# Happiness is.....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002 "2002-03-13T05:19:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002/1 "2002-03-13T05:19:42Z")

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a warm cup of coffee…

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002/2 "2002-03-13T05:27:00Z")

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…two kinds of ice cream, finding a skate key, telling the time…

Oh, wait…these were supposed to be original? 😃

jayjay

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**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002/3 "2002-03-13T05:34:01Z")

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a warm gun.

bang, bang, shoot, shoot.  
counting the time before someone accuses me of encouraging school shootings.

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**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002/4 "2002-03-13T05:36:59Z")

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Puppy toes! The pink squishy kind.

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**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002/5 "2002-03-13T06:03:59Z")

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… a genuine smile directed at you.

… a cup of strong coffee on a lazy morning.

… any sunrise.

… any sunset.

… a large-eared puppy tripping over its ears.

… a warm body in bed next to you as you drift towards sleep.

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**Author:** ![Kathleen\_de\_Trelare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@Kathleen\_de\_Trelare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kathleen_de_Trelare)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002/6 "2002-03-13T06:17:55Z")

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. . .lounging on a comfortable couch and watching tv while someone else goes out to work to support you and a housekeeper does all the housework.

As if that’ll ever happen.

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002/7 "2002-03-13T07:33:50Z")

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… a word that my dictionary doesn’t give an definition for. It only mentions it as a subset of Happy.

… a day long picnic at the botanical gardens.

… waking up to the alarm clock and then remembering it’s saturday.

… a diet coke that is chilled to the point that it has small ice crystals suspending within it.

… is driving cross-country with your dad.

… is Cecil finally deciding to say hello, or just acknowledging my presence in any way.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happiness-is/98002/8 "2002-03-13T07:48:09Z")

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… a warm cable modem and acres of HD space.

… a wife who loves you, no matter how weird you get.