Trivial things that please you beyond all expectations

[palinurus]

Getting one of those big pretzels in the mini-Tesco near work, a can of Chocomel, pouring the latter into a mug for pretzel-dunking.

 

[gbb]

Taking the grandkids to the beach.
They werent particually dressed for paddling but they had dry clothes in the car.
The advice flowed....
Dont get too wet
Dont go out too far.
Watch that wave, youre gonna get wet.
Hahaha, now youre wet.
Kiddos, youre getting too wet.
Oh bogger it (in my head) theyre wet, not going to make any difference now...

Kids having fun, cant beat it.

 

[palinurus]

Riding through road closures.

 

[Andy_R]

Using basic skills and social media posts to come up with a photo of Accy's house...

 

[Andy in Germany]

I thought I'd be working on my own:

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Sitting on a fallen log in woodland and pausing. Taking in the sounds and sights and smells of nature.

 

[palinurus]

Next door's son, apprentice motor mechanic, washed his car yesterday and fitted new personalised number plates with sticky pads.

I don't even have a car but I know the correct way to attach a personalized number plate is to screw it on, using 'cleverly' placed screws and black screw caps.

 

[palinurus]

I put a large going soft,sprouting roots potato on the busy road outside my flat last night to see how long it'd last before being spattered. I then watched the vehicles pass from my window, wondering how long it would survive.

fark, last thing I need right now is a new hobby.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Using basic skills and social media posts to come up with a photo of Accy's house...

@Accy cyclist has a pretty amazing house

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Getting back to the house and putting the bike away. A minute or two before it absolutely chucks it down.

 

[newfhouse]

I put a large going soft,sprouting roots potato on the busy road outside my flat last night to see how long it'd last before being spattered. I then watched the vehicles pass from my window, wondering how long it would survive. It 'dodged' 7 vehicles before being clipped by a car and sent spinning into the direct path of an Audi 4x4.

We used to do similar as young kids at the Motspur Park level crossing. All sorts went on the rails, from rotten fruit, to water filled balloons, to pennies. Proper science, it was.

 

[Dirk]

There is a paragraph in Franz Kafka's 'The Aeroplanes in Brescia' where he describes a woman in the crowd of spectators.
The first time I read it, I was utterly stunned at the beauty of the passage and had to reread it several times.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Seeing bee's, butterflies and other pollinators on my plants.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Seeing bee's, butterflies and other pollinators on my plants.

Cycling back from work yesterday I passed along an avenue of sunflowers: the sound of bees and other buzzing things was so loud and constant I stopped to listen.

 

[palinurus]

There is a paragraph in Franz Kafka's 'The Aeroplanes in Brescia' where he describes a woman in the crowd of spectators.
The first time I read it, I was utterly stunned at the beauty of the passage and had to reread it several times.

Not included in the collected stories I have- just ordered a Penguin edition that does have it.