First off, a bit of a rant
The QOTW is The nicest thing someone's ever done for me.

It is not The nicest thing I've ever done for somebody else because I'm so amazingly generous and awesome.

Now fair enough, most of the replies here are true to the spirit of the actual QOTW, and they make bloody good reads, and are brightening up my day in the process.

But if you're going to respond, wrack your brains and at least try to remember something nice someone else did for you, as opposed to the things you did for someone else, because otherwise, you're not going to look like a good samaritan, you're going to look like a self-centered twit, obsessed with your own generosity while blatantly ignoring the good things others have done for you.

Aaaand deep breath.

So now, my story. A few months ago, I had recently moved into a new house. One morning after a night on the booze in town, I woke up with a straining bladder, so I hurriedly threw on a pair of shorts and ran for the toilet. After I'd done what needed to be done, I reached for the key to the bathroom door which I'd locked behind me.

*Snap*

Bloody thing went and broke off in the lock, leaving me stuck in a bathroom no bigger than a closet wearing only a pair of shorts. Bugger.

Luckily there was a window; unluckily it wouldn't open wide enough to let me through, and it was a two-story drop anyway. Just when I was beginning to despair, who should I see passing by but our next-door neighbour, a middle-aged Indian guy I hadn't had time to meet yet. I should mention that the window I was leaning out of wasn't the biggest, so from his vantage point it must have looked as if the ginger Irish guy leaning out the window and shouting "Hey you! Hey! C'mere! I need ya!" was indeed stark bollock naked. All the same, he did stop to help, and after I explained my predicament, went over to his house and came back with a ladder and a screwdriver so I could unbolt the window and climb out. After a very quick thank you - it was winter and i was only wearing a pair of shorts after all - i legged it round the back and was relieved to find the back door unlocked. However, when I popped around to my neighbour the next day with a case of beer as a proper thank you, he very graciously declined and was very nice about the whole thing.

So thank you mister neighbour guy! You really helped me out there becuase it was hours before anyone else came home.
( Spunk Murphy Tchaikovsky is a synonym for fanny, apparently, Sat 4 Oct 2008, 0:54, 8 replies)

Um
It's niceness in general... anything goes type niceness... ALL niceness is good. It says up there ^ that it works both ways.
I like reading the ones where the poster has done something nice just as much as the other ones, they all restore my faith in humanity and make me feel that the world is not such a bad place after all.

Hug?
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sat 4 Oct 2008, 1:00, closed)

^^
Failing that, what nice things have you done for other people, whether they liked it or not?
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Sat 4 Oct 2008, 1:07, closed)

It's ok
Once you get past the bold title, it's harder to take in all the lots of scary words.
( Cawl, Sat 4 Oct 2008, 1:13, closed)

You lucky bastard
all my neighbours do is get drunk and shout at the kids on one side, and buy an over-active dog and not walk it on the other. Sleep is scarce (I'm a bit insomniac as well), it's a shame we don't all have neighbours like you do!
(TMAce needs to enter another image challenge sometime, Sat 4 Oct 2008, 15:31, closed)