Dares as motivation
I'm currently in the process of writing up my thesis, and I just found out how motivating a dare could be. I'm a terrible procrastinator, having spent the last 3 weeks writing sod all (browsing the internet is so much fun), but a dare actually got me off my arse to write a good thousand words in five hours.

I dared a friend to do something really quite odd (details may or may not be posted... I need to check whether he reads b3ta first :P), and he agreed for a price. However, because he's a lovely person with an evil sense of humour, he told me that money wouldn't cut it, and the price was a thousand words on my thesis before the night was out.

I've got to admit, the man's cunning, but altruistic. Obviously guilt about not getting the thesis done wasn't working, but appealing to my sadistic side is :) Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some golden syrup and baked beans to buy. He's got to do the dare now, after all...
(calamarain just invented dehydrated water, Wed 7 Nov 2007, 4:58, 4 replies)

procrastinator
I am too, it's bloody awful. I've meant to have been doing this presentation work for the last three nights, and I only started yesterday evening at about ten. It's now 6 am, and the source material was (a) better than I thought but unfortunately (b) longer than I thought. Still, I'll have it done by twelve.

Sorry, liked your story, but you know how it is, anything but actually doing your work. Wish I had friends like him.
(Lannes, Wed 7 Nov 2007, 6:25, closed)

If he reads b3ta...
...then I suggest that he'll be disappointed if you don't post the details of the dare =)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Wed 7 Nov 2007, 12:27, closed)

A thousand words in five hours?!
I've written about five thousand today on subjects I know nothing about! AND I've been on b3ta most of the time. Quit whining!
(frankspencer, Wed 7 Nov 2007, 17:27, closed)

Dare
Nah, sorry guys, can't tell you what the dare is.

However, I can tell you that this afternoon I am buying black treacle, golden syrup, baked beans, custard and spray-cream-in-a-can.
(calamarain just invented dehydrated water, Wed 7 Nov 2007, 18:21, closed)