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Oh.. That reminds me. There's a programme on Cbeebies called Old Jacks Boat. It stars Bernard Cribbins (amongst others) who is an old sailor who walks through his town and has a chat with his co stars before going onto his boat to tell a lovely story. I think you'll agree that Cribbins is brilliant and tells a fantastic story.

The Christmas episode featured Bernard walking through his town asking his friends if they can make the annual carol concert. They all say that they're busy so a forlorn Bernads gets to his boat and tells his story. This story is about himself as a young man and how he comes to get married to Sailor Sue. We haven't seen Sailor Sue before and we haven't seen her since. It's a lovely story of how she proposes to him and he didn't see it coming. It finishes with Bernard looking at the camera, with a tear in his eye saying "I miss Sailor Sue every single day"

Then his friends all start singing carols outside his boat and they all say that they miss her too.

The wife and I were in floods of tears at this. It was written by Russell T Davies and It was beautiful. It must have been totally lost on the children it was aimed at.

Author:	Mimi [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:08 ]
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What silly things tug at your heart-strings? John Lewis adverts at Christmas don't count, because obviously they make everyone cry. Currently, I keep getting sad at the name and picture on my bag of sweets. I have a bag of lovely "Veggie Colin The Caterpillar becomes a beautiful butterfly' sweets, and I am concerned that Colin spent his whole existence as a caterpillar not realising that he was beautiful. He didn't need painted wings to be a beautiful creature. I bet Colin was a great friend. He made great sweets, so I am sure that he was all sorts of lovely. So, yes, I was feeling a bit sad about it in the car, and today I keep thinking about it so I am trying to eat them all quickly so that I stop worrying bout Colin's sad existence before he became a butterfly. Next time I shall stick to Percy's Pigsty. He's just a messy piglet with a house full of underpants, so that's fine.

Author:	Cras [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:15 ]
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Season 2, episode 2, The West Wing. When Josh wakes up right at the end. Makes me cry every time I watch it.

Author:	myp [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:17 ]
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Mimi wrote: John Lewis adverts at Christmas don't count, because obviously they make everyone cry. They make me cry with frustration.

Author:	TheVision [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:22 ]
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The ending to Klonoa on the PS1. I can't remember much about it now but when I completed it when it first came out, it really tugged at my heartstrings.

Author:	Mimi [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:23 ]
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Cras wrote: Season 2, episode 2, The West Wing. When Josh wakes up right at the end. Makes me cry every time I watch it. I've never watched The West Wing - I think it should be the next thing we sit down to after we finish The Wire.

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Author:	Mimi [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:24 ]
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TheVision wrote: The ending to Klonoa on the PS1. I can't remember much about it now but when I completed it when it first came out, it really tugged at my heartstrings. Oh man... I cried loads when I starved my goat to death on Harvest Moon because I wanted room in my barn for another cow.

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:38 ]
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This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs And more recently, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgPTVEEsF7g

Author:	Satsuma [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:55 ]
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"To The Moon" on PC made me well up and Shadow of the Collosus on PS2 made me feel sad. That's why I rate them as great games.

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:30 ]
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Yeah, Shadow of the Colossus got me.

Author:	KovacsC [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:00 ]
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http://youtu.be/myyWXKeBsNk Gets me every time.

Author:	RuySan [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:01 ]
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I rarely cry with films or books (or games, for that matter), but both "Brothers: a tale of two sons" and "The Whispered World" made me shed a tear. And i played them almost next to each other. And based on all the reviews and comments, and with my recent experience at being a softie, i was expecting to cry rivers with "the walking dead", but of course i didn't. The game just isn't very good at all.

Author:	KovacsC [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:04 ]
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Grim... wrote: This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs And more recently, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgPTVEEsF7g Wow, both got me....

Author:	DavPaz [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:17 ]
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That fucking Renault advert with the Dad watching his daughter drive off to uni.

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:19 ]
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The "pink ladies" advert sets Mrs Grim... off.

Author:	MrD [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 23:20 ]
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A claymation dog running away from home in the rain because he feels his best friend no longer cares for him.

Author:	DavPaz [ Fri Mar 27, 2015 14:04 ]
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Just now on reddit. "The Syrian Girl thought the photographer's camera was a weapon, so she surrendered" Fucking dusty office. Fucking shitty world.

Author:	lasermink [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:20 ]
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The plastic bag scene in American Beauty. Although it's not really sadness, I guess.

Author:	DavPaz [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:25 ]
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Grim... wrote: And more recently, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgPTVEEsF7g Man, did it get dusty in here, or what?

Author:	Jem [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:38 ]
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Whhhhy did I click any of these things at work?!

Author:	KovacsC [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:39 ]
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Luckily I am in a hotel..

Author:	myp [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:57 ]
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Grim... wrote: The "pink ladies" advert sets Mrs Grim... off. Your wife cries about apples?

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:59 ]
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Future Warrior wrote: Grim... wrote: The "pink ladies" advert sets Mrs Grim... off. Your wife cries about apples? Probably. It's this advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdOUHEf6Xd4

Author:	KovacsC [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 13:00 ]
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Future Warrior wrote: Grim... wrote: The "pink ladies" advert sets Mrs Grim... off. Your wife cries about apples? Depends on how hard your throw them, i am sure being hit with one would make my eyes water

Author:	GazChap [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 13:41 ]
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That Kiwi! thing gets me every single fucking time. It's just the tinkling piano music, and it's the same in many films - if they use a sad piano track, you may as well just pass me the tissues. The bit in Independence Day where the President's wife dies and he comes out of the hospital room and tells their daughter that "Mommy's sleeping now" is the scene that I first noticed this in. I've watched that scene without the music and with, and it's only with the music that I look like I've just dived headfirst into a room full of cut onions.

Author:	lasermink [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 13:46 ]
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The music is certainly a major part of the scene I mentioned.

Author:	Achilles [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 15:01 ]
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..........................................

Author:	lasermink [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 16:37 ]
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Hunchback of Notre Dame is an amazing film.

Author:	Bear or Bust [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 16:45 ]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doz1QJ7LwjA Never fails to get me.

Author:	MrChris [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 21:10 ]
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That bit at the end of Babe where the pig and the farmer are stood together after the sheepdog trials always makes me blart - I empathise with Hogget way way too much.

Author:	TheVision [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 0:13 ]
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DavPaz wrote: Grim... wrote: And more recently, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgPTVEEsF7g Man, did it get dusty in here, or what? Not just me then?

Author:	Zio [ Wed Mar 11, 2015 0:46 ]
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I think I can beat all of you for "silliest thing to make me upset", because for some stupid reason the ending to Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan always gets me. Especially when I decided to watch the movie again last weekend.

Author:	Warhead [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 23:12 ]
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http://youtu.be/Y6vCMOv73fY Cat Stevens - 'How can I tell you?' This is the original vinyl album version. Unfortunately, what you probably won't hear is the sighing intake of breath before the first chord is struck, but you can hear it on the actual LP, and for me it sets the tone for the whole song.

Author:	Sir Taxalot [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:49 ]
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I cried at the music at the end of 'In the Night Garden' once. I was a bit ill and feeling miserable beforehand.

Author:	TheVision [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:57 ]
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Oh.. That reminds me. There's a programme on Cbeebies called Old Jacks Boat. It stars Bernard Cribbins (amongst others) who is an old sailor who walks through his town and has a chat with his co stars before going onto his boat to tell a lovely story. I think you'll agree that Cribbins is brilliant and tells a fantastic story. The Christmas episode featured Bernard walking through his town asking his friends if they can make the annual carol concert. They all say that they're busy so a forlorn Bernads gets to his boat and tells his story. This story is about himself as a young man and how he comes to get married to Sailor Sue. We haven't seen Sailor Sue before and we haven't seen her since. It's a lovely story of how she proposes to him and he didn't see it coming. It finishes with Bernard looking at the camera, with a tear in his eye saying "I miss Sailor Sue every single day" Then his friends all start singing carols outside his boat and they all say that they miss her too. The wife and I were in floods of tears at this. It was written by Russell T Davies and It was beautiful. It must have been totally lost on the children it was aimed at.

Author:	RuySan [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:20 ]
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I cried when i heard the news on the tv that a lynx was found dead with gunshot wounds.

Author:	Findus Fop [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:41 ]
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TheVision wrote: Oh.. That reminds me. There's a programme on Cbeebies called Old Jacks Boat. It stars Bernard Cribbins (amongst others) who is an old sailor who walks through his town and has a chat with his co stars before going onto his boat to tell a lovely story. I think you'll agree that Cribbins is brilliant and tells a fantastic story. The Christmas episode featured Bernard walking through his town asking his friends if they can make the annual carol concert. They all say that they're busy so a forlorn Bernads gets to his boat and tells his story. This story is about himself as a young man and how he comes to get married to Sailor Sue. We haven't seen Sailor Sue before and we haven't seen her since. It's a lovely story of how she proposes to him and he didn't see it coming. It finishes with Bernard looking at the camera, with a tear in his eye saying "I miss Sailor Sue every single day" Then his friends all start singing carols outside his boat and they all say that they miss her too. The wife and I were in floods of tears at this. It was written by Russell T Davies and It was beautiful. It must have been totally lost on the children it was aimed at. that sounds excellent, will look out for it at xmas. And it reminded me of Steve Coogan's Sunshine, which left me and my wife in floods of tears. It reminded me because i thought that starred Bernard Cribbins too. Turns out it's someone called Bernard Hill. Who I've spent years thinking is Bernard Cribbins. And they look pretty similar. Funny old world, eh?