What makes you smile ?

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:13 am

This thread or one similar may have been posted before, but I cannot see it so I'll just carry on ! :wah:

It makes me smile to start a day with gloomy clouds then part way through the morning the sun breaks through. The day seems to be so much better, and I notice that people seem a lot more friendly too !

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:19 am

When children are playing in a play park, pretending to be some character from a video they've seen - takes me back to my childhood when I used to play cowboys and Indians and climb trees to 'escape' an Indian attack, and I smile - childrens' imaginations are wonderful things !

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:13 am

You can't beat a toddler on their voyage of discovery.

Being able to stand for the first time, making recognisable sounds, or when a piece of music makes them excited enough to dance.

theia · Post by **theia** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:10 am

Oh yes, toddlers dancing :-6. My eldest granddaughter sent me a video of her 16 month old son dancing to a Thomas the Tank Engine programme. So uninhibited and wonderful. And the openness and innocence of little ones make me smile.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:46 pm

I saw a pic on someone's FaceBook or something once with the words that sum my feelings up quite nicely...

"Hearing someone say 'You've Made My Day' makes my day".

Also, when I hear little kids being polite. It shows there's hope for us all yet.

Post by **Chloe_88** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 1:07 pm

Walks alone like this in Ireland make me smile:

silly maybe.. but when I wake up my cat waits for me at the door and rolls over paddling in the air when i walk into the room

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:18 pm

Early morning, dead quiet.

A chill in the air when neither a neither a cricket chirp or a leaf rustle such to deafen the ear.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:40 pm

tude dog;1466835 wrote: Early morning, dead quiet.

A chill in the air when neither a neither a cricket chirp or a leaf rustle such to deafen the ear.
I find that sort of thing creepy.

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:11 am

FourPart;1466839 wrote: I find that sort of thing creepy.

I suppose it would be in the city.

Living in the country, I find it enchanting.

Even better, is to add fresh falling snow and so quiet you can hear the sound of the flakes landing.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:52 am

I remember exiting the car somewhere in Scotland, stepping outside and being amazed to hear.................................silence.

We had traveled a winding upward single track kind of road, pulled onto a kind of car park, in front the view rolled away downward, looking down a valley into the see able distance that went on forever.

Not unlike many other Scottish views,but this time there was not a sound, no wind, no running water, just silence. It was that quiet we stood and listened to it.......and years later I still remember it.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:48 am

I've always found the country to be full of noise. Birdsong, wild animals, farm animals... All sorts of things. It's just that when all that stops it's usually indicative of an impending storm or something.

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:50 am

FourPart;1466839 wrote: I find that sort of thing creepy.

I'm the same...I much prefer to hear the world going about its business.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:10 pm

A sound that really makes me smile is hearing a blackbird proudly singing for ages on a summer evening. It takes me back to when I was a child and we'd be in the garden, mum reading, dad snoozing, and my two brothers and I would be busy playing with various Dinky toys. There seemed to always be a blackbird sitting on our house chimney singing the most beautiful song, evening after evening. He was very black and we 'adopted' him and we called him our Blacky, such a proud bird.

tazzy · Post by **tazzy** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:49 pm

what makes me smile? the creepy doll Anabelle! real fact the real doll is a raggedy ann doll and it is in connecticut at the haunted collectors museum not far from me

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 1:52 pm

FourPart;1466839 wrote: I find that sort of thing creepy.

:wah:

Last house we live, when we bought it was very quiet, almost like in the country.

I didn't realize the completion of a freeway almost a mile away would change that.

Really have to complement CALTRANS in that it was constructed in a way to minimize the noise. It was just at the lower limit to be heard.

Enough to be heard, 24/7.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 5:09 pm

I smiled yesterday when I won on the Euromillions Lottery !!!!!!!!! :guitarist:D

£2.80 ! :yh_rotfl Still it paid for another line diddle it !!

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:19 pm

tude dog;1466853 wrote: :wah:

Last house we live, when we bought it was very quiet, almost like in the country.

I didn't realize the completion of a freeway almost a mile away would change that.

Really have to complement CALTRANS in that it was constructed in a way to minimize the noise. It was just at the lower limit to be heard.

Enough to be heard, 24/7.

Funny how I couldn't understand a word of the intro, but with the singing every word is crystal clear (although it does annoy when the audience pipe up in the middle of the song).

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:20 am

I clean for a gentleman in his mid 80s who has had several minor strokes and whose mobility is now severely restricted.

I usually leave a note for his son when I want to vacuum upstairs as the staircase is a narrow, winding cottage type and the vacuum is a Dyson original and weighs about 3 tons!

I forgot the note last week and so today I had to struggle to carry the cleaner upstairs myself. This lovely gentleman saw me struggle and told me he would carry it up for me if I couldn't manage! Bless him! His comment made me smile in that "oh, isn't he lovely" sort of way.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:16 am

The sun makes me smile, :-6 particularly at this time of year. When I woke this morning the sun was shining with a big welcome for the world. It is 1st November and well into Autumn. The temperature is likely to be in the 60s F. Although there is a breeze to keep the temp. down a little in the shadows, I still smiled and thought that the longer this weather carries on, the shorter the winter will be............................. and the less I will need the central heating ! I smiled again ! :-6:-6

:D

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:28 am

:wah: When my 7-year-old says things such as he did last month. He thought we ought to purchase a motorcar and a boat. I told him we couldn't afford it. His reply, â€œJust go to the bank and get as much money as you want!â€

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:20 pm

High Threshold;1467069 wrote: :wah: When my 7-year-old says things such as he did last month. He thought we ought to purchase a motorcar and a boat. I told him we couldn't afford it. His reply, â€œJust go to the bank and get as much money as you want!â€

Oh, HT, if only that was true ! :yh_rotfl

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:36 pm

G#Gill;1467082 wrote: Oh, HT, if only that was true ! :yh_rotfl

..... if only .......

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:46 am

Hearing Hubby laugh.

Looking at photographs.

Receiving a new Stephen King book in the mail.

Holding a new born baby.

Listening to an old song I like.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:47 am

Looking into the eyes of a child.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:49 pm

It is 5th November and the weather is, I think, at last beginning to behave more like Autumn ! My husband did the grocery shopping today and amongst all the usual items were a couple of punnets of fresh English strawberries and a pot of fresh cream. I was so surprised that they were still available in the supermarket and at the same price they had been all summer, particularly when I thought that last week's fresh English strawberries would probably be the last of the season ! I smiled

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:56 am

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:08 am

FourPart;1468002 wrote: I was nearly in tears ..... but, for once, in a good way.

By the time I finished reading this, I too was nearly in tears ..... but, for once, in a good way!

VERY WELL DONE!

Post by **LarsMac** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:08 am

FourPart;1468002 wrote:

Congratulations. That IS a fine way to end the week. Give yourself a hearty slap on the back from all of us.

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:40 pm

This made me smile all over.

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:06 pm

Fuzzy that is so rude .. it is certainly uncalled for ...

You are no gentleman ...

There are some ladies on here.... I hope? ...

You should show some respect for us women .

Goes to prove that men are a bunch of pigs ...

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:11 pm

You think it's too 'cheeky' for the serious members?:wah:

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 2:49 am

Fuzzy;1468107 wrote: You think it's too 'cheeky' for the serious members?:wah:
Too Benny Hill-esque for my liking (I never like Benny Hill, despite his being a local lad).

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:48 am

FourPart;1468110 wrote: Too Benny Hill-esque for my liking (I never like Benny Hill, despite his being a local lad).

Well at least it is nice to know there is at least one gentleman on here ...

Fuzzy I truly don't appreciated your cheeky sense of humour at times ..

You get carried away ..

The thread is about what makes you smile ...not what makes you rude ..

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:28 am

Overhearing my grandson telling a freind about how smart his grandparents are.

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:25 am

sugarpuff;1468120 wrote: Well at least it is nice to know there is at least one gentleman on here ...

Fuzzy I truly don't appreciated your cheeky sense of humour at times ..

You get carried away ..

The thread is about what makes you smile ...not what makes you rude ..

Fair enough. My apologies, I didn't think it would upset anyone.

It won't happen again. I will look for a site where people don't mind a bit of fun.

:yh_wave

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:23 am

Fuzzy;1468165 wrote: Fair enough. My apologies, I didn't think it would upset anyone.

It won't happen again. I will look for a site where people don't mind a bit of fun.

:yh_wave

So, let me see, now. You invite this person to join you at a site you are new to, and then you're going to leave the site because that person complains about something you posted?

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:52 am

Fuzzy;1468165 wrote: Fair enough. My apologies, I didn't think it would upset anyone.

It won't happen again. I will look for a site where people don't mind a bit of fun.

:yh_wave

So this person you Invited to join our site, after being here just a few weeks, gets to dictate what you post ? Errr how does that work exactly ? Stick around, we all like a bit of rudeness.. If your friend doesn't like It, then she can look for another forum, not you... Just saying !!! Besides, It's not even her thread. It's Gill's

This makes me smile.... It;s Bruv

â™¥â™¥ Happiest Penguin Ever â™¥â™¥ - YouTube

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:23 am

Fuzzy;1468107 wrote: You think it's too 'cheeky' for the serious members?:wah:

Well, it is pretty 'cheeky'.

And, yes, very "Benny Hill"

And might even test the theme of this thread, but I, for one, did get a good laugh out of it.

And I'm pretty serious, usually.

sorta.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:47 am

Oscar Namechange;1468172 wrote:

This makes me smile.... It;s Bruv

[â™¥â™¥ Happiest Penguin Ever â™¥â™¥

Species-ist

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:01 pm

Perhaps then I should start a new thread called 'The slightly rude thread'. Anyone not liking 'rude' won't have to go there.:-3

BTW, I'm not sure the penguin is very happy. Seems to me he trying to warm up his freezing toes.:wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:22 pm

Fuzzy;1468198 wrote: Perhaps then I should start a new thread called 'The slightly rude thread'. Anyone not liking 'rude' won't have to go there.:-3

BTW, I'm not sure the penguin is very happy. Seems to me he trying to warm up his freezing toes.:wah: I didn't think he was happy either... just making a lot of noise going around In circles.

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:59 pm

Wow everyone's comment sure made me smile ...

I guess they will be chatting to you now fuzzy ..you won't be ignored ...

my plan work...

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:05 pm

sugarpuff;1468201 wrote: Wow everyone's comment sure made me smile ...

I guess they will be chatting to you now fuzzy ..you won't be ignored ...

my plan work...
Ahhhh, excellent cop out.

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:08 pm

Fuzzy;1468204 wrote: Ahhhh, excellent cop out.

You're not gone yet ???? ... were you just spitting the dummy ???? ...

or trying for pity ???? ...

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:50 pm

sugarpuff;1468263 wrote: You're not gone yet ???? ... were you just spitting the dummy ???? ...

or trying for pity ???? ...

Why should I be gone? I never said I was leaving. Read my post again, properly this time.

You really make me smile sometimes.

sugarpuff · Post by **sugarpuff** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:18 pm

Fuzzy;1468265 wrote: Why should I be gone? I never said I was leaving. Read my post again, properly this time.

You really make me smile sometimes.

Is it because you love me ....:wah::wah::wah::wah:

Fuzzy · Post by **Fuzzy** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:35 am

sugarpuff;1468337 wrote: Is it because you love me ....:wah::wah::wah::wah:

Love you??? I don't even like you.:yh_rotfl

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:46 pm

I smile when I pass gas and know that no one has heard it. :wah:

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:48 pm

Lon;1468377 wrote: I smile when I pass gas and know that no one has heard it. :wah:

Do you smile a lot ?

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:58 pm

Bruv;1468379 wrote: Do you smile a lot ?

My smile is continual.