# Complete this sign

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 3, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814 "2009-12-03T04:46:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Livardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/1 "2009-12-03T04:46:01Z")

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[The secret of happiness is t…](http://www.flickr.com/photos/72186321@N00/4154890964/sizes/o/)  
… omorrow I’ll tell ya.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/2 "2009-12-03T04:56:28Z")

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**The secret of happiness is t** oo long to fit on this sign.

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**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/3 "2009-12-03T05:33:22Z")

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**The secret of happiness is t** ear proof signs.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/4 "2009-12-03T05:39:22Z")

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itties, boy.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/5 "2009-12-03T14:24:59Z")

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…abasco sauce. On everything. No, really.

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/6 "2009-12-03T14:40:45Z")

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…aped to the other side of this wall

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/7 "2009-12-03T15:21:19Z")

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I just saw a coffee truck out back of this building. It had a logo that was partly obscured by a gas cap or something. The logo said “A taste of rope in your cup.”

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/8 "2009-12-03T15:57:36Z")

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**The secret of happiness is t** o keep your secrets to yourself.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/9 "2009-12-03T16:00:53Z")

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**t** o be continued…

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/10 "2009-12-03T16:51:43Z")

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“The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time,  
There ain’t nothin’ to it,  
Any fool can do it.”  
-James Taylor

What do I win?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/11 "2009-12-03T16:55:14Z")

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> [@elbows](#):
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> “The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time,  
> There ain’t nothin’ to it,  
> Any fool can do it.”  
> -James Taylor
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> What do I win?

I confess that I do not see how that completes the sign that is linked to.

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**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/12 "2009-12-03T16:55:22Z")

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**The secret of happiness is \*\*\*\*t** eh warm puppy.

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**Author:** ![Textual\_Intercourse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Textual\_Intercourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Intercourse)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/13 "2009-12-03T17:11:25Z")

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**The secret of happiness is t** o realize that you’ll likely be miserable for most of your life. Only after you’ve absorbed this sad truth into your being might you be able to eek some small amount of happiness from your last miserable days on this earth.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/14 "2009-12-03T18:38:56Z")

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Happiness…not life…:smack:

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/15 "2009-12-03T18:53:31Z")

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**The secret of happiness is t** he most shameful of secrets. Happiness should hang it’s head in humiliation as we laugh at it with contempt.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/16 "2009-12-03T19:46:52Z")

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**The secret of happiness is t** omorrow’s topic on Oprah.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/17 "2009-12-03T20:51:28Z")

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Probably a Brit, and they’re wrong. The secret of happiness is coffee.

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**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/18 "2009-12-03T21:09:33Z")

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“ **The secret of happiness is t** o get laid, and laid often.”

Sorry. Dry spell.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/19 "2009-12-03T21:12:57Z")

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**The secret of happiness is t** o love the one you’re with.

(Not original, I know.)

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-sign/519814/20 "2009-12-03T22:15:00Z")

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> [@schnuckiputzi](#):
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> **The secret of happiness is \*\*\*\*t** eh warm puppy.

I agree!

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