# 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:** 26
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/501 "2025-12-08T16:51:54Z")
That’s pretty incredible. Just the planning and the timing alone. ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/502 "2025-12-08T16:53:37Z")
Yup 🎇 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/503 "2025-12-09T09:51:24Z")
This sounds too good to be true, but I promise you it happened. We went to Standen, a National Trust property, yesterday. The entrance to the house is in a courtyard. The following link has photos - in a couple you can just about make out an archway on the far left corner of the photo - that’s how you access the courtyard. [https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g499616-d2236601-i128373870-Standen-East\_Grinstead\_West\_Sussex\_England.html](https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g499616-d2236601-i128373870-Standen-East_Grinstead_West_Sussex_England.html) Yesterday the archway was all but blocked by a - I would say “lorry”, perhaps “semi” in US English - which we had to squeeze past to get in. What had happened, we were told, was that it had just dropped off a delivery of “biomass” (wood chip for heating). Loaded, it could just barely make it through the archway. Unladen, it was a smidge higher and now unable to get back out. When we walked in, they were letting air out of the tires (!) to lose some height; on our way out, it had got out of the courtyard, and a commercial breakdown van was pumping air back into them. I shit you not - you can’t make this stuff up. An awful lot of people had a laugh at that. j ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/504 "2025-12-10T12:24:50Z")
Actually, I remember that as a lateral thinking exercise from decades ago. A truck is stuck under a bridge until a 5-year old kid suggested deflating the tires. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/505 "2025-12-10T19:35:10Z")
I always wondered where that song came from. Did not expect it to be coming from two grown adults! I hope they make out later. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/506 "2026-03-03T13:00:21Z")
I walked with my usual group of trash-picking employees when we passed in front of a senior community property. These two couples in their entry courtyard had seen us walking there before so called out to us. The one woman said our persistence reminded her of The Coasters’ “Yackety-Yack.” She had some kind of saxophone so played the accompaniment followed by her partner singing the lyrics. They were beautiful together there. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/507 "2026-03-03T13:39:35Z")
Love it - thanks for this. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/508 "2026-03-03T14:30:32Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [https://yt3.ggpht.com/HaswKXERwCdqb95HjhRj47F-izec2msb8HGm9SF65sUQExWgpJAAfLqOgUDvRuBlTWq3d5NTYAc36Q=s1024-rw-nd-v1](https://yt3.ggpht.com/HaswKXERwCdqb95HjhRj47F-izec2msb8HGm9SF65sUQExWgpJAAfLqOgUDvRuBlTWq3d5NTYAc36Q=s1024-rw-nd-v1) > > For those that don’t know, this is [youtuber] Physics Girl, she’s been bedridden with Long Covid for just shy of 2 years. This is, I think, the first time we’ve seen her not laying in her bed with barely enough energy to talk, let alone sit up, hold a camera and smile. > > Ongoing thread on the topic: > [PhysicsGirl is sick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicsgirl-is-sick/980810) > > Her channel: > [https://www.youtube.com/@physicsgirl](https://www.youtube.com/@physicsgirl) She’s back! She looks great though a bit worn and she still has limited energy. But she’s sitting up! [Video](https://youtu.be/B3m3AMRlYfc) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/509 "2026-03-03T15:15:58Z")
My oldest is 10 years old. His preschool teacher who we loved retired to an admin role after his class graduated to kindergarten. The replacement teacher just left after 5 years in the position, and the original teacher is back. My youngest happens to be in preschool! He said on her first day back “I get to be like my big brother and have Ms. Smith as my teacher!” ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/510 "2026-03-03T15:51:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She’s back! She looks great though a bit worn and she still has limited energy. But she’s sitting up! Awesome. That’ll be on my list of videos to watch later tonight/after work. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/511 "2026-08-08T08:37:08Z")
My neighbor invited me to a Laurel and Hardy fan club tonight forty miles from my home. It was a novelty but also a thrill to watch two of their films with a roomful of fans. It really made the night when an MC joked that he was akin to a ‘Son of the Desert.’ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/512 "2026-08-08T18:25:49Z")
Dag Otto’s take of how they dealt with a scammer made me smile today. > [@Someone tried to scam me today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-tried-to-scam-me-today/1020133/35): > > Once I had a call from “Microsoft Support” and had some time to play along. I played dumb (actually, I played incredibly stupid), but appreciative that they were trying to help me and that I would do what they wanted. Eventually they got to the part where I was to give them remote access, and this entailed that I pressed some key combination that included the windows key. I told them that I didn’t have a windows key, and then told them a long story about how one day I was watching a cat video on… ---
**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:** [August 23, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/513 "2026-08-23T18:49:06Z")
This video of a monkey.. > **[5.5M views · 98K reactions | She chooses wrong cup #viral #trendingnow #ai...](https://www.facebook.com/reel/1380602490130758)** > > She chooses wrong cup #viral #trendingnow #ai #new ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/514 "2026-09-04T15:53:18Z")
Someone in our building is secretly distributing tiny plastic ducks. I didn’t really need one, but they are awful cute and it’s nice to run across them. Everyone is speculating on the identity of the mad ducker. It’s not me, but I redistributed a few! ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/515 "2026-09-04T16:12:17Z")
You are now part of the Duck Distribution System. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/516 "2026-09-04T21:54:39Z")
That’s just ducky! ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/517 "2026-09-04T21:57:26Z")
I still have three of those from my sister in law’s baby shower. They had a competition who could find the most tiny ducks and the little kids smoked me. Kids are great at finding tiny ducks I guess. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/518 "2026-09-11T14:27:28Z")
When my brother and sister-in-law went to Scotland a couple years ago, their kids hid a couple hundred of those tiny plastic ducks around the house while they were gone. I’m pretty sure they still haven’t found them all. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/519 "2026-09-11T15:35:01Z")
Well, the duck thing really caught on. Other people started leaving other little creatures around and now everyone has a tiny menagerie on their desk. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/520 "2026-09-11T22:23:24Z")
Nice looking floor! That wallpaper though… 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882.md?page=27)