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Question 741 (The Complete Book of Questions by Garry Poole)
What brings a tear to your eye?

Oy. What doesn’t? I’ve got to rank in the top 10 of the world’s biggest saps. Happy tears, sad tears, the waterworks seldom stop. The hubby is forever asking, “Why are you crying now?”

Is anyone old enough to remember that Folger’s coffee commercial where Peter comes home for Christmas? Total sob fest.

Other things that make me well up:

• Budweiser Clydesdale commercials
• Hallmark cards
• children singing (especially Christmas carols)
• onions
• the national anthem
• when tribemates’ relatives visit on Survivor
• news stories of children being massacred in their classroom
• when the autistic (parapalegic/blind/insert other physical or mental challenge here) equipment manager is called onto the court in the final minute of the game and sinks a three-pointer
• Glory (seriously, from about minute 15 straight through till the end)
• random acts of kindness
• refugee camps
• gut-bustingly funny stories
• other people crying
• Amazing Grace played on the bagpipes
• good Samaritan stories
• animal cruelty awareness campaigns (“Help a Little Donkey” was especially hard to watch)
• proud parents hugging their contestant offspring on X-Factor/The Voice/American Idol/America’s Got Talent
• a mother screaming, “You’re stupid,” at her child in the supermarket
• flags at half staff
• homecomings
• farewells (and occasional until-we-meet-agains)
• homeless people
• happy endings
• anything and EVERYTHING when I’m excessively tired