# So, what made you smile today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882 "2021-09-18T19:28:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/461 "2025-01-31T17:21:29Z")
A random person wished me happy birthday. I was on the phone with my doctor’s office and had to give my name and birthdate. When they realised that my birthdate was the same date as today they wished me a happy birthday. Also that night I went out to dinner with my mother. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/462 "2025-02-01T15:46:35Z")
I had two this week. I work at a food pantry and, after holidays, the grocery stores that donate food to us will sometimes donate non-food items that didn’t sell. We put it on a shelf and let people take it. There was a little girl who looked to be about four who carried around a sparkly, stuffed snowman that was almost as big as she was. Her smile was almost as big as the snowman. There was another girl about the same age who fell in love with a roll of wrapping paper that _was_ bigger than her. It was pink and it had rainbows and unicorns. She carried it over to her dad and he told her no, so she carried it back to the box where she got it. She stood there for about 15 seconds, and then carried it back to her dad and held it out to him again. She was so stinkin’ cute. This happened three or four times. She didn’t get the paper, but they both stayed calm and respectful with each other. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/463 "2025-02-01T19:26:00Z")
My wife and I volunteered at a large animal rescue today. Just did orientation, so we got to pet the Donkeys, Cows, Goats and Horses. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/8GHv3IE.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/r15wnZA) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/464 "2025-02-02T19:44:02Z")
You know those stickers people put on their cars bragging about their distance running? 5K, 10K, 13.1, 26.2, etc? Today coming out of the grocery store I saw an old fat guy getting out of a Subaru wagon with a 0.0 sticker on the back. That cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/465 "2025-02-02T19:51:26Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I saw an old fat guy getting out of a Subaru wagon with a 0.0 sticker on the back. That cracked me up. I had one of those, except I’m an old fat woman. The subscript on mine said _I’m good_. Lost that magnet oval when that car was totaled in a rear end accident. Nearly totaled me too. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/466 "2025-02-03T01:17:50Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Today coming out of the grocery store I saw an old fat guy getting out of a Subaru wagon with a 0.0 sticker on the back. For some reason that reminds me of this: [![](https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/attachments/467687821_8823455524405227_8263345290091613828_n-jpg.93792/) ](https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/attachments/467687821_8823455524405227_8263345290091613828_n-jpg.93792/) (Truck nuts for an electric vehicle) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/467 "2025-02-03T01:54:05Z")
And their custom plate is fun too. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/468 "2025-02-04T14:10:10Z")
One of the doctors that works here loves clothes, and always dresses so beautifully. Today she is wearing turquoise pants with a pale yellow blazer, and hot pink slippers trimmed with rhinestones. As always, it’s a joy to see her! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/469 "2025-02-11T12:31:36Z")
[![](https://scontent.flhr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/477822758_10162507186092188_2037725607819377450_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=pYRnsdNkYm0Q7kNvgFIJsy7&_nc_oc=Adj_r1oer7cKex-cr3fQeTWRd4iT-8Vr9jGh29Kgf4sGRVIFPJxzuMJuQ8rZRwz0CPw&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr1-1.fna&_nc_gid=AP45APlTalcHGDYXOyXLRVp&oh=00_AYBzLIywj9rsxMuskAB2vTfPzaJFJX2wncvc0hozTgsHbA&oe=67B11849) ](https://scontent.flhr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/477822758_10162507186092188_2037725607819377450_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=pYRnsdNkYm0Q7kNvgFIJsy7&_nc_oc=Adj_r1oer7cKex-cr3fQeTWRd4iT-8Vr9jGh29Kgf4sGRVIFPJxzuMJuQ8rZRwz0CPw&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr1-1.fna&_nc_gid=AP45APlTalcHGDYXOyXLRVp&oh=00_AYBzLIywj9rsxMuskAB2vTfPzaJFJX2wncvc0hozTgsHbA&oe=67B11849) My great niece did that ! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/470 "2025-04-05T12:09:55Z")
At my store, we started selling THC drinks a while back. Last week I brought in WYNK Lemonades, here’s the price/shelf label I made for them. I crack myself up sometimes. [![](https://i.imgur.com/czF63kt.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/czF63kt.jpeg) For those unfamiliar with the reference: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EF6rzEpULDI/maxresdefault.jpg ""I'd have to get up pretty early to be drunk by one o'clock"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF6rzEpULDI) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/471 "2025-09-15T00:27:34Z")
Several years ago a relative of mine showed me a sketch one of her patients (she was a nurse in a hospital) did of her while he was there. I jokingly said that when she dies, I want that sketch. Well, she died and it’s mine. Honestly, I liked the sketch, but have no actual use for it. [![](https://i.imgur.com/TPJCx2z.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TPJCx2z.jpeg) My plan was to look up the person who drew it and see if I could track down a living relative. I figured it would be neat to see something their father/grandfather/uncle etc drew [checks math] 60+ years ago. Turns out he’s an actual artist. I found several other similar sketches, but he also did comic books. > **[Nat Edson](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/edson_nat.htm)** > > Nat Edson was an artist who created numerous adventure and western strips for Dell/Western Publishing from 1950 to 1972. For Dell's Disney productions, he illustrated among others 'Tonka', 'Pollyanna', 'Toby Tyler', 'Kidnapped', and 'Zorro'. He... > Nat Edson was an artist who created numerous adventure and western strips for Dell/Western Publishing from 1950 to 1972. For Dell’s [Disney](https://www.lambiek.net/comics/disneyartists.htm) productions, he illustrated among others ‘Tonka’, ‘Pollyanna’, ‘Toby Tyler’, ‘Kidnapped’, and ‘Zorro’. He has also drawn adventure comics for Quality, Lafayette, DC/National and Pines/Standard in the 1940s. He was a ghost artist on the ‘Tim Tyler’s Luck’ daily strip (originally created by [Lyman Young](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/y/young_l.htm)) from 1934 to 1945. He has illustrated some episodes of ‘Tarzan’ as well. Also, here’s her tuition bill from nursing school almost 80 years ago. [![](https://i.imgur.com/oEhueZc.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/oEhueZc.jpeg) The only think I could guess WRT the ‘taxi fee’ for Catholic students is that maybe Catholic students lived on campus and that was for a shuttle from the dorms to the school…maybe? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/472 "2025-09-15T04:50:50Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > The only think I could guess WRT the ‘taxi fee’ for Catholic students is that maybe Catholic students lived on campus and that was for a shuttle from the dorms to the school…maybe? I think it is more likely that the $2 taxi fee is for a weekly taxi trip to the nearest Catholic Church for the obligatory weekly Mass observance. At that time nursing student were closely chaperoned and 3 or 4 students sharing a cab to and from weekly Mass would make sense of the $2 fee. What nursing school was this? If the school or hospital exists in any form or has an alumni group or the hospital has a historical archive, they might treasure that drawing and its story. The style of the cap looks like what was common at Eastern seaboard schools. Mine from Mass General Hospital ‘81 looks a lot like it, we called them ‘organdy cupcakes’ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/473 "2025-09-15T12:17:26Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > The style of the cap looks like what was common at Eastern seaboard schools. Mine from Mass General Hospital ‘81 looks a lot like it, we called them ‘organdy cupcakes’ You’re very likely correct. I can probably find out later where she went to school, but I’m kicking myself for not getting the name of the school in the picture. My mom will likely know and I’ll see her soon. The hospital she was at at the time, I believe, was in Miami. However, as you alluded to, the hat reflects the school which, very likely was either in Mass or Vermont. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > At that time nursing student were closely chaperoned and 3 or 4 students sharing a cab to and from weekly Mass would make sense of the $2 fee. That makes sense as well. And, while things back than may not have been worded like they have to stand up in court, I’m surprised it appears to be required if you’re a Catholic student as opposed to being required if you plan to attend mass, though I suspect that’s how it worked in practice. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/474 "2025-09-15T16:16:12Z")
This, for instance, is a link to what Mass General School of Nursing caps looked like: > **[Site Map | Russell Museum](https://massgeneral.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=751&db=objects&dir=MGHIST)** ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/475 "2025-09-15T18:33:53Z")
If you plug ‘Burbank Hospital School of Nursing’ into Google, you get a school in Fitchburg, MA that closed in 1982. There’s an old yearbook online with this drawing in it: [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_835/028/2017052010-3.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_835/028/2017052010-3.jpg) Maybe that’s the school. The yearbook was called The Crinoline and there’s some online. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/476 "2025-09-15T18:46:58Z")
I’ll have to wait until I see the tuition bill again since I didn’t catch the name of the school in the picture. However, when I asked my mom, she did say she thinks it was in MA and started with a “Fitz…”, (ie Fitzgibbons, Fitzsimmons etc). It may well be Fitchburg. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/477 "2025-09-15T22:52:02Z")
The news that the next Harry Dresden book will be out in four months. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/478 "2025-09-16T01:09:02Z")
I finished a scarf I have been crocheting forever. I very slow and didn’t work on it often but I’m really pleased with the outcome. The width is consistent, the pattern is cute and it’s finally done! My sister’s birthday is coming up so I’ll be able to send it to her. I hope she likes it. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/479 "2025-10-11T17:33:42Z")
This. This made me smile. https://www.youtube.com/embed/miFCWJDjL1w?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLyfeB9RQlAbOnvGho9FNMfcXq9lEOfrfN There are several of them. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/480 "2025-10-11T18:57:10Z")
I rediscovered some of Tim Conway’s humor on You Tube. I have been drowning in laughter at some of them. The elephant skit and the dentist skit just floor me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882.md?page=25)