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75 Things That Every Man Should Do Before He Dies

esquire.com — In honor of Esquire ’s seventy-fifth anniversary, we look at the seventy-five things, from flying a Cessna to building a reputation, that every man should do before he dies.

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  • Masternajee, on 07/24/2008, -18/+6Awesome List. Thanks.
    • cawpin, on 07/24/2008, -1/+4Funny, this popped up between two for me. Does she count as one of the things your supposed to do?

      http://m1.2mdn.net/1317305/esq_300x250_wwlBrit_06. ...

      No 22 is great.
    • Murdats, on 07/24/2008, -0/+10stupid list

      "Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is."
      -- Margaret Mitchell

      and im not reading 79 pages of 75 pages of stupid advice.
    • theadvinci, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3No. 46: Kill, dress, cook, and eat wild game.

      The first rule of dressing an animal is to remove the intestines, lungs, liver, and heart as soon after the kill as possible. If you can’t handle that thought, then you have no business shooting at anything.

      Damn right!
      • DeFex, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3i thought you had to put on the underwear, and then the socks, then the outer clothing.
    • thcobbs, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Awsome... click
      List... click... wait for ad
      thanks! click...

      I mean seriously... who has more click throughs than the list itself?
    • tutfire, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Learning a guitar song is a really good idea, but you shouldn't start with creep. Unless you have freakishly strong fingers, you're not going to be able to do barre chords well when you're just starting out (like B and Cm). Something like Brown Eyed Girl is tons easier. it's just G, C, and D.
  • u8muhrice, on 07/24/2008, -23/+2what happened to "Have a Threesome with Two other Chicks"?
    • juneau, on 07/24/2008, -0/+23It's #34.
    • Nezacant, on 07/24/2008, -0/+11What happened to reading the article?
    • plundstedt, on 07/24/2008, -0/+6Seriously...RTFA man. You look really dumb now.
    • JingleHymrShmit, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7in his defense the list just said to "Have a threesome"

      but then to cut him down again he said have a threesome with two other chicks which would imply that he is chick and therefore shouldn't be making up comments for 75 things men should do before they die
  • mcdougan, on 07/24/2008, -12/+27Some of these i dont know about shoplifting and then returning it is all that great of an idea, "Pegging my speedometer doesnt sound safe / legal and making moonshine is a little southern even for me

    • wphj, on 07/24/2008, -5/+15Man up.
      • Scrappy1850, on 07/24/2008, -1/+6i prefer "sack up" but i dugg you up for not using "cowboy up"
    • notoneofus, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2It's OK. You can just borrow an 80s car with an 85 mph speedometer if it scares you. Or try it in a Suzuki Samurai.
    • ParanoydAndroid, on 07/24/2008, -4/+3Moonshine is horrible, horrible, liquid fire - and every man should make it and drink it once. I made it freshman year of college because none of use were 21, we had no connections (at the beginning), and I wanted to become a manly legend.
      I've never drank anything more worthy than my retchingly bad mango moonshine.
    • asskicker32, on 07/24/2008, -3/+2home distilling is illegal in most states as well.
    • happyfundave, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Do I get to check it off the list if i never returned it?
  • jaybol, on 07/24/2008, -3/+10I love this one because it reminds me of what i do with my own library books by throwing random photos and drunken prose in which i figure out the world (only to realize the next day that it is completely "incoherent")

    No. 12: Leave yourself a letter in a library book. Look for it twenty years later.
    Pick an obscure biography in a college library, since no one there wants to insult obscurity by decataloging a book, and the library will most likely always be there. One page. Be discreet. Type it on erasable bond, tuck it in the back, and hope that no one ever notices. As for content, skip the hopes and dreams. Mention the weather, tell yourself what you ate that morning, make a list of your friends, note how much you weigh and whether you feel fat, remind yourself of a secret you want to keep.

    ha i don't know if a man would write about feeling a bit fat, but you get the idea.
  • fletcher008, on 07/24/2008, -13/+5If "a woman" is not on this list, im calling it suspect at best.
  • wampalord, on 07/24/2008, -2/+120Buried for slideshow filled with stopper ads. Also, another list?
    • FrankTheTank17, on 07/24/2008, -0/+31Also buried the fact that you have to go through each item in the list one by one
    • versualize, on 07/24/2008, -0/+17A single page with 75 things on it would have made this list, although still a ***** list, much better.
    • mattearle, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7Bad user experience. Sigh... old media.
  • KenSPT, on 07/24/2008, -5/+10I hate the internet ...
  • BrendanCAV, on 07/24/2008, -17/+0#76 - "Two chicks at the same time."
  • sircomix, on 07/24/2008, -4/+167#76 Not click this link.

    I mean seriously... 79 pages? With ads every 5 slides? Screw you!
    • jsauter, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4I think that my personal record for the 'Largest Useless Slideshow on the Internet'.

    • Chewie67, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3I agree. I hate this new trend of Top Bazillion lists with one item per page, and ads everywhere.

      I've stopped reading them. Too much trouble.
    • Sabretou, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2There is no way I'm RTFA. They can take their 79-page article to hell.
    • Soave, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2It went pretty fast; each slide wasn't a new page, like some articles are. When you see the ad, just press the 'next' arrow again and move on.
  • psbpv3o, on 07/24/2008, -2/+3675 slides, that sometimes have to load, really?
    • damonic, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7It should have just been a list. I got thru 10 before getting annoyed with the ads.
    • loopis, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Worst user interface ever, I bailed after the perfect omelet detour.
  • osirislink, on 07/24/2008, -6/+14Dugg for Cory the Australian Party boy.
  • SlavaPastuk, on 07/24/2008, -0/+50Man, every week Digg comes out with more things to do until I die. I'm only 18 and already panicking about how I'm going to get this done
    • cdigioia, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3It's OK, on amazing health breakthroughs come out every week on Digg too, so you should be able to live until two or three hundred easy. Plenty of time.
      • adamk0310, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1But so do warnings about things that may kill you. Soy, or something.
      • cdigioia, on 07/27/2008, -0/+1***** you're right...
    • PopcornDave, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Don't worry about it. A good portion of that stuff you're going to do in your lifetime anyway and not because it's on some stupid list. It's called living.
    • SlavaPastuk, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2LIVING? that's not on the list. Damn, +1 more thing
    • siandt, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2It gets a lot less daunting if you just count how many you've already done. Threesome? Check. Lived abroad? Check. Rugby? Check. Other ubiquitous life experiences? Check.
    • SlavaPastuk, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2I plan on waiting and doing everything at once. You know, a threesome during halftime of a rugby game in Morocco
  • Rudegar, on 07/24/2008, -10/+376. make a list
    • manitoba98xp, on 07/24/2008, -0/+11That's #5. Seriously, did anyone actually read the article?
      • Rudegar, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2:S no there was one just like it not long ago had better design
    • roomforpanic, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2Actually it was #5.
  • Sillywombat, on 07/24/2008, -0/+42WOW.... this is a joke, ads every 4 images, thats going a bit too far.
  • LR2_, on 07/24/2008, -2/+60This is stupid. The list is incredibly lame, has ads every 6-7 photos, and it is not all on one page. 78 clicks to see the whole list.

    SPAM
  • Jrohan, on 07/24/2008, -2/+9Pegging the Speedometer might not be a legal thing to do but neither are a few of the other things on the list thats the whole excitement of the thing...not getting caught
  • Kabloink, on 07/24/2008, -16/+1#1 Buy a iPhone
  • Thorpe, on 07/24/2008, -1/+14UGH. Stupid adverts coming up between images. Disgusting. Bury time.
  • Frecklefoot, on 07/24/2008, -5/+11A lot of the items in this list are just plain stupid or dangerous (stupidly dangerous). I think this list is really only valid for the person who wrote it.
    • Gizzmo0411, on 07/24/2008, -3/+5That wooshing sound you just heard was the sound of the point flying over your head.
    • EmperorAwesome, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3You'll notice "be consistently risk averse" is not on the list.
  • ViperCTW, on 07/24/2008, -1/+11I hate these, only because they are the author's idea of 75 things he thinks are cool.

    Make your own list of activities important to you. Don't try and follow some random person's game plan for life.
    • Matt2k, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7In fairness, that was like, the fifth item on the list. "Write your own list"
      Seriously
    • Crosshare, on 07/24/2008, -1/+5A lot of the activities are to take you out of your comfort zone, helping you grow as a person.
    • phauna, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1Of course no one is going to do these 75 things, they will just do the ones they like. It's hard to come up with good things for such a list by your self, I think.
  • IndyDude81, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2#76 - After completing all 75 tasks, wait a week for another "75 Things That Every Man Should Do Before He Dies" list to appear on Digg.
  • cejones, on 07/24/2008, -1/+9Esquire can burn in hell for putting so many damn ads in between the items. Who clicks 75 times to see some lame ass list?
  • thatguyfred, on 07/24/2008, -0/+9A link below it shows:



    * The Life List: 175 Things A Man Should Do Before He Dies

    Yeah...
  • mrbradg, on 07/24/2008, -2/+1I thought Bucket List was a great movie and we should all make a list of things we want to do before we knock over....but this list is just for ideas.
  • GQCarrick, on 07/24/2008, -5/+3Number 1 - Play Rugby, Very true. It is the hardest sport on your body. When I played in college we had football players routinely tell us that there was no way in hell they would not play without pads on and get tackled like we do.
    • GunOfSod, on 07/24/2008, -2/+3Why should it be important to play a sport thats hard on your body? I have 2 ***** knees now thanks to years chasing a stupid ball round the rugby field. Thats just plain bloody stupid.
    • asskicker32, on 07/24/2008, -3/+1Rugby sucks. Play football (soccer) or Aussie rules. Those are real games.
  • Stevethegreat, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3No
  • 2clone, on 07/24/2008, -1/+20No. 17 "skip this ad".


    DONE!!

  • kinerry, on 07/24/2008, -6/+5This list is pretty damned good
  • mrzack, on 07/24/2008, -2/+5max out your credit cards, make sure your check bounces.
  • Number23, on 07/24/2008, -7/+5I've done 28 of the 75.

    FYI: Don't underestimate the amount of labor involved in a three-some...
  • RogueMountie, on 07/24/2008, -1/+8Much of the list is a detailed omelette recipe.
  • krytz86, on 07/24/2008, -2/+5too many ***** ads, buried
  • AlistairMorgan, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3loved it. but skydive isnt on here...
    • EmperorAwesome, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Its assumed you don't know how to land the cessna.
  • gnocchi1442, on 07/24/2008, -2/+41st thing I'm going to do is skip this lame-ass list
  • highps3, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1275 pages? UMMMM no that's definitely NOT one thing I wanna do before I die.
  • slaver, on 07/24/2008, -2/+31. Do something creative.
  • iamgreg007, on 07/24/2008, -1/+8Skydive should be in there.

    So should "take a photo that makes everyone say wow."

    And to echo everyone else, great list, BS with all the clicking and the ads.
    • Number23, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3I've done skydiving and scuba diving. Scuba if very fun, but skydiving is a truly life changing experience.
  • SeraphimJulius, on 07/24/2008, -1/+7Why the hell is skydiving not on this list?
    • itsthebrod, on 07/24/2008, -1/+4Because shoplifting is obviously a more important experience.
    • Tomchei, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2But Bungee jumping is???
  • UnFriendlyFire, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Stupid. I've done about half of those things in the coarse of my normal life and the other half are just stupid. (fast for 3 days? no.)
    • GunOfSod, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Make note to self #76th thing to do "Learn the difference between coarse and course"
  • MagikOvenMit, on 07/24/2008, -0/+12Fast for three days? Why?
    • OfficialJoe, on 07/24/2008, -1/+21Because it is the ultimate "Am I a little bitch?" test.

      Day 1 you are all like "Meh, who needs food?" On this day you make jokes about your decision to not eat for three days (citing health and/or spiritual reasons [avoiding the fact that you are doing it on a dare]) and silently wish you could just nibble on something, like steak.

      Then there is Day 2 better known as "Day of DOOM!". It is a lot like having all of the symptoms of flu without the fever, but with an intensified "hit-by-mofo-train" feeling. Depending on how toxic you are you may experience intense pain in the wrists, muscles and balls (yes, really). You cannot look at food, not only because your eyes hurt like Superman staring at cryptonite, but because the mere thought of it puts you into auto-heave mode. Generally little bitches give up at this stage, force feed themselves something light and feel better within an hour or two, breaking their intended fast.

      Then, assuming you aren't a little bitch, you make it to Day 3. You wake up alarmingly refreshed (comparative to Day 2) feeling a bit weak but being able to actually dress yourself. You are struck by a wide array of smells you never noticed before. The water you have been chugging down the last two days tastes...well, it depends on the quality really, but it tastes like something. All your senses are sharpened to levels of pure awesomeness.

      It gets better though - as the day goes on you experience a weird kind of energy you never knew you had. You feel a bit tired, and you are somewhat short of breath when you walk a distance or climb stairs, but this energy is much the same as that of just having had a refreshing swim in crystal mountain pools. All your arteries seem cleaner and your skin feels younger and stuff just seems so much better.

      And yes, your balls work better too.

      Moreover, you can buy a t-shirt that says "Little bitches give up on Day 2". Or something.

      Some advice though:
      1. Don't do it if you have any underlying illness, especially cold or flu
      2. Prepare yourself about four weeks in advance by fasting one day per week (like 24 hours) - it'll make Day 2 a bit easier
      3. Drink ***** of clean (purified) water during - this also hurries the detoxification along and keeps you hydrated
      4. If you have conditions such as heart disease, diabetes etc. consult your doctor before doing it
      5. When you start eating again, start with skinless, grated, oxidised apples (apples have pectin that keeps you from getting the runs) and avoid fatty, rich foods completely for the next two or three days. Also, for the first day after breaking the fast avoid food with a lot of fibre.

      Yeah. I have the t-shirt.
      • fudged71, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2that was epic. I'll try this next summer
  • ksmcafee, on 07/24/2008, -3/+3one of the best articles i have read on digg in months, ya the ads suck but the content is pretty damn good
  • RizenBB, on 07/24/2008, -0/+575 slides with ads that load in between them?

    ***** buried.
  • nonpareil, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2I wish this appeared in bulleted form, with a checkbox beside each bullet.
  • madmondo, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1What a great list I've done like 25 of the things on it.
  • gfox, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3Life is like TF2, some of the achievments are really hard to do!
  • DavidGuetta9, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5No one outside the UK can name a professional rugby player? really? Not funny even in the least.
    • qetuo, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Obvisouly the writer doesn't understand how popular Rugby is in other countries such as New Zealand, Australia etc etc.

      And i have buried this article i am not going to click through 75 pages just to get page views up.
    • Petestreet, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2I never even saw a rugby game on television until I was in a bar in Indonesia.
      There were 3 guys from England who got drunk with me and took tremendous pleasure in explaining the game. That is a tough, badass sport!
    • asskicker32, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Because Rugby isnt like the most popular sport in Oz or NZ.
  • stayputnik, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3if anybody wants to get digged into the hundreds, post the list to save us the pain of clicking through all this garbage...
    • alecks, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I'll gladly waste an hour copy/pasting for DIGGS!!!! ZOMG
      • stayputnik, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1fair point... i guess i underestimated the amount of free time that diggers have to waste in the noble effort of doing my bidding.
  • Meowfaceman, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2A few of my friends were into cars at one point, so I took up the interest as well. Speed seemed pretty cool.

    One day, I pegged out the speedometer. I was going about 130 MPH. It is hard to articulate exactly how terrifying it is to go that fast once you realize how freaking dangerous and stupid it is.

    At that moment I lost all interest I had in cars. That was about 5 years ago, and I still don't have an interest in them. I have no desire to go anywhere near that fast ever again.
    • signalwarfare, on 07/24/2008, -0/+476. Grow a pair.
    • zydeco, on 07/24/2008, -0/+377. Fly to Germany and try it on real roads. You'll be doing 150 MPH and it'll feel like 90.
    • DarkSpoon, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3Pansy.
  • sirflibble, on 07/24/2008, -2/+1god... so much of that I've done.. I do like the drinking in Mexico idea though... I'll have to put that on my itinerary.

    and yes only real men play rugby.
  • kaniz, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Item #1: Make a list of 75 things to do before you die that does not involve clicking over 75 times

    I could see dividing it up into 3 pages of 25 items, but 79 clicks? really?
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