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10 things before I die: 'Bully my boss for a change!'

We asked readers what they would do if they had only three years to live life to the fullest? While the contest closes on November 23, here are some interesting responses. And keep them coming, because the best entries win prizes from rediff.com

First up, we have 31-year-old Tanu Kalra from Gurgaon. Here's what she wants to do:

The ten things I would like to do before I die are:

1. Occupy the seat and position of my boss and give him my designation forever, with no increments and bonuses.

2. Make husbands pregnant and let them go through all the phases of check-ups and labour pains.

3. Make all the corrupt politicians sit on the 'magic chair' where they will dare not speak anything but the truth!

4. Enter the film industry with my husband and son and lead a luxurious and fun-filled life.

5. Tell God to make and give birth to only those who are good and will support their parents in future, so that there are no more old age homes. No place for dirty minds!

6. Make India the best country -- Number One -- in the world in all aspects. No poverty, no unemployment, no terrorism ever to prevail. And also to make it the most hygienic country in the world!

7. Wish and pray to God to give me back my mother in every birth and give her all the happiness and enjoyment that she could not get in her existing life.

8. Remove the Delhi Police forever and instead let all the commandos and army men do their duty. Three cheers for their punctuality!

9. No red light signals, only green ones so that there are no beggars in traffic.

10. Cultivate a good, healthy, strong relationship of 'saas-bahu' and make my mother-in-law the happiest one in the world, one who is completely satisfied and happy with her bahu with no complaints, ever.

'I'd write an obituary for myself!'

Here's what Shreyans Kataria, 16, is thinking about:

1. First, I'd tell Michael Jackson, "Dude! I'm coming!"

2. I'd love to be the CEO of Rediff, Microsoft, Apple etc...

3. Try shaking hands with Osama Bin Laden.

4. Just minutes before I die, I'd like to climb a mountain and dive to the ground. I'd be a bigger star than Akshay Kumar.

5. I'd write an obituary for myself!

6. I'd brush my teeth daily -- my mother always tells me to -- and take the toothbrush with me (if I can) whereever I go after death.

7. Donate all my money and become rich in my values.

8. Donate all my body parts, which are required by many struggling handicaps.

9. I'd take you too, with me after death (hahaha -- after all I need company)!

10. Hey...what about the tickets of the place I'm going? Above all these points, I'll have to buy tickets. I'm not gonna' pay for you. Pay for yourself or don't come with me!

'Spend a month at a nudist camp!'

Here's what 29-year-old Jobin from Calicut has in mind:

1. Visit the Himalayas.

2. Drive my car from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.

3. Live a month in a remote African village, without any gadget that runs on electricity.

4. Meet the remaining Led Zeppelin band members.

5. Drink all brands of popular whiskey.

6. Parachute down to my home.

7. Go down into the ocean in a submarine and watch a blue whale swim.

8. Spend a month at a nudist camp.

9. Visit the North Pole.

10. Ride a lion.

'Stay at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai'

And finally, here's a glimpse of Shrikanth Kamath's plans:

I will:

1. Swipe all my credit cards to the maximum limit.

2. Take a huge home and car loan.

3. Date a Bollywood babe.

4. Eliminate a politician.

5. Stay at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai (of course, swiping my credit card).

6. Rob a bank.

7. Buy and waste a Ferrari.

8. Make a wish come true for an underprivileged child.

9. Perform plastic surgery (in case the world does not end in 2012, I can assume a new identity and plan to live long!).

10. Bid for a ticket on a space shuttle to see the world end on the assumed day from the sky.

Stay tuned for a lot more responses coming up! And let us know the 10 things that would make it to your priority list -- mail us at getahead@rediff.co.in (subject line: '10 things I'd do before I die') along with your name, age and contact details!