# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/481 "2025-10-11T20:25:53Z")
My son had a whole week of good behavior at school. He’s had some struggles adjusting to kindergarten. We pulled out all the stops, adjusted our schedule so he can get more sleep, implemented a new rewards system and collaborated with his teachers and crossed our fingers. It appears to be paying off! > [@Ellecram](#): > > 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. He’s before my time (I was born in 1983) but I used to watch _The Carol Burnett Show_ in syndication when I was a kid. I agree he’s one of the greats. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/482 "2025-10-12T15:09:26Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/qYtrnr4chfU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDqYtrnr4chfU ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/483 "2025-10-12T20:22:39Z")
Yes, these (puppet Marimba players) popped into my YouTube feed for no particular reason, and there seems to be more than a few. The musicians are skilled, and of course the puppets make all the difference. But I can only take so much marimba at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/484 "2025-11-13T00:24:19Z")
We’re sitting at the stop light and my son pipes up from the backseat: _When the light is green, you go_ _When the light is red, you stop_ _But what do you do when the light turns blue_ _With orange and lavender spots?_ There is deep satisfaction in watching him fall in love with the poetry of Shel Silverstein. And more than a tad fitting that the banged-up copy he’s reading is the one I borrowed from the elementary library in second grade and forgot to return (I would return it now, but I just can’t resist waiting 42 years. In seven years, I will deliver it along with a fat check to the school’s library.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/485 "2025-11-13T02:35:05Z")
I don’t remember that poem at all… but I knew as soon as I saw it who the poet had to be. For me, yesterday, the brand-new D&D club at school that I’m moderating hosted an event open to all (not just D&D players) of collaborative storytelling (no rules, just the student leader describing the scene and asking everyone what they’d do). It was a little slow getting started, but was a big hit by the end, and there were close to 20 students there. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/486 "2025-11-13T03:53:54Z")
As so often happens with these, an old Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode called The Cheney Vase. Darren McGavin played a real lowlife sleazeball, Carolyn Jones his sorta girlfriend, and Patricia Collinge (Birdie from Little Foxes) as the frail old lady he was trying to steal from. The way she outfoxed him made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/487 "2025-11-13T14:15:51Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > just can’t resist waiting 42 years. Okay, I give up. What’s the reference to? Shel Silverstein and 42? ( I know that 42 is, of course, the answer to the meaning of life. But that’s Hitchhiker’s Guide stuff, not Silverstein.) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/488 "2025-11-13T15:24:28Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Okay, I give up. What’s the reference to? Shel Silverstein and 42? _Oh what do I do, oh what do I do?_ _This library book is 42 years overdue_ _I admit that it’s mine_ _But I can’t pay the fine —_ _Should I turn it in_ _Or hide it again?_ _What do I do?_ _What do I do?_ ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/489 "2025-11-30T23:26:39Z")
I watch A Christmas Story each year. This made me smile today. > **[Oklahoma town celebrates 'A Christmas Story' ties with 50-foot leg lamp](https://www.kake.com/oklahoma-town-celebrates-a-christmas-story-ties-with-50-foot-leg-lamp/article_f61bd7ce-d5f3-5966-bec3-50611f2cd1cb.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOZsUlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5RDN4Nmc1N05DS25rWTNIc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHn_krg2ROb0xTXjMOL0l5hj08aHiaCNv0EE352ZGrKGnZrjYrpXiELS2-web_aem_RnrkldR6esB-3EN7CpF_SQ)** > > A 50-foot-tall version of the iconic leg lamp in the classic film “A Christmas Story” stands in a small Oklahoma town to honor the artist who inspired it. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/490 "2025-12-01T00:09:43Z")
The Goes Wrong Show gets posted here from time to time and this one was served up to me by youtube yesterday. I was cracking up just about the entire way through. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LG7Ses97_C0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Goes Wrong Show- The Spirit of Christmas | FULL EPISODE | Sn 1 | Ep 1 | Lionsgate TV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG7Ses97_C0) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/491 "2025-12-04T13:13:14Z")
I really need to start a (or dig up and continue an old) 3D Printing thread. In the mean time…my mom asked me to make some boxes for something she’s giving my nieces. I’ve made these boxes in the past for similarly small things, but I’m _really_ happy with how these turned out. Between the multi-colored bows and the ornament cards, I’m quite happy with myself. Also, they’re meant to be ‘puzzle’ boxes since you have to turn the bow to remove the top. [![](https://i.imgur.com/1nNOWXo.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/1nNOWXo.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/vLWqpsN.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/vLWqpsN.jpeg) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/492 "2025-12-04T17:54:49Z")
Nice ! Did you design them, and are they available on [thingiverse.com](http://thingiverse.com) or similar ? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/493 "2025-12-04T18:29:28Z")
No, I didn’t design them. Those boxes have been around in a while and come in all different sizes and shapes. There’s tons of remixes of them. > **[Twist Lock Present by 3D Printy | Download free STL model | Printables.com](https://www.printables.com/model/89174-twist-lock-present)** And here’s the ornament/cards I used. It’s a SCAD file so you can change most of the basic parameters to your liking. > **[Customizable Christmas Name Ornament by Lyl3 | Download free STL model |...](https://www.printables.com/model/253402-customizable-christmas-name-ornament)** ETA, if you make them, don’t tell people they’re ‘puzzle boxes’, in fact when I hand one to someone, I usually, explicitly, tell them to ‘turn the bow to the left’. If someone treats this like a puzzle to be solved, they’re going to snap it apart. It’s not going to stand up to a lot of rough handling. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/494 "2025-12-04T18:38:32Z")
Thanks. Another reason to buy a 3d printer !! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/495 "2025-12-04T23:35:18Z")
Today, in one of my classes, a student, on solving a problem, proudly sang “Anything you can do, I can do better”. So of course I followed by singing the next line. I was in that play in middle school. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WO23WBji_Z0/hqdefault.jpg "Annie Get Your Gun- Anything you can do I can do better") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO23WBji_Z0) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/496 "2025-12-04T23:59:15Z")
Wow, that’s really nice to hear. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/497 "2025-12-08T16:05:04Z")
Just now, My wife learning piano. Made me smile. This is the Play room. Chess, and piano. Darts are downstairs. Love the new house. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/UjXBwtw.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/UjXBwtw) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/498 "2025-12-08T16:41:30Z")
🙂 (I am v. jealous !) ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/499 "2025-12-08T16:45:36Z")
> **[‘The Fall of Icarus’: How the incredible image came to be | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/05/science/fall-of-icarus-skydiver-image)** > > Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured an awe-inspiring photograph of a skydiver’s silhouette in front of the sun. Not photoshopped !! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/500 "2025-12-08T16:49:57Z")
Heh, yeah, pretty nice. The dogs join us when we play chess. Their beds are on either side of the piano. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882.md?page=26)