Fun Things to Do in an Elevator

  • Make racecar 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 in side ask: ‘Got enough air in there?’,
  • Offer nametags 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 "plank " 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!