From: Susan Bugher on
Bear Bottoms wrote:
> "Thip" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in news:7vhn0aFgblU1(a)mid.individual.net:
>> "Susan Bugher" <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:7vgodkFqfnU1(a)mid.individual.net...

>>> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7379561/Idle-chit-cha
>>> t-can-make-you-unhappy.html>
>>>
>>> "Idle chit chat can make you unhappy, a study has found."

>> I vote for meaningful conversation. After spending my working days
>> with 1500 drama queens, I need it have it SOMEWHERE.

> Heh, 1500 drama queens and you are the only one who isn't...aren't you
> special. I know everyone else is crazy but you. Isn't this gender
> specific :)

Sounds as if "someone" identifies with the inmates. . .

Susan
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From: Thip on


"Susan Bugher" <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7vhuv4FtlfU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> Bear Bottoms wrote:
> Sounds as if "someone" identifies with the inmates. . .
>
> Susan

It's *almost* a shame I have BB killfiled. Good comeback, Susan! ;-)

From: za kAT on
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:28:18 GMT, Bear Bottoms wrote:

> Sorry, I simply don't like statements that degrade 1500 people while
> putting yourself on a pedestal. You are no different/better than they
> are.

Hey Pooh, come and watch Bottom impale himself on a pedestal!

Pass the peanuts... Have you washed your paws before handling those?

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From: baynole2 on
On Mar 6, 11:33 pm, Susan Bugher <sebug...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7379561/Idle-chit-cha...>
>
> "Idle chit chat can make you unhappy, a study has found."
>
> "Having a profound conversation can boost happiness levels, but trivial
> chatter can be depressing, scientists say."
>
> Given the amount of idle chit chat here, the article seems relevant. . .

“Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more
often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in
their character..."

Aristotle
From: Lew on

"Susan Bugher" <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7vgodkFqfnU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7379561/Idle-chit-chat-can-make-you-unhappy.html>
>
> "Idle chit chat can make you unhappy, a study has found."
>
> "Having a profound conversation can boost happiness levels, but trivial
> chatter can be depressing, scientists say."
>
> Given the amount of idle chit chat here, the article seems relevant. . .
>
> Susan
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Way to bring Prof Bear B Doll out..
Now I am unhappy

:)