Official Mundane Bingo Sign Up Post!

[minim_calibre]

Comment for a card.

If you'd prefer a card that does not skew towards an American or European perspective of mundane, please make a note in your sign up post. Thanks to the community, we have many prompts that represent many flavors of mundane.

Mod Edit: 12/23/2010

All cards should now be assigned out. Card assignments are now on hold for this round, and thanks everyone.

(Card assignments will probably re-open at some point in the new year. The last quarter of 2010 was sort of Murphy's Law in action for your mod.)

Comments

[sistabro]

I would love a card please :)

[minim_calibre]

buying food at 3am on the way home	travel disaster: lost baggage	your cat loves you so much it brings you a nice fresh mousey at breakfast time aren't you delighted?	Bail/bribe friend out of jail	bathing
Sitting on hold for a customer service representative.	Putting up flat-pack furniture	Trying to decide to take an umbrella or not.	cleaning out the junk drawer	-having mediocre sex with the significant other
Picking dirt from the donkeys'/equines' hooves	All windows left open during big downpour.	FREE SPACE!	trying to read and refold a map	babysitting
The meeting that just won't end	dealing with religious door-knockers	Feeding the goats/sheep/llamas/small livestock	Chapped lips	-playing sungka
transition from homeschool to classroom	Going to get your hair done	Watching a thunderstorm rolling in	Sleeping on the train	Cat won't come in at bedtime.

[odyle]

I would like a card, please.

[minim_calibre]

Running out of coffee filters	cleaning the toilet bowl	Picking ants out of the sugar bowl.	Making custard	rough housing
Neighbours are killing a pig at 2am	Grocery shopping	-browsing through books	Headache that won't go away	new haircut
food prep malfunction	hoping that school is cancelled	FREE SPACE!	dealing with cockroaches/ants/mice and rats in the house	Cleaning the toilet
-receiving/giving red packets	Writing a letter to the editor	tripped on the curb	while in traffic trying to buy something and having problems because cars are just starting to move faster	-significant other has unpleasant personal habit or odour
Going to the comic store	Bribing someone successfully	nothing on TV	picking out books at the library	Snails ate the front page of the newspaper.

[alcesverdes]

I'd love a card, please :D

[minim_calibre]

Paying Bills	having/visiting a garage sale	-having a hangover that isn't cute or funny in any way	birds poop on clean drying laundry	mad/wild watchings of Jeopardy!!
Walking to the ice cream shop with a friend	Getting difficult stains out of furniture	Seeing if the sea is too high to land a boat.	the moments before guests arrive for a holiday or meal	checking your lj/dw/twitter/facebook/greader/etc. several times in ten minutes because you're just that bored
can't find the matching shoe.	Lost car keys	FREE SPACE!	Building Something	Detangling long hair to put up.
national election: dangerous circumstances	new house. new washing machine. same old sock monster	Walking along a 'footpath' that consists of uneven broken concrete slabs over open sewer	brownouts (power outages)	wind is coming from the dump/and everything smells like burning trash.
eating coconut	oil change/tune up on the car	Waiting in line at the DMV/passport agency/other routine government issuer of things needed for hours.	accidentally dropped mobile phone through gutter grating	-driving on the wrong (or "wrong") side of the road/not paying attention to the rules of traffic

[torakowalski]

I'd like a card, please!

[minim_calibre]

choosing the right wine/cheese combo at the supermarket	nothing on TV	Making custard	talking on the phone to a sibling	hosting international guests (friends-of-family/friends)
looking for a road/street that does not seem to exist.	taxes	Grocery shopping	Weevils in the rice	trip to the farmer's market
Snails ate the front page of the newspaper.	Receiving a fifth yellow fever shot because you forgot to carry your yellow card	FREE SPACE!	Making lists	-filming/watching home videos
-Picking through avocados/fruit on the ground to find lunch	washing the dishes	Buying a new car	Sitting by the river/pond/lake/bay	clothing goes through the wash with tissue in pocket.
asking for/being asked for a loan	discovering it's [significant day] when the neighborhood erupts in cheers	Getting the origami paper wrinkled/folded wrong and/or giving up somehwere around crane 748 out of 1000.	on the subway	-going through security to enter a mall

[l_elfie]

i would like a card, please! :D

[minim_calibre]

-procrastinating	Bribing someone successfully	washing the dishes	Picking ants out of the sugar bowl.	looking at a pile of sorting out and not wanting to do it
Being groped on the bus/while walking	raking leaves/most of which came from neighbor's trees	Fishing	technological failure: water	Attending a dinner party at which every single food item is/contains something from the very short list of foods one totally dislikes.
Trying to remember how to say "good evening" in another language.	-wanting to read something but not finding anything satisfactory	FREE SPACE!	Hearing the coyotes howl	choosing the right wine/cheese combo at the supermarket
writing thank-you notes	mowing the lawn	-having a hangover that isn't cute or funny in any way	Chapped lips	clothes sharing/borrowing
Going to the doctors/dentist	What IS that growing in the fridge?	technological failure: sand	finding something you really want in an online store but they don't ship internationally or else they reject your one and only credit card for no reason and seem to think that you should just use another one (because everyone has multiple credit cards right?)	drinking a hot beverage on a cold day

[eillam]

Card, please? :)

(I'm EXCITED for this, yay!)

[minim_calibre]

public snarking in language other than English	birth: midwife-assisted	shaving legs	Dealing with clueless tourists	-Hammocks
can't find the matching shoe.	oil change/tune up on the car	birth: unassisted	Mucking stalls	Sleeping on the train
making coffee	looking for a road/street that does not seem to exist.	FREE SPACE!	-Salamanders falling from the ceiling onto your head	Splitting/stacking firewood
a power cut	-people trying to help you when you don't need help	Attending a sporting event	preparing a meal	Homework/Taking work home
cute fluffy dog cannot distinguish between the patio and the lawn for defecation purposes	hanging pictures/artwork on the wall	variation in definition of "sketchy area"	Overdue library books	locked out of house/car/spaceship

[zippitgood]

Oh why not.

I'd like a card please!

[minim_calibre]

stand in line at the post office.	pause in [activity] to observe prayer	-sleeping in	breakfast	trying to figure out what to make for dinner when you don't feel like going to the grocery store
Washing the dog/cat/rabbit/tarantula/tribble	Going to get your hair done	Putting up flat-pack furniture	Chewing ash and coca	identical twins: messing with people via resemblance to twin
Attending a dinner party at which every single food item is/contains something from the very short list of foods one totally dislikes.	Front porch lightbulb burns out.	FREE SPACE!	-looking for eyeglasses	-driving on the wrong (or "wrong") side of the road/not paying attention to the rules of traffic
finding a mechanic to fix the piece of crap car/spaceship/boat you bought	cposting to dw	Going to the doctors/dentist	Taking the fourth cold shower of the day to cool off	star gazing
receipt of citizenship ceremony	blowing dandelion fluff off the stem	petting a neighborhood cat while it hangs out on the sidewalk	Snow blindness	going for a walk

[hunters_retreat]

OK.. sign me up for one too please!!!

[minim_calibre]

dropped mobile phone in liquid	buying a fan because the weather suddenly became too hot	going to the corner shop for milk even through you haven't washed your hair and haven't put on proper clothes	national election: dangerous circumstances	Snow blindness
trip to the farmer's market	-going through security to enter a mall	Eating at Applebee's	cleaning a pet's cage/box/enclosure	burnt dinner/can't get fire alarm to stop
food disasters: kicked off the bus because of contraband durian	cat thinks midnight is a perfectly okay time to come in the window soaking wet and climb under the duvet with you	FREE SPACE!	buying [fuel] for the [vehicle] (car/spaceship/oxcart/etc.)	taking a walk
Cat won't come in at bedtime.	-weekly family gatherings	your mail is soaking wet	Realizing you brought your psych books to English Lit.	tradesman doesn't turn up on time even though you've taken the day off work so you can be there to let him in
the moments before guests arrive for a holiday or meal	Going to get your hair done	boiling corn	Looking for someplace to make a U-turn	Catching a cold.

[inkandchocolate]

Wow, I almost missed this somehow! Sign me up!

[minim_calibre]

Woo!

drinking a hot beverage on a cold day	checking your lj/dw/twitter/facebook/greader/etc. several times in ten minutes because you're just that bored	-responding to internet memes	deciding whether or not you really need to change the lightbulb	-using chopsticks
dropped mobile phone in liquid	killing the big scary bug that is in the bathroom when you're trying to take a shower	Plucking and/or gutting chickens.	new haircut	-procrastinating
-significant other has unpleasant personal habit or odour	-Bike repairs	FREE SPACE!	going to a concert	driving
peeing outside.	filing	programming the dvr	Torn pants	toddler who won't go down for a nap today even though you really need to clean the house/do some work/etc
Argument with a parent	Detangling long hair to put up.	Fishing	paper work snafus	running out of hangers/closet space

[cherith]

Hit me with the mundane!!

[minim_calibre]

organizing bookshelves or movie or music collections	clothing goes through the wash with tissue in pocket.	your cat loves you so much it brings you a nice fresh mousey at breakfast time aren't you delighted?	Bouncing a crying baby.	running out of [floss/toothpaste/deoderant/etc] unexpectedly
the internet going down for a few minutes	Repairing a fence	Mucking stalls	-parents/adults speaking in another language so the kids don't know what they're talking about	meeting Friends From The Internet
-singing along to the radio	Eating plate lunch: meat/macaroni salad/and two scoops rice. Plus poi probably.	FREE SPACE!	brushing teeth	hosting international guests (family/friends)
going to visit a friend at a hospital (for a non life threatening reason)	House cleaning	making something for a bakesale	suffering through a cold	Tracking wolves.
Dryer has eaten a sock.	Too tired to eat/too hungry to sleep	reading a book	Walking along a 'footpath' that consists of uneven broken concrete slabs over open sewer	-cutting grass/weeding with a machete

[fourzoas]

I'd love a card! Thanks!

[minim_calibre]

assembling the shit you bought from IKEA	Traffic woes due to construction or congestion	breakfast	Completely socked in by snow	Motorbike breaks down on side of road but there's always someone nearby who can fix it
Making a grocery order for the month.	Actually putting the clean laundry AWAY.	Trying to find where they set down/hid the To-Do list.	programming the dvr	recycling the newspaper
-wanting to read something but not finding anything satisfactory	discovering it's [significant day] when the neighborhood erupts in cheers	FREE SPACE!	spraining an ankle or breaking a bone while doing something innocuous like walking to the shops. or ironing.	picking out books at the library
-people trying to help you when you don't need help	Squeezing oranges to make orange juice	Going to the bank	-IM conversations with people in the same house	-significant other has unpleasant personal habit or odour
Having to find enough quarters to do laundry.	can't find the matching shoe.	going for a walk	raking leaves/most of which came from neighbor's trees	Receiving a fifth yellow fever shot because you forgot to carry your yellow card

[kafi]

This is the first fic bingo I've actually been excited about. I would like a card, please, and I would maybe like both American, European and NON-American or European prompts? :]

[minim_calibre]

Yay! The mixed prompts is the default, so it will be some of everything!

grooming the horse	kitchen or cooking disasters	Doing bills/filing taxes	drinking a cold beverage on a hot day	setting up internet/cable/utilities at new house
lost glasses	waiting for public transportation	song stuck in your head and you can't get it out	shopping for food	Cleaning out your inbox
-dim sum	Getting difficult stains out of furniture	FREE SPACE!	making soup	-going to the funeral of someone you barely knew out of a sense of obligation
Cat won't come in at bedtime.	going to the corner shop for milk even through you haven't washed your hair and haven't put on proper clothes	you're obliged to partake of a friend of a friend's backyard marijuana crop. It kinda sucks	Forgetting your PIN number	Getting the origami paper wrinkled/folded wrong and/or giving up somehwere around crane 748 out of 1000.
Buying a new car	napping	buying food at the wet market	it's 6:05 and you're watching the news. the phone rings. it's bound to be a telemarketer. and it's bound to keep ringing until you answer the damn thing--or at least get within reach of it	student field trip to site of national tragedy

[haruka]

I've never done one of these before, but I'll give it a try! One card, please. :)

Replacement card

[minim_calibre]

getting to school to find that class is cancelled (and you have a four hour block with NOTHING TO DO)	Setting the car battery/solar panel out to be recharged by day	pruning the shrubbery. I mean the literal/outside green planty shrubbery.	The meeting that just won't end	impromptu sports game
raking leaves/most of which came from neighbor's trees	burnt dinner/can't get fire alarm to stop	"who can eat the hottest pepper" test of fortitude	wrong bus/bus stop	picking out books at the library
buying seafood at the wharf	noticing that something labelled 'flesh' is so far from your skin colour it's like the designer didn't know you exist	FREE SPACE!	Being groped on the bus/while walking	Catching a cold.
cleaning out the junk drawer	Dealing with clueless tourists	Neighbors having loud sex	Cleaning out your inbox	-taking pictures
cleaning something	late to work	receipt of citizenship ceremony	Suddenly noticing that something you thought was clean is dirty	Saturday morning

[solesakuma]

I would like a card, please :)

[minim_calibre]

can't find the matching shoe.	cleaning the bathroom	Pushing the car out of the mud slick ruts of the dirt roads	brownouts (power outages)	Making Coffee
Fishing	another car on the road nearly causes an accident of some sort while you are driving	making coffee	boiling corn	forgetting items on the grocery list
cleaning the toilet bowl	-Picking through avocados/fruit on the ground to find lunch	FREE SPACE!	Picnic in the park	Trying to find your way around campus in time for your first class and getting completely lost.
Parking guy who holds up traffic so you can back out of parking space	napping in the middle of the day	looking at a pile of sorting out and not wanting to do it	discovering it's [significant day] when the neighborhood erupts in cheers	brushing your hair
kid next door claims to be learning a musical instrument. it's painful to hear him/her practice	clothes sharing/borrowing	Have to stop and take a stone out of one's shoe	paying library fines	Lost car keys

[kleenexwoman]

I would really love a card please. Any events of any level of mundanity or any cultural perspective!

[minim_calibre]

lost favourite piece of jewellery	at the park	Looking for a postage stamp	travel disaster: transportation leaves without you	watching TV
Your entire [geographic location] sprouting flags when your [sport] team is in the playoffs.	choosing the right wine/cheese combo at the supermarket	running out of kitty litter	birth: midwife-assisted	-killing snakes/large spiders with a machete
minor flooding when it rains	peeing outside.	FREE SPACE!	sleeping late	bargain shopping
brushing your hair	feeding pets	variation in definition of "sketchy area"	winding the clocks	Braiding garlic
-browsing through books	buying carrots in bulk	road trip	Seeing if the sea is too high to land a boat.	-cutting grass/weeding with a machete

[kittydesade]

Oh, hell, I can never have too many fic assignments. Card me!

[minim_calibre]

-singing along to the radio	buying food at the wet market	-people trying to help you when you don't need help	Technology going on the fritz while you are using it	Texting
running out of kitty litter	Realised you forgot to bring toilet paper	trying to decide where to eat dinner with a group	trying to explain something of no great importance to someone who just doesn't get it	your cat loves you so much it brings you a nice fresh mousey at breakfast time aren't you delighted?
raking leaves/most of which came from neighbor's trees	Public transport is late/filthy/full of scary people	FREE SPACE!	Pop quiz	waiting at home for the delivery of a package
sleeping late	"It's on the tip of my tongue..."	Power outage	get pulled over for expired registration tags	Foot falling asleep.
Chapped lips	writing implement dies when needed most	Completely socked in by snow	waiting for the train/bus to arrive	Listening to bullfrogs at night

[sabaceanbabe]

May I please have a card? :)

[minim_calibre]

Toilet overflowing	accidentally dropped mobile phone through gutter grating	Wind keeps messing up hijab	did that speed camera just flash? was I speeding? will I get a ticket?	ironing (do people still iron these days?)
going to visit a friend at a hospital (for a non life threatening reason)	they stop making your favourite soft drink/chips/snack item/ice cream/bra/whatever	stuck at the central travel location [airport/bus stop/train station/etc]	hanging pictures	grooming the horse
Bra straps are too loose and require continuous adjustment for the rest of the day.	Repairs/handywork	FREE SPACE!	Having to get up earlier than usual	Washing Clothes
Getting through an airport/spaceport/etc to your connecting flight	Sub-consciously hear azan at 4am in the morning while sleeping	student field trip to site of national tragedy	accidentally sipping expired milk	walking in the park
bug trauma (there's a spider! on my pillow! omg/help!)	-bridging small cultural/generational gaps	singing in the shower	eating coconut	picking out a book at the library

[chasethecloudsaway]

May I have a card, please?

[minim_calibre]

Doing bills/filing taxes	receipt of citizenship ceremony	fighting over the remote control	lazing around	two friends break up/get divorced and it's awkward because they're both your friends
Saturday morning	Bot flies (not as bad as everyone thinks)	going to walmart/target/large superstore of your choice	Being forced to play the "guess how old I am" game.	Ordering 500kg instead of 500g of onions online/or other similar mishap
tradesman doesn't turn up on time even though you've taken the day off work so you can be there to let him in	brownouts (power outages)	FREE SPACE!	looking for a new action figure	mending a hole in your pants/sock/shirt
meal preparation	eating coconut	national holiday: independence	boiling corn	-playing mahjong
-being stood up	Toothache/Wisdom Tooth Removal	Catching the bus	Spending 15 minutes looking for your keys.	cleaning a pet's cage/box/enclosure

[whatawaytoburn]

I'll happily take a card.

[minim_calibre]

trying to get to sleep because you know you've got to get up early	kid next door claims to be learning a musical instrument. it's painful to hear him/her practice	laughing so hard your stomach starts hurting	folding towels	going to walmart/target/large superstore of your choice
Squeezing oranges to make orange juice	organizing bookshelves or movie or music collections	-IM conversations with people in the same house	you're obliged to partake of a friend of a friend's backyard marijuana crop. It kinda sucks	deciding which kind of tea to have in the morning
Rearranging bookshelves.	talking on the phone to a sibling	FREE SPACE!	on the subway	shaving legs
-playing mahjong	Foot falling asleep.	People assume you can't be from the area because of how you sound or look.	walking in the park	Looking for someplace to make a U-turn
Can't sleep for no particular reason	stuck in traffic	-putting up blackout curtains	Tracking wolves.	Sitting by the river/pond/lake/bay

[queenriley]

I would love a card!

[minim_calibre]

getting to school to find that class is cancelled (and you have a four hour block with NOTHING TO DO)	cleaning out the gutters	first day of school	Feeding the woodstove.	Technology going on the fritz while you are using it
Getting through an airport/spaceport/etc to your connecting flight	putting off laundry so long all you have left is old/ill-fitting/fancy	-riding in a jeepney or tricycle or kalesa	folding towels	travel disaster: lost baggage
-putting up blackout curtains	Trying to find a place to study when your roommate kicks you out so they can have sex in the room.	FREE SPACE!	-wearing red on special occasions	Feeding the goats/sheep/llamas/small livestock
frequently-used-equipment malfunction	killing the big scary bug that is in the bathroom when you're trying to take a shower	Beer run	brownouts (power outages)	-people trying to help you when you don't need help
meeting Friends From The Internet	-being mistaken for someone else	walking the dog/cleaning cat litter/pet-specific activity	missing a payment on a bill	Dengue/TB/typhoid

[raven]

Could I have one, please? [And might I request it isn't too American-experience centric?]

[minim_calibre]

Bouncing a crying baby.	Forgetting your PIN number	Running out of gas	Seeing if the sea is too high to land a boat.	a birthday party
-looking for eyeglasses	Flummoxed by new appliance	kitchen or cooking disasters	-Sitting around waiting for the rain to stop being so loud on the tin roof so you can hold a conversation again	Walking along a 'footpath' that consists of uneven broken concrete slabs over open sewer
bargain shopping	lost glasses	FREE SPACE	the moments before guests arrive for a holiday or meal	food prep malfunction
food disasters: kicked off the bus because of contraband durian	discover there is not enough x in the pantry to make y.	Roadblocks (with guys asking for money)	grandparent dies	Torn pants
commuting	birth: with complications	Cringing when someone mispronounces a word from your language/a language you're familiar with	Rioting when your [sport] team loses. Or wins.	Trying to remember how to say "good evening" in another language.

[theletterfour]

If you would be so inclined as to kindly card me, that would be awesome!

[minim_calibre]

trying to convince a child to eat what s/he doesn't want to eat	Parking guy who holds up traffic so you can back out of parking space	meal preparation	Toothache/Wisdom Tooth Removal	Someone makes an overly personal remark about your physical appearance.
Letting the rice boil over	the cat is the alarm clock and doesn't understand weekends	Heavy downpour/flash flood	finding something you really want in an online store but they don't ship internationally or else they reject your one and only credit card for no reason and seem to think that you should just use another one (because everyone has multiple credit cards right?)	What IS that growing in the fridge?
chopping (anything)	petting a neighborhood cat while it hangs out on the sidewalk	FREE SPACE!	missing a payment on a bill	-having mediocre sex with the significant other
lazing around	drinking a cold beverage on a hot day	Airport insists you use their wheelchair/which is a piece of crap.	clothing goes through the wash with tissue in pocket.	celebrating the seasonal holiday of choice
transportation malfunction	trying to explain something of no great importance to someone who just doesn't get it	frequently-used-equipment malfunction	Already started cooking and an ingredient is missing	Public transportation is running late

[fly_to_dawn]

Would love a card, please, preferably with non American-perspective prompts! Thank you :)

[minim_calibre]

the power goes out (can't find candles)	Going to market and getting a great deal	the moments before guests arrive for a holiday or meal	grandparent dies	noticing that something labelled 'flesh' is so far from your skin colour it's like the designer didn't know you exist
-cutting grass/weeding with a machete	Someone making a remark about your "cute" accent.	Being offended by something on TV/newspaper/magazine/book/etc.	-playing in the rain	-getting caught up in conversation with a lonely person who just doesn't want to let the conversation end because then you'll go so you feel guilty if you call a halt and pissed off if you don't
bug trauma (there's a spider! on my pillow! omg/help!)	Heavy downpour/flash flood	FREE SPACE	national election: non-dangerous circumstances	-birthday noodles
Getting caught in the rain with no coat/hood/umbrella	looking at a pile of sorting out and not wanting to do it	burning incense (joss sticks)	Buying a new computer	spraining an ankle or breaking a bone while doing something innocuous like walking to the shops. or ironing.
picking out books at the library	lost favourite piece of jewellery	Technology going on the fritz while you are using it	Ordering 500kg instead of 500g of onions online/or other similar mishap	Actually putting the clean laundry AWAY.

[dira]

I would like a card, please!

[minim_calibre]

assembling the shit you bought from IKEA	"who can eat the hottest pepper" test of fortitude	Trying to remember how to say "good evening" in another language.	Toothache/Wisdom Tooth Removal	-going through security to enter a mall
dropped mobile phone in liquid	Getting the mail	tripped over a hole in a the pavement	Ordering take-away because you haven't been grocery shopping yet	-finding the perfect outfit but the store doesn't have your size or that only looks good on a particular body type which yours isn't
Chapped lips	sleeping late	FREE SPACE!	talking on the phone to a sibling	Leaky ceiling
Wind keeps messing up hijab	knitting something	birth: with complications	Picking ants out of the sugar bowl.	Walk around a baby someone left on the pedestrian overpass with a begging cup beside it
-driving on the wrong (or "wrong") side of the road/not paying attention to the rules of traffic	-riding in a jeepney or tricycle or kalesa	burning incense (joss sticks)	Checking the rain gauge.	Getting up early to watch the sun rise

[yahtzee]

Hit me!

[minim_calibre]

picking up trash	bargain shopping	walking in the park	Boiling the water in the kettle.	-buying 50lbs of rice at a time
Texting	travel disaster: transportation leaves without you	Seeing if the sea is too high to land a boat.	commuting	putting off laundry so long all you have left is old/ill-fitting/fancy
playing video-games with your friends	Realizing you brought your psych books to English Lit.	FREE SPACE!	get pulled over for expired registration tags	"who can eat the hottest pepper" test of fortitude
-going to the night market	trying to read and refold a map	lambing season	babysitting	first day wearing new perfume
student field trip to site of national tragedy	Down to your last/least favorite item of clothing (laundry day)	napping in the middle of the day	directing a taxi to a friend's place you've never been to before	Being able to wipe black shit off your face after walking more than 50m outside