Happiness is . . . Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the Rain (1974)

 I remember.

Happiness is not taking your tax return too seriously

 It's for the government after all, so just make sure it's . . .

 

 

Dublin Ireland is a pretty cool place

 

Those old Germanic month names can really play havoc with your poetry

 

Eosturmonath showers bring Thrimilchi flowers.

Happiness is The Tide is High, Blondie 1980

 

Happiness is Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey, who quit smoking according to Roseanne Roseannadanna, SNL Nov 18, 1978

Last Thursday I quit smoking

Now . . .

I'm depressed

I gained weight

My face broke out

I'm nauseous

I'm constipated 

My feet swelled

My gums are bleeding

My sinuses are clogged

I got heartburn

I'm cranky and I have GAS.

-- Mr. Richard Feder, Fort Lee, New Jersey, who declined precipitously

 

Mr. Feder lived somehow to write another letter in Roseanne Roseannadanna's King Tut routine:

 

 

Happiness is the original survivalist's song A Country Boy Can Survive, Hank Williams Jr, 1982, 2007

 

Happiness is the Richard Lewis and Larry David mantra shtick

 The conclusion is very naughty, but the heart of gold starts at 1:58:

He's had a few . . .

 . . . bottles.

My current tomatoes come from Parma

 

My current olive oil comes from Puglia

 Harvested, pressed, and bottled in Italy.

My current bottle, almost empty, is best by Sep 12, 2025.

 

Peak happiness is butter, by a large margarine

 

Happiness is a be good to my dogs country song from September 1983 by John Anderson: Black Sheep

 

Happiness is The Marvelous Toy by the Chad Mitchell Trio 1963

 

Happiness is The Many Expressions of Xi Jinpingpong

 

Happiness is George Thorogood "It Wasn't Me" (Chuck Berry cover 1978)

 

Happiness is probable caws

 

Bon Appetit: Best frozen french fries are from Lamb Weston

Our house agrees. We prefer the shoestring cut.

The Standout: Lamb Weston Hand Cut Style Fries

The old story was recycled today on Pocket, and my store which carries these was nearly cleaned out as a result?

 

Happiness is lighting your feast on fire

 I used the recipe by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins in The Silver Palate Cookbook (New York: Workman, 1982), p. 136f. There are 21 ingredients.

In step 6 of 10, you light the cognac on the lamb in the skillet with a match. Very fun.

Life is short: Celebrate the New Year with a spring feast of Navarin of Lamb.

Happiness is four black birds on the fourth day of Christmas, December the 28th

 

 

  "Colly" is derived from "coal", a word at least as old as Shakespeare. "Calling" birds is a later alteration. Use of coal for domestic heating in England became more widespread in the 1500s when the wood supply came under pressure, but the Romans were mining it there already in the 100s.

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" dates to at least c. 1780, as shown here from "Mirth Without Mischief", perhaps but vaguely recollecting the traditional drunken revelry of Christmastide which English Puritanism had long attempted to mute. This work was for children, who were in any event prone to mischief after school.