Things to do in an elevator

  • When there's only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder, and then pretend it wasn't you.

  • Call the Psychic Hotline from your cell phone and ask it they know what floor you're on.

  • Hold the doors open and say you're waiting for a friend. After a while, let the dooes close and say, "hi, Greg. How's your day been?"

  • When the doors close, announce to the others, "It's okay, don't panic, they open again!"

  • Occasionally open up your bag, peer in, and ask, "got enough air in there?"

  • Stand silently and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.

  • Stare at another person for awhile, then announce in horror, "you're one of THEM!!" and back away slowly.

  • Wear a puppet on your hand and use it to talk to the other passengers.

  • Listen to the elevator walls with your sethoscope.

  • Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.

  • Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce, "this is MY personal space!"

  • Introduce yourself as Ochenga-Wangaa the great chief and begin telling stories of your native island.

  • Make race car noises whenever anyone gets on or off.

  • Whistle the first seven notes of "it's a small world" over and over.

  • Offer name tags to everyone getting on. Wear yours upside down.

  • Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you "Admiral".

  • On the highest floor, hold the door opem and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go "plink" at the bottom.

  • Stare, grinning, at another passenger for awhile, then announce:"I've got new socks on!"

  • Mutter "gotta go, gotta go" over and over again

  • Holler "chutes away!" whenever the elevator descends.

  • leave a box between the doors.

  • Start a sing-along.

  • say, "ding!" at each floor.

  • Announce in a demonic voice: "I must find a more suitable host body."

  • carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.

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