Sarah McLachlan SPCA commercial. I change the channel when it comes on now.

---

______________________________________
I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

Well, I can't even be in the room when they discuss animals....but isn't D.D. in treatment for sex addiction?

---

leslie myers
http://www.foodsensenow.com

Yup but he does a great job with those Pedigree commercials.

The Sarah M. commercials are brutal too. The hubby won't let me watch them I get too upset.

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

I don't have a TV, but I cried over two things I read in the paper this morning (Dear Abby being one of them) and while looking through the link of the animal pictures that you posted.

I've seen the Sarah ad once while in a hotel and the tears started coming...

Watching the live webcast of what would become Randy Pausch's 'Last Lecture'.

Freakin' Extreme Makeover Home Edition does me in every time!!

The Sarah M commercial is too much for me to handle as the tears start flowing immediately. As soon as it comes on, I change the channel.

But I will also cry at just about anything sad that happens on tv. Most recently I cried through an entire episode of One Tree Hill after they killed off a character. I have attempted to fool myself into thinking that tears were actually driven by another issue in my life.

Any of those commercials. I cry when listening to the radio even! Such sappy, tough, hardass athletes we are! I've cried during almost every medal ceremony (Olympics) or championship game I've watched!

We can swim 2.4, ride 112, and run a marathon after and survive, but we can't watch commercials about puppies for 1 minute. And I wonder why my bf looks at me strangely....=)

---

AW

I used to cry...over a lot of things....

for some reason, the last year I turned into a stone cold bitch that doesn't cry over anything. sad......

Last night, while watching Grey's Anatomy on DVR I started to tear up. A tear didn't crest the eyelid, but tearing....for me.....WOW huge improvement over the last year.

---

____________________________
Life is Short...Run Long

Count me in. I'm good for just about any award ceremony. With the Sarah M ad, I not only cry, but I have to go do a group hug with my doggies. Any 'overcoming the odds' ad will get me going (the Visa one from the Olympics where the girl did the vault with one good leg - got me every time). For some reason the Ididerod ad on Discovery has gotten the waterworks going the past few days. There is a reason I do not watch Home Makeover ...I don't think I could handle it.

Wow, I'm a sap.

The weird thing is, just a few years ago NOTHING made me cry. My fiancee was horrified after we watched The Notebook when he was all teary-eyed, and I was just like "huh, that's kind of depressing".

Okay, so Cuds will revoke my man-card for sure now but I don't care.

While I don't cry I do get teary at pretty much every sappy romantic comedy type movie I watch(especially if it involves Meg Ryan).Last week it was watching "You've got mail" and this week it was watching "The family Stone" (gets extra weepyness points for being a Christmas movie).

I'm lame I know.

.

Meg Ryan movies I'll let you go on, but The Family Stone? Wow, you really do get your man card revoked!

---

______________________________________
I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

      I reserve the right of appeal.

Christmas trees,snow falling,Claire Daines being beautiful,Rachel McAdams being cute and Diane Keaton dying from cancer.

I now throw myself at the mercy of the ST womens jury.

.

Pretty much any crying over weepy romantic crap is lame.

But you always have to cry when they have to put down Old Yeller. That's about the saddest thing ever.

Steel Magnolias
The Color Purple

When Bambi's mother is shot.
Mulan

during about one week of every month, it could be anything from Animal Cops to romantic comedies.

---

There is no justice, there is only me. -- Death

One of the reasons why we love you :-)

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

As a guy, I have to go along with revoking your man card. If you had cried at the end of the Dirty Dozen, then that would have bene perfectly acceptable...

I like the card though...I may have to print some out.

---

_________________________________

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

Sad romantic movies for me, or ones where they finally get together in the end when you don't think they will and it's been a big struggle...
The Lake House was the last one that "got" me - I borrowed the DVD from a friend.

In the teasing guy vein, I also think it's acceptable to cry for a guy at the end of King Kong.
That was sad.
hee hee hee

I had to stop watching that show, because I pretty much bawled through the whole hour every week.

Only when Sarah Palin is giving an interview.:-)

Seriously, don't think a TV show has ever brought me to tears, but some have made me very upset, especially those documentaries that discuss how some animal species are becoming extinct or if about the horrid conditions that some people on this planet live in.

That's funny, the crying at Sarah Palin being interviewed. I'm not sure if it makes me cry or scream. :-0

I'm glad to see so many other people cry like me at things you've all mentioned! Those old Hallmark commercial kind of things, you know, where the kid gets on the bus to go away to school and the grandma is standing on the road waving? Those did me in. So do awards ceremonies, especially! the Olympics.

Haven't seen the Sarah M. commercial. I even cry sometimes at the Star-Spangled Banner.

I get really emotional at the national anthem before Ironman.

It really is embarassing. I can't go to the movies or watch TV with anyone by my husband.

You know what used to get me every week? Party of Five. Holy crap that was the worst about the tugging at the heartstrings stuff.

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

That episode of ER last week was brutal! I was balling. I'm very sad that Pratt is gone...he was one of my favorites.

---

Racing Ironman for Athletes in Tandem...http://www.firstgiving.com/...manworldchampionship

 West Side Story was on the other night,now that's a sad movie!Love all those old songs.

This weeks TV torture-fest is Steel Magnolias.Bring on the red wine!

.

This weeks TV torture-fest is Steel Magnolias.Bring on the red wine!

Nooooooo! What are you trying to do to yourself??? Hysteria? Institutionalization? Medication?

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

You're barely holding onto your man-card right now. It's a good thing your web site has a picture of a bloody knee on it.

---

_________________________________

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

Don't worry I'm hard at training for Shelbys' sad demise.I'm stuck here in Penticton 'til the 19th and I'm sick of training alone so to pass the time today I'm in my favourite coffee shop watching clips from musicals on YouTube.So far, I've gone through West Side Story(again),My Fair Lady,Oliver,Camelot and just got a lump in my throat over Brian Stokes Mitchells' stage version of The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha.I will soon have to ask the waitress to hide all the sharp objects in the cafe before I do some serious damage to myself.Either that or move to San Francisco. ;)


.

Look's like the man card is gone.I was born in the wrong era to be considered manly these days as I like musicals and I'm far too nice to women. ;)


.

I hope you aren't at the Starbucks or I'll lose all faith in you.

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

Now, now - I wouldn't say that being nice to women is a reason to lose your man card (and I certainly wouldn't say that on the women's forum :-P). Liking musicals on the other hand...

---

_________________________________

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

No way,I'm at The Bellevue where the girls are much cuter.I've been here for nearly five hours now and the waitresses think I'm nuts.

I have though, been trying to find a way to legitimise my musical watching by finding these three manly men who have sung in musicals.

Clint Eastwood aka Dirty Harry in Paint Your Wagon.

Hugh Jackman aka Wolverine in The Boy From 0z.

Pierce Brosnan aka James Bond in Mamma Mia.

So if those guys think it's all good then I'm happy.

BTW,Priscilla Queen of the Desert is on right now. Ooops,there I go again!

.

Clint Eastwood aka Dirty Harry in Paint Your Wagon.

Classic!!

Priscilla is good for all genders because it is so frikking hilarious. There was another drag queen film done by Hollywood: To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, which is NOT acceptable.

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

How about Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls ?

(fine, revoke my card too)...

---

_________________________________

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

---

______________________________________
I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

Oh shit,you made me laugh out loud in public!

.

NICE! :D

---

______________________________________
I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

Man...I walked right into that one...

---

_________________________________

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

hehehehehehe :P

---

______________________________________
I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

Just wait....revenge is a dish best served cold.....

---

_________________________________

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

I live in Canada... don't you know everything is cold here?

---

______________________________________
I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

count me in to the boohoo club.... I'm a sap!

---

Tiger for Life -- War Eagle!

The only time a man is allowed to cry watching TV or a movie is when a dog dies defending its master.

---

___________________________________
MS: Exercise Science
Your speed matters a lot, sometimes you need to be very fast, where sometimes you need to breakdown your speed.

Did you see the video Simon Lessing posted in the Tri forum? Yup, got me hard. Tears running down the cheeks and everything.

http://www.youtube.com/...ser=athletesforacure

Incredible story

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

Wow... two of the kids are named after firearms. Ummmmm, scary?

---

______________________________________
I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

Ok People, You call yourself triathletes?!?

Nobody here cries while watching Ironman races on TV?

Please don't tell me i am the only one!

---

Scott in Whistler

Oh yeah, I cry.

I cry over everything.

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

We must be brothers from another mother.

---

---

"your horse is too high" - tigerchik

Totally....Blaze? I cry like a baby each and every year, even if it only means remembering what he stood for. When they show the cutoff and the people missing it by 5 seconds? I'm a wreck. I'm terrified that's going to be me and I cry for all of their training. I cry when I'm racing and I see the signs that say things like "Go Daddy" or "My mom rocks". Cried last month during Great Illini when a mom was turning for lap 3 of the run and her girls ran into the road to give her high 5's! Cried as I was halfway through the bike course at Muncie this year - riding in the torrential rain - thankful for the opportunity to even attempt the race and enjoy it. I'm on the extreme end of emotional and empathetic!!!

First 140.6 in a month - I'll be a wreck for most of it, I'm sure!! I've told my Mom to be ready with the Kleenex!

---

AW

The Hawaii IM human-interest story that got me (still does) is the one about the dad whose sick child who wrote a letter to get him a lottery slot, but died before the race.

When they show the dad slogging along on in the dark on the run, saying he never wanted the run to end, cause it was the last gift she'd ever give him...

Darn it, I misted up just writing it.

Stop it! Everyone is making me cry!

The only times fiction programming has made me cry were the last two episodes of Babylon 5. Hadn't realized just how much I'd emotionally invested in the show over the years. Other than that, nothing.

Real stuff, on the other hand, gets to me. Presentation of the Stanley Cup? Cue the waterworks every time. Same goes for many an Olympic medal ceremony and compilation of Ironman finishers clip.

Have you thought about medication for that?

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

No kidding....HTFU. I usually borrow the "Suck it up, Princess" line at least once a race.

---

AW

I also think it's acceptable to cry for a guy at the end of King Kong.
That was sad.

Homer Simpson did just that, wiping away a tear as King Kong falls from the Empire State Building and saying "So unfair....just because he's different!"

---

"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

Homer's such a sensitive new-age guy.

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

Damn! I nearly cried when I saw that Maks is out on Danicing with the Stars because Misty tore her achilles! No Maks? Why watch!

clm

---

clm
Nashville, TN
https://twitter.com/ironclm | http://ironclm.typepad.com

Ok, I have this, uhm, friend. This friend is tough, like one time, he tore a muscle in his leg ten steps across the starting line of a marathon, and he still finished.

Well, when he watches the Ironman and they run that piece on Rick and Dick Hoyt. He cries like a baby.

Here they are on YouTube.

Do you cry when you watch hockey?

---

---------------------------------------
Awww, Katy's not all THAT evil. Only slightly evil. In a good way. - JasoninHalifax

Okay, I admit I've become a total sap in my dotage and can tear up at the drop of a hat. Stupid stuff on tv, sure, why not. Funny thing is I distinctly recall when I was 12 or so not getting why shows on tv were called "tearjerkers" and why my mom would be all weepy watching them. Ha, who's crying now??

And I confess, I cried tonight watching Grey's Anatomy, at the segment with the youngish (in her 30s) woman with cancer that they operated on and discovered the cancer had spread more than they thought, so she basically woke up to find out there was no hope. And when she kept saying "not fair!" I just lost it. A little too close to home i guess.

---

--------------------

http://thethighmasterroutetokona.blogspot.com

Uhm, How did you know that I don't watch hockey, because of just that reason? I would blubber like a blubbering baby. So to avoid appearing mentally unbalanced, I no longer watch hockey.

Home Makeover and the Ironman stuff on Jon Blais get me every time! Watching Home Makeover, I can never fathom how we have SO MANY poor, and uneducated in our country, and we keep pouring billions overseas, to build schools in Afghanistan and elsewhere!

The Blais piece kills me because my grandmother died of ALS twenty years ago and still haunts me. I also met Jon and his parents in transition at Kona in 2006. I helped his Dad move Jon through the tangled mess of power cords above the swim steps, and got pictures taken with him. Makes me sad.

Yup, I just got seriously choked up watching the start of Ironman Hawaii online. Little tear I only controlled by sheer willpower.

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

You guys need to see "Dan in Real Life." It's funny, sappy, and reminds me of someone I completely love and adore but can't be with. Lots 'o tears.

I did that race (as I was leaving I saw Simon running with the little girl and her mother to finish the race). I got the video from the RD ... and yes I cried like a baby -- sent it to my wife and she cried too. If Terminator-type robots or Blade Runner type robots ever become real, I think we could use that video as a test -- only a robot could watch that and not get weepy.

Just watched last night's ER. Cried like a baby.

---

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce