Little things that irrationally please you

Schnozz

Milk bottles - The sweets

Teyeplayer

That moment around 3:45/4am where there is the sudden lull and the world stops. The background hum of traffic disappears for 5-10 minutes and then one loan vehicle breaks the silence and it starts to wake back up. 

Brio

Teyeplayer said:

That moment around 3:45/4am where there is the sudden lull and the world stops. The background hum of traffic disappears for 5-10 minutes and then one loan vehicle breaks the silence and it starts to wake back up. 

We should find the guy who loans out that vehicle and stop him.

skullfunkerry

Pens, specifically nice ballpoints or fountain pens.

The feel of the switches & dials on my camera.

When you hit a cricket ball just right and you don't even feel it through the bat (not that I've played cricket since I was a kid, but I still remember the feeling).

Brio

Cycling on a perfectly setup and silent bike when all you can hear is the noise of the tyres. Belt drive FTW.

Haych

The song of a blackbird singing in a new days dawn, and the coo of the wood pigeon as it tries to hum along. 

maharg101

Subtly repositioning cutlery, condiments, and other items on a restaurant table between ordering the food, and it arriving, then trying to stifle a laugh when Mrs M attempts to troll me by moving things around randomly.

Teetonetal

blobb said:

 Coke cans have a similar effect.

I don't get out much.

Yes, totally agree.

I would take the whole Coke can experience one step further and say a holding a cold can on a hot day  is strangely satisfying. Plastic bottles somehow aren't.

drofluf

The scrape of exhaust on speed bump when a sports car is driven too fast on a residential road. 

LionAquaLooper

One of my biggest irritations is pavement weeds so it's only natural the thing that pleases me most is watching them burn via flamethrower. 

BillDL

When I "rough in" the intonation of the saddles on a new bridge and guess the radius and height and I got it bang on with absolutely no need for adjustment.  That is so disappointing I move everything and start from fresh, because it's the act of making the adjustments until it's just right that actually pleases me 

There's nothing more satisfying than the slight squeak a neck heel makes in a perfectly sized neck pocket as it pushes into place.

Grampa

My grandchildren

jpttaylor

The word goulash - it's just fun to say.

Shrews

-waking up to the smell of bacon cooking on a caravan holiday

- playing cards or board games on a rainy caravan holiday day

- the smell of a new city when you first visit (but sometimes you can't quite work out what it is)
eg Amsterdam (Cannabis), Tromso (reindeer hot dogs), Swiss Alps (fresh air)

GoFish

Persons. All persons have this infinite capacity to surprise and delight. People are awful. Persons are ... very cool.

Switch625

Fresh bedsheets

Random people showing kindness

Kalimna

Weeds that come out easily with all roots intact, and the soil just falling away. Heaven.

Haych

Listening to a storm rage when you’re tucked up nice and cosy in bed. 

Those horrid dark and dank winter days when you decide to do nothing but close the curtains and chill all day watching movies. 

The feeling of climbing into a bed with fresh bedlinen. 

Falling asleep to the gentle sound of waves breaking on the beach. 

GoFish

Mornings. The gift of each new day, the slight snap in the air, renewal, promise, expectation. Lovely stuff.

CHRISB50

The noise a golf ball makes when it hits the bottom of the cup. 

Cracking the joints of my big toes. 

A can of Coke after eating Twiglets. 

Being under shelter out in the boonies when it’s absolutely lashing it down.