Let’s go to Happiness, please.

I am reading a book by Eric Weiner; The Geography of Bliss. The author travels to different cities around the world investigating levels of happiness. So far I have learned that Iceland and The Netherlands both are very happy places to live in. People here claim to have, for the most part, overall contentment. He does a fun job of explaining the atmosphere of the people and giving the reader a feel for why these people act this way.
In Switzerland it is illegal to flush your toilet after 10pm (according to this book anyway).
I’m not sure if this is a way to conserve water or to quiet the hysteria of midnight flushing–or what the consequence may be for rebellious flushers sinking their 1AM doodoo. Is this a crime the regional forces would come hunt you down for or is it something that causes your neighbor to have to give you ‘a look’?
Are there toilet police?
Also, I found out that one of the decisions that usually results in the most amount of satisfaction and happiness is …..breast implants.
I’m still not finished reading this. It has kept me occupied for days and is actually quite enjoyable. I like the statistics and little known facts and now I know that if I should decide to move to Iceland and get a boob job I probably won’t run into any depression.

How about you? Where were you when you were happiest?

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4 Responses to “Let’s go to Happiness, please.”

  1. Marianne says:

    Yeah I heard that about Switzerland too - I think it’s just a noise issue - they’re quiet folk. I’ve been pretty happy in London and Paris though, even with all the late night noisy flushing!

  2. Jamie says:

    Poo police!

    I’m a big city girl. I love Chicago at night all lit up. I also love Disney World. It makes me incredibly happy, even at 24.

  3. Fort Knocks says:

    When you flush on the eqautor, the water doesn’t even swirl, it just goes straight down.

    Umm, that’s all, I guess.

  4. Lea says:

    I’m not sure I would be happy if I couldn’t flush the toliet.

    but, maybe that has something to do with when I’m happiest: by running water. Preferably with no shoes, and lots of flowering plants around me!

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