** GLOOMIEST DAY OF THE YEAR*** January 23rd

[underpants]

Monday, January 23 gloomiest day of the year: academic

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060122/od_afp/afplifestylebritain_060122210756

LONDON (AFP) - Watch out: Monday, January 23 is going to be the unhappiest day of the year, according to a British university researcher.

Cliff Arnall, a health psychologist at the University of Cardiff, specialising in confidence-building and stress management, told AFP the prediction was the result of some gruelling mathematics.

Post-Christmas blues, the return to work after the holidays, mounting bills to pay for the parties, the challenge of keeping New Year's resolutions, the slender prospects of fun in the weeks ahead and chilly winter temperatures for those in the northern hemisphere all add up, he said.

These factors, which he combined in a complex formula, came out showing that the Monday closest to January 24 would be the most dismal of the year.

"You can us it as a springboard to make changes. It can encourage people," he said.


According to the same mathematical formula, June 23 is the happiest day of the year.

[bleedingheart]

1. not in Pittsburgh ....today is a good day!

[jpgray]

2. The sun is out in MN. I'm happy.

[Jokerman]

3. It's my birthday so Mr. Arnall can go fuck himself! n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. I'm certain that was part of his formula.

:evilgrin:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

[underpants]

5. Happy Birthday

:party:

[RevCheesehead]

6. I dunno about that.

My day has already started off on a good note.... AND, the sun is shining!!

:D

[Midlodemocrat]

7. Yup. The teenager gets her learner's permit today.