# Happiness is...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 14, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736 "2000-02-14T01:07:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/1 "2000-02-14T01:07:00Z")

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a soft cat that you can snuggle with when the world around you seems scary.  
\< in memory of Charles Shultz \>

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**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/2 "2000-02-14T02:05:00Z")

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Being in my chief’s arms tonight…

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Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS)

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**Author:** ![Y2Sandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@Y2Sandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Y2Sandgirl)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/3 "2000-02-14T02:15:00Z")

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Going to sleep with my cutie next to me, hugging me and rubbing my tummy 🙂  
Sadness leaving him in the morning to go to class ☹

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All right, brain, I don’t like you and you don’t like me - so let’s just do this and I’ll get back to killing you with beer.  
–Homer Simpson

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**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/4 "2000-02-14T03:10:00Z")

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fish.

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“If anybody wants a sheep, that is proof that he exists.”

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**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/5 "2000-02-14T03:14:00Z")

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…a five dollar hooker and a five cent cigar.

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**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/6 "2000-02-14T03:36:00Z")

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The love of my wife and my children.  
And the knowledge that one day I will have enough posts to be a debater!

\<h6\>Cha ching\</h6\>

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“Tell me and I’ll forget; Show me and  
I may remember; Involve me and I’ll  
understand.” - Old Chinese Proverb

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**Author:** ![Pixoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pixoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixoid)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/7 "2000-02-14T04:11:00Z")

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As a friend of mine put it:

“Coming home and knowing someone **really cares** how your day was.”

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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/8 "2000-02-14T04:15:00Z")

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marineland.

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_what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_

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**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/9 "2000-02-14T04:19:00Z")

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Just being alive for another day.

The sun.

The air.

Blowjobs are pretty nice, too.

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You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing.

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**Author:** ![TheUnforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TheUnforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUnforgiven)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/13736/10 "2000-02-14T04:25:00Z")

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Knowing that you have friends who will be there for you.