What sights/smells/sounds remind you of something happy?

AskMyChocolate

Just thought I'd try this thread as life seems pretty gloomy at the moment. It was Jonjo's thread about lighting the fire that got me thinking about it. I've always loved the smell of burning turf (as most people do), but anytime I smell it, it takes me back to the year that my mad Dad convinced two other fathers of young families to rent a part of a bog for the summer. Needless to say this happened in the local urban GAA club after several whiskies. "It'd do them good to see a bit of what hardship can bring"
Anyway, when these three rural-bred south county Dublin accountants woke up the next morning and realised what they'd committed to, not one of them was Dublin enough yet to back down. So the bog got rented and we spent some great week-ends (for the kids) cutting turf and being used as slave labour.
I can't imagine it was much fun for our mothers trying to get twelve kids clean for Mass on a Sunday morning, but the turf got harvested and my Dad used to ration it, as he loved the smell, and would only use it like a good whiskey.
If he wanted warmth he'd use coal or briquettes.
I don't think he would have organised it sober but it brought a lot of people together and I never heard (regardless of what was said under the breath on sunday afternoons when financial projections were due and washing school clothes still had to be done) that any of the three couples regretted it.

And if you had something from school that needed to be signed, while you couldn't rely on a glass of Jameson to mellow them, you could always rely on the satisfaction they felt in cosying up to a fire of their own home-cut turf.

AMC

kfallon

The sweet smell of fanny batter reminds me of getting me hole

Dravokivich

The sound of a Steak Sizzling...

The sight of a hint of Cleavage...

The smell of Naplam in the morning...

jennytightlips

the smell of weed cause it remindes me of Amsterdam

seensensee

The smell of burning leaves, the sound of rustling papers... it's very relaxing.

alwaysadub

Certain aftershaves remind me of certain people,sometimes they bring a smile to my face:)

Love the smell of petrol too, and the smell when it's just stopped raining.

Brussels Sprout

The smell of cut grass at the start of summer.

The sound of torrential rain on the roof when I'm in bed.

Thrill

At night, with the T.V. on mute, I like to listening to the lashing rain and the howling wind outside.
The smell of fresh cut grass. Also paint for some reason. And toast.

bonerm

The smell of coffee reminds me of America for some reason.

FreudianSlippers

I love the smell at Dublin Airport after you've been away for a while. Makes you glad to be home even if it is rainy as **** and freezing

AskMyChocolate

Dravokivich wrote: »

The sound of a Steak Sizzling...

The sight of a hint of Cleavage...

The smell of Naplam in the morning...

I had a date like that, although she swore the following morning that it was Obsession by Calvin Klein.:P

Dravokivich

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

I had a date like that, although she swore the following morning that it was Obsession by Calvin Klein.:P

haha...

although jokes aside... yer ole man is right with the turf...

PeteEd

The smell of wet concrete reminds me of when i had a job:(

AskMyChocolate

seensensee wrote: »

The smell of burning leaves, the sound of rustling papers... it's very relaxing.

Burning leaves is a good one. Reminds me of cold nights, cider, and learning how to french kiss inexpertly. If I'd just stayed at home sober I would have realised I was great at it and saved a number of fifteen year old girls from cold glossy cheeks.:o

AskMyChocolate

kfallon wrote: »

The sweet smell of fanny batter reminds me of getting me hole

Haven't cut turf meself in a while.

DrumSteve

Chloroform.

AskMyChocolate

alwaysadub wrote: »

Certain aftershaves remind me of certain people,sometimes they bring a smile to my face:)

Love the smell of petrol too, and the smell when it's just stopped raining.

I'm an unsure man in an uncertain world. My aftershave hides behind Calvin Klein's but I'll always be the pillow you drizzle it on.:cool:

*Aah fcuk this for a game of soldiers, y'can't be sensitive AND get to use the cool emoticons*:(:cool::cool::cool::mad::cool::cool::cool:

AskMyChocolate

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

The smell of cut grass at the start of summer.

The sound of torrential rain on the roof when I'm in bed.

We may have a winner.

Kimono-Girl

hearing Steve Harley and the cockney rebel 'come up and see me' reminds me of going to the beach with my mum when i was small,

seeing the arch in the quad in Ucc makes me happy...:)


smelling my OH makes me happy i love his aroma!!!

AskMyChocolate

OisinT wrote: »

I love the smell at Dublin Airport after you've been away for a while. Makes you glad to be home even if it is rainy as **** and freezing

Fcukin' lovely man. Have you ever had the pleasure of sailing out from Holyhead at night? Watching the lights disappear and knowing you were coming home.*

*only applies if you were working and would rather have been home. poster accepts no responsibility for lack of evocativeness (it's a word:mad:) in holidaymakers. Terms and Conditions apply.

chirogirl

Formaldehyde, it reminds me of my student days at anatomy dissection classes.

sallystar

My favourite sight is the first view of the sea sparkling on a really hot day, can't wait to get into the water!
I love the smell of Christmas trees. Best smell is my OH's neck after a days work, I just want to bite it. Oh God I love it.

orourkeda

That smell that you used to get near the guinness brewery. The thoughts of future abuse of your internal organs are enough to keep you going

baby powder for one reason
baby oil for another

FlutterinBantam

Fresh whiff of a nice solid steaming buttery shite as it rises from the pan after a good feed of steak and onions and some pepper sauce.

Best caught after about 5 seconds.

Gets a tad sour after that.

AskMyChocolate

orourkeda wrote: »

That smell that you used to get near the guinness brewery. The thoughts of future abuse of your internal organs are enough to keep you going

It meant you were going to the zoo.:)

mcwhirter

a warm dutch oven

PeterIanStaker

Napalm, especially in the morning.

Micky Dolenz

Cadburys creme egg

Asphyxia

A lit fire - Christmas is coming

Freshly cut grass - Going for nice walks in the summer evenings

Loud Bass and Drum - Going on road trips to gigs and feeling the bass and drums in my chest.

The fragrance True Glow by Avon - When I got with my boyfriend first I used to wear it all the time, brings me back to those heart thumping feelings. Since then they stopped selling that perfume

Popcorn - A certain time at the cinema

Druid's cider - A crazy time when my boyfriend and I and some ventured into the woods after going skateboarding in Wateford

Silver mints - Being in my grandfather's house

I have loads more but will stop there for now

alwaysadub

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Cadburys creme egg

There's a smell off a Creme Egg?

Or is it the sight or sound of one you're on about:D

ltdslipdiff

Love the smell of two-stroke, makes me and the other half think back to our fun holidays abroad renting scooters and biking in to the sun-set...

Favourite sound? The sound of two-stroke engines, makes me and the other half think back to..... etc etc etc.

Have kids now so all that free-wheeler ****e is out the window !

Love the sound of a BMW straight six, especially in an M3.

Micky Dolenz

alwaysadub wrote: »

There's a smell off a Creme Egg?

What you talking about Crazy person? It is the smell of yumminess :P

deisedave

The sigh of a young blonde, The taste of a nice cold budweiser and the sound of oasis full blast.

alwaysadub

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

What you talking about Crazy person? It is the smell of yumminess :P

They usually don't last long enough for me to smell them sorry.

ltdslipdiff

The beginning of Billie Jean,up waaaaay too loud. The smell of a freshly peeled sticker....

storm2811

The smell of cut grass, lakes and rivers, the sea - great smell!
Old peoples houses too, smells like a turf fire,chops,muddy wellies sometimes "old lady" perfume.

Steam engines and garages, remind of when I was a kid.:D

My grannies house in Belgium (Moo Moo :pac:) though beats all.Flowers,plants,she has a lake outside,in the winter you wake up and can smell a gas heater, fresh hot coffee and rashers, great food in the evenings and upstairs it's fresh linen and this overall "cosy" smell, love it so much.

littlehedgehog

Petrol

Rain on hot tarmac - holidays as a kid

Onions simmering in hot butter - NOM.

Christmas tress

ashblag

My mothers perfume:( she wore the same one for as long as i remember

2 stroke

ltdslipdiff wrote: »

Love the smell of two-stroke.

I didn't even know you knew me.