Happy?

[Netty]

What is happiness? What is it to you?

[IndieSinger]

Happiness to me is having a fair dose of sadness. Sadness creates happiness. More sadness creates more happiness.

Oh shut up Ben.

Happiness to me would be a comfortable feeling (in relation to relationships (family and partner)), security (partner and finance) a sense of achievment and provision as well as enjoying luxury in moderation.

Christ on a bike, you can tell I haven't had sleep for two days, can't you.

[IndieSinger]

I've just re-read that post and realise I have none of the things I consider to make me happy.

That makes me sad.

But sadness creates happiness and...

[incitatus]

Acording to Marcus Aurelius (whose meditations is the perfect book to keep next to the loo) happiness comes from the due performance of a proper action. In other words doing something useful that doesnt hurt yourself. I think this is slightly spartan, but has a real point. Being usefully employed (not necessarily in a job), helping others, helping yourself, loving and being loved. or alternatively 200g of good cheddar, a cup of tea, a donut and dr. who on the telly.

[kags]

To borrow the lyrics from a Sheryl Crow song - "it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got". This defines happiness for me.

[boognish76]

A recent study showed that the key to happiness is strong personal relationships - friends, family, etc..

[woofgang]

an adequate serotonin level...hence incitatus's cheese and donut

[sft42]

A number 31 chart hit in 1964 for buck toothed comedian Ken Dodd.....or a No32 in '94 for Queen drummer Roger Taylor (different songs though)....or an unattainable state due to mistakes made in my past for which I will never be able to atone, therefore I am destined to live my life without it.

[Dave Potts]

"...a cigar called Hamlet", a double shot of Macallan, and a straight flush on the board with a suited Ace in the hole.

[kags]

The answers posted by IndieSinger and sft42 have made me feel very sad.

[Cetti]

IndieSinger, whether he's serious or not has it right. You have to have known almost unbearable pain and sadness to fully experience happiness when it comes along.

On a lighter note - it's nearly Spring, the sun is out, the birds are singing and are starting to do 'birdy things' - and last night I finished the MOTAS game. Joy indeed!

PS. Chicken chow mein, fried rice - a nice Merlot or Beaujolais - or perhaps an Anjou - or then again a bottle of Champagne also makes me very happy. ( not with the Chinese, I hasten to add!)

The secret for me is not to look for happiness - let it come to you.

[woofgang]

you finished motas?how do you get through the green wall??

[sft42]

WARNING! CONTAINS SPOILER!

Woofgang the green wall is the hardest thing in the motas game and took a little figuring out I must admit......The secret is to try and light it up a column at a time...you will have noticed that when you press a block it lights some around it as well....so start from the left and go in this type of pattern (x press, 0 leave alone):

o o x o x x

x o o x x x

o o x x x x

o o x x x o

x o o x o o

o o x x x o

o o x x x o

x o o x o o

o o x x x x

o o x x o x

x o o o o x

This should give you the idea of what you need to do to complete the puzzle...you don't have to light all the bricks I think you are left with about four or five at the end.

PS, this is the last level so enjoy!

[gnasher]

happieness is a warm gun

[Greedyfly]

Happiness to me would to be able to wake each morning not wanting to have not woken..... Pretty grim I suppose

[Tat]

i like you IndieSinger, you are a man (are you a man?) who makes sense. in a roundabout way. only when you've been to the bottom of deep dark depressive blackness can you know what being really happy is all about. happiness is also not being dead when you really should be a few times over. i too haven't slept properly for about a week. can you tell? huh? can you?

[darth vader]

something that most men have and most women want

[darth vader]

sorry i thought you said a penis