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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVikings have the most fun: U.N. says Danes are the happiest people on the planet{large image}
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They dont always look happy, but really they are.
Their days of seafaring plunder are over, but Danes are still the happiest people in the world, says the U.N. How do they do it? With sustainable development, a sane workweek, and umbrella drinks, for starters.
The news comes from a new United Nations report [PDF] attempting to measure the happiness factor of countries around the globe. The worlds people are feeling decidedly meh, according to the report, released Monday by the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network: On a scale running from 0 to 10, people in over 150 countries, surveyed by Gallup over the period 2010-12, reveal a population-weighted average score of 5.1.
But the mood in some countries is downright giddy: The U.N. calls them happiness hot spots, but you can just think of them as the Earths erogenous zones. Topping the list? Denmark, which scored a 7.693 on the happiness scale. (The U.S. pales at No. 17, but were a far cry happier than the notoriously violent African nation of Togo, where the people rated themselves just 2.936.)
How, you wonder, could the worlds happiest country be one with terrible weather and a regional cuisine built around pickled herring? Well, I spent a week in the kingdom this summer, and have a few theories on the matter.
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Vikings have the most fun: U.N. says Danes are the happiest people on the planet{large image} (Original Post)
xchrom
Sep 2013
OP
What's not to love about being able to wear hats with horns on them all day?
Buns_of_Fire
Sep 2013
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Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)1. What's not to love about being able to wear hats with horns on them all day?
I remember when LBJ first met Victor Borge. He said, "Mr. Borge, you are a great Dane." And then picked him up by the ears.
Sorry. Old LBJ joke. I'll leave now.
RandiFan1290
(6,232 posts)2. Liberal media LIES!!
Everyone knows that the Atlantic Ocean is littered with the bodies of poor people trying to escape those communist hellholes and make it to FREEDUMB!
gopiscrap
(23,760 posts)3. Could it be because of their social policies
and care for the common good?