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

[rikki]

Oh, this is fantastic! I would love a non-American/European skew, thank you so much!

[minim_calibre]

separating whites and colours -or not	burglary (foiled or successful)	Leaky ceiling	trying to figure out what to make for dinner when you don't feel like going to the grocery store	Power outage
-birthday noodles	Foot falling asleep.	Health check up	national holiday: independence	dealing with northern hemisphere folks who insist you can't possibly be having winter in June
-singing along to the radio	bedtime routine	FREE SPACE	petting a neighborhood cat while it hangs out on the sidewalk	fighting over the remote control
Homework/Taking work home	food storage malfunction	Climbing the pomelo/other tree for fresh fruit	accidentally dropped mobile phone through gutter grating	Bra straps are too loose and require continuous adjustment for the rest of the day.
Traffic police stop you for an 'infringement'	hosting international guests (friends-of-family/friends)	missed phone call	first day of school	-being mistaken for someone else

[verity]

Sign me up! :)

[minim_calibre]

-playing with the dog	going for a walk	Preparing food	returning a defective item to the store	-opening things (cans/green coconuts/etc.) with a machete
variation in definition of "sketchy area"	Being put on the spot about your romantic/sex life.	eating a meal	Toothache/Wisdom Tooth Removal	Can't sleep for no particular reason
Catching up on a backlog of administrivia at work	changing diapers	FREE SPACE!	Spending 15 minutes looking for your keys.	cleaning out the gutters
Bra straps are too loose and require continuous adjustment for the rest of the day.	clipping toenails	ATM card/credit stick eaten by machine/stops working	first day wearing new perfume	babysitting
Buying fruit at a market	clothes sharing/borrowing	Open cupboard to find giant rat inside	Celebrating a harvest festival (Lughnasadh/Pongal/Chuseok/Crop over/etc.)	Buying toilet paper

[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd love a card too!

[minim_calibre]

waiting for the train/bus to arrive	burglary (foiled or successful)	Suddenly noticing that something you thought was clean is dirty	cookies	Headache that won't go away
lambing season	Cringing when someone mispronounces a word from your language/a language you're familiar with	going to the corner shop for milk even through you haven't washed your hair and haven't put on proper clothes	Bribing someone successfully	your cat loves you so much it brings you a nice fresh mousey at breakfast time aren't you delighted?
dealing with roommates offended by or uncomfortable with the smell/content of your food	chopping (anything)	FREE SPACE!	Buying fruit at a market	cleaning the house
walking the dog (and picking up poop)	-cheating at card games	Cleaning the toilet	brushing teeth	buying seafood at the wharf
Detangling long hair to put up.	Watching a thunderstorm rolling in	writing thank-you notes	Snow plow depositing a ton of snow in front of your driveway just after you finish shoveling.	locked out of house/car/spaceship

[feathermoon_scarletsky]

I'd like a card.

[minim_calibre]

dropped mobile phone in liquid	Plucking and/or gutting chickens.	cat thinks midnight is a perfectly okay time to come in the window soaking wet and climb under the duvet with you	opened a window	driving
song stuck in your head and you can't get it out	Making tortillas	they stop making your favourite soft drink/chips/snack item/ice cream/bra/whatever	-putting up blackout curtains	national election: dangerous circumstances
Making a grocery order for the month.	Bribing someone successfully	FREE SPACE!	locked out of house/car/spaceship	pet staring at you and making mysterious plaintive noises
Making Coffee	doing/helping with homework	asking for/being asked for a loan	someone announces it makes sense to take one car and then assumes he'll be driving because he's a he and you're not	babysitting
birth: midwife-assisted	celebrating the seasonal holiday of choice	first day of school	Underwire comes through your bra and jabs you for the rest of the day.	Raking the coals/rekindling the fire

[oriolegirl]

Awesome idea. I'd like a card, please. Thanks!

[minim_calibre]

Trying to decide to take an umbrella or not.	Finding a bug indoors and putting it back outside	birth: with complications	Traffic police stop you for an 'infringement'	lost dry cleaning ticket
Getting difficult stains out of furniture	-playing sungka	food storage malfunction	-sleeping in	Parallel parking
taking a walk	Out of clean underwear.	FREE SPACE!	discovering it's [significant day] when the neighborhood erupts in cheers	posting to dw
making tamales (of which there are always too many)	going to pick up more clothes detergent but the store is out of your preferred kind	city has a boil water warning.	card games	looking for a road/street that does not seem to exist.
Deciding it I want a cold solar shower now or a hot one in the afternoon.	stand in line at the post office.	picking out books at the library	Running out of gas	-Mosquito netting or lack there of

[kanzenhanzai]

I'd like a card, please and thank you!

[minim_calibre]

Taking the pet to the vet	identical twins: messing with people via resemblance to twin	Traffic police stop you for an 'infringement'	-trying exotic foods like apples and white bread	lost glasses
housework	stuck in traffic	-having mediocre sex with the significant other	Taking the fourth cold shower of the day to cool off	missed phone call
burglary (foiled or successful)	Snow plow depositing a ton of snow in front of your driveway just after you finish shoveling.	FREE SPACE!	-riding in a jeepney or tricycle or kalesa	Reading the newspaper
Waiting in line at a coffee shop.	Previous user of shower used all the hot water.	travel disaster: transportation leaves without you	laughing so hard your stomach starts hurting	Texting
Walking the dog	Motorbike breaks down on side of road but there's always someone nearby who can fix it	Making a grocery order for the month.	waiting for the train/bus to arrive	Watching a DVD

[onestepforward]

May I please have a card?

[minim_calibre]

Sorry! Had the wrong card on my clipboard for a second and didn't notice until I'd hit post.

Rearranging bookshelves.	writing thank-you notes	programming the dvr	-people trying to help you when you don't need help	arguing over toothpaste brands
Previous user of shower used all the hot water.	filling out a Census form	Taking the pet to the vet	new house. new washing machine. same old sock monster	hosting international guests (friends-of-family/friends)
babysitting	Window-shopping on Etsy.	FREE SPACE!	Walk around a baby someone left on the pedestrian overpass with a begging cup beside it	Searching for enough loose change to buy a soda/latte/etc.
Making tortillas	Trying to find your way around campus in time for your first class and getting completely lost.	walking the dog (and picking up poop)	stuck at the central travel location [airport/bus stop/train station/etc.]	bedtime routine
boiling corn	Doing homework	Beer run	earthquakes	walking in the park

[erraticvariable]

Awesome! Non American/European-centric card, please.

[minim_calibre]

making playlists	breakfast	-browsing through books	taking a walk	making something (knitting/woodwork/crafting/etc)
-filming/watching home videos	buying [fuel] for the [vehicle] (car/spaceship/oxcart/etc.)	someone announces it makes sense to take one car and then assumes he'll be driving because he's a he and you're not	another car on the road nearly causes an accident of some sort while you are driving	two friends break up/get divorced and it's awkward because they're both your friends
Gas tank or equivalent on empty	national holiday: independence	FREE SPACE	at the park	bathing
rough housing	Boiling the water in the kettle.	-buying 50lbs of rice at a time	Technology going on the fritz while you are using it	can't find the matching shoe.
Foot falling asleep.	deciding which kind of tea to have in the morning	running out of hangers/closet space	Motorbike breaks down on side of road but there's always someone nearby who can fix it	The roof develops a leak

[lazysprite]

Sounds interesting! I would love to get a card :)

[minim_calibre]

did that speed camera just flash? was I speeding? will I get a ticket?	waiting on someone else trying to choose the beer	-having a hangover that isn't cute or funny in any way	Tracking wolves.	Argument with a sibling
looking for a new action figure	cooking rice	Seeing if the sea is too high to land a boat.	going to visit a friend at a hospital (for a non life threatening reason)	two friends break up/get divorced and it's awkward because they're both your friends
noticing that something labelled 'flesh' is so far from your skin colour it's like the designer didn't know you exist	making soup	FREE SPACE!	House cleaning	song stuck in your head and you can't get it out
burning incense (joss sticks)	food prep malfunction	waiting for public transportation	plumbing malfunction	Feeding the goats/sheep/llamas/small livestock
Buying a new car	shaving/waxing	public snarking in language other than English	writing thank-you notes	Being offended by something on TV/newspaper/magazine/book/etc.

[littlebutfierce]

I would like a card, please. Thank you very much!

[minim_calibre]

Roadblocks (with guys asking for money)	Shoveling the driveway	Walking to the ice cream shop with a friend	breakfast	setting up internet/cable/utilities at new house
hosting international guests (family/friends)	What IS that growing in the fridge?	making something (knitting/woodwork/crafting/etc.)	Can't sleep for no particular reason	eating a meal
trying to read and refold a map	Feeding the chickens/fowl	FREE SPACE!	Ordering take-away because you haven't been grocery shopping yet	Microwaving leftovers
buying a fan because the weather suddenly became too hot	playing musical instruments together.	Putting up flat-pack furniture	Texting	filing
stand in line at the post office.	Going to the bank	brushing your hair	-people trying to help you when you don't need help	Setting the car battery/solar panel out to be recharged by day

[sabriel]

Um..I don't suppose it's too late to ask for a card? A non American or European perspective of mundane card please.

[minim_calibre]

Sorry for the delay! (Mundane events got in the way, actually.)

trying to find candles when the electricity goes out	Gardening	drinking a cold beverage on a hot day	birth: unassisted	Picnic in the park
asking for/being asked for a loan	Feeding the goats/sheep/llamas/small livestock	returning a library book	-planning family vacations	variation in definition of "sketchy area"
brownouts (power outages)	buying seafood at the wharf	FREE SPACE	Splitting/stacking firewood	going to the doctor's to have something swabbed/scraped/prodded/etc. not because there's anything wrong with it but because that's what's done for people of your age/sexual history/sex
cleaning a pet's cage/box/enclosure	grooming the horse	putting up the mosquito netting	signing a cast	Dealing with a new pet
livestock escape enclosure panic ensues	Getting the mail	Shoveling the driveway	burnt dinner/can't get fire alarm to stop	can't find the matching shoe.

[senmut]

May I please have a card?

[minim_calibre]

-Hammocks	late night runs to the grocery store or 24 hour diner	new house. new washing machine. same old sock monster	Setting the car battery/solar panel out to be recharged by day	Looking for street address but house numbers are completely arbitrary
Having a spare key made	going to visit a friend at a hospital (for a non life threatening reason)	laughing so hard your stomach starts hurting	All windows left open during big downpour.	technological failure: sand
Out of clean underwear.	while in traffic trying to buy something and having problems because cars are just starting to move faster	FREE SPACE!	someone's borrowed your car/spaceship/boat and it comes back in less than ideal condition/shape/cleanliness	ironing (do people still iron these days?)
wind is coming from the dump/and everything smells like burning trash.	-wanting to read something but not finding anything satisfactory	Writing Fanfic.	Washing Clothes	Being put on the spot about your romantic/sex life.
Front porch lightbulb burns out.	hitting the snooze button over and over	Buying fruit at a market	mending a hole in your pants/sock/shirt	national election: dangerous circumstances

[sakura_girl]

Could I please have a (non American or European perspective of mundane) card?

[minim_calibre]

Homework/Taking work home	cleaning the toilet	Sitting on hold for a customer service representative.	receiving/giving red packets	perfectly normal straightforward pregnancy in the family
Waiting in line at a coffee shop.	Trying to find where they set down/hid the To-Do list.	everything in the garden gets ripe at once	returning a library book	-using chopsticks
Running out of gas	trip to the farmer's market	FREE SPACE	going to the corner shop for milk even through you haven't washed your hair and haven't put on proper clothes	being trapped for hours by a cat/dog/tribble falling asleep on your lap
city has a boil water warning.	Already started cooking and an ingredient is missing	Making custard	returning a defective item to the store	Having to get up earlier than usual
Have to stop and take a stone out of one's shoe	Going to the comic store	lazing around	taking out the rubbish	People assume you can't be from the area because of how you sound or look.

[diane_mckay]

Hi! I'd like a card please! I need to make my life a little more interesting

[minim_calibre]

killing the big scary bug that is in the bathroom when you're trying to take a shower	waiting at home for the delivery of a package	-being mistaken for someone else	hanging pictures	Trying to remember how to say "good evening" in another language.
someone's borrowed your car/spaceship/boat and it comes back in less than ideal condition/shape/cleanliness	star gazing	Building Something	having a cold	Start of a new season (summer/spring/harmattan/etc.)
cute fluffy dog cannot distinguish between the patio and the lawn for defecation purposes	returning a defective item to the store	FREE SPACE!	Dealing with a new pet	Bouncing a crying baby.
locked out of house/car/spaceship	you're obliged to partake of a friend of a friend's backyard marijuana crop. It kinda sucks	Eating at Applebee's	-Bats in the house	Having to find enough quarters to do laundry.
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?)	-dim sum	the cat is the alarm clock and doesn't understand weekends	-having mediocre sex with the significant other	laughing so hard your stomach starts hurting

[tesserae]

Can I please have a card, too?

[minim_calibre]

Have to stop and take a stone out of one's shoe	shaking raindrops off pine needles	-wanting to read something but not finding anything satisfactory	posting to dw	rough housing
trying to buy a gift for a parent's birthday	Boxing up stuff to move house	Roadblocks (with guys asking for money)	Turning off one appliance so you can run another without tripping a breaker.	making something for a bakesale
-going to the night market	Your entire [geographic location] sprouting flags when your [sport] team is in the playoffs.	FREE SPACE!	food disasters: kicked off the bus because of contraband durian	Splitting/stacking firewood
-Mosquito netting or lack there of	boiling corn	-not wearing shoes in the house	going to the gym/for a run/for a ride and not being hit on by gorgeous people or even seeing gorgeous people	running out of an ingredient while making dinner
Wind keeps messing up hijab	picking up trash	paying library fines	looking for a road/street that does not seem to exist.	asking for/being asked for a loan

[solarcat]

I would like a card! =D

[minim_calibre]

haircut/trim	trying to buy a gift for a parent's birthday	Tracking wolves.	Already started cooking and an ingredient is missing	Completely socked in by snow
trying to find candles when the electricity goes out	opened a window	Searching for enough loose change to buy a soda/latte/etc.	boiling corn	scooping out the litter box
national election: dangerous circumstances	solitaire	FREE SPACE!	hosting international guests (exchange program)	-trying exotic foods like apples and white bread
Getting through an airport/spaceport/etc. to your connecting flight	cookies	Wind keeps messing up hijab	-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	Turning off one appliance so you can run another without tripping a breaker.
fighting over the remote control	napping in the middle of the day	-killing snakes/large spiders with a machete	-looking for eyeglasses	-singing along to the radio

[compos-dementis.livejournal.com]

I'd like to play! Can I please have a bingo card? American/European perspective on events is fine.

Thank you!

[minim_calibre]

new pet sudden onset	blowing dandelion fluff off the stem	mending a hole in your pants/sock/shirt	hoping that school is cancelled	spring or end-of-the-year cleaning.
buying carrots in bulk	picking up trash	seeing an acquaintance out and about and hiding so you don't have to make small talk	fighting over the remote control	-planning family vacations
ironing (do people still iron these days?)	Dropping the toothpaste cap	FREE SPACE!	-eating with your fingers	Shoveling the driveway
at the park	buying seafood at the wharf	nothing on TV	first day of school	Picking dirt from the donkeys'/equines' hooves
Running out of coffee filters	programming the dvr	walking in the park	unexpected period	separating whites and colours -or not

[tortoisegirl.livejournal.com]

This looks fun! Card, please?

[minim_calibre]

playing video-games with your friends	stand in line at the post office.	Foot falling asleep.	Gardening	Cleaning out your inbox
-playing in the rain	walking the dogs	Playing/working with animals	sitting an exam	lambing season
oil change/tune up on the car	Buying a new car	FREE SPACE!	boiling corn	Argument with a sibling
Public transport is late/filthy/full of scary people	Trying to remember how to say "good evening" in another language.	Going to the comic store	-people trying to help you when you don't need help	baking chocolate chip cookies
making something (knitting/woodwork/crafting/etc.)	(Repairing a) leaking pipe	buying food at the wet market	Getting difficult stains out of furniture	birth: hospital physician-assisted

[terabient]

if it's not too late, may i have a card?

[minim_calibre]

Not too late! Pardon my own lateness here. Ah, real life.

Wanting to hit on someone but not knowing if they swing that way	stuck at the central travel location [airport/bus stop/train station/etc.]	frequently-used-equipment malfunction	Dealing with a horse who does not want to be brought in from pasture	Beer run
petting a neighborhood cat while it hangs out on the sidewalk	-Sitting around waiting for the rain to stop being so loud on the tin roof so you can hold a conversation again	pause in [activity] to observe prayer	drinking a hot beverage on a cold day	bedtime routine
Catching up on a backlog of administrivia at work	Dryer has eaten a sock.	FREE SPACE!	picking out books at the library	Argument with a sibling
having a cold	missed phone call	travel disaster: transportation leaves without you	making tamales (of which there are always too many)	cat has brought you a dead animal
Celebrating a harvest festival (Lughnasadh/Pongal/Chuseok/Crop over/etc.)	setting up internet/cable/utilities at new house	Fasting	writing thank-you notes	Flummoxed by new appliance

[factorielle]

I'd like a card, please!

[minim_calibre]

making tamales (of which there are always too many)	animal slated for celebratory dinner escapes enclosure panic ensues	national holiday: independence	Headache that won't go away	-Salamanders falling from the ceiling onto your head
-buying stuff from street vendors	Herding escaped cows/livestock back to pasture	Ordering take-away because you haven't been grocery shopping yet	waiting on someone else trying to choose the beer	Moisturising in winter so your skin doesn't crack.
-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	national election: non-dangerous circumstances	FREE SPACE!	filing	trying to learn a foreign language and feeling stupid because you never seem to get any better
Have to change shirt after dribbling toothpaste on it in the morning	late to work	Going to the Bank	Dengue/TB/typhoid	peeing outside.
ironing (do people still iron these days?)	Underwire comes through your bra and jabs you for the rest of the day.	national holiday: religious	separating whites and colours -or not	bidding on eBay

[sibyllevance]

This is my first time doing this - can I still sign up for a card? I couldn't find any sort of rules as to the deadline for posting (or indeed, if we're supposed to post here or is anywhere fine).

[minim_calibre]

No deadlines for sign up (I suppose I should probably set one, but it wouldn't be for months. So.)

trying to figure out what to make for dinner when you don't feel like going to the grocery store	haircut/trim	Going to market and getting a great deal	they stop making your favourite soft drink/chips/snack item/ice cream/bra/whatever	-mangoes for breakfast
celebrating the seasonal holiday of choice	Braiding garlic	Weevils in the rice	House cleaning	returning a defective item to the store
Feeling uneasy or awkward expressing yourself in a second language.	Being groped on the bus/while walking	FREE SPACE!	Have to change shirt after dribbling toothpaste on it in the morning	making soup
Pushing the car out of the mud slick ruts of the dirt roads	another car on the road nearly causes an accident of some sort while you are driving	bathing	Putting fresh mothballs in the kimono storage box. Will edit when I can remember what that product is called.	writing thank-you notes
travel disaster: same name as person on no fly list	eating junk food for breakfast.	brand new shiny gizmo for which you saved up is DOA	Learning to drive a motor vehicle	livestock escape enclosure panic ensues

[blacksmear]

Can I get a card please? :D

[minim_calibre]

Trying to find your way around campus in time for your first class and getting completely lost.	Seeing if the sea is too high to land a boat.	reading a book	Allergies acting up	Have to stop and take a stone out of one's shoe
hoping that school is cancelled	hosting international guests (family/friends)	going to pick up more clothes detergent but the store is out of your preferred kind	Making a grocery order for the month.	-going through security to enter a mall
Making Coffee	Remembering to turn on the radios in the morning.	FREE SPACE!	hosting international guests (exchange program)	food storage malfunction
dealing with co-workers who can't seem to do their jobs without you holding their hands	Attending a sporting event	ironing (do people still iron these days?)	burglary (foiled or successful)	-dealing with privilege
Argument with a parent	Repairs/handiwork	Hearing the coyotes howl	being the last person to get off the bus/train/other public transport	Tornado sirens go off at the worst possible time

[alba17]

I just discovered this and I totally need one of these cards! Thanks.

[minim_calibre]

-Picking through avocados/fruit on the ground to find lunch	Picking dirt from the donkeys'/equines' hooves	Letting the rice boil over	arguing over toilet paper brands	-significant other has unpleasant personal habit or odour
grandparent dies	-Bike repairs	walking the dog (and picking up poop)	Trying to find your way around campus in time for your first class and getting completely lost.	Going to the comic store
Neighbours having loud wedding festival through to 6am	Actually putting the clean laundry AWAY.	FREE SPACE!	Out of clean underwear.	toddler who won't go down for a nap today even though you really need to clean the house/do some work/etc.
Toilet overflowing	livestock escape enclosure panic ensues	"who can eat the hottest pepper" test of fortitude	Going to the doctors/dentist	Getting up early to watch the sun rise
All windows left open during big downpour.	shaving legs	Getting snow tires	pruning the shrubbery. I mean the literal/outside green planty shrubbery.	forgetting items on the grocery list

[samatethecookie]

I'd like to receive a card, please!

[minim_calibre]

-filming/watching home videos	brand new shiny gizmo for which you saved up is DOA	peeing outside.	Breaking fast with a Big Mac	wind is coming from the dump/and everything smells like burning trash.
identical twins: messing with people via resemblance to twin	kid next door claims to be learning a musical instrument. it's painful to hear him/her practice	cleaning the toilet bowl	cleaning out the gutters	Remembering to turn on the radios in the morning.
Getting the origami paper wrinkled/folded wrong and/or giving up somewhere around crane 748 out of 1000.	Dropping the toothpaste cap	FREE SPACE!	Swerving constantly to avoid potholes	painting the house
you're hungry but you don't seem to want anything specific	Making lists	solitaire	-Picking through avocados/fruit on the ground to find lunch	Nearly have head-on collision with someone coming around a blind corner at speed
birth: hospital physician-assisted	haircut/trim	Sorting the recyclables	pet staring at you and making mysterious plaintive noises	someone announces it makes sense to take one car and then assumes he'll be driving because he's a he and you're not

[brandywine422]

If I haven't missed the deadline, I would love a card!

[minim_calibre]

-responding to internet memes	Feeling uneasy or awkward expressing yourself in a second language.	Previous user of shower used all the hot water.	cleaning the kitchen	Can't sleep because street dogs are mating
brand new shiny gizmo for which you saved up is DOA	unexpected period	minor flooding when it rains	Neighbours having loud wedding festival through to 6am	Flummoxed by new appliance
national election: non-dangerous circumstances	lost dry cleaning ticket	FREE SPACE!	Waiting in line at the DMV/passport agency/other routine government issuer of things needed for hours.	recycling the newspaper
dealing with a complete stranger who decides to make conversation with you (in line or at a restaurant/etc.)	signing a cast	Ran out of drinking water at home and too lazy to buy more so have to boil some	Gossipy phone call with an old/new friend	earthquakes
technological failure: sand	looking at a pile of sorting out and not wanting to do it	dealing with northern hemisphere folks who insist you can't possibly be having winter in June	Swerving constantly to avoid potholes	waiting at home for the delivery of a package