# Thread to Bring Joy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150 "2013-04-19T18:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150/1 "2013-04-19T18:01:59Z")
Weeks like this are tough. But it isn’t hard to be reminded that there is far more good out there than evil. Like this: [Home Run for the Bat Boy](http://deadspin.com/todd-frazier-homered-at-the-request-of-a-batboy-with-do-476462174) Watch the video attached to the article, it is just spontaneous joy. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150/2 "2013-04-19T18:30:47Z")
Disappointment and gloom. I thought you meant [Batboy](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=batboy&safe=active&hl=en&biw=1064&bih=642&tbm=isch&tbnid=5OmPwVgzCrw4pM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Boy_(character)&docid=plV-DLSgg1furM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Bat_Boy.PNG&w=210&h=210&ei=M41xUezoE6-MigLN1YC4Bw&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=135&tbnw=133&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:85&tx=74&ty=106). ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150/3 "2013-04-19T18:35:41Z")
It’s pretty cold and windy and gross today, but it smelled really nice all week. Very springy out, once the flooding subsided. \>.\> ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150/4 "2013-04-19T18:41:50Z")
[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zkd5dJIVjgM) made me laugh out loud! (It is Grover from Sesame Street doing his impression of the Old Spice guy.) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150/5 "2013-04-19T18:59:27Z")
As [featured on Radiolab](http://www.radiolab.org/2012/dec/17/): Hungry Norwegian adventurer on a [solo trek to the South Pole](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC8gJ0_9o4M) rediscovers……a forgotten bag of Cheez Doodles. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150/6 "2013-04-19T19:17:36Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Disappointment and gloom. I thought you meant [Batboy](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=batboy&safe=active&hl=en&biw=1064&bih=642&tbm=isch&tbnid=5OmPwVgzCrw4pM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Boy_(character)&docid=plV-DLSgg1furM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Bat_Boy.PNG&w=210&h=210&ei=M41xUezoE6-MigLN1YC4Bw&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=135&tbnw=133&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:85&tx=74&ty=106). I thought you meant [BatBoy](http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4930/pr3501.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150/7 "2013-04-20T13:20:23Z")
They’ve put up swingsets in part of Montreal. The swings play music when you ride them. They’re so much fun. They make people of all ages so happy! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-to-bring-joy/656150/8 "2013-04-20T14:24:21Z")
Baby covered in French bulldogs: [Baby Covered In French Bulldogs Is Even Cuter Than It Sounds (PHOTOS) | HuffPost Life](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/baby-covered-in-french-bull-dogs_n_3069730.html)