slightly off topic here for a moment, but This actually reminds me of a thought I had a while back for a prank that could be played by a person who had a very VERY large amount of extra money laying around and who also lived near the New Jersey shore. Namely, they could print up t-shirts and set up a booth somewhere in some nondescript part of Atlantic City* and make it look like they're affiliated with some sort of organization with a name like "Go" or "The Go Foundation" or something of that nature, and just hand out $200 to everybody who walks by. Of course, very few people have the obscene amounts of cash required to run this prank for any significant amount of time. A potentially cheaper prank which also requires less setup (in addition to being much edgier) would be to intentionally get yourself arrested for a minor offense (with a small maximum fine that you know that you can pay) and then try to get out of it using a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card from a Monopoly game...


*The source of the street names on the standard Monopoly board
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Re: Why is everyone "too cool" to do anything? (even free things)
« Reply #146 on: February 08, 2011, 08:18:48 pm »

Or you know
just hand out monopoly money ::)
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« Reply #147 on: February 08, 2011, 08:22:17 pm »

 :o That's Brilliant!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #148 on: February 08, 2011, 11:57:25 pm »

I like movie nights. They're always fun, although it's good to know the movie(s) is/are good beforehand.
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« Reply #149 on: February 09, 2011, 07:53:54 am »

I like movie nights. They're always fun, although it's good to know the movie(s) is/are good beforehand.

With the right group of people crappy movies can be more fun than good ones.
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