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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Frank Gallagher on August 06, 2008, 04:19:00 pm
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80 more things that make men cry
Hurt, sung by a dying Johnny Cash, gets to many of you
Bambi's mother dying. Bagpipes. Silently falling remembrance poppies. There are a lot of things that make men well up. Here's a selection of your responses to 10 things that make blokes cry.
1. "Getting an invite to the wedding of the girl you've quietly loved for years."
Jambo
2. "When Richard Todd quietly says he has some letters to write and walks through the gates at RAF Scampton in The Dambusters."
Tom, Bristol
3. "My son decided to arrive early, and the midwife was an hour away. I ran home from work to deliver my son while my three-year-old daughter watched happily from the foot of the bed: 'Are you going to catch the baby, Daddy?' she remarked. I cried tears of joy for the remarkable gift of life. Every man should be there for the birth of his children."
Jose M Feliciano, St Cloud, FL
4. "Having my son jump on me and knee me right in the family jewels. Guaranteed to bring a tear to any man's eye."
Adam, Northampton
5. "My recent vasectomy did the trick - don't let anyone ever tell you it does not hurt."
Steve, Humberside
6-7. "The poppies falling in silence from the roof of the Albert Hall at the Festival of Remembrance is one which gets me: the sheer waste of life. On a different note, the cry of 'Freedom!' coming from Braveheart as he is disembowelled also makes me cry - it's hilarious."
Andrew, Bristol, UK
8-10. "Rocket launches, the first 15 minutes of Saving Private Ryan, Beethoven's Ninth with volume loud enough for my ears to handle... these are a few memorable tear-jerkers for me."
Ajay, Boston, US
11. "Male voice choirs do it for me every time. It reminds me of my proud Welsh grandfather."
David R, Pontivy, France
12-14. "Nothing makes me cry. I do have on-going problems with dust at weddings, funerals and during weepie films though."
Tony Croft, Leeds
15-17. "Football, proud dads, Battle of Britain; it doesn't matter. A bloke with a mote-choked eye is more effective than a plate of oysters in my experience. Don't try faking it, though. We always know."
Jane, London
18. "Being told by the girl that you love that she wants you dead."
Josh, Derby, UK
19. "There is only one time when it is excusable for a man to cry; when his faithful hound sacrifices itself to save his master. Truly heartbreaking."
Andrew, Edinburgh
20. When kids are forced to grow up too fast... the saddest thing."
A Man, Earth
21. "They shut my local pub *sob*."
Andrew, Banbury
22. "Visiting the battlefields in Normandy and the graves of soldiers who were only boys had me and my husband weeping."
Lyn, Milton Keynes
23. "Watched a local primary school sports day recently - to see all of the children trying their best brought a lump to my throat. Very, very dusty."
Lance, Felixstowe
Equine effort
24. "The sound of horses galloping does it to me. Whether it's the start of the Grand National or watching the horsemen charge during Return Of The King, it makes me well up every time. I put it down to Peter O'Sullivan's brilliant and emotional commentary from when I first started watching racing."
Jamie, London, UK
25. "When Russia beat Spain in the final of the European basketball championship in the last second on my late mothers birthday. Emir Kusturica's film Dom Za Vesanje (Time of the Gypsies)." These are very Eastern European phenomena."
Mikhail Vasilievich Zamdayev, London
26. "The video to Hurt by Johnny Cash, it only seems to make men cry, the harder the man the more it gets to them."
Tim, Merseyside
27. "I reckon men cry at odd times because they withhold the tears at more obvious times - it has to leak out some time but social conditioning frequently hinders this. This possibly explains why I often feel like crying when I'm reading some children's books aloud to our two; Floss and The Secret Garden can raise a few."
Matt O, Forest Row
28. "Saying goodbye to my mum, for the last time, when the crematorium groundsman and I scattered her ashes."
Alex R, UK
29-31. "My partner shed tears of relief when our daughter was born at 28 weeks, tears of grief when we realised she would be disabled and tears of anger when she was bullied at school."
Beth, Bangor UK
32. "I cried last Tuesday when I realised I had to give up a relationship that just wasn't working and couldn't be put right for all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world. But Harry Dean Stanton's monologue to Nastassja Kinski does it for me every time. I must stop watching Paris, Texas."
Jan, Mid Sussex
33. "Dedication to the Fallen during the Festival of Remembrance: 'They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.'
Gets me every time."
Brian, Oxford
Kelly Holmes at the 2004 Olympics
34. "My wife thinks I'm heartless because I didn't cry when we got married, I didn't cry when my children were born, and I haven't cried when my relatives passed. However, seeing great sporting achievement take place, especially athletics track events, sometimes bring a proud tear to my eye. Kelly Holmes doing the double got me, fantastic stuff."
Iwan, Sedbergh, UK
35-36. "Seeing my mum cry is an automatic cry. But for some reason, when I see OTHER men cry it really makes me want to blame the hay fever."
Lee, London
37. "My friend cried at a movie starring the former wrestler The Rock. He claimed it was too hot... we no longer speak."
Neil Vallelly, Coleraine, N Ireland
38. "Pictures of the Earth from space seem to make me well up, it just seems to have a profound effect on me that I'm unable to sum up with words."
Ash Amed, Oxford
39. "The strangest thing that has ever set me off was listening to the radio and hearing Concorde land for the very last time. I don't even like planes but it made me blub."
Dave, Leicester
40-42. "The last time I cried would have been at a mate's wedding. He got emotional during the speeches and that was it for me. Also anything of people showing extreme bravery, especially to save others brings a tear to the eye. Oh and 65,000 people singing the Welsh national anthem at the Millennium Stadium."
Alex, Carmarthenshire
42. "The last page of Winnie the Pooh, as Christopher Robin explains about school - does it every time, without fail. Oh, and when Bambi's mum dies."
Mike, Addlestone
43. "When I'm going on a long trip and know I won't see my mum, dad or sisters for a couple of months, then the goodbye always gets me. Nonetheless, I feel fine five minutes later."
ConĂșil, Belfast
44. "My other half has a very severe upper lip. Ex-Air Force, he's coped with close relation funerals and major family feuds, despite me falling apart. But he wept buckets whilst watching Sophie's Choice."
Sundae, Crewe
45-47. "When my adopted son spontaneously called me Dad. When I realised that a friend was safe after thinking he could not have survived an incident. Sometimes when I'm looking at my wife and she doesn't realise it."
Richard, Cloudcuckooland
48. "The film of JFK's toddler son saluting his father's passing coffin does it for me every time."
Peter, Belfast
49. "Watching my son get married. I'm not even going to go to my daughter's, I'd be incapable for weeks before and after."
Dave Cross, Malvern, Worcs
50. "Just yesterday. I met my youngest's boyfriend for the first time and realised I'd lost my little girl. I managed to get home before I blubbed. Oh no, I'm doing it again now whilst I'm writing this."
Zorba Eisenhower, Seldom, Wilts
51. "My boyfriend cried when we finally got together, saying 'it's not often men like me get what we long for' - such a sweet thing to say. Unfortunately, seven years later he claims he was acting."
Rebecca, Leics
52. "Spitfires, Concorde and the roar of a Merlin or Deltic engine will always start me off. Such power and such grace.
Graeme, Edinburgh
53. "Listening to Belgian firemen play Last Post at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres. Played every night since soon after the end of World War I. Stopped only during the German occupation in WWII and started again as soon as they left."
Roger, Norwich, UK
54-55. "Since first becoming a dad almost five years ago, I cry at anything that even vaguely shows either suffering and loss or any noble characteristic such as bravery or valour. It doesn't seem to matter if it's Doctor Who or a serious, real-life event. I even cried watching Finding Nemo."
Kit Barker, Sheffield, UK
56. "What always gets me is the veterans on Remembrance Sunday. In their wheelchairs, shaking with old age and still making it to give respect to their old mates. After having lived a compromised life for 80 years or so (for some of them) with the trauma of the memories and nightmares that don't go away, now that is sacrifice."
Mat, UK
57. "Kindness to children."
Aasim, Durham, US
58. "I cried at the birth of both my children. They are now teenagers, they presented me with the most wonderful handmade Father's Day card, filled with poems, quotes of mine and endless praise and thanks for the guidance and advice I have given them. I wept openly, it was the best Father's Day present ever. I showed the card to my parents and it had the same effect. I am a security officer on the outside, but a big old softie at heart."
Steven, Shrewsbury
59. "Christmas productions at my son's primary school - something about the slightly out-of-key sound of children's voices when singing carols always makes me well up. And adds to that Christmas sparkle."
Dave, Newstead Village, UK
60. "Flying - the thin air and free G&Ts make people more emotional. I blubbed like a baby in business class watching Gloria and Mumbo shake it out in Happy Feet."
Stuart, San Francisco
61. "After visiting my grandfather's grave in Hermanville-sur-Mer War Cemetery, France for the first time in August 2005 with my father, I noticed that his headstone didn't have any personal message engraved. I asked my father in all innocence why this was so. He promptly burst into tears, saying that the British government charged families in the 1940s for this service, and his newly widowed mother with two young children couldn't afford it. I promised him there and then that I would arrange it for him. Finally in December 2007, I received pictures from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission showing that it had at last been done. I got the pictures printed and rushed them to him as he lay in hospital. He finally saw them on 5 December, 2007, and gave my mother the thumbs up. The next day, he succumbed to secondary cancer. That gets me every time."
Dave Eastoe, Framfield, UK
62-64. "The Paralympics - EVERY time. That and watching Muhammad Ali lighting the flame in Atlanta. It must be genetic, as my Dad turns into a sodden mess at the 'trunk holding through bars' scene in Dumbo."
Will, Oxford
65. "RSPCA adverts - tear-jerking, guilt-inducing, wallet-grabbing, phone-dialling brilliance."
Wotski, London
66. "Any film that shows some inner spirit and where they show pride does it for me. Biggest culprit is Cool Runnings at the end. Have to look out the window so nobody seems me shed a tear. That or grab a pillow off my fiancee and hide my face in shame."
Daniel, London
67. "Bagpipes. And they make the hairs on my neck stand up too."
Paul, Bathgate
68. "The one song I can never listen to on my iPod when I am away from my wife: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack. Guaranteed to reduce me to jelly."
Tobias, London, UK
69. "Realising the entire universe is interconnected in mind-boggling ways."
Majid, Richmond, US
70. "Three words started my hubby off crying - welcome home sir. This was said to him by one of the police escorts he had from Gatwick airport to the McIndoe Burns Unit after being flown home. He had been severely burned in an explosion and had been med-evaced to the UK. He had been temporarily blinded by the blast and he said the man's voice was so caring he just cried. It still affects him now."
Olwen Roach, Hartlepool, England
71. "Welsh male voice choirs bring a lump to my throat, also barber shop singers. Fortunately, you don't hear either much at the work place."
Barry, Croydon, England
72. "Ayrton Senna dying. I think that's allowed."
Andy C, UK
73-75. Singing Abide With Me at the FA Cup Final - after 27 years, we were back and I couldn't quite believe that we were there. That and when Glenn Miller dies in the Glenn Miller story. Oh, and I must admit to a few gulps of pride when the kids do something special."
Steve E, Warrington
76. "My grandad was old and frail but wouldn't have missed his grandson's (my) wedding for the world. He made it to the ceremony despite his ill health. After the main ceremony, I went down for hug (and kiss) from my grandad. Despite talking myself into not bawling like a baby, I just couldn't control my tears. My cousin who was wielding the video-camera made sure he captured all of it on camera for posterity. My hard-man act fell like a pack of cards and I haven't been able to restore it, at least with my wife."
Ramesh, London
77. "I cried at the weekend as I wrote my 12th anniversary card to my wife. I realised how important she has been to me, how much I appreciate her and how grateful I am she puts up with me. A mixture of gratitude and guilt then."
W John Bond, Leicester, UK
78. "Visiting the Imperial Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, and seeing the rows of headstones marking the graves of those who died in Operation Market Garden during WW2 is a highly emotional experience, and one's vision can get a bit watery at the thought of so many young lives wasted."
Patrick, Lincoln
79. "How can crying at your wedding not make the top 10? I married the girl of my dreams three weeks ago, shed a tear when she walked down the aisle the proceeded to cry all the way through my grooms speech. I am not ashamed one bit."
Nick Teige, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
80. "I got caught out listening to Radio 1's essential mix just the other day - momentous, inspiring stuff just set me off (and I was in public but with shades). Also, I find it hard to watch Remembrance Sunday without getting emotional. The enormity of all the pain and suffering can get to you. It always feels better after and figure it's a natural reaction for the body to have. I say your not a man unless you DO manage a cry."
Rene, London
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81. "A trendy pair of colorful Hugo Boss sneakers that go with ANYTHING."
Julian, Richmond
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Emo
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Is anyone old enough to remember the people who would ritualistically burst into tears at Rites of Spring shows?
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I donâ??t cry very often, despite being such a sensitive guy. As a matter of fact, I cry so little I remember almost every one of them. Here are a few of my memorable cries:
Sometime in 1979/80: The Champ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078950/)
Nov. 4, 1980: Election Night
October 12, 1986: ALCS Game 5 (and for the next 3 days)
April 22, 1987: First time I saw U2 perform â??Badâ? live (and all 20 something times since then)
April 20, 1990: CA High School State Champions in Basketball
April 24, 1991: The Wonder Years (â??The Accident (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIeWfGFfuAA)â?)
October 14, 1992: NLCS Game 7
April 19, 1993: My dog Paige was run over by a car
May 12, 1993: The Wonders Years Final Episode
November 8, 1994: The Contract with America (I also lost the first and only campaign I ever ran)
April 16, 1996: The day after the day I didnâ??t die
May, 26, 1999: Ole Gunnar Solksjaer plays Superman
June 20, 1999: Phil Mickelson loses the US Open to Payne Stewart
October 19, 2002: First pitch of the 2002 World Series
October 27, 2002: Last Pitch of the 2002 World Series
April 11, 2004: Phil Mickelson wins his first major
April 10, 2005: Apartment burned down
May 19, 2005: Reggie Millerâ??s Final Game
October 22, 2005: My wedding
June 12, 2006: Opening kickoff of the World Cup
June 22, 2007: My baby sisters wedding
So there you have it - sport and Winnie Cooper mostly. And take that Amy, Kelsie, Kelly and Christen, you didnâ??t even make the list.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
So there you have it - sport and Winnie Cooper mostly. And take that Amy, Kelsie, Kelly and Christen, you didnâ??t even make the list.
tip o' my hat ... like a mix between jerry seinfeld and nick hornby
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Morning Dew - 9/18/87 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca5N5kXAgrc)
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My most recent, memorable cries...
- After watching the Chicago Bears lose Super Bowl XLI to the Indianapolis Colts, 29-17.
- On Nov. 10, 2007, when Illinois beat Ohio State 28-21 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge5gRuA334w). (They were tears of unbridled joy, fyi.)
- A couple different times during my first viewing of The Dark Knight in IMAX (cause Heath Ledger and Gary Oldman kicked so much ass in that film)
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Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
81. "A trendy pair of colorful Hugo Boss sneakers that go with ANYTHING."
Julian, Richmond
what about at dashboard confessional shows?
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Whenever I see a tv show or movie that is filmed in England or Ireland. Seeing the rolling hills and really old houses and churches etc. wells me up everytime. Especially "last of the summer wine" on PBS because I know that village very well...
Billy Braggs "Tank Park Salute"
When George Best died.
When Princess Diana died.
When my pets die.
At my daughters highschool graduation and when she told me she got accepted at BU
When I watched my son sing the national anthem in a duet on stage during their end of year celebration at his pre-school.
Sometimes if the mood catches me when I hear a beautiful violin concerto.
When VDS saved Anelkas spot kick.
Yeah....I'm a big old softee.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
So there you have it - sport and Winnie Cooper mostly. And take that Amy, Kelsie, Kelly and Christen, you didnâ??t even make the list.
When did Avril get married? ;)
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I used to cry at "Snoopy Come Home". And, yes, of course, at Bambi. I well up every time I see a poor deer trying to cross or dead on the side of the road. I tell myself to think of puppies. ;)
I shed a few tears the other week during an episode of "Hopkins" (sick child).
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the day Jeff Buckley died.
bjork, at the Warfield, May 21, 1998
the end of a five year relationship, october 2007. This went on for a couple months... :confused:
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try meditating to the archangel michael. there's a book on the very subject. the presense of a supernatural host coming forth and revealing itself to you in your human form is enough to make even the most jaded bastard cry in uncontrollable ecstasy.
having a seizure unites your dream (subconscious) state with your waking (reality)state, which can make you cry in a fear of the unknown, as well.
now in strangeness, i cry for some reason during "shawshank redemption." and of course through sadness for "philadelphia."
and the day the dead milkmen died. we still miss you Dave Schulthise.
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Originally posted by mr. pretentious:
- On Nov. 10, 2008, when Illinois beat Ohio State 28-21 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge5gRuA334w). (They were tears of unbridled joy, fyi.)
tell me about your time-travelling abilities.
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Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by mr. pretentious:
- On Nov. 10, 2008, when Illinois beat Ohio State 28-21 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge5gRuA334w). (They were tears of unbridled joy, fyi.)
tell me about your time-travelling abilities. [/b]
LMAO. Duly noted. Edit has been made. :)
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I get snot-misty reading the Velveteen Rabbit as well as the Ugly Duckling to my kids, so I don't read them anymore. Actually, a lot of those traditional fairy tales, like Hansel and Gretel (child abandonment and homocide), the Pied Piper of Hamlin (town's children all die) and The 3 Pigs (pigs getting slaughtered) are really harsh and sad.
Another children's book that gets me every time is Love You Forever. I can't even look at the cover of that thing.
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The only times i can recall crying were when i found out my paternal grandfather died, and when i found out Hunter S Thompson had died. I also got a little teary when i found out my childhood dog of many years had passed on.
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i remember crying when my uncle died, but i dont think i have since. cant believe i didnt cry when the steelers won the super bowl
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My black lab died two weeks ago. That made me cry. And getting his ashes back. Other than that, onions.
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Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
the day Jeff Buckley died.
Oops, I left that one off the list.
May 29, 1997 - The day Jeff Buckley died.
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Getting it caught in the zipper.
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Originally posted by renton007:
Getting it caught in the zipper.
frank or beans?
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Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever.
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the dolphins
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
the dolphins
ok hootie
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Originally posted by kcjones119:
Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever.
I'm almost positive that he cries in the first Missing in Action. He gets choked up anyway.
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His whiskers cry every time Good Guys Wear Black airs on TBS
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Vansmack, didn't realize that you were such a fan of Mickelson. I could have gotten you an autograph a couple of weeks ago. I was acting as his bodyguard. Long story.
For the record, the day Elliott Smith died I cried more for him than anyone I'd never met before. What an awful, wretched day.
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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
the dolphins
ok hootie [/b]
I thought that was a Live song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYC3WBFEPvs).
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Originally posted by bearman:
Vansmack, didn't realize that you were such a fan of Mickelson. I could have gotten you an autograph a couple of weeks ago. I was acting as his bodyguard. Long story.
Damn!
I'm all ears BTW.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
the dolphins
ok hootie [/b]
I thought that was a Live song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYC3WBFEPvs). [/b]
it's both apparently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgV2XevwK4M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgV2XevwK4M)
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Originally posted by PigIron:
Originally posted by kcjones119:
Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever.
I'm almost positive that he cries in the first Missing in Action. He gets choked up anyway. [/b]
Maybe, but that was "acting," thus not real tears and no curing powers.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by bearman:
Vansmack, didn't realize that you were such a fan of Mickelson. I could have gotten you an autograph a couple of weeks ago. I was acting as his bodyguard. Long story.
Damn!
I'm all tears BTW. [/b]
And there's another crying episode!!
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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
81. "A trendy pair of colorful Hugo Boss sneakers that go with ANYTHING."
Julian, Richmond
what about at dashboard confessional shows? [/b]
Oh man, did I share that story with you? Hilarious.
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Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
81. "A trendy pair of colorful Hugo Boss sneakers that go with ANYTHING."
Julian, Richmond
what about at dashboard confessional shows? [/b]
Oh man, did I share that story with you? Hilarious. [/b]
lol. yes you did. iz why i posted that.
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Please tell me someone was standing on your foot or cutting onions or something at the Dashboard show?
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Please tell me someone was standing on your foot or cutting onions or something at the Dashboard show?
No, I saw Dashboard open for Weezer once and these two girls stood up at merriweather all during the DC set and sobbed. Then years later I went to see Dashboard and Brand New at UMCP and between bands we (edit: not me and miss p, the royal "we") were talking to this security guard and couple of girls standing up front on the railing about the prior show and how the two girls sobbed uncontrollably. Everyone thought I was exaggerating or making it up. Then, halfway through the DC set, I hunch down to let this girl behind me take a picture and look to my right and here is this fat, slobby looking girl dead center sobbing her eyes out. I point this out to all the other people and everyone is laughing at her so bad and taking pictures of her from like 15 feet away down the railing. Finally the security guard notices something is up and comes over and we just point down the rail and he sees the girl in the middle of a cry/convulsion and he just loses it laughing. He had to sit down and put his head between his legs right there. This went on for like 10 minutes, and eventually half of us' eyes were watering from laughing so hard.
Oh, and from Chris. Cause he's dead sexy emotional.
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Why would you laugh at someone crying....you're mean, just downright mean.
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Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Why would you laugh at someone crying....you're mean, just downright mean.
Coming from you, that's almost a compliment.
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Every time I hear the song "On Second Thought" by The Fakes. It reminds me of my cat who just died this past May 27th.
"Goodbye angel, goodbye angel;
You've gone away."
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
Every time I hear the song "On Second Thought" by The Fakes. It reminds me of my cat who just died this past May 27th.
"Goodbye angel, goodbye angel;
You've gone away."
Sorry, to hear of your loss. The last time I cried was over a beloved pet I'd had the pleasure of spending 17 years with. It's a terrible feeling. More loyal than most humans, that's for sure. Her name was Sheena. I'm sure you can guess where the name came from.
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i will admit it: i totally cried the one time i saw dashboard confessional live. ah, the thrills of teenage romance...
i have these recurring fucked up dreams where my dead relatives are still alive (i had one last night too even) and a lot of the time i wake up crying uncontrollably. i've had variations of these dreams for at least seven years now, but they have been happening super frequently ever since my dear grandma passed in the fall. i really miss her and i guess sort of still cry about her during the day sometimes at random times, because everything reminds me of her. the dreams are really intense.
oh and i shed approximately two tears when i saw broken social scene at siren fest a few weeks ago...
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a few random things that can make me shed a tear:
- getting a phone call one afternoon during my senior year in high school that told me a close friend of mine for 5 years had been killed in a car accident a couple of hours prior. It wasn't the phone call that hurt - it was knowing that I wasn't able to attend his funeral because I had plans to be out of town the coming weekend that really got to me.
- almost any song by Sigur Ros. There is something that I can't explain about this music... it's just on a whole different level than almost anything I listen to.
- the movie "Hardball" - probably the saddest movie I can think of. Also, The Green Mile can make me shed tears.
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My Dog Skip. That movie kills me. And The Goonies too, not the movie itself but the fact that so many here seem to love it so.
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The saddest thing I can remember, it didn't make me cry though for some reason, was when I was in the Navy. The ship had just sailed for a 9 month deployment on a hush-hush mission and I got a signal (I was in communications) the next day informing us that the three young children of one of the ships crew had died when their home was destroyed in a fire. I woke the captain up to find out how to handle it. We were not due near land for another 2 weeks so was told not to tell him until we could get him off the ship and home. Obviously, by this time his children will have been buried. I had to spend the next two weeks looking this poor chap in the eye knowing he'd lost his family. It was tough, real tough, but I couldn't avoid him because he'd know something was wrong if the sparky was being weird around him.
The real sad end to this story is the reason the house caught fire is because his wife was upstairs shagging some other bloke and the kids were downstairs and found some matches.
On a much brighter note, I would also get the signals if someones wife had given birth so the tradition was to wake them up with a beer in hand to congratulate them.
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Originally posted by chaz:
My Dog Skip. That movie kills me. And The Goonies too, not the movie itself but the fact that so many here seem to love it so.
What about Old Yeller! I bawled like a girl at a dashboard show (evidently)
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Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
The saddest thing I can remember, it didn't make me cry though for some reason, was when I was in the Navy. The ship had just sailed for a 9 month deployment on a hush-hush mission and I got a signal (I was in communications) the next day informing us that the three young children of one of the ships crew had died when their home was destroyed in a fire. I woke the captain up to find out how to handle it. We were not due near land for another 2 weeks so was told not to tell him until we could get him off the ship and home. Obviously, by this time his children will have been buried. I had to spend the next two weeks looking this poor chap in the eye knowing he'd lost his family. It was tough, real tough, but I couldn't avoid him because he'd know something was wrong if the sparky was being weird around him.
The real sad end to this story is the reason the house caught fire is because his wife was upstairs shagging some other bloke and the kids were downstairs and found some matches.
Dude you're totally bumming me out!
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I'm sure I shed a tear or two when Bush was "elected". Now I just cry when I hear his voice.
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you were in the navy? must, must hold on, cannot resist....
In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on now, people, make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand
In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people, and make a stand
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy (in the navy)
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They want you
They want you
They want you as a new recruit
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I used to cry all the time as a kid while watching episodes of Little House on the Prairie.
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Jerry Seinfeld broke Ticketmaster
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Jerry Seinfeld broke Ticketmaster
it's still down...
although if you have a link directly, you can get there
floor seats for jerry are going in the thousands on the 'verified resale'
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What a thread. I have some updating to do....
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Originally posted by bearman:
Vansmack, didn't realize that you were such a fan of Mickelson. I could have gotten you an autograph a couple of weeks ago. I was acting as his bodyguard. Long story.
Damn!
I'm all ears BTW.
Bearman delivered on this BTW. Sadly, the photo has occupied some closet space the last year or so...
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Bearman delivered on this BTW.
Bearman is legend and we are not worthy