Help needed with commuter boredom..

Admiral Huddy

Admiral Huddy

Admiral Huddy

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How often do you sit on a train having forgotten your reading stuff and music only to wonder what the hell to do? After a few minutes you become hypnotised, focusing on some woman plastering her face in make up. I can’t help thinking “I’ve seen you face naked.. fnarrr” when I see women doing this. Anyway, you find yourself staring but actually looking, if that makes any sense. It’s worse this time of year as its dark out side and you can only see yourself, which isn’t a pretty sight. Anyway, to release this boredom, I need a few ideas to pass the time away. Any suggestions? Suicide is not an option :p

Here are a few of my current games:

Single player:

Spot how many women have holes in their tights? My record is 3

Read the paper belong to your neighbour. See how long before they close their papers tighter so you can’t.

Do the same with someone’s texts or notebooks.

Name that tune!! Guess the song that a fellow passenger obviously wants to share with the rest of the community.

“Tickets please”… shouldn't need any further explanation


Multiplayer

Guess Who. Your mate has to guess who you have chosen by process of elimination.

Phone bingo – Pick a row of commuters, the first row where everyone has used their mobile wins. You shout bingo!!
 
Wow, that's thorough.

I can't say I played any games when I used to commute. Other than staying away from smelly people... which is more to do with survival than amusement.
 
Sit in the corner looking shifty, nervously thumbing a lipstick holder and muttering foriegn sounding words. See how long it takes to clear a carriage.
 
If your train goes through a tunnel, try holding your breath for the duration.

I don't recommend this for the London underground....
 
Darkmage88 said:
I'm terrible for this, tube, train, can't help myself :P Haven't noticed anyone ever try to hide their paper though!
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.. it's usually the free papers that people close up :D

Mr.Orb said:
If your train goes through a tunnel, try holding your breath for the duration.

I don't recommend this for the London underground....
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haha superb idea.. I might try this one on the wife next time :p
 
my old housemate used to commute to rugby

he sat on the train and timed how long he could go without someone sitting next to him

he managed to get all the way there and back sittign on his own once because he said he arched his neck forward and grunted at people

the odd boy
 
multiplayer

CHAPS
first to see all of these..

cow, horse, (a) dog, pig, sheep

wins

if you call a 'pig' then the other players can't call the same one, or one from the same field.

pigs are a nightmare to find on a train, and a bacon sarnie doesn't count.


my canadian mate invented it
 
I enjoy the newspaper one. Some people actually encourage you by making it easier and holding the page towards you. Weirdos.

I like pretending to fall asleep with a sort of sagging shoulder / mouth expression, you know - but without actually physically touching them. Some people see it coming and get really paranoid, cue a gentle elbow poke.
 
i guy i used to work with did this in the office all the time, and i've used it on the train a couple of times to great success...

hum an annoying / catchy theme tune, preferably from the 80s and see how long it takes for others to start humming it too :D
 
Lol, try find somewhere where there is a lot of people using there laptops with the free wireless. Then because its an unsecure system and virgins password is password, either search the IP addresses of the computers linked to it (shared files mainly). or just kick everybody off so you get good connection and see how many people around you complain. :)
 
Siliconslave said:
i guy i used to work with did this in the office all the time, and i've used it on the train a couple of times to great success...

hum an annoying / catchy theme tune, preferably from the 80s and see how long it takes for others to start humming it too :D
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i used to do that in work all the time, by the end of the day i could have about 10 people all humming/whistling the same tune :D
 
Asus Eee PC with Linux installed + Season 1 - 11 of southpark.

Thats my current boredom cure for my daily commute.

That said, There's always time to glance at pretty girlies too.
 
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