Little things that irrationally please you

munckee

Succeeding at changing lanes on a motorway or dual carriageway and missing the cats eyes, I love that game,

GoFish

The seaside.

Touching grass.

Being in The Flow is one of the most awesome feelings in life.

Snap

the edge of a pound coin

thecolourbox

Kitchen cupboards with slow close hinges on the doors

Wazmeister

thecolourbox said:

Kitchen cupboards with slow close hinges on the doors

Good shout that is !

CaseOfAce

Drilling a hole into a wall and having the raw plug go flush in and then the screw goes in tight without the raw plug moving and not having to fix it with filler and matchstick bodge / amateur hour shenanigans.

Parking a car on a road and having the right space from wheels to the kerb and between the cars front and back - and you walk off looking behind doing the full Partridge / back of the net thing....

Philly_Q

Travelling into work and seeing someone with a dog on the train or the Tube. 
So long as they don't start barking or have a piss (the dog that is).

Reverend

Philly_Q said:

Travelling into work and seeing someone with a dog on the train or the Tube. 
So long as they don't start barking or have a piss (the dog that is).

To be honest, I think it maybe worse if its the person

BillDL

Reverend said:

Philly_Q said:

Travelling into work and seeing someone with a dog on the train or the Tube. 
So long as they don't start barking or have a piss (the dog that is).

To be honest, I think it maybe worse if its the person

Your singer looks as though, with 10 cans down him, might just start barking and lift his leg on a train, and I couldn't envisage anybody willing to challenge him 

TTony

Kalimna said:

These are a few of my favourite things.

When it rains gently and you see the raindrops on roses in the garden
Our friends' cat has just produced some littl'uns, lovely whiskers on those kittens
All the childhood memories when I see my mum's old bright copper kettles
In winter, keeping my fingers cosy in some warm woollen mittens

Those are a few of my favourite things

(not going to mention the cream coloured ponies or crisp apple strudels, or doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles    )

BillDL

The smell of rain on dry ground when it hasn't rained for a while during warm weather.  This was particularly noticeable when I was growing up in Africa.

The fresh smell of junipers from Gin and the sweet and mouthwatering anise(ed) smell of Ouzo/Raki/Pernod/Pastis/Sambuca.

thecolourbox

BillDL said:

The smell of rain on dry ground when it hasn't rained for a while during warm weather.  This was particularly noticeable when I was growing up in Africa.

It will no doubt please you even more to know that the word for this phenomenon is Petrichor, which is incredibly satisfying to say in itself.

To even more expand what a lovely word it is for a lovely scent, it comes from the Greek words Petra which means rock, and Ichor which is the blood of the gods.

Keiko

Going straight to a self service checkout at Tescos in the 'trolley' section, when there's a big queue to use the 'basket' checkouts, and I'm only buying a couple of things.

bobblehat

Perfectly judging the string length to get 3 winds round the post. 

Timcito

A slightly malicious pleasure I got soon after arriving in the US was going into Starbucks and asking for a "small" American coffee! There was a moment of brief panic as the server attempted to compute the request: "You mean a 'tall'?" "That the smallest one ya got? Okay, I'll take it!"    

Kalimna

thecolourbox said:

BillDL said:

The smell of rain on dry ground when it hasn't rained for a while during warm weather.  This was particularly noticeable when I was growing up in Africa.

It will no doubt please you even more to know that the word for this phenomenon is Petrichor, which is incredibly satisfying to say in itself.

To even more expand what a lovely word it is for a lovely scent, it comes from the Greek words Petra which means rock, and Ichor which is the blood of the gods.

I knew the name petrichor, but not the origin nor the meaning of the component words. Thank you!

swiller

Passing a turd with little or no wipe up needed. Either a big lump, or a yakult aided silky drop.

racefaceec90

the smell of gt-85 always reminds me of bicycles and bike shops 

thecolourbox

The smell of napalm in the morning

RocknRollDave

An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard.