100 things to do before you die

[ToSeek]

Turn yourself into a diamond: tips from science on a good life, and death

A thinktank of British scientists has come up with a new way of quickening the national intellect - a brain-taxing spin on the old formula of 100 things to do before you die.

The group, which includes the evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins, astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, neuroscientist Susan Greenfield and the inventor James Dyson, urges us all to take samples of our own DNA, measure the speed of light with chocolate, and solve the mathematical mystery of the number 137.

[Maksutov]

OK.

Now, what are the next 100 things to do?

[Swift]

This lady I used to work with had a coffee mug that said:
God put me on this Earth to get a number of things accomplished. I'm so far behind I'll live forever.

[Candy]

James Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner and the two-drum washing machine

"I'd like to see our society focusing less on how things look and more on how they work. Children should be taught to consider engineering and science as cool - not the preserve of boffins"

I have a Dyson. 8)

What's a boffin? 8-[

[Maksutov]

James Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner and the two-drum washing machine

"I'd like to see our society focusing less on how things look and more on how they work. Children should be taught to consider engineering and science as cool - not the preserve of boffins"

I have a Dyson. 8)

What's a boffin? 8-[

It's English slang. It means someone who is particularly knowledgeable about his/her subject. It's a bit less friendly than "expert". Calling someone a boffin suggests (much like nerd) that they have body odor and are virgins. Boffins are invariably male.

[frogesque]

Boffin

I've never used the word in a derogatory sense, more in the meaning of a clever, if somewhat eccentric, technical or scientific expert. It's a very English, subjective word and probably doesn't cross the Atlantic too well.

[Candy]

Boffin

I've never used the word in a derogatory sense, more in the meaning of a clever, if somewhat eccentric, technical or scientific expert. It's a very English, subjective word and probably doesn't cross the Atlantic too well.

Yes, we do know the word boff. :P

[frogesque]

Yes, we do know the word boff. :P

Candy, your link's busted but if it turns up the same definition I found then it's probably just as well

[Candy]

Yes, we do know the word boff. :P

Candy, your link's busted but if it turns up the same definition I found then it's probably just as well

It was the same as yours, it just contained some extra verbiage like vulgar. :wink:

[Richard of Chelmsford]

I'd like to visit America before I die.

[sarongsong]

Boff1, definition 2
An elderly couple had been dating for some time.. Finally they
decided it was time for marriage.
Before the wedding, they went out to dinner and had a long
conversation regarding how their marriage might work.
They discussed finances, living arrangements and so on.
Finally the old gentleman decided it was time to broach the
subject of their physical relationship.
"How do you feel about sex?" he asked, rather trustingly.
"Well," she says, responding very carefully, "I'd have to say, I
would like it infrequently."
The old gentleman sat quietly for a moment. Then looking over
his glasses, looked her in the eye casually and asked, "Was that
one or two words?"

[Candy]

Boff1, definition 2
An elderly couple had been dating for some time.. Finally they
decided it was time for marriage.
Before the wedding, they went out to dinner and had a long
conversation regarding how their marriage might work.
They discussed finances, living arrangements and so on.
Finally the old gentleman decided it was time to broach the
subject of their physical relationship.
"How do you feel about sex?" he asked, rather trustingly.
"Well," she says, responding very carefully, "I'd have to say, I
would like it infrequently."
The old gentleman sat quietly for a moment. Then looking over
his glasses, looked her in the eye casually and asked, "Was that
one or two words?"

=D>

I wonder how many people will not get the joke. 8-[

[Maksutov]

Boff1, definition 2
An elderly couple had been dating for some time.. Finally they
decided it was time for marriage.
Before the wedding, they went out to dinner and had a long
conversation regarding how their marriage might work.
They discussed finances, living arrangements and so on.
Finally the old gentleman decided it was time to broach the
subject of their physical relationship.
"How do you feel about sex?" he asked, rather trustingly.
"Well," she says, responding very carefully, "I'd have to say, I
would like it infrequently."
The old gentleman sat quietly for a moment. Then looking over
his glasses, looked her in the eye casually and asked, "Was that
one or two words?"

=D>

I wonder how many people will not get the joke. 8-[

Depends on what pops into their minds re frequency: Mhz or GHz! :wink: