# :: does happy dance :: - How do you pictue it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787 "2004-11-20T02:56:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/21 "2004-11-20T14:03:26Z")
I actually do a Happy Dance, mostly stomping my feet up, with my arms close to my body, elbows bent, and waving my fists from side to side. If it sounds geeky, it’s because it is geeky. Added to that is that fact that I can’t dance. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/22 "2004-11-20T14:08:25Z")
The moves vary, but it’s always nekkid. So, y’know, be forewarned when using it. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/23 "2004-11-20T14:17:21Z")
I’ll just add to the list of Snoopy/Peanuts dancers. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/24 "2004-11-20T14:27:56Z")
I just substitute **lap** for happy. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/25 "2004-11-20T14:29:54Z")
It ain’t always good - some posters don’t form pretty mental images. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/26 "2004-11-20T17:08:32Z")
Ed Grimly ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/27 "2004-11-20T18:45:50Z")
Woody from Toy Story does a particularly happy dance…that’s what I’d picture. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/28 "2004-11-20T21:14:26Z")
Not Snoopy, but the Peanuts kids dance in “It’s Christmas, Charlie Brown” with lots of bouncing and arms akimbo and then drawn in, and toes pointed in pigeontoe style, then out in ballet first position style, and head bouncing left to right and back again, over and over. That’s my happy dance. And I just did it, just this moment, just for kicks. Whoo! Happy dance! ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/29 "2004-11-21T00:41:52Z")
Another ‘Snoopy’ dance here… Though Schroeder’s holiday dance is a close second. The ‘cabbage patch’ dance comes in third - It really depends to a large degree on my mental image of the poster which one I picture. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/30 "2004-11-21T01:46:44Z")
I always thought it had at least some elements of one of those NFL touchdown dances (Terrell Owens’ fer instance) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/31 "2004-11-21T02:10:29Z")
Like clog dancing, but with much smiling & waving of the arms. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/32 "2004-11-21T02:17:15Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > geek alert. > > I actually picture xander, from buffy, imitating the snoopy dance. (season four, ‘the replacement’) > > 🙂 That’s what I picture too. Glad someone else with more Buffy info posted. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/33 "2004-11-21T02:23:31Z")
Snoopy. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/34 "2004-11-21T02:25:55Z")
And I thought I would be the odd person out when I thought it looks like the Snoopy dance. Well, either the Snoopy dance, or the cabbage patch. One of the two. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/35 "2004-11-21T02:27:38Z")
I, too, picture the Snoopy dance. That’s the only way it can be. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/36 "2004-11-21T02:48:48Z")
Another “Snoopy” vote checking in. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/37 "2004-11-21T03:15:38Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > I kind of get the image of Snoopy dancing on top of the piano, but that’s impractical IRL. Bingo, that’s it precisely. Alternately, as **TeaElle** said, the Peanuts gang dancing like in the Christmas special. ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/38 "2004-11-21T03:19:54Z")
The happy dance I always envision is Lorne’s brother Numfar’s Dance of Joy that he performed in the Angel S2 ep “Through the Looking Glass”: kicking and hopping side to side while bonking oneself randomly on the head. ---
**Author:** ![Cockatiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/39 "2004-11-21T03:27:53Z")
For some reason I think of some dude in cowboy boots jumping in the air with his hands on his sides while clicking his heels together. And smiling. I guess it is sort of like Snoopy, but I want to be different. Maybe some weird square dancing Snoopy. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787/40 "2004-11-21T16:22:36Z")
I think I’m #29 in the Snoopy queue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-happy-dance-how-do-you-pictue-it/275787.md?page=3)