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[metaphortunate]

What's the opposite of a pet peeve? Something that affects you all out of proportion to its real importance, but it makes you happy instead of annoying you? 

Was reminded today that one of mine is people who tell you "Have a blessed day!" except they pronounce it "blest", because they don't mean it like a Special God Word that has a special è in it, they just mean it like an ordinary word that is part of their ordinary vocabulary, because wishing good things on people, maybe even just people that they happened to share a crappy overcrowded train ride with while all trying together not to step on someone's dog, is part of their ordinary life. 

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[brownbetty]

When the kids at the crossing guard insist on escorting me across, even though I am on old lady accustomed to dodging traffic like that frog in frogger.

[metaphortunate]

I love kids who have a job to do and by GOD they are going to do it.