# Oh Happy Day!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-happy-day/233910>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 12, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-happy-day/233910 "2004-03-12T15:49:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tangochick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@tangochick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tangochick)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-happy-day/233910/1 "2004-03-12T15:49:58Z")

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Can I just take a moment to rejoice?

WOOOOOHOOOO! 😃

Just sent in my last payment to pay off the balance at my collage so now I can get my transcripts, go back to school and become the famous artist that I know I can be!

_does the happy dance_

Thank you,

tangochick

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-happy-day/233910/2 "2004-03-13T07:41:06Z")

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Explain this “happy dance”- does it involve the swiveling of hips?

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**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-happy-day/233910/3 "2004-03-13T14:42:51Z")

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Why should an artistic collection of fragments of printed matter and other materials pasted on a picture surface need to be paid off? 😕