5 'things' I have decided not to do!

At the risk of sounding Old & Boring, I have decided not to do certain challenges laid out in the book....

#1 - Send a Message in a Bottle
The book suggests putting a written note in a bottle and then sending it on it's way out to sea, or a river. I really like the idea of sending a message and asking people to get in touch if they find it, but I'm not really cool with the idea of littering our waterways with unnecessary glass or plastic. I have thought, in vain, of an alternative way to achieve the same end, but as I'm yet to come up with one I am going to pass on this challenge.

#27 - Turn Back Time
The idea behind this one is to mischieviously wind all the clocks in the house (and workplace) back an hour to jigger up everyone's day. Sounds like a wheeze. Except, I'd get into lots of trouble. And not the sort of trouble you get into when you're a kid. I mean proper trouble. Imagine if I picked a day when my boss at work had an important funding meeting and missed it because I was playing silly buggers....or if the husband was an hour late for a cycle meet or race, god....that doesn't bear thinking about. No, I think I probably am too old and boring to be prepared to live with the consequences of this one.

#50 - Pretend to Be Ill Convincingly
I'm sure I actually did do this when I was a kid, plus I have really been ill convincingly - I mean legitimately ill, so will that do?! I'm just not happy about swindling a day off work for no good reason, am too darn honest!

#88 - Blame Someone Else
As above really - although I don't distinctly recall ever passing the buck, I'm sure I did. I remember not owning up when I broke my Mum's perfume bottle, thus spilling her perfume everywhere. That's kind of the same thing. As a grown-up I am, mostly, in the habit of accepting responsibility when I foul things up. And I don't think it's nice to blame others, except maybe in jest, when it's obvious it was me and it's not really a serious thing anyway.

#96 - Glue Coins to the Floor
I'd actually quite like to do this one, but I'm just not sure how to without irking someone big time. I asked the husband if I could do it outside the bike shop where he works, but apparently the owner has already banned the staff from doing it (which makes me wonder how many times they did it?!..). There would really be no point sticking money to the road by my office as I work in a very well-healed office complex (our office was donated to the charity by the lovely owner, John) and I'm sure no-one who works there would be seen dead picking money up off the floor. Besides, there never seems to be anyone around. Just lots of swanky cars....
When I lived in Cardiff as a student the mischevious boys next door used to enjoy dangling £5 notes on a fishing line out of the 1st floor window. Then just as a passer by would stop to grab it, they'd reel it in, much to our infinite merriment. If I could recreate this in some way I would - I will continue to ponder....

If anyone can think of a clever way I can actually do any of these things, without causing major ructions, please do leave a comment to let me know how! In the meantime I'm going to write them off as a bad lot and concentrate on some of the nicer ones!