This is the rough list which will be whittled down into the one hundred things on 1st August 2010.  Valid suggestions will all go on here, not in any particular order.  They’re all things I’ve not done before and suggestions will be taken through blog comments, Twitter (@nickjeffery) and from my friends on Facebook.  If you need the back story, have a look at the About page.

So, here we go:

1. Go on the Waterloo & City line
2. Visit Madame Tussaud’s
3. Swim in the Serpentine
4. Watch darts at Alexandra Palace
5. Drive around the M25
6. Have a drink at Vertigo 42
7. Watch Prime Minister’s Questions from the public gallery at the House of Commons
8. See someone get sent down at the Old Bailey (hat tip to Callum May; original was RCJ)
9. Visit the Bank of England museum
10. Enjoy a refreshing pint, at 6am, in Smithfield’s market
11. Go on the Fuller’s brewery tour
12. Eat at an Angus Steak House
13. Watch Mayor’s Question Time at the Greater London Assembly building
14. Visit the HMS Belfast
15. Visit the Tower of London; witness the Ceremony of the Keys
16. Go to the London Dungeons
17. Do some wine tasting at Vinopolis
18. Have afternoon tea somewhere you have to dress smartly
19. Soak up some culture by attending a BBC Prom at the Royal Albert Hall
20. Go ice skating at Somerset House
21. Orchestrate a Monopoly board pub crawl
22. Mooch around Kew Gardens
23. Monkey about at London Zoo
24. See a film at the Imax Cinema
25. Partake in a Circle line pub crawl
26. Present a programme on a London radio station
27. Be a foot passenger on the Woolwich Ferry
28. Hire a boat on the Thames (or canal)
29. Have a helicopter tour of the city
30. Attend the Lord Mayor’s Show
31. Pay homage to Top Minder Locations
32. Behave regally in Buckingham Palace
33. Be an extra in EastEnders
34. Be involved in a pub quiz in each London postal town (E, EC, N, NW, SE, SW, W, WC)
35. Eat at Konstam, where most ingredients are sourced from within the M25
36. Watch an edition of London Tonight
37. Visit Kenwood House
38. Have a look at Karl Marx’s grave
39. Visit the Pumping Station
40. Have a shisha on the Edgware Road
41. See Chas & Dave live
42. Mutter things in the Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathederal
43. Eat a picnic in Temple Gardens
44. Phone in to the Robert Elms programme on BBC London 94.9
45. Go for a curry in Tooting
46. Rock out to a gig at The Roundhouse
47. Nod approvingly at Changing the Guard
48. Visit the newly interactive Museum of London
49. Fail to be interested by paintings at Tate Britain
50. Get the DLR down to the Museum of London Docklands
51. Clamber up Monument
52. Get excited by engineery things in the Tower Bridge Exhibition and attend an event on the walkways
53. See a funny person tell jokes at the Hammersmith Apollo
54. Form a joke band; get a photo on Abbey Road zebra crossing; perform once; disband
55. Do an open mic spot
56. Pass through all Underground stations in one day of operation
57. Go to all of Fancy A Pint‘s five pint London pubs
58. Speak at Speakers’ Corner
59. A night out at Ronnie Scott’s
60. Get into the Long Room at Lord’s
61. Go to a Richard Herring gig with people mentioned in his book (now with 50% off at Amazon)
62. Take a trip to Eel Pie Island. Don’t try to annexe it (like Danny Wallace did)
63. Attend a football match at Wembley
64. Attend a rugby game at Twickenham
65. Lounge in all Royal Parks
66. Make an investment on the London Stock Exchange
67. Assess the decor in Doctor Johnson’s house
68. See what Stringfellow’s is all about
69. Stand up at The Globe (short play preferred)
70. Have a letter printed in the Evening Standard
71. Successfully pretend, for one day, to be a foreign tourist
72. Make it to the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park
73. Attend a fundraising function for each of the three major political parties
74. Walk around Hogarth’s House
75. Drink port in a St. James’s club
76. Watch butch men sell flowers at Covent Garden Flower Market
77. Escape the maze, and look at dinosaurs, in Crystal Palace Park
78. Celebrate the Chinese New Year in Leicester Square
79. Cocktails at The Savoy
80. Cycle the Regent’s Canal towpath
81. Buy something seafood-y at Billingsgate, then cook it
82. Sir John Soanes’ Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Fields
83. Old Operating Theatre in Southwark
84. Ride on London’s only steam railway
85. Try to find the Big Breakfast house
86. Dine at The Ivy
87. Find a way out of the Hampton Court Palace maze
88. Lord it at the Notting Hill Carnival
89. Attend a choral service at Westminster Abbey
90. Snap a decent wildlife photo at the London Wetland Centre
91. Banger racing at Wimbledon Stadium
92. Cigar and champagne at The Terrace Garden
93. Window shop at London Silver Vaults
94. Eat meat from The Meat Wagon
95. Explore Dennis Severs’ house
96. Visit The Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe; keep an eye out for Thames Tunnel tours
97. Visit a disused Tube station
98. Ride on old Tube stock
99. Visit Neasden Temple
100. Be a rampant commercialist at Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
101. Bee excited at the Chelsea Physic Garden
102. Cover my head at the Bevis Marks Synagogue
103. Go on an east London museum crawl
104. Tour the Clock Tower
105. Jeer at a York Hall fight
106. Get around to visiting the Wellcome Collection
107. Enter a Shoot London photography competition
108. Do a length, and back, of Tooting Bec Lido (180m; best swimming certificate I have is 100m)
109. Partake in an Alternative Tube Challenges day
110. Join in the Chap Olympiad
111. Race someone on a Boris Bike
112. A tour of London’s sewers (@paulwebster says: elusive but reportedly possible)

If you’re reading this, and have some ideas, be a star and pop them in a comment.  Ta.  If you fancy joining me on one of these Things, get in touch.