Cheer up! Britain is tenth happiest country in the world… with Australia in the top spot

[steve2470]

(yes original headline)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332085/Britain-tenth-happiest-country-world--Australia-spot.html

Australia has emerged as the best place in the world to live and work for the third year running.

Britain did scrap into the top ten in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Better Life Index, but it fell behind the US, Canada and the Scandinavian countries.

But it did come higher than European neighbours Germany and France, which were ranked 17th and 18th respectively - the shortlist included 36 countries.

The criteria had 11 topics which included income, jobs, housing and health.

*much more at link above*

[longship]

1. "We'll save Australia"

"Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo.
We'll build an All American amusement park there.
They got surf'n too."

Randy Newman, Political Science

They also have Footie, Australian Rules Football, by far the best football game on the planet.

Wonderful senses of humor, too. That helps people be happy.

[brewens]

2. With the most poisonous snakes and spiders, salt water crocks and fire breathing mice,

Australians are still the happiest. You gotta a love that!

[loli phabay]

4. australians just dont give a four xxxx

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. I think it's because they grew up eating Vegemite.

From what I've been told, if you survive that, nothing fazes you anymore!

[LeftInTX]

10. Eewww - looks nasty - just looked it up

I remember that song, but no internet back then.

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. I'm going to order a jar (a SMALL jar) next time I get some money.

Trying it is on my bucket list. It's salty, which is always a plus in my book. Lotsa B vitamins. And can anything made as a byproduct of beer brewing be bad?

From what I understand, Americans initially think it's like peanut butter and put a nice, thick layer of it on a sandwich. Wrong. Like Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya.

Andrew Zimmern I'm not, but if an entire continent can thrive on the stuff, I'm willing to give it a shot. At least once, anyway.

[LuvNewcastle]

3. You know, I don't think I've ever met an Aussie who

was an asshole. But then again, I've never met Mel Gibson.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Yeah, but he was born in the USA, so there you go.

[arely staircase]

9. well there is his even assholier dad

nt

[VOX]

13. Mel was born in Peekskill, New York; his lunatic dad is American, his mom was Irish...

So he's your basic Ugly American.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

6. The US is at No. 6?

I find that very hard to believe.

[smirkymonkey]

7. Yeah, that shocked me too.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. I think it may be 6th *among OECD countries*,

of which there are 34 in total. For reference, there are only 3 Asian members of OECD (Israel, Japan and South Korea, or 4 if you count Turkey as Asia), and only 1 member from Latin America (Chile). So the poll is pretty much skewed toward Europe, North America and Oceania.

[raccoon]

14. You mean Australia is # 1? nt