# Happiness is... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997 "2003-09-11T17:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArtyDooDoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@ArtyDooDoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtyDooDoo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/1 "2003-09-11T17:08:38Z")
… finding one last candy in the package you were about to throw out. Putting on socks that have just come out of the dryer. Having a wild chickadee land on your hand to eat the offered seeds. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/2 "2003-09-11T17:23:11Z")
…a [movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/) by Todd Solondz (but not necessarily the feeling you have after exiting said movie). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/3 "2003-09-11T17:33:32Z")
… a clear cool night, where you can just sit out night and look at the stars. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/4 "2003-09-11T17:34:49Z")
My penis being warm and wet. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/5 "2003-09-11T17:37:45Z")
Finding money that you’d forgotten about in a pair of pants or in a jacket pocket! ---
**Author:** ![ArtyDooDoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@ArtyDooDoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtyDooDoo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/6 "2003-09-11T17:50:04Z")
A train whistle far off in the distance while you’re tucked away, all cozy, in your bed. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/7 "2003-09-11T17:57:02Z")
A good nap Warm sunshine on my naked butt A piece of fudge My daughter saying “I love you, Daddy!” Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” SO and I making love ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/8 "2003-09-11T18:11:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*My penis being warm and wet. \*\* Heh, so damn true! I like just sitting on a log, staring at fire. Watching the stars outside of the city. And being with my GF (with or without clothing). ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/9 "2003-09-11T18:38:20Z")
Hugging my fiance with my face pressed into his neck so I can smell him. Standing outside on a cold, clear fall night and smelling the leaves while looking at the sky. Lots and lots of sex! ---
**Author:** ![l.l.krandall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@l.l.krandall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l.l.krandall)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/10 "2003-09-11T19:43:04Z")
finding a meter with time left on it picking up a penny (and then I toss it over the next bridge and make a wish ) Dreaming I finally got a job. (Dream happened this week) Finding a spare key _before_ I’m able to get to the key-copy store, saving a whole buck. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/11 "2003-09-11T19:51:55Z")
Getting home after a long day and finding the kids didn’t burn down the house. Waking up to the Princess Puppy licking my face to get me out of bed instead of a stink’n alarm clock A sunshine day at the beach with just a book and a towel A handwritten letter from a loved one Clean panties out of the dryer ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/12 "2003-09-11T20:20:29Z")
Cool crisp fall night on the beach with: Fire, tiki torches, bushel of lobsters, bushel of cherry stones, corn, two grills, horse shoes, biscuits, good beer flowing, and good philosophy. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/13 "2003-09-11T21:01:57Z")
Happiness is Two scoops of Ice Cream Tying your shoe string All by yourself. ``` -- some Muppet from Sesame Street, circa 1970 ``` ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/14 "2003-09-11T21:15:45Z")
Happiness is a new box of crayons. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/15 "2003-09-11T21:19:53Z")
1. The first time your child calls you “mama.” 2. Getting your child to tell you a story without prefacing each and every sentence with the word “mama.” ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/16 "2003-09-11T21:33:55Z")
Good times with good friends Good food in good company Dancing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/17 "2003-09-11T21:52:41Z")
A warm gun…John Lennon V ---
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/18 "2003-09-11T23:32:09Z")
… not a fish that you can catch. (Our Lady Peace) ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/19 "2003-09-11T23:38:03Z")
Argh! I was about to do that. ---
**Author:** ![ArtyDooDoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@ArtyDooDoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtyDooDoo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997/20 "2003-09-12T01:45:39Z")
Thinking you are all alone with a problem and meeting someone who has that exact same problem. (Happened to me tonight) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/200997.md?page=2)