emandex
people get p*ssed when people don't answer the question and when people reply to other people - so shut the feck up. That goes for me too.
(MizStinky, Thu 21 Apr 2005, 9:39, Reply)

His dark materials
Saw this onstage at the National Theatre 2 years ago. Though I don't agree with Philip Pullman's beliefs on dwath and the after-life, I found the second half of part 2 intensely moving and spent it trying not to blub.

I was two rows from the stage...
(Glen Moranjie, Thu 21 Apr 2005, 8:49, Reply)

Overwork!
I had reall shity days at work in a row where nothing went right for me and everyone was angry at me. My insomnia came back and so I was tired as well. Then finnaly I woke up this morning and got my period and relised that is why every thing has been so crappy this week. And then proceeded to bawl my eyes out over the injustice of the female hormonal cycle and it's effets of it on my quality of work.
(rattus, Thu 21 Apr 2005, 7:58, Reply)

My Wedding Day
I cried three weeks ago this Saturday when I saw my wife-to-be walk into our wedding. She looked fantastic and I am so happy I married her.
(CMYK Excess consumption may have a laxative effect, Thu 21 Apr 2005, 7:45, Reply)

Maybe I'm taking the piss out of MyNameIsClare but...
Does anyone else think it's a bit weird that on a thread where so many people have posted silly joke answers, that others seem to feel the need to post such genuinely sad things?
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Thu 21 Apr 2005, 4:25, Reply)

A pregnant friend of mine came in today
She was crying. It made me cry to see her all teary eyed. Her pregnant belly bouncing.
(Texas Belle, Thu 21 Apr 2005, 3:32, Reply)

death of radio
As an expat brit in New York, I used to listen in to two familiar voices on the beebs real audio feed, my fellow NY brit, Alistair Cook and of course John Peel. While the first death was a one time affair, Peel's death has a number of musical associations which still seem to make a tear well, when I hear 'teenage kicks' or 'does this train stop on mersyside?'.
I remember Peel mentioning he had started to weep more frequently as he aged, certainly something I have found too, and unlike youthful tears over pain or lost love, I actually quite enjoy a good cry induced by music or film these days. The "captain my captain" scene in dead poets society does it for me :-)
Apologies for the usual.
(vavaboom, Thu 21 Apr 2005, 0:37, Reply)

probably been said several times before
cutting onions
(nutsgeezer, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 23:57, Reply)

joy and pain
I think this thread is a lovely mix of humour and human sadness . . . . may the two be forever close . . . .
(The Cats Twat, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 23:26, Reply)

Too much nowadays . . .

I cried at the end of Final Fantasy X on PS2 when Tidus jumps off the ship. The song Suteki Da Ne from the game always brings a lump to my throat even though it's in Japanese and I don't know what she's going on about.
(garrison, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 23:09, Reply)

What makes us cry...
This board does have many sad things on it, true, but it is possible to cry both with laughter, idiocy and genuine happiness (all of which I've done in the not too distant past). Whilst it may seem insensitive to put inanities up here amongst hardships and tragedies, they're just answering with honesty, and maybe even trying to cheer people up.
So! To cover the bases, here's my 2 pence.

The other day I heard a joke with the punchline "I bet you've had a cockatoo in there..." what made me cry was the wholly inappropriate nature of the joke given that it was a pupil at the school where I work. Just brilliant!

On the sad front, Michael Howard bringing up the hot potato of abortion- seeing pictures of perfectly formed fetuses that are legally aborted. Not that I'm anti abortion, but thats a whole other kettle of fish.

And to end on a good note, when I'm with my girlfriend I get quite emotional, few drinks later and I've been known to be a happy blubbery little bunny. Sometimes even without the drink too ;) Maybe as I get older I'm appreciating stuff more, or getting in touch with my feminine side- I'll be wearing women's clothing before I know it. Actually, been there, done that, and made a whole lot of people cry.

Funny old things, emotions coupled to physiological processes, aren't they!

In a bit.

Oh yeah, and music too, especially Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah. Absolutely guaranteed to bring a tear to anyone with a sense of emotion, even more so when on your tod.
(1st Dgre I3uRn$, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 23:03, Reply)

funkwomble
Christ, i almost cried at that and im a 15 year old boy
(homochicken, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 22:18, Reply)

The last thing that made me cry
The office Xmas special when Dawn comes back for Tim.
(Funkwomble XBL and PSN DangerBoy73, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 22:10, Reply)

I like reading more adult-oriented comic books
I read "The Maxx" recently and cried towards the end of it when all the characters start to go away
(Kimbo, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 22:03, Reply)

the price of kids shoes
makes me weep...
( the RAND corporation a.k.a. Kevin Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 22:03, Reply)

the last time i cried was..
when my mother told me that she wouldn't be coming to my college string orchestra concert because she had better things to do...quite depressing
(goddes9447, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 21:28, Reply)

Maybe I'm taking things too seriously but...
Does anyone else think it's a bit weird that on a thread where so many people have posted such genuinely sad things, that others seem to feel the need to post silly joke answers?
(MyNameIsClare, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 21:04, Reply)

now, watching this
a nice cry, but a cry all the same

www.reginaspektor.com/index2.html

click on "video"
( bookerina, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 20:03, Reply)

My fellow Americans
When, oh when, will I stop being embarassed and crying in shame over my country(wo)men's antics? Ten years ago, I read a story called "The Freezer Jesus" about a man who finds rust on his porch freezer that looks like Jesus. His house became a mecca (pun intended?) for the faithful. Well, life has imitated art. Heaven help us...

www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/20/mary.underpass.ap/index.html

I gotta cry
( setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 19:46, Reply)

really selfish but....
last time i cried was when it struck me that its been about 8/9 months since another human has voluntarily given me a hug...
call me selfish... "oi! SELFISH!"... but it just intensified the sense of loneliness
:-(...
(Ferradura pitching curveballs from leftfield, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 17:35, Reply)

House music (all night long, if necessary)
Powerful, soulful house music at maximum volume always brings a (happy) tear to my eye. Last time? This afternoon, driving to a job interview.
(ryry, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 17:25, Reply)

mugatu,
that's really sad, don't worry mate, it may be a cliche ,but time is a great healer

EDIT : last thing that made me cry - was just a completely spontaneous reaction last week while I was listening to a song and just got hit out of the blue by a really poignant lyric (an Erika Badu song)

and time before this was when I was in Nairobi in March, instead of giving the streetkids money I would walk them to a side shop selling sausages for 20 shillings (20p) and feed them. On e homeless kid who must hav e been 8 years old dressed in rags had his baby brother strapped to his back - when I looked under on e of the bandages on the babys little feet he had four toes missing - when the girl I was with spoke to the Boy to ask how it had happened , he explained they had rotted off after someone had stood on them. I fed the baby chicken and the thought of his little mouth chewing th efood get smne tearful and will haunt me forever
(Pope Benedict XVI, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 17:14, Reply)

kinkster
I find that returning the favour and sticking something (finger, dildo, whatever) up theirs stops any more "oops, I slipped" moments. They ask nicely after that ;-)
(emma_fisi, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 16:48, Reply)

The last time I cried.....
... was out of embarresed pain!

Had just got out of the shower and was walking downstairs when I slipped and landed on my back... cue sliding down the rough carpety stairs naked as my towel had duly fallen off, only to be greeted by my girl flatmates mates coming out to see what the noise was.

Off course it was me naked and crying with a big carpet burn on my bum.

Waaaah
(Manatee Fondler, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 16:31, Reply)

kinkster
er - they don't really get the wrong hole, they just expect you to be so overwhelmed with physical ecstasy that you won't notice...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 16:11, Reply)

cried til I laughed
reading this

www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2777

I had forgotten about the lame cultural icon those books were!
(bacardiandlime, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 15:51, Reply)

with laughter...
Last night watching some cosmetic surgery live thing on chanel 5. This geeza had half his skull visible and the doctor was just tearing his skin off the bone with his fingers.

Just so he didn't have a receding hair line.

:|
(HoBag (TM) <-- Fookin' legend, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 15:33, Reply)

Sorry! Wrong Hole
I cried last night whilst having sex. The guy i was with 'accidently' put it in the wrong hole.As ive never done it up the mud pipe before this both surprised and hurt me.

How can you put it in the wrong hole? I've never really understood that.

First post, it didn't hurt as much as i thought.
(The Kinkster Returns, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 15:25, Reply)

pathetic
Sunday morning, 2am, when i get a call from my best friend who had just spotted my boyfriend and a girl (shall be referred to as 'that ginger rottweiler')getting into his car, after being all over each other for most of the night- turns out he's been shagging this ginger bitch for 2 weeks.

Justice will be swift and it will be mine, and i won't cry for this bastard again.
(cookie_freak, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 15:14, Reply)

My mum died of a heart attack early January this year. It was completely unexpected and we were completely and utterly devistated.

I have probably cried to myself every other day since it happened. Life can be so cruel.
( mugatu, Wed 20 Apr 2005, 13:48, Reply)