Happy Happiest Day of the Year
Well it’s official. Today, June 20, is the happiest day of the year. You can’t even argue the claim…they have a formula to back it up!
O + (N xS) + Cpm/T + He
O stands for being outdoors and outdoor activity, N is connection with nature, which is in full bloom now, S is socialisation with neighbours and friends, Cpm stands for childhood positive memories, T is the mean temperature which is now usually warm, and He is holiday expected.
Apparently the British government has more grant money than it knows what to do with.
I’d like to make one minor correction to the formula however:
O + (N xS) + Cpm/T + He + Jb/Ja
Jb stands for Jon’s Birthday (yes…I’m **mumble mumble** years old today) and Ja represents Jon’s age. As you can see, my birthday adds to the day’s overall happiness, but it decreases in proportion with my age.
I’m applying for a 500,000 dollar pound British government grant for further research.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 am
How is the formula impacted by the fact that I didn’t see this post until today (the 23rd)?
Does that make today one of the UNhappiest days of the year, knowing that I passed the happiest day of the year without realizing it was the happiest day of the year and thus not appreciating the happiness which was surely mine to appreciate and now resigned to accept that I must wait 362 more days to experience the happiness that said day provides?
This is just another reason why I hate maths.
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
These 2 statements somehow seem to reduce the credibility of the formula somewhat:
“The formula was compiled by Cliff Arnall, a psychologist and former tutor at Cardiff University…”
“…was commissioned by Walls Ice Cream…”
Unless you don’t mind getting your data from an ex-tutor on Big Ice Cream’s payroll.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Are you kidding? If Blue Bunny sponsored more groundbreaking research like this in the U.S. maybe we would have found the happiest day of the year instead of those crazy Brits!
June 24th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Blue Bunny!? How dare you turn your back on Meadow Gold!