Strange things that give you comfort.

Shryke

I'm just after making a cup of tea and a couple of rolls to have with it and I'm after thinking how I'd love if Columbo was on the TV. Something about sitting down in front of the TV and watching Columbo that is bizzarely comforting, and that got me thinking, does anyone else have any odd comforts? Watching Derren Brown also has a strange effect on me but its not the same, its more like the feeling you get with a massage or hair cut. Perhaps he is slowly brainwashing the public through subliminal messaging. More power to him I say.
This thread isn't for regular "I like a good sit down..." type stuff. More for the unusual. Am I alone in my psychological fetishes?

taidghbaby

i like looking at people getting outwitted by young children, animals & inanimate objects!!

always makes me smile!!

Jim-Corr

We met Peter Falk once, he hit on my drummer sister.

MagicMarker

Scratching my balls always cheers me up...

TequilaMockingBird

Jim-Corr wrote: »

We met Peter Falk once, he hit on my drummer sister.

Shouldn't you be out saving the world, rather than browsing Boards?

FunkZ

When my room is clean, like spotless clean! And when people text me, that's a strange one though =P

Shryke

Jim-Corr wrote: »

We met Peter Falk once, he hit on my drummer sister.

I'd hit her too. What a legend.

thefinalstage

Lying on my bed listening to the sound the destk top fan makes. Its soothing.

LadyE

Sitting down in a spotlessly clean house with a cuppa..and the room being lit by a lamp or candles.

silvine

Posting on Boards - and on that note this is my 1000th!

LadyE

silvine wrote: »

Posting on Boards - and on that note this is my 1000th!

whoo hoo.

You're a nerd

Davidius

silvine wrote: »

Posting on Boards - and on that note this is my 1000th!

Don't post anymore or you'll ruin it!

I feel a strange sense of comfort upon writing down a complex number with a positive real part and negative imaginary part.

Gone West

irssi, that black background with slowly moving cryptic white text is almost hypnotic! (hi #boards)

and pwning n00bs too....

bitemybanger

A gun

chopperbyrne

The cool side of my pillow.

If only I had a perpetually cool pillow....

Davidius

chopperbyrne wrote: »

The cool side of my pillow.

If only I had a perpetually cool pillow....

Sleep in a freezer!

La0Fruitcake

Listening to the rain and thunder lol :pac:

Trinity

Heineken.

And yes old movies make me feel young and safe again, columbo included, possibly cos its always on in my parents and i can lie on the couch watching it. Something i dont get to do at home with 2 kids.

trout

Swiss Roll & custard ... most comforting thing there is. Any flavour Swiss Roll.

Builders tea is also very comforting, when you need less comforting, or are in a rush.

SRSLY

cuckoo

La0Fruitcake wrote: »

Listening to the rain and thunder lol :pac:

Especially when in bed, with head on the cool side of the pillow.

FlutterinBantam

Out for a walk and you are burstin for a crap,first two inches is cold kinda thing,you spot an establishment with a good warm wide disabled shítter,bang closed the door,hold her on the clutch, wait for the bite and......

Whaaaaaaammmmmmm


walkin out after that is just great, feeling of lightness and cleanliness.

trout

I wonder if the Admins can get stats on just how many threads end with a post by FlutterinBantam :cool:

Keano

A mug of tae and a bowl of custard,

KTRIC

LadyE wrote: »

Sitting down in a spotlessly clean house with a cuppa..and the room being lit by a lamp or candles.

Strange that, love it myself. With a nice cup of tea and something decent and mindless on the box.

Bliss

wandatowell

Getting my knee's tickled, nothing beats it, well maybe a cup of warm tae!

Wertz

Lying in bed listening to the shipping forecast , especially in winter and/or during bad weather, really comforts me....probably a childhood thing.

allabouteve

LadyE wrote: »

Sitting down in a spotlessly clean house with a cuppa..and the room being lit by a lamp or candles.

That does it for me too. All the household chores done, and some nice coffee, soft music, maybe even some strawberries, and a decent book. It's even better if the weather is bad outside and there's a big fire going...

Shryke

I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I say the clean house thing seems to be a purely girl thing?
I'll add lying kicking back at night in the dark and especially if the weather is rough and listening to Waterloo Sunset or some such song. It has a wonderfully manic effect. A little bit like Wetrz one I guess but more deranged sounding. :pac: Wertz, that name Discworld related at all?

RPGGAMER

a good romp in the evening with her ladyship, not too late mind, then a good oul sleep.

Morgase

thelastangryman wrote: »

Lying on my bed listening to the sound the destk top fan makes. Its soothing.

Mine is similar; my bedroom is over the kitchen and I like the sound of the dishwasher going as I drift off to sleep.

FlutterinBantam

trout wrote: »

I wonder if the Admins can get stats on just how many threads end with a post by FlutterinBantam :cool:

What's that got to do with this topic??

highlydebased

working, fast, reliable broadband

trout

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

What's that got to do with this topic??

Nothin' really ... I just thought I'd spotted a pattern.

thread starts, people post, along comes FB with a bowel related post, and often hilarious it must be said, thread dies.

Then of course, this thread resurrected, blowing my theory out of the toilet water

beautiation

Playing Final Fantasy 6, 7 or 8, even though I know them all off by heart, find the gameplay boring, and don't even admire the storyline or characterisation as much as I used to when I was young. Just something nostalgic about the atmosphere of them that makes me feel everything's gonna be ok.

syklops

OP, mine is something similar. Cup of Tea and Dinnerladies. I don't know what it is about the show but I think it is hilarious. Even though there were only about 12 episodes and I could probably recite each one, nothing cheers me up better.

Other things that cheer me up are fixing a difficult problem(computer/mechanical related), finishing a bit of code that works, or the first pint of the day. But the only think that is guaranteed to work, is a decent cup of tea, and Dinnerladies.

buckieburd

Lisening to to Scottish Football results

Forfar 4 - Queen of the South 2
East Fife 5 - Kilmarnock 0 (probably)

Hated it when I live at home but now I find it very comferting....

Miguel_Sanchez

Cup of tea or glass of whiskey and a few episodes of The Wire.

Don't know what I'll do when I get through the whole 5 series.

Aurora Borealis

Watching older couples dance and people watching at airports.
Always gives me faith in humanity to see all the different bonds and relationships we have.

Einstein

Aurora Borealis wrote: »

...people watching at airports.

thats a good one, love bein all checked in with fook all handluggage watchin everyone else...:)

The Bollox

this one is strange, but when I'm in bed and can't sleep one thing that puts me out better then anything else is rubbing the top of my foot off my cold calf muscles. I have no idea why, but it's just the biz

chuci

sleeping in a double bed by myself and i get to arrange the pillows the way i like them. watch macgyver reminds me of when i was small and it used be a me and my dad thing makes me think of then.

BlackWizard

Sitting down in my own toilet. Very relaxing place.

LouOB

a sparkly clean house
a full fridge of food n drink
a full tank of petrol
oh oh full bar on mobile for battery and range - mmmmmmmmmmm
a thursday evening - only one day left til weekend
but dont like sundays - monday is next ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Chinafoot

-Doing some non-fiction shelving in work.
-Having my college notes organised with those coloured labels.
-Bringing some pillows and a blanket out to the sofa and curling up to watch the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.