Trivial things that make you happy - Part 3 - The Happyning

gormdubhgorm · 26-05-2025 11:40AM

At hurling match young family in front of me in stand seating. Mother, father and a young child.

Out of the three of them. You wouldn’t have guessed who was the most animated.

It was the mother! Any time she saw a Galway score etc she couldn’t help standing up and roaring. Her husband tried to signal for her to sit down, hand on her back. But gave up fairly quickly as he could see it was a battle he wouldn’t win.

Strumms · 26-05-2025 12:32PM

my Dad dropped his TV remote and it’s fecked. It’s a smart TV but an olderish one and no electronics retailer is stocking the spare remotes for it… but last chance saloon… tried Amazon last night and they still stock them. Not expensive.

Bredabe · 27-05-2025 04:23PM

Given it was such a lovely morning, I decided to walk back from my COVID-19 booster. The natural walk back took me along a narrow street lined with pavement tables where people and dogs sat.

A young dad with a baby caught my eye as he walked the narrow path with a tiny baby, who was no more than 8 weeks old, and who I assumed was the baby's mother, was sipping her drink.

The look on their terrier-type dog's face was amazing, a mixture of concern as the dad and baby walked what the dog considered to be too far, and being on guard to intervene if needed, in case anything bad happened.

*I mention the bun as a survivor of many, many small children pulling at my tied-up hair and flash back to the unexpected pain of those pulls.

Dan Steely · 27-05-2025 06:15PM

Adult son with autism went to his first proper concert in Dublin at the weekend. He bought two tickets, one seated and one standing and 5 single one-way bus tickets instead of one return. One ticket was to the wrong town.

Brought everything back though, nothing lost. For the first time probably.

Had a great time. All that matters.

He can go again now.

gormdubhgorm · 28-05-2025 03:40PM

I want some person to create a film / play called “50 shades of great”. Based on this headline. A Ukrainian fella’s impression of Irish people.

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That article made me think how would I describe how I feel? “Middling to grand”

And very appreciative of living in this country, that gets unfairly lambasted by some Irish people.

branie2 · 29-05-2025 02:07PM

Back after a brilliant week-long holiday in Italy

Dan Steely · 29-05-2025 03:52PM

Trivially happy with how therapeutic the Trivially Annoyed thread is! 😜

cj maxx · 29-05-2025 04:17PM

That Jeopardy and Steven Fry have come to the end of the season , and that Lingo will be on tomorrow .

Sgt Hartman · 30-05-2025 10:40AM

Coming back from the bathroom to see that this little guy has taken over my pillow

wildwillow · 30-05-2025 11:31AM

I've been driving through the country to various locations for the past few days. Despite being on motorways mostly I couldn't but be delighted at the beautiful countryside and wonderful shades of green. Everywhere was so fresh.

Alas some country towns are beyond depressing with so many closed shops and businesses.

A word of praise for the clean towns and villages, especially those who have exploited the natural beauty of the area rather than rigid planting schemes.

Am I the only one who welcomed all that rain?

Comhrá · 30-05-2025 05:40PM

Cancelling Sky Sports today and listening to all the enticements (" I see you've been with Sky now for 20 years……") and "We can give you three months free for being such a loyal customer" before saying "no, I've decided I don't want it any more!"

They do try hard to retain business in fairness.

orourkeda1 · 30-05-2025 07:35PM

For the first time in years I had a bag of chipper chips this evening. A long week in work and I couldn't have been arsed to cook. A few slices of turnover and a can of fanta. Love it.

New Home · 30-05-2025 07:40PM

I heard and saw a little owl on a tree a couple of metres away from me today. They are beautiful and much smaller than I thought, something between a blackbird and a pigeon.