# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/41 "2000-07-10T13:32:25Z")
What a wonderful collection of nice things. Here’s my list: Msgs on the SD that make me laugh…happens EVERY day The smell of a newborn child Brewing coffee Sunny, mild days Work The satisfaction I get from nailing a good bit on my show Award winning commercials that I voice and produce My family…most of the time ---
**Author:** ![jayron\_32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jayron\_32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayron_32)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/42 "2000-07-11T05:14:35Z")
New crayons. There’s something great about the first stroke of color from a brand new crayon. Legos. There is no toy greater than Lego Blocks. Even as an adult I love them. Lying in bed late on a saturday, knowing you don’t have to get up, and dozing through your dreams for hours. A hug from an old friend. Cuddling with your loved one on a cold day. Listen to good music on those big “earmuff” style headphones with your eyes closed. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/43 "2000-07-11T05:58:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JimmyNipples \* > **The smell of a newborn child** Man, you ain’t kidding about this…what IS it about newborns that makes 'em smell so damn good? Whenever I hold a newborn and smell it, it just makes me giggle…then I look around to make sure nobody saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/44 "2000-07-11T06:03:35Z")
A good book on a hot summer day sitting on a shaded porch on one of those swing couch things with a HUGE glass of iced tea… The way the air smells after a rain… Camping in a favourite spot with clear weather ahead and few bugs… Summer camp with old friends and making new ones… Scented candles… A good RP session _grins_ ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/45 "2000-07-11T13:19:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ricepad \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by JimmyNipples \* > > **The smell of a newborn child** > > Man, you ain’t kidding about this…what IS it about newborns that makes 'em smell so damn good? Whenever I hold a newborn and smell it, it just makes me giggle…then I look around to make sure nobody saw it. \*\* I know…it’s little embarassing. If I smell a newborn, I frantically search for my wife, and try and convince her to have more kids. Then I find a brick and bash myself about the head and shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![bovary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@bovary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bovary)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/46 "2000-07-11T14:07:49Z")
The moment my son popped out and I felt that love for him only a father could have for a son. Then realizing that my father loves me the same. ---
**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/47 "2000-07-11T20:49:21Z")
searching for shapes in big fluffy white clouds slipping into a good book after a long day having a lap full of cat and no reason to get up whispered conversations with my hubby after the lights are off stepping out of the hot sun into a cool room green lights all the way home sleeping late when I want to having a good laugh getting with friends to roleplay and generally have fun finally finishing a project and knowing it was well done coming home after work knowing that there is nothing that _has_ to be done the touch of my husband’s hand on my cheek ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/48 "2000-07-11T21:38:44Z")
The “look of love” on my husband’s face Watching my 14-year old cat chase a ribbon as if she were still a kitten Cat cuddles Husband cuddles Harry Potter Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin The lights at the top of the Empire State Building at night, which go from ordinary white to amazing colors on holidays. Looking at the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park Talking to my nephew on the phone Going to Broadway musicals with my best friend (and her mom) Motown (the music, not Detroit) Singing Hiking in the mountains Snow reflecting the colors of the rainbow Marmots, chipmunks, pikas, meadow voles, and any other rodent found in alpine country New Zealand–all of it. Plus all of the people. And the birds. Reading in bed at night with my husband, next to me, one cat sitting on my chest and the other lying against my leg My sunrise alarm clock, which imitates sunrise instead of blaring alarms to wake me up ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673/49 "2000-07-11T22:59:00Z")
That wonderful thrill you feel when you’ve just completed a hostile takeover of a competitor’s company, and you have the voting proxy in your hand, and you’re writing out the order to dissolve the company and slash all the severence packages. What? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/22673.md?page=2)