Little holes are the worse

Little holes are the worse surely? I'm talking punctures here. in cycle tyres specifically. Now any puncture is bad, but at least if it's a big blow out you know you need a new tube and probably a new tyre too. No it's those little holes that are the problem. Big holes, tyres that exploded Worth a bang, (and with 50+ PSI in a mountain bike tyre they do go bang believe me!) are not a problem. You know that you have a long walk (Punctures never. ever happen at home) and a bill for a new tyre and tube.
Well actually they are not so much a problem, and to be honest I quite enjoyed fixing the puncture - it brought back memories of my youth, although in those days the Cycle was my primary transport, and essential to earn a living as a paperboy. Now the cycle is strictly for leisure, and fixing the puncture was also a leisurely activity, using the levers to tweak the tyre from the rim, pulling out the tube, swigging from the beer can, inflating the tube and dunking it in the bowl of water, swigging more beer, roughing up the tube, smearing the glue........ it was great.
Is there anything more satisfying than that sense of achievement when despite all probability mankind fixes something that was broken?

I'm almost looking forward to the next little hole appearing, just so that i can teach Thomas (5 years) how to fix it. A valuable life skill that is much underrated in my humble opinion.