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nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:20 AM Aug 2015

What is guaranteed to put a smile on your face?

Time to see what makes Loungers smile!


For me I love cute/funny animal videos. I love British panel shows like Mock the Week and Would I Lie to You - everything is funnier when said in an accent. Also fart humor (I have sophisticated tastes) -- when I am super sad I find those farting Preacher videos and laugh until something leaks.

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What is guaranteed to put a smile on your face? (Original Post) nadine_mn Aug 2015 OP
My husband's face when he gets home from work. PassingFair Aug 2015 #1
I love watching my husband walk through the door and our pets greet him nadine_mn Aug 2015 #11
Babies. Iggo Aug 2015 #2
When a hypocrite is forced to face his/her hypocrisy. nt clarice Aug 2015 #3
My wife...usually. ;) Tobin S. Aug 2015 #4
that is so sweet nt nadine_mn Aug 2015 #9
My grandchildren! n/t DebJ Aug 2015 #5
Nothing lately. Boomerproud Aug 2015 #6
I'm sorry nadine_mn Aug 2015 #12
Baby animals. a la izquierda Aug 2015 #7
I'll second the baby animals... magical thyme Aug 2015 #8
oh my goodness the cuteness!! nt nadine_mn Aug 2015 #10
OMG - Fart humor kills me TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #13
So glad I am not the only one around here nadine_mn Aug 2015 #16
Ever heard the expression "that went over like a fart TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #31
watching the husband with the cats fizzgig Aug 2015 #14
awww, fizzgig NJCher Aug 2015 #23
it was the fat cat who told me the husband was the one fizzgig Aug 2015 #27
My dog shenmue Aug 2015 #15
Love seveneyes Aug 2015 #17
recently, this little Baltimore chap Skittles Aug 2015 #18
he is just amazing nadine_mn Aug 2015 #21
Marijuana does that. Cheese Sandwich Aug 2015 #19
My cats, snuggling up to me and purring. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #20
Babies laughing... Contrary1 Aug 2015 #22
Corgi trying stairs Special Prosciuto Aug 2015 #24
oh sweet baby jeebus fizzgig Aug 2015 #28
All things Red Dwarf. Example: Swirly Thing Alert chknltl Aug 2015 #25
I have never heard of this show IrishEyes Aug 2015 #32
Red Dwarf has quite the following here in the U.S. chknltl Aug 2015 #33
being woken up by our dogs doing dutch oven farts at night olddots Aug 2015 #26
love is not minding the dutch oven fizzgig Aug 2015 #29
Two of our three dogs are talkers. hunter Aug 2015 #30
Let's see sarge43 Aug 2015 #34
Birdies eating the seeds I offer. Bunnies (hares) eating my weeds. My ripening tomatoes. Raccoon WinkyDink Aug 2015 #35
aww sounds beautiful! n/t nadine_mn Aug 2015 #36
It is! Sometimes the "birdies" suspiciously resemble squirrels, though..... ;-) The one raccoon WinkyDink Aug 2015 #37

PassingFair

(22,434 posts)
1. My husband's face when he gets home from work.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:06 AM
Aug 2015

This is the first time in 26 years of marriage that he's working
outside the home, and I'm working from inside.

Love it when he drives up!

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
11. I love watching my husband walk through the door and our pets greet him
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 03:55 AM
Aug 2015

I think if he had a tail he would wag it just as hard. Love seeing that!

TexasBushwhacker

(20,196 posts)
13. OMG - Fart humor kills me
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 08:08 AM
Aug 2015

I can't help it.





I had never seen Pastor Gas! They need to do one with Pat Robertson.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,196 posts)
31. Ever heard the expression "that went over like a fart
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 07:46 PM
Aug 2015

in church"?

Well, a friend told me that he was in a church full of wooden pews, without cushions. It also had marble floors. So someone let one rip right in the middle of the sermon, and it just REASONATED throughout the sanctuary. At first there were some muffled giggles and you know how hard it is to make yourself stop laughing. So a few more people get the giggles and the pastor pauses, trying to keep his composure. But it was no use, he started laughing too.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
14. watching the husband with the cats
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 01:03 PM
Aug 2015

he won't admit it, but he's head over heels for both of them and i love watching him smile at them.

NJCher

(35,685 posts)
23. awww, fizzgig
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 11:01 PM
Aug 2015

Me, too.

Twenty-five years ago, when I met the RG and we were dating, I wondered what he did in the evenings. One day, by chance, I met a neighbor of his. I asked the neighbor what he did in the evenings and the neighbor said, "The best I can tell is that he sits in the Florida room and pets the cat."

I knew it was !


Cher

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
27. it was the fat cat who told me the husband was the one
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 04:47 AM
Aug 2015

the normally skittish girl fell in love almost on sight and that's all i needed to know.

there is something about men who love cats, that's for sure.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
32. I have never heard of this show
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 08:00 PM
Aug 2015

It's weird. I like it. I will have to investigate further. I watch a lot of British TV but I missed it some how.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
33. Red Dwarf has quite the following here in the U.S.
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 10:52 AM
Aug 2015

The 'Red Dwarf' is a Deep Space Mining ship that once held hundreds of people. It is adrift through space and time with 4ish-5ish primary characters left aboard. The "Swirly Thing Alert" clip posted above takes place on Red Dwarf's scout-ship 'Star Bug'.

From Wiki:
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dwarf )

"The main characters are Dave Lister, the last known human alive, and Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of Lister's dead bunkmate. The other regular characters are Cat, a lifeform which evolved from the descendants of Lister's pregnant pet cat Frankenstein; Holly, Red Dwarf's computer; Kryten, a service mechanoid; and, as of Series VII to Back to Earth, Kristine Kochanski, an alternative-reality version of Lister's long-lost love. "

The series itself started way back in 1988, was never intended to last longer than a season or two but due to popularity and demand from it's cult following it has never truly died. New seasons sporadically keep popping up and apparently there are more Red Dwarf related shows moving on through 2016-2017.

I own a Red Dwarf T-Shirt with Holly's head on it and the word's "Smeg-Head" below. It's a collectable which I rarely wear but when I do I am always amazed at how many fellow Red Dwarf fans come up to me. I am surprised that you were unaware of Red Dwarf. If 'British Humor' makes you laugh, you are in for quite a treat.

(I smiled the entire time I watched this mashup of Red Dwarf's Theme Song just now)



That's enough chit-chat out of me about Red Dwarf IrishEyes, I'm off on a mission so: "Smoke me A Kipper And I'll Be Back For Breakfast"




hunter

(38,317 posts)
30. Two of our three dogs are talkers.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 11:53 AM
Aug 2015

They are singers too, which can be annoying when they sing back to emergency vehicle sirens.

Anyways, they'll sometimes come up to me and ask for something by talking. I'm certain the noises they make are exactly what human language sounds like to them.

This always makes me smile. They are always so very sincere and straightforward when they talk like that, sometimes with one paw resting on my leg..

One's a husky, so almost any YouTube video of a talking husky is a good example.

On the other hand I hate to endorse huskies in any way. Their current popularity is not a good thing. Ours is a rescue. Many are abandoned by people who can't handle them. Huskies enjoy the company of people but they are difficult dogs in many ways. They shed insane amounts of hair, they are escape artists, they are destroyers of gardens, and unlike most dogs they are not motivated to do party tricks like shake hands, sit, lie down, retrieve sticks... not for tasty treats or any other reward.

They'll just look at you like, "Why?"

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
34. Let's see
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 12:09 PM
Aug 2015

A DU snark-a-thon

Watching the outside critters enjoying themselves. Yearling moose playing tag with crows in the blueberry bush, hen turkeys herding their kids thru the backyard, the woodchuck refreshing his breath with my mint, the hummingbirds sampling the honeysuckle. Makes me happy they feel so comfortable.

Listening to my favorite music, watching my favorite movies, reading a good history book, a nice cuppa tea.

Watching the spousal unit enjoy something I cook for him.

Helping him can stuff for the winter and the inevitable power outage.

A nice OP on DU, like this one

In evening thinking "This was a good day."

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
35. Birdies eating the seeds I offer. Bunnies (hares) eating my weeds. My ripening tomatoes. Raccoon
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 04:42 PM
Aug 2015

videos.

More, but these'll do.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
37. It is! Sometimes the "birdies" suspiciously resemble squirrels, though..... ;-) The one raccoon
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 08:40 PM
Aug 2015

video that really cracks me up is this one:


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