What Makes You Really Happy?
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.' '. A young journalism student at the University of
/ o o \ Tennessee was assigned to write a human interest
| | story. He went into the mountains to do some
| \ / | research. There, he found an old farmer sitting
\ '---' / on his porch, introduced himself, and explained
jgs '._____.' his mission.
The young man asked, "Has anything ever happened around here that
made you really happy?" _____
.' '.
After a moment, the farmer said, "Yeah, one time my / o o \
neighbor's daughter, a fine looking gal, got lost. | |
We formed a posse and found her. After we all | \ / |
screwed her, we took her back home." \ '---' /
'._____.'
"I can't print that!" the young man exclaimed. "Can't
you think of anything else that happened that made you happy?"
The farmer thought for a minute and smiled, "Yep! One time a
neighbor's sheep got lost. We formed a posse and found it. Then
we all screwed it and took it back home."
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.' '. Again, the young man said "I can't print that,
/ o o \ either. Let's try another approach. Has any-
| | thing ever happened around here that made you
| .---. | really sad?"
\ ' ' /
'._____.' The old farmer dropped his head as if he were
ashamed, and after a few seconds he looked up
timidly at the young man and said, "This one time, I got lost..."