# Happiness is...... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535 "2006-01-05T05:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/1 "2006-01-05T05:45:04Z")
…a warm blanket and a nice cup of hot chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/2 "2006-01-05T05:47:37Z")
…or perhaps it’s a nice cool breeze and a glass of iced tea. ---
**Author:** ![exastris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b38774/32.png) [@exastris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exastris)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/3 "2006-01-05T05:51:04Z")
. . . sharing a pencil. . . and if you get that, you were a music or theater dork too. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/4 "2006-01-05T05:56:39Z")
Martinis, girls and guns. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/5 "2006-01-05T05:58:10Z")
Having a big purring cat kneading you with his paws. (Yes, I haven’t had a cat since 2001, and I’ve missed mine and wanted another ever since, why do you ask?) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/6 "2006-01-05T06:05:27Z")
Lemon cake. Unfortunately, I finished the last of the happiness after dinner tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/7 "2006-01-05T06:09:44Z")
My laptop, a fast wireless connection in my hotel room, and a keylime pie. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/8 "2006-01-05T06:13:31Z")
Oh, and Internet Scrabble. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/9 "2006-01-05T08:02:39Z")
… a handjob by a girl with small, cool hands.\* \*What?!? This is SDMB not a Peanuts comic. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/10 "2006-01-05T08:04:21Z")
…a warm gun. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/11 "2006-01-05T08:05:35Z")
That “special feeling” you get while driving down a steep hill at a fast clip. WooHOOOO!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/12 "2006-01-05T08:07:07Z")
Stopping back in to give the correct answer… Happiness is a warm gun. Bang, bang. Shoot, shoot. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/13 "2006-01-05T08:16:22Z")
…Friday night, the couch, my daughter, a big blanket, and a good DVD. Maybe a cup of coffee. Cookies are good too, while we’re here. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/14 "2006-01-05T08:48:20Z")
> [@exastris](#): > > . . . sharing a pencil. . . > > and if you get that, you were a music or theater dork too. _Finding_ a pencil, I think. But the point is taken. We’ll share a sandwich sometime. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/15 "2006-01-05T14:22:41Z")
> [@The King of Soup](#): > > _Finding_ a pencil, I think. But the point is taken. We’ll share a sandwich sometime. OK, I was a theater dork but I really don’t get this. Is it possible that I’m not as big a dork as I’ve always thought I was? ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/16 "2006-01-05T14:26:11Z")
> [@exastris](#): > > . . . sharing a pencil. . . > > and if you get that, you were a music or theater dork too. I see **King of Soup** has already made the correction, but I got it:D. Not only that, the song’s my signature on another board. And happiness right now is being curled up in bed on a Saturday morning with the cats and ElzaHub under a warm blanket watching the History Channel. And no morning sickness. E. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/17 "2006-01-05T14:27:12Z")
> [@McNew](#): > > OK, I was a theater dork but I really don’t get this. Is it possible that I’m not as big a dork as I’ve always thought I was? Psst…_.You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown_. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/18 "2006-01-05T14:30:42Z")
Strangely enough first time I can recall ever winning anything was a phone in to radio station 2CA Canberra. The task was complete this phrase “Happiness is…”. I rang up and said “impossible” and won a case of Coke. At the time neither I nor my brothers drank the stuff. So I was right. ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_n\_Roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rock\_n\_Roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_n_Roach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/19 "2006-01-05T15:01:30Z")
Watching my dog happily act like such a dog on our walks through the woods. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535/20 "2006-01-05T15:07:29Z")
> [@exastris](#): > > . . . sharing a pencil. . . > > and if you get that, you were a music or theater dork too. Actually, it was the first professional show I saw on stage. I own the sheet music. I always saw myself playing Lucy. And yes, this song was the first thing that came to mind. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/338535.md?page=2)