# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/521 "2026-09-12T08:05:22Z")
Agree on the wallpaper. On step at a time. Next step is xeriscape. Back yard. We have solar panels. I want off the grid as much as possible ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/522 "2026-09-12T15:07:44Z")
This is just weird me: it looks like the horse in the picture on the wall is critiquing your wife and saying _Jeez, pick a tempo, dear!_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/523 "2026-09-12T20:05:48Z")
Currently in the UK can’t see that picture. Oh and I got tripped on the stairs in the ship. 6 more stitches. That makes abbout 200 now. I’ve lost count. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/524 "2026-09-12T21:03:19Z")
A final comment on the photo - I appreciate how the wallpaper complements her wardrobe, along with the chessboard, along with the flooring, along with the chair, along with the table, along with the wainscotting - it’s like one, big, beige/tan/brown onslaught for the senses. ---
**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 12, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/525 "2026-09-12T21:37:24Z")
I built a (temporary) Dog Castle, complete with ramparts and a turret on top using left-over paver stones from a recent patio installation. Dogs took right to it and took naps in it with their heads poking out the door. Nice that the effort wasn’t ignored. Good Dogs! 🙂 ---
**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 12, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/526 "2026-09-12T22:24:21Z")
You know we all want to see it! ---
**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 12, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/527 "2026-09-12T22:53:21Z")
I can just barely text. Sometimes I can’t get answer my calls because the phone done did something I don’t know how to un-did. So, Everybody come by the house! I got Beer! ---
**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 12, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/528 "2026-09-12T23:20:41Z")
Right then. See you Tuesday. ---
**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 13, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/529 "2026-09-13T22:40:10Z")
Excellent Choice! That’s one of the “Taco Days”! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/530 "2026-09-13T23:43:32Z")
Don’t piss Taco Tommy off. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/531 "2026-09-18T15:15:25Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > A final comment on the photo - I appreciate how the wallpaper complements her wardrobe, along with the chessboard, along with the flooring, along with the chair, along with the table, along with the wainscotting - it’s like one, big, beige/tan/brown onslaught for the senses Yeah, we don’t like the wallpaper. The flowers are more yellow than in the pictures though. And I’m not gonna not buy a house because of some kinda folksy wallpaper in one room. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/532 "2026-09-18T15:18:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I built a (temporary) Dog Castle, complete with ramparts and a turret on top using left-over paver stones from a recent patio installation. Dogs took right to it and took naps in it with their heads poking out the door. > > Nice that the effort wasn’t ignored. Good Dogs! 🙂 I love this. We have 6 dog beds for two dogs spread about. Mostly they sleep on the couches though. ---
**Author:** ![sboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sboy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/533 "2026-09-18T19:17:01Z")
WE watched an old ( 1999) Albert Brooks movie :The Muse" 2/3s the way through the movie Alberts wife is at a fancy cocktail party. Kind of noisy and he attempting to chat with a man whose first language ins not English. The man misunderstaNDS EVERY SINGLE THING Albert is trying to say,..it almost rivals the “who’s on first” skit,.. and so to get out of the conversation he begins to agree with the stranger to crazy things and it is just so funny I am still smiling ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/534 "2026-09-18T20:03:27Z")
Not exactly today, but this past Monday: I had doctor and dentist checkups scheduled the same day. Not only did I find out that I have no cavities, but I also am 4/10 of an inch taller than I was at last year’s checkup! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882.md?page=26)