These are some things that work for me, but then again, I am not normal.

  • Feed ducks. These feathery chow hounds will listen to all types of whining until the food supply runs out.
  • Have squirt gun battles around the neighborhood with some friends.
  • Go to the local grocery store's produce section. Audibly hold a pretend conversation on the handy-dandy banana phone. When another shopper comes near hand him/her the banana and say something like "He wants to talk to you now."
  • Find a not-too-inhabited playground with sturdy equipment and run amok like a little kid.
  • Call a friend or loved one with whom there's been little contact for a while.
  • Two words: bunny slippers.