“...before you kick that bucket and check out.”

What’s the one thing you want to do before I kill you?

I always reply, “depends - how much time do I have?”

I always ask this question to random hitch hikers that I pick up.

Especially if the person asking looks like this

How about, “What are some cool bucket list things you wanna check out soon?”

I think it is implied that you start off with some sort of pretext such as, “You know I was talking with some friends last night and they asked me an interesting question that I’m still thinking about so, if I may, let me ask you,...”

... This kind of sounds like the person asking is going to kill the person they are talking to... like a sort of “any last requests” vibe...