What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[somewhatfoolish]

You can already buy a Citroen Ami, what more do budding unalivers need?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

4 hours ago, R114 said:

"Everybody get down... Repeat after me; I am not a sinner..." 

That’s the one!

[Metal Guru]

Gary Numan is actually older than Gary Oldman. ( by about 2 weeks).

[Merryck]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Gary Numan is actually older than Gary Oldman. ( by about 2 weeks).

The existence of Tom Holland, and Tom Hollander suggests there is an even more powerful British actor we've yet to witness - Tom Hollandest.

[grizz]

More of us need an honest obituary. 

 

From a funeral home notifications

 

Robert Adolph Boehm

May 6, 1950 - Oct 6, 2024

 

Robert Adolph Boehm, in accordance with his lifelong dedication to his own personal brand of decorum, muttered his last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse on October 6, 2024, shortly before tripping backward over "some stupid mother****ing thing" and hitting his head on the floor.

 

Robert was born in Winters, TX, to the late Walter Boehm and Betty Smith on May 6, 1950, after which God immediately and thankfully broke the mold and attempted to cover up the evidence. Raised Catholic, Robert managed to get his wife Dianne pregnant (three times) fast enough to just barely miss getting drafted into the Vietnam War by fathering Michelle, John, and Charlotte between 1967 and 1972. Much later, with Robert possibly concerned about the brewing conflict in Grenada, Charles was born in 1983.

 

This lack of military service was probably for the best, as when taking up shooting as a hobby in his later years, he managed to blow not one, but two holes in the dash of his own car on two separate occasions, which unfortunately did not even startle, let alone surprise, his dear wife Dianne, who was much accustomed to such happenings in his presence and may have actually been safer in the jungles of Vietnam the entire time.

 

While the world was in conflict elsewhere, Robert made due by learning to roof, maintain traffic signs with the City of Amarillo, and eventually becoming a semi-professional truck driver—not to be confused with a professional semi-truck driver.

 

With peace on the horizon, Robert's attention somewhat counterintuitively drifted to weapons of war, spanning the historical and geographical spectrum from the atlatl of 19,000 BC France, to the sjambok of 1830s Africa, to the Mosin-Nagant M1891 of WWII-era Soviet Union. So many examples of these mainstream hobbyist items litter his small Clarendon, Texas, apartment that one of them may very well have been the item referenced in his aforementioned eloquent final epitaph.

 

A man of many interests, Robert was not to be entranced by historical weapons alone, but also had a penchant for fashion, frequently seen about town wearing the latest trend in homemade leather moccasins, a wide collection of unconventional hats, and boldly mismatched shirts and pants.

 

Robert also kept a wide selection of harmonicas on hand—not to play personally, but to prompt his beloved dogs to howl continuously at odd hours of the night to entertain his many neighbors, and occasionally to give to his many, many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to play loudly during long road trips with their parents.

 

Earlier this year, in February, God finally showed mercy upon Dianne, getting her the hell out of there for some well-earned peace and quiet. Without Dianne to gleefully entertain, Robert shifted his creative focus to the entertainment of you, the fine townspeople of Clarendon, Texas. Over the last eight months, if you have not met Robert or seen his road show yet, you probably would have soon.

 

We have all done our best to enjoy/weather Robert's antics up to this point, but he is God's problem now.

 

Robert's farewell tour will be held Monday, October 14th, at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E Interstate 40 Hwy, Amarillo, TX 79118. The family encourages you to dust off whatever outdated or inappropriate combination of clothing you have available to attend. A tip jar will be available in the front; flowers are also acceptable.

 

Donations can be made to:

[warch]

I sometimes have trouble getting off to sleep. I've found this Youtube video very helpful (also works with restless and fretful babies, and is loads cheaper than one of those Ewan the Dream Sheep things).

I think you'll agree that there is very little more relaxing than the sound of a slightly ratty Chevy Nova at idle for 9 hours.  

[loserone]

Glorious 

[myglaren]

 

[richardmorris]

[myglaren]

Sympathy for him but the other bloke is an idiot.

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, warch said:

I sometimes have trouble getting off to sleep. I've found this Youtube video very helpful (also works with restless and fretful babies, and is loads cheaper than one of those Ewan the Dream Sheep things).

I think you'll agree that there is very little more relaxing than the sound of a slightly ratty Chevy Nova at idle for 9 hours.  

Fair play to the bloke, must have cost him a fortune in petrol to make that.  I'm impressed the car didn't overheat being left to idle for 9 hours too.

[Dyslexic Viking]

4 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Fair play to the bloke, must have cost him a fortune in petrol to make that.  I'm impressed the car didn't overheat being left to idle for 9 hours too.

I would think he recorded maybe half an hour and put it on repeat for 9 hours.

[warch]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Fair play to the bloke, must have cost him a fortune in petrol to make that.  I'm impressed the car didn't overheat being left to idle for 9 hours too.

This was my first thought too

 

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I would think he recorded maybe half an hour and put it on repeat for 9 hours.

But yes this is what I would have done 

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 hours ago, warch said:

I sometimes have trouble getting off to sleep. I've found this Youtube video very helpful (also works with restless and fretful babies, and is loads cheaper than one of those Ewan the Dream Sheep things).

I think you'll agree that there is very little more relaxing than the sound of a slightly ratty Chevy Nova at idle for 9 hours.  

The biggest concern I have with such is that 2 hours in without warning, an air horn or something similar will go off.

And I end up having a heart attack and shitting myself.

[andy18s]

5 hours ago, warch said:

I sometimes have trouble getting off to sleep. I've found this Youtube video very helpful (also works with restless and fretful babies, and is loads cheaper than one of those Ewan the Dream Sheep things).

I think you'll agree that there is very little more relaxing than the sound of a slightly ratty Chevy Nova at idle for 9 hours.  

Or....

 

Just as it pulls up and almost stalls

[horriblemercedes]

For a couple of weeks, I've been noticing a rattle coming from the rear (interior) of my car. 

 

Quite annoying and thought it was something I'd never track down. 

 

Found it today. An actual rattle lodged between the seat back and seat base. I took my cousin, her husband and their toddler home from the airport a couple of weeks ago, so that'll explain that! 

[camryv6]

On 16/10/2024 at 10:32, cobblers said:

My wife stopped on the way home from work to get us a chicken for dinner.

She sent me this:

I got home. All the lights on, she's watching TV.

"So the powers back on then?" I said.

"Don't think so??" She said.

 

The oven was switched off at the wall. Give me strength.

 

 

 

I was once on the laptop at home, using battery power when the power went off, i laughed and said at least i have some battery left, but then wondered why the wifi had stopped working, bugger !!! 

[comfortablynumb]

Autism can be a life wrecking bastard, but just occasionally it does provide a grin .

Looking out of the 6th floor window of our Travelodge room on broad street, Birmingham, my son suddenly says 'why do they fit trams with indicators? It's not as though they're going to pull over is it,?'

Welcome to the world of absolute logic , again 😁

[cort1977]

Ungrateful bastard Berlingo seems to be fixed. New secondhand cat fitted and my tame garage cleared the codes. A dash with no warning lights is making me grin today.

I asked how much and the gaffer very confidently replied 'oh, dont worry, we'll see you again soon'!

 

[808 Estate]

[Merryck]

23 hours ago, grizz said:

he is God's problem now

That's what I want on my gravestone.

[Lord Sterling]

'Twas the day of test for the Jag:

It's only gone and passed! Without any advisories either! Excellent!

Well chuffed is an understatement on how I'm feeling. 

Now the Vectra needs a tyre and tracking which I'm sure I can sort.

[IronStar]

18 hours ago, camryv6 said:

I was once on the laptop at home, using battery power when the power went off, i laughed and said at least i have some battery left, but then wondered why the wifi had stopped working, bugger !!! 

I have my home network on UPS, so when power fails wifi keeps working. My ISP though, doesn’t have UPS on its side. 😄

[camryv6]

4 hours ago, IronStar said:

I have my home network on UPS, so when power fails wifi keeps working. My ISP though, doesn’t have UPS on its side. 😄

I understand most of those words but not the sentence 😕 

In fact are UPS a parcel delivery firm ?

[IronStar]

24 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

I understand most of those words but not the sentence 😕 

In fact are UPS a parcel delivery firm ?

Uninterruptible power supply, battery backup system. 

[Cavcraft]

Thought we'd lost our dog last night, we expected him to pass away in his sleep as he was so out out of it and hadn't eaten or drunk since Wednesday. The missus took him to the vet again this morning expecting the worse, a different vet saw him and diagnosed Vestibular disease. They gave him a tablet to stimulate his appetite and another check over. She took him home, gave him his favourite treat (sausages from the cafe) and he's nearly back to his old self already. They did say he might always have a slight head tilt and one or two other side-effects, but said they're pretty confident he'll be ok. There's some sort of imbalance with his vision, but it'll probably right itself.  As a little treat, he came to see me at work today (straight after the vets visit) and after a few sleepless nights, it made my day.

Here he is from nearly 3 years ago to the day.

 

[808 Estate]

[paulplom]

Dropped the boy off yesterday at a mate's house yesterday. Mate was leaving for a bike rally near Whitby. 

That's a mighty impressive rig.

[Jazoli]

19 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Dropped the boy off yesterday at a mate's house yesterday. Mate was leaving for a bike rally near Whitby. 

That's a mighty impressive rig.

Never understood trikes, all the disadvantages of a car and bike in one handy package!

[grizz]

Seen elsewhere. 
 

Really made me think. 
 

Sometimes in life, there is more than what is seen.