Little Things To Make You Smile

ChrissyBoy wrote:

Ahhh...alcohol, the bringer of confidence, bravery, forthrightness,...hic...
......shamelessness, carelessness and forgetfulness.......

....oh and hangovers

Yep, you said it ChrissyBoy!
I was on top of the world at the time but now I just want to hide...

Jones wrote:

Erm, well there's no 'Little Things That Make You Blush' - thread, so I'm putting it here;

I think I may have told the trumpet player from The National that I loved him, ha ha...
Well, it was 4am and a number of gins and tonic had been consumed. The poor man was very gracious and thanked me kindly before stepping away...
Mmm, I'm sure I'll be able to laugh about it some day...

Only just seen this! Love it! Nothing like gettin' all sloppy-chatty when you're completely ripped!

Don't feel bad Jones, at least you said something lovely to him. I was at our neighborhood ladies' holiday cookie exchange last night, and a couple of neighbors of mine had some words after one of them got liquored up and started insulting the other. Something about how her dog's always getting into her yard, and her kids leave their toys in front of her driveway, and so on...thought we were gonna have to call the cops on 'em! I should've thought to grab my iPhone and video the whole thing...would've been awesome on YouTube!

C'mon Chrissie, I bet you secretly enjoyed the spat! It's great to watch when you're not directly involved!
Thankfully I'm not an angry drunk, but I do become rather 'affectionate' when I've had a few
and yes, I have been known to tell random strangers how wonderful/fabulous they are when inebriated!

This one just make me laugh my ass off and cheered me up about my neverending cold...
http://www.cartoline.it/pics/_zoom_flash.htm?immagine=scherzi_150404_01.swf

Yesterday I saw a crowd of nursery kids in yellow high visibility vests. They looked really cute.

And today I saw again a rabbit on that leafy traffic island near my office, which is nicknamed the "Easter Island"

...that 12 weeks "old" Yorkshire terrier puppy of my neighbor

^ Puppies always make me smile.

Heard a nightingale this morning before I got into my car...

Beside the lovely nightingale that made me smile again I had to laugh about that bunny on the "Easterisland" trying to stand on its hind legs to catch some leafs from a tree...

Finding out that my old freelance/production company is listed on IMDB, plus two documentaries I made nearly 20 years ago. Very weird way of finding out; the client who commissioned me mentioned it completely by chance.

Nice one Mrs W!

Awesome! Well done MrsW!

Cheers, peeps!

I realise that this is hardly in keeping with the flow of the thread, but this morning I convinced a girl in work that we didn't have ice cream vans in Ireland. No, we had potato vans instead.

The fact she actually believed it still has me smiling and I've been home from work nearly two hours already.

I've just ordered Emma Unsworth's book off Amazon.
In the "Customers who bought this item also bought....." section were:
Villagers, Jesca Hoop, I Am Kloot, The Elbow Story, Massive Attack (feat. Guy Garvey) and Peter Gabriel's "Scratch My Back" album including his version of Mirrorball.

It looks like an identikit shopping basket for some of you guys.......a bit predictable us elbow completists aren't we?

Oh and then mrs sparky came back from shopping with our son and she told me he'd bought the "Arcade Monkeys" new album

Not a hilarious evening, I grant you, but it made me smile

Actually, Sparky, your post did make me smile!
Looks a bit like my Amazon shopping basket!
Looking forward to reading it now (and desperately hoping it's a good read!).

With all the shit going on all over the place, I would just like to announce that I have made the cake of the century - ginger and banana. Ultra moist and very treacle-y. I'm a happy bunny!

Sounds delish, never thought of putting ginger and banana together. I've always used all spice for my banana loaf.

A fab weekend. On my return from shopping on Saturday, there sat my new car on the driveway. A mini (new, well it is 8 yrs old) but I absolutely love it. I've been out in it oodles over the weekend and can't stop smiling every time I get in. It's completely impractical and a bit of a squeeze but I just love it! I've wanted one ever since I passed my test back in the day.

My hubby asked was this as good as meeting Guy at St Pauls after the gig and when I couldn't stop smiling all night, I actually lept in the air walking away from him I was so excited!! How sad is that! I replied "it comes close"!

You're a very lucky lady, Lynne! What a fab husband!

Congratulations Lynne!
You sound like a very happy bunny!

Happy motoring!!!

Thank you, I'm still loving it a week later! Looking forward to a little celebration tonight on the sofa! Watching Elbow of course at Glastonbury! x

Great story Lynne ! When I passed my test 2 years ago after 4 fails and 2.5 years trying, I got and still have, my trusted Fiat Punto - my joy at the time, seems comparable to yours !

Good on yer...

Things that make me smile - Seeing Guy's smile at the crowd at Glasto. What a performance

Parent's Evening at my daughter's school last night. Whilst we waited to see the teacher, the wife and I looked through her exercise books and came across this poem:

Jack and Jill went up the hill
And decided to make a cake
Jack fell down and broke his crown
So Jill had the cake all to her herself

Hilarious. My daughter is seven, by the way. I don't want to come across as a gushy, oh isn't my child wonderful, kind of parent; I just find the poem really funny.