50
Fun Things to Do in an Elevator

- Make
race car noises when anyone gets on or off.
- Blow
your nose and offer to show the contents of your
kleenex to other passengers.
- Grimace
painfully while smacking your forehead and
muttering: "Shut up, dammit, all of you just
shut UP!"
- Whistle
the first seven notes of "It's a Small
World" incessantly.
- Sell
Girl Scout cookies.
- On a
long ride, sway side to side at the natural
frequency of the elevator.
- Shave.
- Crack
open your briefcase or purse, and while peering
inside ask: "Got enough air in there?"
- Offer
name tags to everyone getting on the elevator.
Wear yours upside-down.
- Stand
silent and motionless in the corner, facing the
wall, without getting off.
- When
arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank
the doors open, then act embarrassed when they
open by themselves.
- Lean
over to another passenger and whisper:
"Noogie patrol coming!"
- Greet
everyone getting on the elevator with a warm
handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
- One
word: Flatulence!
- On
the highest floor, hold the door open and demand
that it stay open until you hear the penny you
dropped down the shaft go "plink" at
the bottom.
- Do
Tai Chi exercises.
- Stare,
grinning, at another passenger for a while, and
then announce: "I've got new socks on!"
- When
at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the
back: "Oh, not now, damn motion
sickness!"
- Give
religious tracts to each passenger.
- Meow
occasionally.
- Bet
the other passengers you can fit a quarter in
your nose.
- Frown
and mutter "gotta go, gotta go" then
sigh and say "oops!"
- Show
other passengers a wound and ask if it looks
infected.
- Sing
"Mary had a little lamb" while
continually pushing buttons.
- Holler
"Chutes away!" whenever the elevator
descends.
- Walk
on with a cooler that says "human head"
on the side.
- Stare
at another passenger for a while, then announce
"You're one of THEM!" and move to the
far corner of the elevator.
- Burp,
and then say "mmmm...tasty!"
- Leave
a box between the doors.
- Ask
each passenger getting on if you can push the
button for them.
- Wear
a puppet on your hand and talk to other
passengers "through" it.
- Start
a sing-along.
- When
the elevator is silent, look around and ask
"is that your beeper?"
- Play
the harmonica.
- Shadow
box.
- Say
"Ding!" at each floor.
- Lean
against the button panel.
- Say
"I wonder what all these do" and push
the red buttons.
- Listen
to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.
- Draw
a little square on the floor with chalk and
announce to the other passengers that this is
your "personal space."
- Bring
a chair along.
- Take
a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger:
"Wanna see wha in muh mouf?"
- Blow
spit bubbles.
- Pull
your gum out of your mouth in long strings.
- Announce
in a demonic voice: "I must find a more
suitable host body."
- Carry
a blanket and clutch it protectively.
- Make
explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
- Wear
"X-Ray Specs" and leer suggestively at
other passengers.
- Stare
at your thumb and say "I think it's getting
larger."
- If
anyone brushes against you, recoil and holler
"Bad touch!"


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