The Official Disproportionately satisfying "things"

[swee'pea99]

"What the hell is Quality? What is it?"
"And what is good, Phaedrus,
And what is not good -
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?"

Robery Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

 

[Piemaster]

Pulling on a pair of new socks the first time. Never the same again after they have been washed.

 

[gbb]

Not minding swallowing chocolate toothpaste cause for some unknown reason thinking it was good for you as I was cleaning the nashers !

Sitting on the pavement by the road (on a quiet suburban road) totally in my own world..with my feet in the road as no cars went by really...

Having wheelying competitions down the section of tarmac in said road !

Talking to my best mate out of the window as after i'd had a bath..and couldnt play out in the summer !

I used to do that as a kid...in the late 60s, maybe very early 70s
Like you say, the rest of the world doesnt exist. I used to study those purple coloured spangly chippings they used to put on the road and wonder were they man made, natural ?..where did they come from ? How many millions of them were in the road...
Also, watching the occasional car go by, i'd look at and smell the exhaust fumes.....and wondered if the world would ever get full of exhaust fumes. Little did i know...

Not a worry in the world, sun on your back, no traffic...nothing. Just let your mind wander. Very peaceful times.

 

[Headgardener]

Watching the sunset. From where I am sitting I can see purpley clouds in horizontal stripes across a pink sky. Looking further over to the right it is more bluey and yellow, as the sun sets behind the Malverns.

Ah the Malverns nothing better than watching the sun set from the top of the Malverns.

Not minding swallowing chocolate toothpaste cause for some unknown reason thinking it was good for you as I was cleaning the nashers !

Sitting on the pavement by the road (on a quiet suburban road) totally in my own world..with my feet in the road as no cars went by really...

Having wheelying competitions down the section of tarmac in said road !

Talking to my best mate out of the window as after i'd had a bath..and couldnt play out in the summer !

I can remember that too, the sun would still be shining brightly and not being allowed out after having had a bath (no showers in those days).

 

[Speicher]

Ah the Malverns nothing better than watching the sun set from the top of the Malverns.

I would have to be very careful how I descended, the pub is on the eastern side.

 

[Bigtwin]

For some reason I am reminded of that old aphorism:

"There's nothing as over-rated as a bad shag, and as under-rated as a bloody good sh1te".

 

[stoatsngroats]

Getting the 'Orangey bit in the middle' using only my tongue!

And the clean sheets, but with the warm, nude wife next to me! (not saying whose wife tho!)

 

[jiggerypokery]

Opening a new and unread book for the very first time and letting the story flood out.

Putting Quavers on your tongue and letting them melt, the sensation is all pop pop pop but so much so that it almost burns.

Cutting the grass, running up stairs, looking from the window, and seeing that I HAVE managed perfect stripes just this once.

The excitement on my little boy's face when I let him play with a bunch of keys.

 

[colly]

That odd 'dusty' smell you get after a rain shower at the end of a long hot day.

Making love in the long drawn out twilight in summer.

Very very early mornings in summer when everything is still.

Crunching new snow.

Dipping plain chocolate digestives in cold milk, slurping off the biscuit part, and then eating the chocolate bit that's left.

Toast and tea in bed.

Having some young, attractive, out of my league, really lovely woman, flirt with me.
(actually scrub that last one. The pleasure/satisfaction derived is in no way disproportionate.)

Cycling hard up hill and realising you can go harder. Then finding you still have more to give. It happens so rarely.

Giving someone a gift they were not expecting.

Last and not least:
Seeing I am actually in credit.

 

[Crash]

Finding an Orange revel in the bag.

Opening a new jar of coffee.

A simple glass of cold water to wash down a meal.

Removing and replacing a tyre on my bike without using tyre levers.

 

[Fnaar]

Getting the 'Orangey bit in the middle' using only my tongue!

And the clean sheets, but with the warm, nude wife next to me! (not saying whose wife tho!)

Any connection between your 1st and 2nd examples?

 

[stoatsngroats]

Any connection between your 1st and 2nd examples?

Of course there is......didn't you spot the 'and'......

 

[Wigsie]

Finding an Orange revel in the bag.

Are you a mentalist?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The excitement on my little boy's face when I let him play with a bunch of keys.

Yes!, or letting him empty the wife's handbag!

 

[Bigtwin]

Are you a mentalist?

You're thinking of the blue ones.