Bloodheart
Grisha's Gal
Joined: Jan 18, 2011
Age: 30
Posts: 2168
Location: Newcastle, England.
|
 Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:48 pm Post subject: Show me something happy |
 |
|
I'm being bombarded with bad news from media - double dip recession, cuts to benefits, unemployment increasing yet again, Cameron is still alive and kicking, my region is the worst for animal cruelty...cue sad story of abused dog, and a bombardment of stories about autistic or disabled children being abused or killed by their carers/teachers/parents/society.
Granted I could turn off my TV and laptop and live in blissful ignorance, but instead I come to you and ask you to show me something happy - photo's, videos, or stories that can renew a persons faith in humanity. What makes you happy? Have you heard any happy news stories?
_________________
Bloodheart
Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Gazelle
Crossword Aficionado
Joined: Mar 09, 2012
Posts: 1643
Location: Tropical island
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Show me something happy |
|
|
| Bloodheart wrote: | I'm being bombarded with bad news from media - double dip recession, cuts to benefits, unemployment increasing yet again, Cameron is still alive and kicking, my region is the worst for animal cruelty...cue sad story of abused dog, and a bombardment of stories about autistic or disabled children being abused or killed by their carers/teachers/parents/society.
Granted I could turn off my TV and laptop and live in blissful ignorance, but instead I come to you and ask you to show me something happy - photo's, videos, or stories that can renew a persons faith in humanity. What makes you happy? Have you heard any happy news stories? |
The color aquamarine is happy!! No really sometimes avoiding the news for a few days or more is best. Isn't there a channel that shows "good news"? I do like good news stories such as a young son who is smart enough to dial 911 to help save his mom's life or other stories in a similar vein.
_________________
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure." |
|
| Back to top |
|
Cornflake
Rattles when shaken
Joined: Oct 31, 2010
Posts: 30474
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Here - have a smiley frog! 
_________________
Giraffe: a ruminant with a view. |
|
| Back to top |
|
number2
Toucan
Joined: Sep 10, 2011
Age: 22
Posts: 288
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Mod. edit: video redacted because of swearing. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Bloodheart
Grisha's Gal
Joined: Jan 18, 2011
Age: 30
Posts: 2168
Location: Newcastle, England.
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Cornflake wrote: | Here - have a smiley frog!
|
This is especially happy as the boyfriend loves frogs 
_________________
Bloodheart
Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Albirea
MEDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 9767
Location: Cannot be determined due to excessive knowledge of momentum
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Colinn
Majestic Phoenix
Joined: Apr 08, 2012
Posts: 2191
Location: Scotland
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:39 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Here's a happy goat to go with that frog! |
|
| Back to top |
|
danmac
the bringer of unwanted things
Joined: Mar 23, 2010
Age: 38
Posts: 3178
Location: chi town burbs
|
|
| Back to top |
|
danmac
the bringer of unwanted things
Joined: Mar 23, 2010
Age: 38
Posts: 3178
Location: chi town burbs
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
ok....on a lighter note
_________________
everything is funny if your looking at it right |
|
| Back to top |
|
Titangeek
Thinker of thoughts
Joined: Aug 23, 2010
Age: 19
Posts: 7651
Location: somewhere in the vicinity of betelgeuse
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
_________________
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
- Bruce Lee |
|
| Back to top |
|
CockneyRebel
Mick Avory, Sensitive brown-eyed Sweet Pea
Joined: Jul 18, 2004
Age: 38
Posts: 87203
Location: In a quiet and peaceful garden, where gentle Mick Avory-like Sweet Peas grow.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
TenPencePiece
Curiosity Killed the Cone
Joined: Dec 12, 2009
Age: 18
Posts: 43803
Location: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:36 am Post subject: |
|
|
I like this thread. Here's a bunch of smiles from me:
Good news does exist, you just need to know where to look
_________________
Ten's radio show: Next repeated at 10am BST Friday at www.ldok.net
My site: www.thinking-different.com
Skype: fiftypencepiece (ConeFool) |
|
| Back to top |
|
auntblabby
Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief
Joined: Feb 13, 2010
Posts: 18236
Location: the island of loveable toy humans
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:48 am Post subject: |
|
|
a little late for APRIL FOOLS!!!
but, in 1977, the British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven-page supplement in honor of the 10th anniversary of San Serriffe, a small republic located in the Indian Ocean consisting of several semicolon-shaped islands.
A series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this obscure nation. Its two main islands were named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica.
The Guardian's phones rang all day as readers sought more information about the idyllic holiday spot. Few noticed that everything about the island was named after printer's terminology.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
In 1957, the BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in, and many called up wanting to know how they could grow spaghetti trees. To this question, the BBC diplomatically replied that they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
In the earlier part of the Twentieth Century, in the County of Caithness in the north of Scotland, great excitement arose when a pot (or part thereof) was discovered, apparently stemming from the Roman occupation of Britain. It was exciting because there was no archaeological evidence up to that point of the Romans having been that far north. The local newspaper, The Caithness Courier, gave prominence to the find, and quoted in full the inscription on the artifact. It was- "ITI SAPIS SPOTANDA BIGO NE.*
The Courier never lived down its naivete.
.......................................................................................................................................
*it really said, "It Is A Pi$$pot And A Big One." just the juxtaposition of the letters was deceptive. 
.......................................................................................................................................
Anybody here or out there remember the wonderful Cliff Robertson Oscar-winner "Charly"? [based on Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon" novel]? This film was about a mentally retarded adult man who aspired to be smarter, and who lucked-into becoming a test subject for an experimental brain operation designed to boost intelligence. Anyways, this man got the operation and soon was doing a "*Pi$$pot"- type of indefinite-letter-parsing wordplay on a blackboard, thusly-
"it that is is it that is not is not is that it it is" -
He did this to challenge the smarts of his teacher and to prove that he had indeed become a smarter man- by showing that the addition of proper punctuation could transform the aforementioned gibberish, into-
"It that is, is. It that is not, is not. Is that it? It is."
.......................................................................................................................................
Here is another brain-tickler for anybody who happens to be in this remote corner of WP-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
From The Times:
"A young girl, who was blown out to sea on a set of inflatable teeth, was rescued by a man on an inflatable lobster. A coastguard spokesman commented: 'This sort of thing is all too common these days.'" |
|
| Back to top |
|
Titangeek
Thinker of thoughts
Joined: Aug 23, 2010
Age: 19
Posts: 7651
Location: somewhere in the vicinity of betelgeuse
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
Epic awesomeness
_________________
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.
- Bruce Lee |
|
| Back to top |
|
Max000
Toucan
Joined: Apr 07, 2012
Age: 52
Posts: 272
Location: My world
|
|
| Back to top |
|
