Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,810
    The current special edition toffee apple flavour mini malt loaves. A nice change from the standard ones.
  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    An unseasonably warm and sunny evening yesterday. Nothing better than doing my normal CX route which was completed the day before in a severe weather warning...
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,282
    1. Watching someone try to fold a sheet of paper 8 times.
    2. Knowing that you are going to try.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,972
    The TV series about Paddington Station.

    Every week in the titles there's an irate woman telling the camera about the service being "ABSOLUTE HELL ON EARTH!"

    I love the fact that she now gets to see this every week, as so do all her friends and associates, and she gets to reflect on the fact that perhaps she over reacted about her train running late/wrong platform/whatever. She probably sits there and cringes. :)


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,298
    Sitting outside a cafe supping coffee and eating a bacon sarnie in mid October and its 23c :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    PBlakeney wrote:
    1. Watching someone try to fold a sheet of paper 8 times.
    2. Knowing that you are going to try.

    There's nothing to it. It's easy.
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Robert88 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    1. Watching someone try to fold a sheet of paper 8 times.
    2. Knowing that you are going to try.

    There's nothing to it. It's easy.

    Use tin foil -- I've just done nine times
  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    I made a fan.

    Anyhow, a near neighbour's son has been driving people nuts with his crappy moped which has the silencer trashed to make it go faster.

    Unbelievably he was seen leaving the house today wheeling a new road bike and clad in lycra. :shock:
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    MrB123 wrote:
    The current special edition toffee apple flavour mini malt loaves. A nice change from the standard ones.
    +1

    Must stock up before they discontinue them.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    HaydenM wrote:
    An unseasonably warm and sunny evening yesterday. Nothing better than doing my normal CX route which was completed the day before in a severe weather warning...

    7:00am commute this morning with bare arms and knees. Still warm enough to need a shower when I got to work.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,282
    Cowsham wrote:
    Robert88 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    1. Watching someone try to fold a sheet of paper in half 8 times.
    2. Knowing that you are going to try.

    There's nothing to it. It's easy.

    Use tin foil -- I've just done nine times
    Bugger! :oops:
    Edited.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    stumbling upon "once upon a time ....... man" on french tv after watching the mighty azzurri smash poland all over the shop at footy.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Stumble for Poland, but later smash you for sure,
    No emojis allowed, offend you’re skinny British ass...
    Ecrasez l’infame
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    stumbling upon "once upon a time ....... man" on french tv after watching the mighty azzurri smash poland all over the shop at footy.

    I loved watching that cartoon as a kid :) has it aged well or does it seem a bit twee now vs modern stuff
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    awavey wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    stumbling upon "once upon a time ....... man" on french tv after watching the mighty azzurri smash poland all over the shop at footy.

    I loved watching that cartoon as a kid :) has it aged well or does it seem a bit twee now vs modern stuff



    you can tell its a billion years old but still entertaining - the bambini got addicted to it afew months ago but i suppose there are worse things for them to watch.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,282
    The smell of Autoglym HD wax in the morning.
    The car being ultra shiny. For now.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Shouldn't cheer me up but had 2 near misses this morning:

    First in my street, me turning left car coming at me turns right...literally nano seconds before I turned. Pi$$ed off and knowing she'd seen me I didn't move off line and proceeded to ride down the road side by side with her meaning she had to use the opposite lane. Eventually gave way and let her in, but only after she and her passenger tried every possible trick not to make eye contact with me.

    Second closer to work. Red light and queue of traffic up ahead. Car tries to pass, gets halfway alongside me only to hit the queue and then pulls in to the cycle lane as if I'm not there. Without realising the passenger window was open I give a cheery 'thanks mate' only to notice his passenger squirming.

    Wouldn't care but the bikes lit up like a Christmas tree and I'm wearing a fluro yellow jersey today.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    mrfpb wrote:
    MrB123 wrote:
    The current special edition toffee apple flavour mini malt loaves. A nice change from the standard ones.
    +1

    Must stock up before they discontinue them.

    Tried it, didn’t like it I’m afraid

    I’ll stick with the banana loaf ones, they’re lush!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,492
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ike-stolen

    Obviously not the theft, but the response to such a set back has cheered me up. And he's only 18!
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    That a local A-road normally a HGV rat run linking a motorway junction and a trunk dual carriageway, to be avoided on bike unless suicidal, has been closed to through traffic because of a defective structure. Local access light traffic only, nice smooth tarmac, no potholes, hills graded so easy, what's not to like?
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Getting into a toilet at work and not only is it clean but the seat is still warm from the previous occupant.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,282
    Strava.
    I am a climbing god! :lol::lol::lol:

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    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Cowsham wrote:
    Getting into a toilet at work and not only is it clean but the seat is still warm from the previous occupant.
    Sounds like the sort of thing the Germans would have a word for.
    Ecrasez l’infame
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    BelgianBeerGeek wrote:
    Cowsham wrote:
    Getting into a toilet at work and not only is it clean but the seat is still warm from the previous occupant.
    Sounds like the sort of thing the Germans would have a word for.

    das ist einen poopenseaten, ja?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,282
    AC/DC lyrics in general. Thunderstruck in this example.
    “Sound of the drums”. Followed by a guitar riff. :lol::lol::lol:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    Cowsham wrote:
    Getting into a toilet at work and not only is it clean but the seat is still warm from the previous occupant.

    Yeah but if the seat's still warm the surely it still stinks of his sh1t?
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    So it's the new term (round here we have 2 weeks' holiday the first half of Octobe) and suddenly it's time for winter commuting mode.

    Yesterday was clear and cold, with a glorious sunrise just as I was arriving at work.

    But what makes me chuckle is... what sort of cognitively dissonant fool thinks that -1º in October somehow doesn't require as many clothes as -1º in January? I'm sure it was lunchtime before I could feel my toes or face.
  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    You probably weren't pedalling hard enough. I have the same problem cycling down mountains. Obviously you don't want to wear too much going up and going down you can wear as much as you like but you still freeze. Not really a problem so long as your hands work enough to brake you're ok cos you know when you reach the valley floor it'll be toasty again. It's just a mind thing.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    bompington wrote:
    So it's the new term (round here we have 2 weeks' holiday the first half of Octobe) and suddenly it's time for winter commuting mode.

    Yesterday was clear and cold, with a glorious sunrise just as I was arriving at work.

    But what makes me chuckle is... what sort of cognitively dissonant fool thinks that -1º in October somehow doesn't require as many clothes as -1º in January? I'm sure it was lunchtime before I could feel my toes or face.

    Not quite that cold here, but seeing someone pedal in shirt and shorts the past 2 days at 3 degrees was making me feel cold.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,271
    bompington wrote:
    So it's the new term (round here we have 2 weeks' holiday the first half of Octobe) and suddenly it's time for winter commuting mode.

    Yesterday was clear and cold, with a glorious sunrise just as I was arriving at work.

    But what makes me chuckle is... what sort of cognitively dissonant fool thinks that -1º in October somehow doesn't require as many clothes as -1º in January? I'm sure it was lunchtime before I could feel my toes or face.

    The same cognitive dissonance that illicit's aggressive complaint, sighs and noises with the expression of disgust when making a cup of tea in a manner which you prefer but they don't.
    ...and I say - "Well, you are not drinking it and quite a few of us are tannic acid intolerant, that doesn't make me weird, simply different to you so what's the problem?"
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