# What a wonderful world **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673 "2000-06-17T03:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sly)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/1 "2000-06-17T03:09:17Z")
I’m thinking of things that make life bearable. Not the obvious stuff but the seemingly inconsequential items we take for granted. For instance: The round french fry container from Rally’s that fits in a cup holder. An ice cold beer on a hot summer night Fireworks A good massage A Tigers’ victory Shoes that fit Clean underwear A good nights’ sleep ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/2 "2000-06-17T05:20:58Z")
Lysol spray Bologna 24-oz coffee cups ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/3 "2000-06-17T05:57:59Z")
I’ll second on the ice cold beer. Dark Chocolate Ganache. Unbreakable liquid containers (milk jugs, ketchup bottles) Nice, thick, white cotton socks Birkenstocks (but not with the socks :D) A & W Root Beer A sunny, 72° day, with a small sea-breeze blowing in. Third Street Prominade in Santa Monica. Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena Chlorine Bleach Taking a hot, steamy bubble bath in a clean tub, with a jazz station playing on the radio Denny’s at 3 am ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/4 "2000-06-17T06:16:01Z")
Q-tips Air Clocks Elevators & escalators Electric razors ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/5 "2000-06-17T06:31:06Z")
Listening to a brand new CD that rocks Feeling as though the $7.75 you just paid for a movie was worth it Swimming in the ocean all day and collapsing on the beach Swimming in Oregon Ridge’s 80-ft deep lake all day, far away from screaming children and overprotective parents Clean, dryer-fresh pajamas The smell of a Yankee Candle Co. Summer Holiday candle Brand spankin new cotton underoos Hearing a song you loved as a child Waking up to sunlight on your face Spending a day in bed reading A good book Laughing at stupid inside jokes Laughing Seinfeld reruns Getting a creative rush and fulfilling it Sleeping ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/6 "2000-06-17T06:32:32Z")
An Orioles game at the Park on a hot summer evening with good friends ---
**Author:** ![JosephFinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JosephFinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JosephFinn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/7 "2000-06-17T06:39:21Z")
Standing on the east end of Navy Pier with the love of your life and looking west at the skyline of Chicago as the sun sets on a warm summer night. Guinness in a can The Far Side Boondocks Liberty Meadows Calvin and Hobbes Strangers in Paradise Transmetropolitan Sandman iMacs The Chicago White Sox ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/8 "2000-06-18T01:12:48Z")
sippy cups hot sauce sweatpants cinnamon toast the library birds singing in the morning popcorn holding hands ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/9 "2000-06-18T01:18:20Z")
A rodeo on a hot July night. A big warm bed on a cold night. Vanilla ice cream. A cold can of Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/10 "2000-06-18T01:21:55Z")
Hot showers and conditioner Hugs Car Radios Balloons on your birthday Nail Polish in 4,000 silly and useless colors The minute and a half a week your tomcat melts in your lab Remembering how to spell a difficult word or make a computer do something unusual when someone asks Saying something deep and odd and knowing that the person you said it to understands. Jeans that fit perfectly Coming home after being away for a long time Walking in the rain until you are soaked and then falling asleep Waking up and knowing that you aren’t going to have a bad day. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/11 "2000-06-18T03:14:04Z")
A walk on the beach early in the morning before anyone else is there. A cup of coffee and a beignet at Du Mond on a steamy New Orleans morning. Crawling into bed after a long day and having the pooch snuggle up next to you on a cool night. Throwing an empty soda can at the wastebasket from across the room and making a “swish.” Puppies Flaming red sunsets A smile from a stranger ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/12 "2000-06-18T03:39:29Z")
Especially when… …I’ve had a really bad day and I come through the door and there’s my dog, spinning like a Tasmanian Devil just with the joy of seeing me. …a friend turns up distressed and in difficulty and you can reassure them, if only for a moment. …a cold and snowy night, fire in the woodstove, us and our dog cuddled up on the couch together. …the squeal of glee that only escapes from small children. …when things aren’t going your way, and when you least expect it, someone slips their hand into yours. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/13 "2000-06-18T03:45:11Z")
A good shoulder rub after a long day The Beatles Snuggling at night with someone you love Peanut butter M&Ms Reeses Pieces ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/14 "2000-06-18T03:50:52Z")
Spontaneously popping a boner and the privacy to service said boner Downloading Mp3’s from porn sites… none of this Napster crap! Buying a new computer game Rubbing someone’s nose Black socks ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/15 "2000-06-18T04:07:44Z")
I sent a little poem to a friend of mine on this very subject, and I shall share it with you now. _ahem_ Happiness is simple: hot sauce and beer. You will know you are alive and so what if you don’t know God and everyone on Earth is a shit-throwing monkey. Surely this is what the preachers are _really_ talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/16 "2000-06-18T11:39:44Z")
What makes life wonderful? Spring training baseball games. Rainstorms. A really funny book. Seemingly innocent flirtation. A cool, windy night after a hot day. The chilly, grey overcast days of November. ---
**Author:** ![realidad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@realidad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/realidad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/17 "2000-06-18T11:50:16Z")
First kisses Holding hands new kittens my favourite song on the radio smiles ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/18 "2000-06-18T14:02:36Z")
pasta the unique shade of blue in an October sky my cat’s belly–burying my face in it the last day of school with the endless summer stretching out before you completing a home improvement project and having that little thrill of surprise the first few times you see it the first sip of a cold beer on a hot day tailgating–the football game kind, not the road rage kind ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/19 "2000-06-18T16:34:26Z")
Hugs Kisses you’re not expecting holding hands an unexpected call late at night, just to say “I love you and was thinking about you” the smell of your daughter’s hair, when she gives you a sneak hug for no reason my cat, lying on top of me, purring, early in the morning the smell of meat on the grill wafting in the air on a summer day finding just the perfect shell on the beach, to remember the day by getting to the top of the ferris wheel, it stops for a minute, and you can see for miles I’ve got lots more, but that’s enough for now. ---
**Author:** ![hflathead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@hflathead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hflathead)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/20 "2000-06-18T16:39:57Z")
a nice cool evening motercycle ride, with my wife riding her bike beside me. when any of my kids say ‘I love you Daddy’ double ditto on the ice cold beer. later, Tom. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673.md?page=2)