Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 How tickled I am that you posted that!

Yogi19 posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 How tickled I am that you posted that!

It wasn't taxing.  Geddit.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 How tickled I am that you posted that!

It wasn't taxing.  Geddit.

 Yes 

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

I was wondering how long it would take someone to post this. 

Ken Dodd is not normally associated with deep thought to perplex the mind.

However he once said if you want to hear genuine laughter go and stand outside a junior school. It's probably the happiest sound you'll hear.

Too true - I can often hear the local school from our garden and break time is filled with laughter.

Eugene's Lair posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

I was wondering how long it would take someone to post this. 

Saint posted:

Ken Dodd is not normally associated with deep thought to perplex the mind.

However he once said if you want to hear genuine laughter go and stand outside a junior school. It's probably the happiest sound you'll hear.

Too true - I can often hear the local school from our garden and break time is filled with laughter.

I agree, Sainty, children’s laughter is wonderful.

Saint posted:

Ken Dodd is not normally associated with deep thought to perplex the mind.

However he once said if you want to hear genuine laughter go and stand outside a junior school. It's probably the happiest sound you'll hear.

Too true - I can often hear the local school from our garden and break time is filled with laughter.

I would be very careful when hanging around schools. 

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

Ken Dodd is not normally associated with deep thought to perplex the mind.

However he once said if you want to hear genuine laughter go and stand outside a junior school. It's probably the happiest sound you'll hear.

Too true - I can often hear the local school from our garden and break time is filled with laughter.

I would be very careful when hanging around schools. 

Message understood

Moving my position immediately

Saint posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

Ken Dodd is not normally associated with deep thought to perplex the mind.

However he once said if you want to hear genuine laughter go and stand outside a junior school. It's probably the happiest sound you'll hear.

Too true - I can often hear the local school from our garden and break time is filled with laughter.

I would be very careful when hanging around schools. 

Message understood

Moving my position immediately

 You two!

Saint posted:

Ken Dodd is not normally associated with deep thought to perplex the mind.

However he once said if you want to hear genuine laughter go and stand outside a junior school. It's probably the happiest sound you'll hear.

Too true - I can often hear the local school from our garden and break time is filled with laughter.

Did you know Doddy recently turned 90?   C5 are showing over 3hrs of programmes on Sunday night as a tribute: a 2hr profile, followed by an "Audience With..." performance.

Actually, I disagree with that "not normally associated" line: he's often considered one of the best "thinkers" amongst his peers in terms of analysing what makes us laugh (Bob Monkhouse was the other one - the closest we've got amongst more recent comedians is probably Jimmy Carr). Dodd has often talked about how - once he'd decided he wanted to be a comedian - he went to the library and read everything he could about it; not just joke books but all aspect of it, such as the biology and psychology of laughter.

IIRC, that observation about children's' laughter was part of a wider treatise in which he saw laughter as a spectrum, which  ranges from the pure "white" laughter of children through other colours to "blue" jokes and the "black" humour of satire and offence. 

And of course Dodd is famous for analysing humour in other ways, such as his "Giggle Map", which shows what kind of jokes are popular in different places around the UK, and his use of "TPM" ("Titters Per Minute") to measure and control his performances.

[And yeah: it's sad and a sign of the times, but I think he'd be very careful nowadays to avoid lines about "hanging around outside schools"... ]

Really interesting post, Eugene. I didn’t know any of that.

Re bit in brackets: a sad sign of the times indeed 

Happiness is being surrounded by 8 huge cygnets 😊😊😊

Edit...and being accepted 🤗🤗🤗

Moonie posted:

Happiness is being surrounded by 8 huge cygnets 😊😊😊

 

Edit...and being accepted 🤗🤗🤗

It’s really special when wild animals or birds give you their trust.

Eugene's Lair posted:

Saint posted:

Ken Dodd is not normally associated with deep thought to perplex the mind.

However he once said if you want to hear genuine laughter go and stand outside a junior school. It's probably the happiest sound you'll hear.

Too true - I can often hear the local school from our garden and break time is filled with laughter.

Did you know Doddy recently turned 90?   C5 are showing over 3hrs of programmes on Sunday night as a tribute: a 2hr profile, followed by an "Audience With..." performance.

 

Actually, I disagree with that "not normally associated" line: he's often considered one of the best "thinkers" amongst his peers in terms of analysing what makes us laugh (Bob Monkhouse was the other one - the closest we've got amongst more recent comedians is probably Jimmy Carr). Dodd has often talked about how - once he'd decided he wanted to be a comedian - he went to the library and read everything he could about it; not just joke books but all aspect of it, such as the biology and psychology of laughter.

 

IIRC, that observation about children's' laughter was part of a wider treatise in which he saw laughter as a spectrum, which  ranges from the pure "white" laughter of children through other colours to "blue" jokes and the "black" humour of satire and offence. 

And of course Dodd is famous for analysing humour in other ways, such as his "Giggle Map", which shows what kind of jokes are popular in different places around the UK, and his use of "TPM" ("Titters Per Minute") to measure and control his performances.

 

[And yeah: it's sad and a sign of the times, but I think he'd be very careful nowadays to avoid lines about "hanging around outside schools"... ]

"Wider treatise" now that made me laff.

Altogether a smidge too serious

Saint posted:

"Wider treatise" now that made me laff.

Well, isn't that the point? 

Doddy would be pleased. 

Saint posted:

Altogether a smidge too serious

Well, yeah: it's sort of compulsory when discussing the analysis of humour to quote E. B. White:

"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it."

I was just trying to make the point that the likes of Ken Dodd, Bob Monkhouse and Jimmy Carr really do take humour very seriously, and do think very deeply about it. However they're a lot funnier when explaining it than I am... 

SIGN ME UP !!!

 .... oh they meant retinal 

Saint posted:

SIGN ME UP !!!

 

 .... oh they meant retinal 

I saw that sign down town last week. I went in, dropped my shorts and was promptly arrested. However, after pointing at the sign in the window they decided to drop all charges.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

SIGN ME UP !!!

 

 .... oh they meant retinal 

I saw that sign down town last week. I went in, dropped my shorts and was promptly arrested. However, after pointing at the sign in the window they decided to drop all charges.

 

You two!

Saint posted:

SIGN ME UP !!!

 

 .... oh they meant retinal 

Sorry to *ahem* put things into focus, but It's a photoshop job:

http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/26/...ry-eye-test-5463418/

Real sign:

I was hoping it wasn't

But fun anyway 

Saint posted:

I was hoping it wasn't

But fun anyway 

Yeah, I know what you mean. 

I think the giveaway is that vision express are a big company. If it was a small independent opticians you could imagine a mistake getting through, but vision express would order hundreds of posters. You'd therefore expect either a lot of similar photos  or - more likely  - that someone would have spotted the mistake earlier and halted the advertising campaign. 

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

SIGN ME UP !!!

 

 .... oh they meant retinal 

I saw that sign down town last week. I went in, dropped my shorts and was promptly arrested. However, after pointing at the sign in the window they decided to drop all charges.

 

You two!

What a great thread yogi! 

I agree- sunrises, sunsets, moon, stars... the beach, the forests, walking my dog, craft projects, candle light, hot baths, music, snacks, gardening, exercising, friends... I love life  

~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:

What a great thread yogi! 

 

I agree- sunrises, sunsets, moon, stars... the beach, the forests, walking my dog, craft projects, candle light, hot baths, music, snacks, gardening, exercising, friends... I love life  

Not wanting to labour the point ... its actually my thread in another guise.

"Little things that make life great" - aherm!!

However - i'm ok with that

I love and become a little transfixed with moonlight - especially if its bouncing off the rooftops. On the way to work there was a steep hill and on a clear night the moon would light up the road and the fields on either side - it was magical.

And then there's realists...........

Sprout posted:

And then there's realists...........

Did you miss the thread title, it’s the Happiness thread!

What’s unrealistic about any of this?

It’s about finding joy in the little things in life, it’s about finding happiness with people you love and finding beauty in nature. 

Better than being miserable.

Saint posted:

~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:

What a great thread yogi! 

 

I agree- sunrises, sunsets, moon, stars... the beach, the forests, walking my dog, craft projects, candle light, hot baths, music, snacks, gardening, exercising, friends... I love life  

Not wanting to labour the point ... its actually my thread in another guise.

"Little things that make life great" - aherm!!

 

However - i'm ok with that

 

I love and become a little transfixed with moonlight - especially if its bouncing off the rooftops. On the way to work there was a steep hill and on a clear night the moon would light up the road and the fields on either side - it was magical.

My tumble dryer is in the garage and when I go out to lock the side door on winter evenings, I often stand and gaze at the moon and the stars - really beautiful.

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:

What a great thread yogi! 

 

I agree- sunrises, sunsets, moon, stars... the beach, the forests, walking my dog, craft projects, candle light, hot baths, music, snacks, gardening, exercising, friends... I love life  

Not wanting to labour the point ... its actually my thread in another guise.

"Little things that make life great" - aherm!!

 

However - i'm ok with that

 

I love and become a little transfixed with moonlight - especially if its bouncing off the rooftops. On the way to work there was a steep hill and on a clear night the moon would light up the road and the fields on either side - it was magical.

My tumble dryer is in the garage and when I go out to lock the side door on winter evenings, I often stand and gaze at the moon and the stars - really beautiful.

I love it too ....and looking at the sea ....rough, smooth I love it....certainly makes me happy 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:

What a great thread yogi! 

 

I agree- sunrises, sunsets, moon, stars... the beach, the forests, walking my dog, craft projects, candle light, hot baths, music, snacks, gardening, exercising, friends... I love life  

Not wanting to labour the point ... its actually my thread in another guise.

"Little things that make life great" - aherm!!

 

However - i'm ok with that

 

I love and become a little transfixed with moonlight - especially if its bouncing off the rooftops. On the way to work there was a steep hill and on a clear night the moon would light up the road and the fields on either side - it was magical.

My tumble dryer is in the garage and when I go out to lock the side door on winter evenings, I often stand and gaze at the moon and the stars - really beautiful.

I love it too ....and looking at the sea ....rough, smooth I love it....certainly makes me happy 

I love to be near the sea but not so keen to go in it, except for a paddle 

Sprout posted:

And then there's realists...........

Oi....No negativity please 

~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:

What a great thread yogi! 

 

I agree- sunrises, sunsets, moon, stars... the beach, the forests, walking my dog, craft projects, candle light, hot baths, music, snacks, gardening, exercising, friends... I love life  

Sounds blissful, Summer 

Candle light

Deep baths

Tickling children

A big old dog

Pipe smoke

Kicking your shoes off at the end of the day

Laughing so hard, I cry

 . . . and a beautiful old building - I have a thing for architecture and heritage

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:

What a great thread yogi! 

 

I agree- sunrises, sunsets, moon, stars... the beach, the forests, walking my dog, craft projects, candle light, hot baths, music, snacks, gardening, exercising, friends... I love life  

Not wanting to labour the point ... its actually my thread in another guise.

"Little things that make life great" - aherm!!

 

However - i'm ok with that

 

I love and become a little transfixed with moonlight - especially if its bouncing off the rooftops. On the way to work there was a steep hill and on a clear night the moon would light up the road and the fields on either side - it was magical.

My tumble dryer is in the garage and when I go out to lock the side door on winter evenings, I often stand and gaze at the moon and the stars - really beautiful.

I've seen a shooting star

I was chatting with a friend late at night and just happened to look up

It was way-way up and hardly noticeable

I didn't say anything . . . 

Saint posted:

Candle light

Deep baths

Tickling children

A big old dog

Pipe smoke

Kicking your shoes off at the end of the day

Laughing so hard, I cry

 to all of that, except the pipe smoke 

Saint posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Saint posted:

~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:

What a great thread yogi! 

 

I agree- sunrises, sunsets, moon, stars... the beach, the forests, walking my dog, craft projects, candle light, hot baths, music, snacks, gardening, exercising, friends... I love life  

Not wanting to labour the point ... its actually my thread in another guise.

"Little things that make life great" - aherm!!

 

However - i'm ok with that

 

I love and become a little transfixed with moonlight - especially if its bouncing off the rooftops. On the way to work there was a steep hill and on a clear night the moon would light up the road and the fields on either side - it was magical.

My tumble dryer is in the garage and when I go out to lock the side door on winter evenings, I often stand and gaze at the moon and the stars - really beautiful.

I've seen a shooting star

I was chatting with a friend late at night and just happened to look up

It was way-way up and hardly noticeable

I didn't say anything . . . 

Lovely. Lucky you.

Saint posted:

Candle light

Deep baths

Tickling children

A big old dog

Pipe smoke

Kicking your shoes off at the end of the day

Laughing so hard, I cry

I would qualify that with (children I know and not just randoms) 

This picture from 1978 was apparently my happiest moment to date.